Redmen Hall opens new
exhibit of Chinookan art
SKAMOKAWA, Wash. — Red-
men Hall will open a new
exhibit Saturday, Oct. 10 fea-
turing Charles Funk, a Chi-
nook artist living in Chehelis,
Washington.
He has been a featured
artist at the Columbia Paci¿c
Heritage Museum and Fort
Clatsop. His inspiration has
been the Willapa Harbor, the
Columbia River and his Chi-
nook Indian heritage. At Red-
men hall, he will show oils,
watercolors and woodcarvings
of Chinook subjects. He has
some beautiful, strong and
unusual interpretations of the
naturale world.
Funk attended the Art Cen-
ter School in Los Angeles and
Central Washington Univer-
sity. In Chehelis, he has been
teaching and working as an
artist, doing political cartoons
and designing a line of Native
American designs on T-shirts
and other items. Redmen
Hall has been carrying some
of these shirts and designed
items for several months,
which will be available during
the exhibit.
The exhibit will run to
Nov. 22. Redmen Hall is open
from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday
through Sunday. It is located at
1394 Washington State Route
4. For more information, call
360-795-3007.
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Portland photographer Loren Nelson opens new exhibit focusing on transition
ASTORIA — LightBox Pho-
tographic Gallery will host
an opening and artist recep-
tion for photographer Loren
Nelson of Portland from 6
to 9 p.m. Saturday Oct. 10.
The exhibit “Under Wraps”
includes 25 fiber silver gela-
tin prints of one of Nelson’s
signature series, explor-
ing the beauty and intrigue
of structures under plastic
wraps.
“I have been photograph-
ing in the Paci¿c Northwest
since 1970, using a Deardorff
4x5 view camera, all in glori-
ous black and white,” Nelson
says. “Over the years I have
also photographed countless
commercial
assignments
with both ¿lm and digital, in-
cluding interiors and exteri-
ors of buildings for architects
and designers.”
Nelson shoots ¿lm and
uses a traditional darkroom
to produce selenium-toned
silver gelatin prints, in lim-
ited editions. Using a view
camera encourages a medita-
tive approach, which is well
suited to his subject matter of
landscapes, seascapes, Àow-
ers and leaves, as well as the
photos of “Under Wraps,”
a series of plastic-wrapped
buildings that he began in
1996.
“It is likely that these im-
ages are a natural outgrowth
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of my fascination with ar-
chitecture,” Nelson says.
“I caught sight of a motel
under construction near my
home, draped in white plas-
tic, glowing against a threat-
ening black sky. I squeezed
through the fence, exposed
a few negatives and ¿gured I
was done.
“I wasn’t. Three wrapped
structures later I realized I
was captivated by these tem-
porary sculptures and soon
had an informal collabora-
tion with family, friends and
colleagues, who continue to
alert me to sightings.”
The images in this show
are a commentary on transi-
tion and transformation.
“As this portfolio evolves,
I imagine the plastic covering
not so much as concealing a
mysterious metamorphosis,
but rather as a protective skin,
carefully sutured, protecting
the renovation and healing
within,” Nelson says, adding,
“whether a structure is rising
anew, undergoing repairs, or
getting a fresh coat of paint,
we are reminded of our own
ability to change our lives,
remain structurally sound
and gain new life.”
Nelson’s
photographs
are in numerous public and
private collections, includ-
ing the Portland Art Muse-
um, the Visual Chronicles
of Portland and Beaverton,
the City of Portland Portable
Works Collection, Oregon
State University Art About
Agriculture collection, and
the Allison Inn in Newberg.
He is represented by Wall
Space Gallery in Santa Bar-
bara, California and Seat-
tle, Washington, and by the
Portland Art Museum Rental
Sales Gallery. He has recent-
ly served on the board of the
Portland Photographers’ Fo-
rum and has been published
in LensWork, B&W Maga-
zine, Shots and View Camera
Magazine. Born in Colorado
Springs, Colorado, in 1952,
he lives in Tigard with his
wife, Ann.
“Under Wraps” will be on
display in the gallery to Nov.
10.
Also in the gallery is new
work from LightBox Dark-
room members, presenting
archival ¿ber silver gelatin
prints. LightBox offers sup-
porting memberships for
those who would like to help
promote the creative pho-
tographic arts on the North
Coast.
LightBox offers scanning,
photo restorations, archival
digital printing and framing.
It is located at 1045 Marine
Drive. For more information,
call 503-468-0238 or email
info@lightbox-photograph-
ic.com
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ASTORIA — Now entering
its 109th year of making mu-
sic, the Astoria Friday Mu-
sical Club announces the
deadline for student applica-
tions for private music lesson
scholarships. Clatsop County
and Paci¿c County students
in eighth to 12th grade and
Clatsop Community College
students to age 21 may apply
for a scholarship, which will
furnish payment for private
music lessons taught by ar-
ea-wide teachers.
The deadline for applica-
tion is Oct. 23. Students will
be assigned to a teacher, and
lessons are scheduled to ex-
tend from November to May
2016.
Interested students may
obtain an application form
and scholarship information
from their public school music
teachers or by emailing vsbue-
hler@gmail.com
The mission statement
of the Friday Musical Club
is to further musical excel-
lence — not only within the
club’s membership but also
in schools, private studios and
communities. Through one-
on-one instruction received
in private lessons, a student’s
musical growth and develop-
ment is measurable in the stu-
dio and within the musical en-
sembles in which the student
participates.
The Friday Musical Club
Scholarship Fund is supported
by club dues, donations from
community and club mem-
bers, and the Patricia Fried-
land Fund of the Oregon Com-
munity Foundation. The club
is af¿liated with Astoria High
School Scholarships, Inc., and
donations to the scholarship
fund are eligible for a 501(c)
(3) tax deduction.
Of¿cers for the 2015-16
club year are president Laurie
Drage of Astoria, vice presi-
dent Diane Amos of Cannon
Beach, treasurer Charlene
Larsen of Astoria, and secre-
tary and chair of the scholar-
ship committee Susan Buehler
of Cannon Beach.
For more information about
student scholarship applica-
tions and lessons or the Fri-
day Musical Club and mem-
bership, contact vsbuehler@
gmail.com or 503-436-0378.