Dec.
5
SEASIDE — The Seaside First Saturday Art Walk, celebrating
11 years in 2015, is all about the arts. Visitors walk about, meet
artists, sip wine or snag appetizers, view artist demonstrations,
listen to an artist talk or enjoy live performances in music. The
next art walk is set from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 at galleries
in the historic Gilbert District of downtown Seaside.
SunRose Gallery
606 Broadway
Find lots of seasonal cheer in Sun-
Rose’s December show, “Holiday Happi-
ness.” Patty Thurlby and her whimsical
mixed-media art and gifts will be the
gallery’s featured artist this month.
From Dec. 1 to 24, Thurlby will offer a 20
percent discount on everything from her
tabletop trees to her dramatic driftwood
hanging lamps. This month, the gallery
also features new Christmas ornaments
by Astoria “quilted painter” Ronni Harris
and Christmas-themed broken china
mosaics by SunRose owner and artist
Cathy Tippin. Richard T. will round out
the night with live jazz music.
about what is happening in local
wildlife habitats. He will also share
his natural history journal of Novem-
ber images; proceeds will benefit
North Coast Land Conservancy. Light
refreshments, gifts for all patrons
and wine tasting will be offered.
Seaside Coffee House
3 N. Holladay Drive
Seaside Coffee House is a welcom-
ing space where art enthusiasts gather,
interact and review the art walk expe-
rience. The coffee house features art by
Morgan Stoller, whose pen and ink work
focuses on dramatic and subtle con-
trasts of light and shadows.
Beach Books
616 Broadway
Beach Books features work by the
Green Cab Artist Collective, a syner-
gistic alliance of artists, working in
diverse mediums from the greater
Portland area. The “Cabbies” aim to
encourage and inspire one another,
share artist techniques and informa-
tion about the business side of art,
and share work with the public. The
current group includes Helvi Smith,
Jeff Hall, Lisa Griffen, Penny Forrest,
Elina Zebergs, Jim Zaleski, Bruce
Ulrich, Anne Brown and Christine
Martell. Additionally, author Bonnie
Henderson will discuss and sign her
newest book, a revised edition of her
“Day Hiking the Oregon Coast.”
Fairweather House and Gallery
612 Broadway
Fairweather hosts an opening
reception for “Be Still,” an exhibi-
tion featuring musician and Seaside
Chamber Ambassador Shirley Smith-
Yates, who will perform holiday
songs. An original oil painting by
local artist Michael Muldoon will be
featured. Also learn the back stories
of Seaside art walk hostesses: Kay
Kjemhus, Kathy Ferris, Joan Smith
and Kathy Bowman will share their
stories in creative writing about
having an Australian Outback travel
adventure, tending a garden that
garnered a magazine article, and
doing good works for local children
and in Africa. At 6 p.m., local nature
photographer Neal Maine will speak
T. Anjuli’s Gallery
5 N. Holladay Drive
See work by artist and gallery
owner Billy Lutz. Born in Flint, Michi-
gan, in 1951, Lutz began painting in oil
at age 14. By 1973, his subject matter
focused on what lay beneath appear-
ances. Later, this search transformed
into painting in spiritual themes,
attempting to discern spiritual real-
ities from religious orthodoxies. This
month, Lutz offers artwork depicting
a winter landscape with two profiled
and opposing faces, locking eyes in the
knowing, shared information of father
and son. “Through the thicket of pussy
willows (the collective), the hand of
the son connects with that of the child
who, in turn, receives the same infor-
mation,” he says.
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SunRose Gallery offers Christmas-themed broken china mosaics by gallery owner and
artist Cathy Tippin.
Submitted photo
A winter landscape by Billy Lutz at T. Anjuli’s.
Submitted photo
Kay Kjemhus, Kathy Ferris, Joan Smith and Kathy Bowman will share stories at Fairweather’s.
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