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Quilt exhibit explores Japanese American internment camps Cathy Erickson opens ‘What Remains’ at Cannon Beach History Center & Museum CANNON BEACH — Join the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum and textile artist Cathy Erickson at 6 p.m. Sat- urday, Oct. 24 for an opening reception and presentation of her solo textile show, “What Remains: Japanese Americans in Internment Camps.” For over a decade, Erick- son has focused her artwork on the hardships that Japa- nese Americans faced when they were interned in camps during World War II. Much of the work was done in collab- oration with Margaret Chula, an internationally known hai- ku poet. Photographs, letters and historical documents were used as background informa- tion, as well as visiting with people who took part in this piece of American history. The series includes volunteer work at archaeology digs at the Manzanar National Historic Site, which is located in California, as well as work at a local Japanese American Museum. Submitted photo “Dragonfly Moon” by Cathy Erickson. “What Remains: Japanese Americans in Internment Camps” has shown at the Jap- anese Gardens in Portland and other areas across the nation. Quilts from the show have also been displayed in Brazil where the artist won a view- er’s choice award. The nearly 20-piece exhibit will explore the stories, experiences and history behind Japanese in- ternment camps in America during World War II through textile art. The exhibit is part of a se- ries of events relating to the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum’s “WWII on the Oregon Coast” exhibit, on dis- play through February 2016. The exhibit was made possible in part by a grant from Ore- gon Humanities, a statewide QRQSUR¿W RUJDQL]DWLRQ DQG DQ LQGHSHQGHQW DI¿OLDWH RI WKH National Endowment for the Humanities. The textile exhibit is made possible through Center Dia- mond, where, coincidentally, (ULFNVRQ SXUFKDVHG KHU ¿UVW piece of fabric in Cannon Beach. Center Diamond’s fabrics highlight contempo- rary batiks, Asian, landscape, beach and modern designs and sewing notions. It also exclu- sively sells a custom-made Haystack Rock batik and Tuft- HG3XI¿QIDEULFDQGEXWWRQV Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is locat- ed at 1387 S. Spruce St. For more information, visit www. cbhistory.org, or call 503- 436-9301. Submitted photo Right: “Bunny Dreams” by Cathy Erickson. See art by Astoria Column restoration crew Celebrate the project’s completion, view historic photographs ASTORIA — The renovation of the historic Astoria Column LV¿QDOO\¿QLVKHGWKH&ROXPQ reopened to the public Oct. 10. To celebrate the four months of hard work by a dedicated and skilled crew, Imogen Gal- lery will host an exhibition DQG IXQGUDLVHU WR EHQH¿W WKH Friends of the Astoria Column. Attend this special evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 at Imogen’s pop-up gallery space located in the Carruthers Building, at 1198 Commercial St. All are invited to attend the event and enjoy an evening of celebration with the Column’s restoration crew. The exhibition will be available for viewing 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. The exhibit will close Nov. 14 during the Second Saturday Art Walk. For several months, vis- itors and locals alike have looked up to Coxcomb Hill, to view the Astoria Column, blanketed in its white shroud. At long last, the monument has been unveiled and scaf- folding taken down, to reveal the freshly restored tower. The Astoria Column, erect- ed in 1926, is considered the “crowning monument” of 12 historical markers that com- memorate the move west by Great Northern Railroad, be- ginning in Minnesota. Being WKH ¿QDO PRQXPHQW LW WRRN RQ KLVWRULFDO VLJQL¿FDQFH DV it celebrated the early settlers of Astoria and their role in ex- panding the United States to WKH 3DFL¿F 2FHDQ 'HSLFWHG on the monument is the pic- torial narration of events that transpired in the American set- tlement of the area, beginning with the Lewis and Clark Ex- pedition and culminating with the arrival of the railroad. The Column has undergone VHYHUDO UHVWRUDWLRQV WKH PRVW recent was in 1995. Several of the 1995 crew members returned to participate in this summer’s renovation, includ- ing native Astorian Aretta Christie. Christie, who serves as documentation manager to the project, felt that the com- munity should get the chance to get to know the individuals who have worked diligently through summer heat, early fall storms and even vandal- ism to complete the formi- dable task of repainting the entire structure in the original VJUDI¿WR SURFHVV DQ DQFLHQW Italian technique. The crew members are all professional artists and have Submitted photo by Jeff Daly The Astoria Column restoration was completed by a group of talented crew members. Imogen Gallery will present an exhibition of their art and other work Oct. 24 in the Carruthers Building in downtown Astoria. come from as far away as Vir- JLQLD 0DQ\ KDYH KDG DI¿OLD- tions with the Seattle Opera, as scenic artists. The Oct. 24 event will be a threefold exhibition and fund- raising event. Included in this exhibit will be the paintings, photographs and sculpture of 14 crew members, giving a glimpse of their personal work as artists. There will also be work presented by Astoria High School art students, who have been asked to recreate the full mural’s imagery in individu- al segments that will be hung side by side. The third component to the exhibition will be an interpre- tive display of historic photo- graphs collected over the years by John Goodenberger, a local historian and preservationist who assisted with both the 1995 restoration and the cur- rent project. For more information, call 503-468-0620 or visit www. imogengallery.com October 22, 2015 | coastweekend.com | 11
