The daily Astorian., December 10, 2015, Image 29

LightBox opens ‘Members Group Exhibit’
ASTORIA — LightBox Pho-
tographic Gallery will host
an opening and group artists’
reception for the “LightBox
Members Group Exhibit” from
6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12.
This exhibit celebrates
the work of 25 members of
the group. Featured photog-
raphers include Rebecca Ak-
poriaye, Mickey Anderson,
Chris Bryant, David Carter,
Dwight Caswell, Michael Da-
toli, Roger Dorband, Chelsea
Granger, Michael Granger, El-
eanor Gorman, Friderike Heu-
er, Darryl Hodson, Deborah
Jaques, Thomas Kittel, Leigh
Oviatt, Jim Leisy, Bob Levine,
Jon Lingel, Jody Miller, David
Lee Myers, R.L. Potts, Donna
Lee Rollins, Jeff Ross, George
Willse and Mark Wiltrakis.
The exhibit will show in
the gallery through Jan. 5.
LightBox members are a
community of photographers
who support the mission of the
gallery: to promote and educate
in the photographic arts through
exhibits, education, events and
members gatherings. Members
meet twice a month on the ¿rst
and third Wednesday for edu-
cational nights and print and
image critique nights.
Michael and Chelsea
Granger, owners of LightBox,
juried the images that were
submitted for the show.
LightBox Pop Up shows
are a new event for the gal-
lery. Every image is printed by
Artists: Apply for Astoria
artist-in-residence program
Submitted photo by George Willse
Submitted photo by Jon Lingel
Submitted photo by Donna Lee Rollins
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statement reÀecting updates and
changes.
The deadline for application
is Dec. 28.
AVA a-i-r is designed to en-
courage the creative, intellectual
and personal growth of emerging
artists. While no exhibition, publi-
cation or performance is required
of the selected artist, community
responsibility includes a weekend
open studio event before the end
of each AVA a-i-r session.
For more information and to
apply online, visit http://astoria-
visualarts.org
AVA was founded in 1989 as
a nonpro¿t membership orga-
nization to enhance, strengthen
and promote the arts in the great-
er Astoria area.
Tickets on sale now for
Festival of Dark Arts
Submitted photo by Bob Levine
LightBox, hung on the gallery
walls for a week and featured
during the monthly openings.
Every month, renowned jurors
select the images, submitted
from around the country, to be
featured in the gallery loft ex-
hibit. Each print is then mailed
to the photographer after the
show.
LightBox is located at 1045
Marine Drive. For more infor-
mation, call 503-468-0238,
email info@lightboxphoto-
graphic.com, or visit www.
lightbox-photographic.com
ASTORIA — Astoria Visual Arts
Artists-in-Residence Program
seeks applications from local
artists interested in the upcom-
ing artist’s residency term, which
runs from Jan. 1 to March 30.
Residency ¿nalists (currently
limited to locally based artists)
are chosen on the basis of artis-
tic merit by an independent blind
selection panel of established
working arts professionals and
arts patrons.
The selected artists are pro-
vided with a studio in the Astoria
Downtown Historic District free
of charge for a three-month resi-
dency period.
Artists who have applied in
the past are encouraged to reap-
ply with an updated portfolio and
Fort George’s stout celebration is set
Submitted photo by Jody Miller
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ASTORIA — Advanced tick-
ets are now on sale for the
Fort George Brewery’s 2016
Festival of Dark Arts.
This one-day carnival of
stouts is the centerpiece to
Fort George Stout Month, a
month-long celebration of the
darker ales.
Ticket holders will be
granted entrance into a mag-
ical menagerie of dark art and
macabre entertainment, all
the while surrounded by the
boldest collection of rare spe-
cialty stouts ever assembled
in one place.
Mark your calendar for
Feb. 13: The Festival of
Dark Arts begins at noon and
ends at 10 p.m., pouring all
over the Fort George cam-
pus in Astoria. Attendees wil
be greeted with live music,
roaming entertainment, and
over 60 stouts on tap.
Festival-goers will behold
artisan demonstrations from
the iron forge, tattoo artists,
a glass blower, an ice sculp-
tor, and lots of stout servers.
Delight in the ¿re dancers,
a tarot card reader, a tintype
photographer, belly dancers,
and much more — all with
stout in hand.
All festival information
can be found at www.festi-
valofdarkarts.com. Entertain-
ment and stout lists will be
added as they are con¿rmed.
Stout tasting tickets are
$40 (plus a service fee). These
entitle the bearer to entrance,
a festival glass, and 12 tasting
tokens.
Additional tokens will be
available for $1 each at the
festival.
Admission-only tickets for
non-drinkers and minors are
$10 (plus a service fee).
All sales are ¿nal and there
are no upgrades on the day of
the festival. Children under 5
do not require a ticket.
In an effort to maintain the
intimacy of the festival, only
a limited number of tickets
are available. However, Asto-
ria will be ¿lled to the brim.
For festival inquiries,
email
festivalofdarkarts@
fortgeorgebrewery.com