Submit artwork to juried spring show CCC celebrates 10th annual ‘Au Naturel’
Longview’s Columbian Artists Association issues call for art
KELSO, Wash. — Area artists
are invited to participate in
the Columbian Artists Asso-
ciation’s 40th annual juried
Spring Art Show, to be held
March 19 through April 3 at
the Thee Rivers Mall, 3513
Three Rivers Drive (Space
D-1168, near Macy’s).
The show is open to artists
18 years old and older from
Cowlitz, Clark, Wahkiakum,
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ASTORIA — The 10th annu-
al international juried exhib-
it “Au Naturel: The Nude in
the 21st Century” is on dis-
play now through March 10 at
Clatsop Community College’s
Royal Nebeker Gallery, locat-
ed at 1799 Lexington Ave. A
reception honoring the select-
ed artists will be held at 6 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 28.
Awards to be announced
at the reception include cash
prizes, purchase awards, a solo
show award to be held during
the 2016-17 exhibition season,
tion Committee works to hold and workshop awards. The re-
an all-night party for graduat- ception is free and open to the
ing seniors, giving them a safe public. A No-Host Post-Re-
place to have fun and cele- ception party at the Bridge-
brate their accomplishments. water Bistro will immediately
Planned fundraisers include follow the reception.
This exhibit marks the
T-shirt and sweatshirt sales, a
p.m. and goes to 7:30 p.m.
competition’s 10th consecu-
Cost is $6 for a bowl of UDIÀHDQGPRUH
Donations are gratefully tive year and is being held in
teriyaki chicken and rice plus
a bottle of water. For another accepted and can be mailed memory of Royal Nebeker, the
$1 you can add steamed veg- to AHS 2016 SSCC, c/o Di internationally renowned artist
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tive to the regular concessions. Exchange St., Astoria, OR Clatsop Community College
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competition.
This year’s juror is Lisa
Harris, owner of Lisa Harris
Gallery in Seattle, which rep-
resents 30 West Coast contem-
porary artists, including Royal
Nebeker. Harris is a founding
member of the Seattle Art
Dealers Association and a
member of Art Table, the na-
tional organization of women
in the visual arts.
Artists from 33 states the
District of Columbia, and
Canada, Mexico and Romania
submitted nearly 500 images
for consideration. The 2016
exhibit will represent 52 artists
from 17 states plus the District
of Columbia, in addition to
Canada and Romania.
“I was very pleased to be
asked to jury this exhibition,
which allowed me to revel
in subject matter that is less
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common at our gallery,” Har-
Pianist Jake Sele will give a performance Feb. 3 at the Raymond Theatre.
ris said. “It was challenging
Suggested donation for members are welcome to WRQDUURZD¿HOGRIPRUHWKDQ
the performance is $15. come and go as their sched- 400 entries to just over 50.”
Artists participating in the
Brown bag lunches are wel- ule allows during the perfor-
2016 Au Naturel exhibit are
come. Soft drinks will be mance.
The Raymond Theatre is drawn to the subject matter
available at the theater con-
of the human form for a vari-
cession stand, and audience located at 323 Third St.
Washington, and Clatsop and
Columbia counties in Oregon.
Entries must be original,
two-dimensional work, com-
pleted in the past two years.
Work will be judged, and cash
awards will given in each
category. Additional awards
include a memorial award,
sponsor awards, and people’s
choice award.
Entries will be received
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-
day, March 14 at the Thee Riv-
ers Mall.
A prospectus with details
regarding rules, categories,
sizes, etc., and an entry form
are available at the Columbi-
an Artists Association’s web-
site, www.columbianartists.
org. They are also available
at the Broadway Gallery in
Longview and the Tsuga Gal-
lery in Cathlamet, or by call-
ing 360-425-0142.
AHS graduation celebration
committee holds fundraiser
ASTORIA — The Astoria High
School Class of 2016 Safe &
Sober Celebration Committee
will be selling teriyaki chick-
en bowls at the Friday, Jan.
29 Clatsop Clash varsity boys
basketball game as a fundrais-
er. The fundraiser starts at 6
Pianist performs at Raymond Theatre
RAYMOND, Wash. — Sunday
Afternoon Live presents a
special mid-week perfor-
mance from noon to 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 3 at the
Raymond Theatre.
Pianist Jake Sele will per-
form on the theater’s Board-
man-Gray piano.
Sele is the pianist of Se-
attle electro-swing band The
Good Co and Seattle exper-
imental jazz and avant-rock
band Spontaneous Rex.
After graduating from
Cornish College of the Arts
with a bachelor’s degree
in piano performance, Sele
quickly became an estab-
lished performer in the Se-
attle music scene. He has
toured throughout the United
States and Canada playing
keyboard as well as trom-
bone (and the occasional mad
whistle solo) and performs
with salsa, rock, funk, jazz,
and experimental groups in
Seattle.
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of the most profound and
challenging art forms an artist
can choose to take on, as it is
a complex subject in formal,
psychological and conceptual
terms, and is one of the most
engaging forms for an audi-
ence to view.”
Robert Bibler of Salem, is
not only inspired by the art-
work of the Old Masters but
also by the art materials of
centuries past. Laura Viola
Preciado of Langley, Wash-
ington, draws inspiration from
art historical sources. Precia-
do’s painting “The Naked To-
reador” is a direct reference to
Manet’s famous 19th century
painting “The Dead Toreador,”
which was in turn inspired by
the work of the 17th century
Spanish painter Velasquez.
On the other hand, Kerry
Conboy of Monterey, Califor-
nia, explores a current issue
with contemporary materials.
The piece he exhibits explores
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into an artist, who then turns
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work primarily in spray paint
on plastered canvas, referenc-
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Several other artists in the
show experiment with unusual
combinations of mixed-media.
Penny Treat of Long Beach,
Washington, exhibits a piece
that combines painting and
printmaking techniques with
her own process of layering a
transparent hand-painted im-
age on top of a colorful mono-
type.
Many artists have ex-
pressed interest in delving
beneath the surface of the skin
to explore the inner landscape
of the human psyche. Stepha-
nie Fenner of Dundee, Mich-
igan, hopes “to convey the
poeticism of romance, loss,
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is the overwhelming notion
that everyone else knows what
they’re doing with their life,
and one is alone in their suffer-
ing. These moments, although
momentary in reality, have a
sense of permanence. The un-
certainty of my own life seems
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everyone else’s. It is in these
insecurities that I wish to ex-
plore.”
Michael Reedy of Ann Ar-
bor, Michigan, explains that
in his most recent drawings,
he has “revisited the time-
less themes of life, death, and
the human condition. This
new interest in the expulsion
and the fall of man has been
paired with my prior leanings,
which have long been rooted
in fringe images of the body,
medical illustration, orna-
mentation, dark comedy, and
the uncanny. These inevita-
ble aspects of existence bring
to mind the most tragic, and
most beautiful, images of the
body.”