Find your heart’s desire
Art, chocolate and wine raise funds for
Tillamook County art literacy programs
PACIFIC CITY — “Your Heart’s
Desire: A Celebration of Choc-
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to support the Community Arts
Project’s Art Literacy Program
in Tillamook County schools.
The event will begin at noon
Saturday, Feb. 14 at the Kiawa-
nda Community Center and
is an opportunity for any art
collector pursuing a new piece
while supporting a great cause.
Tickets to the event are $25 in
advance or $30 at the door and
can be purchased at the Inn at
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Community Center or online at
www.communityartsproject.net
A special art exhibit and sale
will highlight artwork by local
professional artists created es-
pecially for this event. Pieces
will be representing several art
mediums, including pottery,
painting, photography, collage,
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glass, fused glass and hand
crafted tables. All proceeds sup-
port the Art Literacy Program.
The artwork will be for sale
from noon to 5 p.m., with no ad-
mission charge. The art sale will
continue from 6:30 to 10 p.m.
at the chocolate and wine party.
Tickets are required for the eve-
ning portion of the event where
there will be complimentary
wine, beer, sparkling cider, ap-
petizers and desserts served.
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auction, student art and live mu-
sic.
“This year we have some
exciting new sponsors, artwork,
dessert items and auction items.
It is shaping up to be a pretty
stellar event,” said Dawn Beyer,
CAP’s new executive director.
Currently, Art Literacy Pro-
grams are being presented at
Nestucca Valley Elementary
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The Kiawanda Community Center in Pacific City will host the annual Your Heart’s Desire
event Saturday, Feb. 14.
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School in Cloverdale and Garib-
aldi grade schools. Each month
an age-appropriate 90-minute
art education session is conduct-
ed in each classroom focusing
on a famous artist or art move-
ment. The lesson includes art
history, technique and aesthetic
analysis, as well as an opportu-
nity for students to create their
own artwork in the style of the
artist or art movement present-
ed. More than 450 students are
reached each month. The pro-
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gram is privately funded and
presented by CAP, which also
presents the children’s summer
art program Slug Soup.
Funding for CAP programs
relies on special events, grants
and donations from local indi-
viduals and businesses.
For more information, call
541-450-0656, or email com-
munityartsproject101@gmail.
com. The Kiawanda Commu-
nity Center is located at 34600
Cape Kiwanda Drive.
The ticketed evening chocolate and wine party serves patrons with complimentary wine,
beer, sparkling cider, appetizers and desserts.
Your Heart’s Desire
Saturday, Feb. 14
Noon to 5 p.m. art sale
6:30 to 10 p.m. party
Kiawanda Community Center
34600 Cape Kiwanda Drive, Pacific City
$25 in advance
$30 at the door
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