John Stowell brings jazz to Cannon Beach Walk among the fairies in Cannon Beach
Ring in the New Year with popular musician at museum Individual Artist Grant recipient unveils multimedia art show
CANNON BEACH — World-re-
nowned jazz guitarist John
Stowell will ring in the New
Year at the Cannon Beach His-
tory Center & Museum at 7
p.m. Friday, Jan. 2.
Stowell began his career in
the early 1970s with guitarist
Linc Chamberland and pianist
John Mehegan. He is an inter-
nationally renowned perform-
er who has been welcomed to
Australia and all over Europe.
performer to appear in Russia
after the fall of the Iron Cur-
tain.
Stowell continues to tour,
record and teach interna-
tionally. He has been an art-
ist-in-residence at schools in
Germany, Indonesia, Argen-
tina, the United States and
Canada. He served as assis-
tant director and performer at
Oregon Public Broadcasting’s
PDX Jazz Summit in 1991,
and since 1995 he has been a
contributing columnist for a
number of magazines, includ-
ing Down Beat, Guitar Player,
Canadian Musician, Sound-
check (Germany), and Guitar
Club (Italy).
Stowell’s “Through the
Submitted photo
The event space creates an in-
timate setting that produces a
sound warm enough to wrap
up in. Seating for this concert
is limited.
Tickets
are
available
through http://cbhistory.org,
by calling 503-436-9301, or in
person at the museum, located
on the corner of Sunset and
Spruce streets. Tickets are $12
for adults and $2 for children.
Complimentary refresh-
ments will be provided. All
proceeds will help fund up-
coming events at the museum,
including future concerts, lec-
John Stowell will perform at 7 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 2 at the Cannon Beach History Center
and Museum.
Listening Glass” with David
Friesen was designated one of
the “10 Best Jazz Albums of
the Decade” by the Los An-
geles Examiner, and he was
chosen as a “Talent Deserving
Wider Recognition” by Down-
beat’s International Critic’s
Poll in 1978 and 1979. He has
appeared on BET’s “Jazz Dis-
covery” and “Guitar Series”
television shows.
Stowell is one of the muse-
um’s most popular performers.
January Jazz
with John
7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2
Cannon Beach History Center &
Museum
Corner of Sunset and Spruce streets
http://cbhistory.org
503-436-9301
$10 adults
$2 children
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Open House 1:00-3:00 pm - FREE
Meet & Greet Dinner 5:15 – $90 (includes concert, tables available)
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Call today, Liberty Box Office 503.325.5922 Ext. 55
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CANNON BEACH — The win-
ner of the 2014 Cannon Beach
Arts Association Individual
Artist Grant, Peter Greaver,
will present his year-long
project in an exhibition. The
exhibit opened at the Cannon
Beach Gallery Dec. 21 and
will run until Jan. 25.
There will be an Artist’s
Reception from 5 to 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 3 at the gallery,
located at 1064 S. Hemlock St.
Greaver spent the last year
exploring the hidden world
the mystical aspects of the
natural world. He will show
a collection of fairy hous-
es, mixed-media work and
two-dimensional work.
“Raised in a family of art-
ists, I have been drawing since
I could hold a crayon. Many
of my earliest drawings are
images of elves and fairies,”
Greaver explains about his
early inspiration for the proj-
ect.
“These fairy houses are
inspired by Victorian fairy
painting and vintage children’s
books, as well as older folk-
lore. I am also inspired by old
Chinese spirit houses: minia-
ture houses where the spirit of
ancestors were welcomed and
remembered,” Greaver writes
in his artist statement.
Painter Carl Annala will be
exhibiting a series of paintings
of the forest to accompany
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“Path to the Cathedral Tree,” an oil painting by Carl Annala.
Annala about his latest body
of work. “In the forest I see
echoes of the modern world;
networks, collapse, growth,
fruit and homes. I look with
Submitted photo
Cannon Beach Arts Association Executive
Director Andrea K. Mace, center, is pre-
sented with a check by the Cannon Beach
branch manager of U.S. Bank, Elaine
Norling, left, and assistant bank manager
Jason Kunde, right. notforsale
Greaver’s work.
“The forest is a cathedral,
and my heaven lies in the quiet
wreckage of the forest,” writes
powerful compositions to pho-
tograph in the most chaotic ar-
eas of the forest.
“Being a student of both
Lucinda Parker and Christie
Wyckoff — I see their marks
in me now — I stand one foot
in a pile of minute twigs and
the other in a heap of thick
paint, pushing photography
toward abstract expression-
ism, pushing painting toward
neo-post-impressionism.”
The Cannon Beach Arts
Association received a $500
donation from U.S. Bank’s
charitable giving grant pro-
Region to sponsor this show
as an exhibit underwriter. The
donation will go to support the
Individual Artist Grant Exhi-
bition featuring Greaver.
Artist’s Reception
5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3
Cannon Beach Gallery
1064 S. Hemlock St., Cannon Beach
503-436-0744