Develop your drawing skills at Astoria Art Loft four-week class
ASTORIA — Astoria Art Loft
will offer a four-week Devel-
oping Your Drawing Skills
class taught by Astoria artist
Sheila Brown.
Class takes place from 1
to 4 p.m. Saturdays, April 16,
23, 30 and May 7. Cost for the
four sessions is $80.
Supplies will include a No.
2 and other assorted graphite
pencils, an art eraser, and an
8-by-10-inch or larger draw-
ing tablet.
Students will learn to see
the areas around an object to
portray it more easily.
To register for the class,
call Astoria Art Loft at 503-
325-4442 or email astoriaart-
loft@gmail.com. The loft is
located above Dots ’N Doo-
dles Art Supplies at 106 Third
St. For more information, visit
astoriaartloft.com
Known for her black-and-
white linoleum block prints,
Brown also ventures into other
mediums like pen and ink and
watercolor.
Art has always been “the
thing” for Brown; it makes
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window and posters for the
local rodeo parade, she moved
on to enjoy all manner of art
adventures.
Brown loves the challenge
of learning to work with a new
“toy.” This has included clay,
acrylic, linoleum block prints,
colored pencil, pen and ink,
graphite and watercolor — not
to mention basketry, painted
bowls, and barn-door murals.
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organizations each year.
As a member of three local
art groups, Brown shows her
work at a variety of venues.
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Opera and art-song musician Christopher Corbell will perform at the Voodoo Room.
Polish detail in April 22 writing workshop
Heather Christie, Christopher
Corbell play Voodoo Room
Trail’s End Art Association hosts author Deb Vanasse
GEARHART — Author Anton
Chekhov famously advised,
“Don’t tell me the moon is
shining: show me the glint of
light on broken glass.” Trail’s
End Art Association brings
author Deb Vanasse for the
three-hour writing workshop
“Description and Detail: The
Glint and the Squint” from 1
to 4 p.m. Friday, April 22.
Vanasse brings proven suc-
cess and years of experience
to share and advises writers
to come prepared to write.
The workshop cost for Trail’s
End members is $30 and for
non-members is $35.
Whether you are an emerg-
ing or an established writer,
writers know the adage “show,
don’t tell.” But how do you
decide which details to in-
clude and which to leave out?
How do you make sure your
descriptions enhance, not dis-
tract? In this upcoming writ-
ing workshop, local writers
will practice crafting power-
ful and evocative descriptions
that reveal character, encour-
age emotional engagement,
heighten tension and expand
meaning.
Vanasse is an engaging and
enthusiastic instructor who
consistently earns praise for
her evocative prose and nar-
rative skill. “Vanasse is talent-
ed,” says Foreword Reviews.
“She can turn ordinary words
into the sublime.” Booklist
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praises her use of description
and detail saying, “Vanasse’s
novel captures the harsh beau-
ty of the terrain as well as the
strain of self-doubt and com-
plicated family bonds.”
She has authored 17 books,
including the recent “Write
Your Best Book.” Her books
also include the novel “Cold
Spell” and the biography
“Wealth Woman.”
Trail’s End Art Association
is located at 656 A St. Seating
is limited. Register in advance
by visiting www.coastwriting.
org or send an email to Jane
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Deb Vanasse will lead a writing workshop
focusing on detail and description.
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ASTORIA — Two expressive
songwriters return to Astoria in
a double bill: Cult of Orpheus
presents Songcraft at the Voo-
doo Room, a performance with
Heather Christie and Christopher
Corbell.
The music will be new, but
the room is bound to evoke the
community of the 1990s when
both artists were Astoria resi-
dents active in the North Coast
music scene.
Christie and Corbell will per-
form at 9 p.m. Saturday, April 16
at the Voodoo Room, located at
1114 Marine Drive. The show is
open to ages 21 and older, and
there is no cover charge.
Christie brings the chiaroscu-
ro energy of her lyrical and poi-
gnant voice, woven into original
tapestries of acoustic guitar and
harmony, supported by multi-in-
strumentalist Philip Pelletier.
Well-known as a Northwest
singer-songwriter and perform-
er, Christie relocated to Portland
and became the voice of the mul-
timedia family musical “Frog-
town,” recording and touring
with the successful production.
With nuances of Joni Mitchell,
Ricki Lee Jones and Ani Difran-
co, Christie has written and pro-
duced three albums.
Corbell was formerly active
in Astoria poetry and roots-mu-
Submitted photo
Singer-songwriter Heather Christie will
perform with Philip Pelletier.
sic circles. He went on to engage
in the Portland indie classical
scene, serving as a director of
Classical Revolution PDX and
composing and producing a
successful one-act opera, “Vi-
va’s Holiday.” Cult of Orpheus
is Corbell’s opera and art-song
vehicle .
Corbell brings to the Voodoo
Room song settings of original
sonnets, a fusion of poetry, sing-
er-songwriter performance, and
classical art-song composition.
Local cellist Andrew Emlen will
join Corbell for several songs.
Christie and Corbell will col-
laborate on a few numbers as
well. The show promises to be
rich and buoyed by community
reunion.