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Ales & Ideas discusses violence, compassion Learn to draw, paint with glass ASTORIA — Clatsop Com- munity College and the Fort George Brewery announce the March program of the 2014-15 Ales & Ideas education series, taking plact at 7 p.m. Thurs- day, March 19 in the Fort George Lovell Showroom. Door opens at 6 p.m. Food, seasonal ales and other bev- erages are available for pur- chase. Minors are welcome. In “Hard-Wired to Care: Debunking the Myth that Hu- mans are Innately Violent,” Margaret Frimoth will exam- ine violence as a learned be- havior that disrupts our neu- rologically driven capacity toward compassion. What can history teach us about loos- ening our societal grip on vi- olence (bullying, child abuse, domestic violence, rape, hu- PDQ WUDI¿FNLQJ HQYLURQPHQ- tal destruction, war, etc.)? How does understanding oppression (racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism, reli- gious intolerance, etc.) expose Sherry Boyd-Yost teaches workshop Saturday ASTORIA — Come learn the age-old art of glass fusing using a contemporary appli- cation of creating designs and LPDJHV RQ JODVV DQG ¿ULQJ them in a kiln. This Drawing 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19 and Painting with Glass Frit class will be taught by Sherry Fort George Lovell Showroom Boyd-Yost from 1 to 5 p.m. 426 14th St., Astoria Saturday, March 21. Free The class will be held at Studio 11, located at 453 A 11th St. The class costs $60; there is also a $15 materials fee. For more information, call then we have the ability to re- 503-791-9435. This class will work with learn behavior that promotes our fuller potential as caring glass frit to create imagery. Us- and compassionate human be- ing tools such as paintbrushes and wipe out tools, students will ings. Frimoth received her doc- manipulate crushed glass onto torate in transformative studies another piece of glass. Artwork from the California Institute of ZLOO WKHQ EH ¿UHG LQ D NLOQ WR Integral Studies. Her disserta- adhere the frit to the glass. Dif- tion, “Breaking Silence, Shift- ferent effects are created over ing Culture: A Partnership a range of temperatures, from Model of Intentional Safety URXJKJODVVWH[WXUHWRYHU\¿QH for Child Survivors of Sexual frit (tack fused) to a very smooth Abuse,” was built on the foun- surface, (fully fused). Students will experiment dation of evidence by author and social activist Riane Eis- with different techniques and ler. Frimoth’s research exam- will be able to pick up art piec- ined Eisler’s social transfor- HVXSDIWHUWKH\KDYHEHHQ¿UHG PDWLRQ WKHRU\ DV UHÀHFWHG LQ and annealed. Boyd-Yost has been creat- the annual Victory Over Child Abuse Camp program, which ing art in glass for 38 years. Frimoth founded in 1988. Cur- She worked at Weiser Art rently, Frimoth is the director Glass from 1977-79 and the of the Lives in Transition and Our Glass Company from Counseling Programs at Clat- 1979-81, both in Bellingham, Washington. Boyd-Yost has sop Community College. ‘Hard-Wired to Care’ Submitted photo Margaret Frimoth will speak about vio- lence and compassion at the next Ales & Ideas lecture. an undercurrent of values that promote violence as “human nature”? If we trace our history to early civilizations, another story of humanity unfolds, providing a vision for our fu- ture: If violence is learned, Cannon Beach History Center Museum welcomes Portland’s Stomptowners A dynamic group blending Irish instrumentation and voice and an exciting blend of foot stomping, jigs, reels and hornpipes interlaced with soulful Celtic songs O PEN T HUR - S UN 11 AM - 5 PM 1387 S. Spruce, Cannon Beach, OR 503-436-9301 www.cbhistory.org 10 | March 19, 2015 | coastweekend.com Friday, March 27 $12 Adults / $2 th, 7:00 pm Refreshments Children available Tickets are avai la by phone, or at ble online, the door Pilchuck Store in 1987. Through the years she has created many liturgical and private home glass art com- missions. She has taught nu- merous classes in vitreous glass painting, glass fusing and slumping, draping, frit painting, and photo emulsion silk-screening with vitreous paints on glass. She has also taught stained glass, copper foiled glass, and sandblasted glass techniques. lived in Spokane, Washington, when she moved back in 1982 and has been working in her own business, Lost Art Orig- inals, Art and Architectural Glass and Tile. She has been glass paint- ing since 1979, experimenting with glass paint applications ¿UHG RQWR JODVV %R\G<RVW studied architectural glass in Kevelaer, West Germany in 1986, glass fusing with Rich- ard Lalonde in 1984, and frit painting and drawing at Bulls- eye Glass Studio 2005. She also attended Pilchuck Glass School, studied with Jochem Poensgen and Lutz Haufschild in 1986 and Joa- Submitted photo chim Klos. She worked at Pilchuck in 1986 and at the An abstract frit painting by Sherry Boyd-Yost. Submitted photo A frit painting by Sherry Boyd-Yost. NCRD holds variety show NEHALEM — The North Coast Recreation District will hold a spring variety show at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 28. The show will include mu- sic, comedy, dancing, improv, readings and more. Spaces for acts are nearly ¿OOHGEXWLI\RXDUHLQWHUHVWHG in participating in the show, call before Sunday, March 22. Submitted photo Call Rosa at 503-487-7565 or The North Coast Recreation District is still looking for acts for its spring variety show. Betsy at 503-368-3201 The NCRD is located at 36155 Ninth St. Admission proceeds go toward the reno- to the variety show is $5, and vation of the NCRD theater.
