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March 3, 2016
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COASTAL LIFE
The rock at Silver Point
The only constant in life is change, and we must embrace it
THE ARTS
Music + jewelry
New Manzanita resident Lucy Barna took a leap of faith
FEATURE
Three plays, one night
Coaster Theatre’s new musical ‘The Apple Tree’ hits the stage
DINING
Mouth of the Columbia
A Mighty Thai brings new regional lavors to the North Coast
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CROSSWORD ..............................................................................17
CW MARKETPLACE .............................................................. 18, 19
GRAB BAG ................................................................................. 22
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From left, Aaron Harris is Capt. Sanjar, Lisa Fergus is
Princess Barbara, and Timothy Garvin is King Arik in
“The Lady or the Tiger,” the act two mini-musical in
the Coaster Theatre’s production of “The Apple Tree.”
Submitted photo by George Vetter/Cannon-Beach.net
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Create for enjoyment with Shirley Dahlsten
Astoria artist to teach 10-week painting class in Gearhart
GEARHART — A new painting
class with the theme of Creat-
ing for Enjoyment, a part of
local artist Shirley Dahlsten’s
Classical and Futuristic Paint-
ing series, is beginning on
Thursday, March 17 and run-
ning for 10 weeks. The class
will take place at from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at the Trail’s End Art
Center at 656 A St.
Creating for Enjoyment
will include a variety of paint-
ing activities featuring demon-
strations, models, drawing,
still life set up, non-objective
and abstract painting, cri-
tiques, art history, studio work
time and self-discovery as-
signments.
Previous painting and
sculpture classes have includ-
ed self-discovery assignments
with these themes in mind:
journeys from chaos to order
(knowledge); attempting to
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enthusiasm); learning to think
like a mountain and move like
the wind (focus and energy);
time (present, past, future);
who am I? (know yourself);
and revelations (understand-
ing subject).
Dahlsten, originally from
Kansas and now living in
Astoria, has been teaching,
working and exhibiting as an
award-winning artist since
1975.
She has taught classes
and workshops in painting,
drawing, sculpture and cre-
ating; worked in building art
communities; developed and
owned galleries; and promot-
ed economic development
through the arts. A graduate
of Portland State Universi-
ty, Dahlsten has had her art
featured in various publica-
tions, in numerous one-person
shows, and exhibited national-
ly and internationally.
A variety of mediums are
permissible in this Creating
for Enjoyment class, includ-
ing watercolors, oil painting,
acrylics, pastel, collage and
found objects.
All levels of skill or experi-
ence are welcome.
The fee for the class is
$65 with one-third of the fee
donated to the Trail’s End Art
Center Building & Repair
Fund. The fee does not include
materials, but a limited num-
ber of scholarships are avail-
able based on need.
No preregistration is re-
quired for this class.
For more information,
email Dahlsten at jandsdahl-
sten@gmail.com or call 503-
325-1514.
Submitted photo
A painting by Shirley Dahlsten.
Coast Weekend welcomes comments and
contributions from readers. New items for
publication consideration must be submit-
ted by 10 a.m. Tuesday, one week and two
days before publication.
To submit an item, contact
Rebecca Sedlak
Phone: 503.325.3211 Ext. 217
or 800.781.3211
Fax: 503.325.6573
E-mail: rsedlak@dailyastorian.com
Address: P.O.Box 210 • 949 Exchange St.
Astoria, OR 97103
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