LightBox celebrates its sixth anniversary
‘Plastic Fantastic Show VI’ opens with reception Saturday
Submitted photo by Nathan Cordova
“Banal” by Nathan Cordova won first place.
award for “Around the Bend;”
Ying Jung Lucky Lu from San
Francisco, California, won the
third award for “Here and Not
Here;” and Amy Fichter from
Menomonie, Wisconsin, along
with Richard Bonvissuto from
Palm Springs, California, re-
ceived honorable mentions.
LightBox opened in Astoria
on June 13, 2009. Chelsea and
Michael Granger established
the venue to educate the public
in the photographic arts. In six
years and with more than 70
exhibits since opening, Light-
Box has become an important
Northwest photographic re-
source, hosting national and
regional artists’ with exhibits
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ing artists’ presentations and
workshops — all as part of its
goal to provide a center for the
promotion of creative and al-
ternative photography on the
North Oregon Coast.
The “Plastic Fantastic
Show VI” runs from June 13
to July 7. Every month Light-
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ASTORIA — LightBox Pho-
tographic Gallery celebrates
its sixth anniversary with the
opening and artist’s reception
of the “Plastic Fantastic Show
VI” from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday,
June 13.
This annual group exhibit
began with LightBox’s love
for images made with basic
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as a way to celebrate the gal-
lery’s anniversary each year.
This method of photography
has gained popularity because
of the freedom of using camer-
as with less-than-perfect optics
and control with unpredictable
and sometimes extraordinari-
ly beautiful results. A large
number of photographers from
around the world shoot imag-
es primarily with these basic
cameras, creating unique pho-
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Burnstine of Los Angeles once
again juried the exhibit. Burn-
stine uses homemade cameras
consisting of plastic lenses and
vintage camera and household
parts. She has become a highly
acclaimed photographic artist
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rudimentary cameras of her
own design.
“It was my great honor
to act as juror for the Plastic
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time. Each consecutive year,
submissions become more
interesting, and this year was
no exception,” said Burnstine.
“Perhaps what I love the most
about curating this show is
having the pleasure of view-
ing new work from a number
of Plastic Fantastic regular
exhibitors, including two of
this year’s award winners: Jim
Rohan and Amy Fichter. Con-
gratulations to all the artists
who had work selected for this
year’s exhibit and heartfelt ap-
plause to everyone who sub-
mitted work.”
This year, Nathan Cordova
from Oakland, California, re-
ceived the juror’s top award for
the image “Banal;” Jim Rohan
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received the second juror’s
Submitted photo
Sign up for Teen Art Week at the Columbia River Maritime Museum July 6 to 11.
Submitted photo
“Around the Bend” by Jim Rohan won sec-
ond place.
Box exhibits silver gelatin
prints from the LightBox dark-
room members. LightBox of-
fers memberships as a way of
becoming part of the commu-
nity of supporters that help to
further the mission of the gal-
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art reproduction, restorations,
photographic printing and oth-
er photographic services.
LightBox is located at 1045
Marine Drive. Call 503-468-
0238 or visit lightbox-photo-
graphic.com for more infor-
mation.
Maritime museum to hold teen art week
ASTORIA — Teens, come ex-
plore your creativity and be
inspired this summer at the
Columbia River Maritime Mu-
seum. Summer Art Week pro-
vides one-of-a-kind opportu-
nities for teens to unleash their
imaginations and develop their
art making skills.
Delve into the local galler-
ies of Astoria for inspiration
as you discover a variety of
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sculpture, painting, drawing
and more.
The week will culminate
with an evening art show
during Second Saturday Art
Walk highlighting and exhibit-
ing the artwork created at the
Barbey Maritime Center.
Teen Art Week will be held
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday
through Friday, July 6 to 10,
and from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday,
July 11 at the Barbey Maritime
Center located at 1792 Marine
Drive. Cost is $100 for mu-
seum members and $125 for
non-members.
To sign up for the pro-
gram, visit www.crmm.org to
print out and return the Teen
Art Week Reservation Form.
For further questions and in-
formation, contact Education
Program Coordinator Christine
Fleming at 503-325-2323 or by
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