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artsy
Art in
action
Art in the
spotlight
Th roughout the past six years, Lincoln
City’s Chessman Gallery has been the place
to be every second Friday for the unveiling
of each month’s new art exhibit.
But anyone arriving at the gallery this
Friday, Feb. 14, will fi nd it a blank canvas,
waiting to be brought to life — by them.
Th e ArtAction exhibit is a community
collaboration made up of interactive art
pieces that will grow, change and be built
entirely by gallery visitors during the
month.
“Winter is a wonderful time to
experimental with creativity,” said Gallery
Director Krista Eddy, adding: “When
people walk into the gallery they are the
artist on show this month.”
Visitors to the gallery will have the
chance to experiment and interact with
multiple art installation pieces. One
installation, a wall-mounted grid of pegs
eight feet high by 12 feet wide, invites
guests to weave colorful yarn into a design
that will grow and develop as the exhibit
goes on.
Th e walls will also hold two large
paintings with movable circular portions,
that guests can shift around to re-arrange
the composition any way they want. Th e
panels were built with help from Tony
Hugeback.
“Th ere will also be another large
space in which you the artist can arrange
small colorful squares adorned with your
fi ngerprint,” Eddy said. “Th is giant painting,
once fi lled in, will mimic how pixels work
on a screen or the pointillism painting
style.”
Guests will also be able to try their hand
at three-dimensional expression, building
patterns from colorful blocks in a pair of
large hollow frames, one rectangular, the
other a triangle.
“Th e arrangement possibilities are
endless” Eddy said, adding: “Each of the art
installations are going to grow more and
more colorful as the month go by.”
Eddy said the exhibit gives people of all
ages and abilities the chance to discover the
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artist within them and develop a sense of
community by working on a shared project.
“Th e fi nished product is a mystery at
this point but it is sure to brighten your day
with all its color,” she said. “We just want
people to come in an enjoy themselves —
be inspired.”
Th e ArtAction exhibit will culminate in
a community celebration, running from 5 to
7 pm on Friday, March 6.
Th e exhibit will remain on display
through Monday, March 9, at the gallery,
located inside the Lincoln City Cultural
Center at 540 NE Hwy. 101, available
to view from 10 am to 4 pm daily except
Tuesdays.
Eddy said Chessman Gallery is able to
present exhibits like ArtAction thanks to
the cultural center’s status as a nonprofi t
with a mission to bring people together in
the spirit of arts and culture.
“If people like what we are doing and
want to see more of it, there are many ways
to support the center,” she said. “People can
donate, volunteer or just be sure to turn up
and support the center that way.”
For more information, call 541-994-
9994 or go to www.lincolncityculturalcenter.
org.
Th e latest Spotlight
Show from the Yaquina Art
Association features the stained
glass artwork of Marsha
Christian.
Christian has worked with
stained glass for the past 38
years, having begun when she
experimented with diff erent
mediums in search of a hobby.
She soon discovered that she
couldn’t stop at just one glass
project, developing a passion for
glass that remains strong today.
She loves working with glass
and when it just comes alive
before her eyes. It brings her
joy to see people’s reactions to a
fi nished piece.
Christian has also found
a new love for jewelry. She is
drawn to precious stones and
loves combining them with
glass beads to create one-of-a-
kind pieces of jewelry.
Th e show, which is free and
open to all, will run through
Friday, Feb. 21, available to view
from 11 am to 4 pm daily at
the Yaquina Art Association
Gallery, 789 NW Beach Drive.