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22 // COASTWEEKEND.COM View garden art at Bay Avenue Gallery OCEAN PARK, Wash. — Bay Avenue Gallery will feature a new exhibit of garden art on Saturday, June 11. For the second year in a row, artists have created works that are designed to enhance outdoor spaces. Artwork will be illed with color, charac- ter and excitement and made of glass, ceramic, concrete and iber. Meet the artists and view the art from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the gallery. Artists will be present to discuss how they created their art- works for outside spaces. Carol Thompson, who is known as a seascape paint- er, offers up a different kind of art at this event. For the past three months she has teamed with her husband, SUBMITTED PHOTO See garden art at Bay Avenue Gallery on June 11. who works in concrete, put down her brushes and switched to clay as she sculpted sea creatures to be used in new concrete fountains. The fountains are an interesting main focus for an outdoor space. The SUBMITTED PHOTO Glass and ceramic lowers will be on display. Thompsons have completed fountains featuring a dol- phin, mermaid, crane and even razor clams. Flower making is one of Bay Avenue Gallery’s most popular classes in its studio, and it shows. Artists have made a rainbow of colors and an abundance of shapes with glass and ceramic low- ers. These bright textural objects enhance open spaces as they relect sunlight on a clear day. Shelly Alexander has updated her glass low- ers, bugs and birds. Handmade birdbaths are in their irst year. Studio artists have created beautiful table and standing models, featuring ish, shells, insects and birds. These are made of ceramics or concrete. After several months of work, the designs are ready to be on display. For more information, call 360-665-5200 or visit bayavenuegallery.com Ju n e 17, 18 & 19, 2016 Trail’s End Art Association ofers summer art classes 5:00 pm Downtown Astoria Every month, year ‘round! June 11th Visit Downtown Astoria on the 2nd Saturday of every month for art, music, and general merriment! Presented by the Astoria Downtown Historic District Association astoriadowntown.com facebook/astoriadowntown.com GEARHART — Exciting opportunities for artists of many ages continue at Trail’s End Art Associ- ation. Visit trailsendart. org to register and to see details about the classes. Also register by sending a request to trailart2010@ hotmail.com. All classes meet at Trail’s End Art Association, located at 656 A St. June classes include: • Getting Started with Oil Painting. Instructor and painter Robert Paulmenn will teach this two-day class June 15 and 16. Class runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is $100 for members or $125 for nonmembers. • Create Greeting Cards with Zentangle. Instructor Jane McGeehan will teach participants how to create their own artful greeting cards. Class runs from 3 to 6 p.m. June 22. Cost is $30 for members or $35 for nonmembers. July brings the follow- ing opportunities: • Process Painting with SUBMITTED PHOTO Bev Cordova will teach a Printmaking and Bookmaking class at the end of July for youth. Aziza Balle. The class runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 11. Cost is $60 for mem- bers or $70 for non-mem- bers. With the Balle’s guidance, participants will focus on the process of creating. Painting from their own inspiration, intuition and imagination, participants will find the joy of making their own art. The studio is created to provide a safe, respectful environment that is free from judgment or evalua- tion. Such an atmosphere makes it possible to follow one’s own energy and to be open to one’s own creative muse. Visit the artist’s website painttodiscover. com for more details. • Kids’ Art Adventure Week with Kathy Karbo and Sarah Ferguson. This class for ages 7 to 12 runs July 18 to 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day. Cost is $150 per participant. This popular arts camp for kids returns to Trail’s End with Adventures at Sea as the theme for the week. This seafaring adventure pro- vides exciting and varied creative experiences that include shadow puppets, treasure maps, costumes, props and mixed-media sculpture. The week will end with a presentation for family and friends. Direct questions to Kathy Karbo at 503-235-0211. • Printmaking and Book- making with Bev Cordova. This class runs July 26 and 27. The morning session from 9 to 11 a.m. is for ages 7 to 10; the afternoon session from 1 to 4 p.m. is for ages 11 to 13. Cost is $40 for younger partic- ipants and $60 for older participants. This exciting, hands-on experience will take participants through four stages of art produc- tion. They will first make a printing plate using shapes from nature. Then they will experiment with printing processes to make multi- ple prints. Next, they will create an accordion-style book, mounting prints inside.
