Astoria Visual Arts expands artist-in-residence program
Two Astoria artists have been selected for October to December residencies
ASTORIA — Kinzi Gordon and
Liz Harris of Astoria have been
selected for the upcoming three-
month residencies as part of the
Astoria Visual Arts’ artist-in-res-
idence program. The program
runs from Oct. 1 through Dec.
30.
The two artists will be able to
work unencumbered in studios
provided rent-free by AVA with
support from Astoria Coffee-
house & Bistro, Astoria Co-op
Grocery, City Lumber, Dots ‘N
Doodles Art Supplies and Fort
George Brewery.
“I enjoy experimenting with
different media,” says Gordon.
“During this residency I will cre-
ate an interactive mural. There
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will be a mural of an earthly
paradise and the next will be il-
lustrations on transparencies that
could be placed anywhere on the
mural by visitors to the studio.
“This would tie into my cur-
rent project, one I’ve been work-
ing on for over two years, which
is a story about the layers of fan-
tasy projected over our reality
and how our technology blurs
the lines between them.
Gordon looks forward to en-
gaging with her audience, gain-
ing new skills and working with
new materials.
Harris creates intricate black
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“Ribbon 2” by Liz Harris
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Untitled by Kinzi Gordon.
ink drawings on paper that she
adapts into prints and wall paint-
ings. “Expressing precarious
tension between cohesion and
dissolution, these compositions
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that break apart and mutate, only
to reincorporate themselves back
into the larger whole,” she says.
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paintings is the amount of time
most galleries allow for installa-
tion. The AVA residency presents
an opportunity to spend more
time on one mural,” she says.
Harris aims to work on a de-
tailed wall painting for the entire
residency. She also wants to use
her studio time to work on a se-
ries of smaller drawings that will
be published in an upcoming
2016 art book by Shelter Press.
“These explorations will
continue a recent trajectory into
pattern making that incorporates
a more organic line based off of
studies of water surface texture,”
she says.
The AVA artist-in-residence
program is designed to encour-
age the creative, intellectual and
professional growth of emerg-
ing artists. While no exhibition
is required of selected artists,
community responsibility in-
cludes a weekend open studio
event before the end of each AVA
a-i-r session. Finalists (currently
limited to locally based artists)
are chosen in a blind selection
process on the basis of artistic
merit by an independent panel of
established working artists and
arts patrons.
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ganization to enhance, strength-
en and promote the arts in the
greater Astoria area. For more
information, visit www.astoria-
visualarts.org
Peninsula Arts Association puts on 45th Fall Art Show
LONG BEACH, Wash. — The
Peninsula Arts Association
will hold its 45th annual Fall
Art Show this weekend.
The art show will run 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday to Sun-
day, Oct. 9 to 11 and wrap
up from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 12. There will
be an artists’ reception from
3 to 5 p.m. Sunday with
refreshments, a raffle and
People’s Choice winners an-
nounced.
The show takes place
at the historic Long Beach
Depot Building, 102 Third
St. N.W., with Inspired Cre-
ations located next door in
the PAA office. Admission is
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“Two Crows,” a scratchboard drawing by Michele B. Naquaiya.
free, and the public is wel-
come to attend.
Thirty PAA artists will
show their work in many
categories, including wa-
tercolors,
photography,
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Green Hills Alone, pictured, will perform Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Sou’Wester Lodge.
Hear live music at Sou’Wester
SEAVIEW, Wash. — The
Sou’Wester Lodge will host
live music in the coming
week.
At 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct.
10, Green Hills Alone will
perform with Mark Robertson
and Scott Hampton. Green
Hills Alone is the songwriting
moniker for Chris Miller.
In 2014, Miller record-
ed a collection of songs with
Robertson, who fronts the
band Harlowe. Robertson and
Miller will perform in support
of their respective albums.
Supporting the evening is
Portland guitarist and song-
writer Scott Hampton. Hamp-
ton is a longtime collaborator
of Mike Coykendall and the
brilliant mind behind Hamp-
tone recording gear.
Then, the Sou’Wester
will welcome the band Lit-
tle Wings on tour at 8 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 15. This band,
formed in the late 1990s in
San Luis Obispo, California,
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and “Explains” in 2015.
The Sou’Wester is located
at 3728 J Place. For more in-
formation, call 360-642-2542
wood, scratch board draw-
ings, pastels, acrylics, oils,
mixed-media, collage, fused
glass and jewelry.
Rose Power has entered
another eye-catching piece
called “Bubblenetting,” with
copper whales suspended by
beaded line. Joyce Wingett
has brought pastel painting
back to the show. Bette Lu
Krause will exhibit acrylics
on individual cupboard doors
with “Power of One(s).”
Look
for
“Mermaid
Coins” in acrylics by Natalie
Garcia. She won the 2015
Garlic Festival Art Poster
contest. Prints of her poster
will be sold. Student art will
be represented at the show in
pencil drawing.
The People’s Choice
Award winner from the
2015 Spring Art Show, Judy
Leonard, has entered three
paintings.
Inspired Creations in the
PAA Office is a sales venue
featuring work from several
artists in the show. Art cards,
original art, prints, jewelry,
mixed-media and photogra-
phy will tempt your wallet.
Artist
demonstrations
will take place throughout
the show. For the raffle,
which benefits PAA’s annu-
al Scholarship and Art En-
richment Programs, there
is a signed print by Charles
Mulvey.
For more information,
visite www.beachartist.org
or email penart321@gmail.
com
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