JUNE 23, 2016 // 21
See what the artists see in Cannon Beach
Plein Air & More
Arts Festival to
feature artists
working outside
CANNON BEACH — Cannon
Beach has been named “One
of the Most Beautiful Places
in the World” by National
Geographic. So, it’s not a
surprise that this natural beauty
has beckoned artists from
around the world to capture it
“en plein air” or “in the open
air.” To celebrate this challeng-
ing artistic style, the Cannon
Beach Gallery Group is pre-
senting its eighth annual Plein
Air & More Arts Festival.
Scheduled for Friday to
Sunday, June 24 to 26, the
event will feature more than 30
artists represented by Cannon
Beach’s galleries.
Many will be painting. But,
as you wander through town
and along the beach, you’ll
also ind sculptors working in
stone — or creating the clay
forms that will eventually
be cast in bronze — as well
as jewelers, ceramic artists
(complete with a kiln on the
beach), basket weavers and
metal workers.
The artists can be found
near their representing
galleries or in one of ive
locations: Whale Park, the
courtyard between Spruce and
Hemlock streets, the Coaster
Theatre courtyard, Washing-
ton Street at the ocean, and
Harrison Street at the ocean.
They will also come together
for an Artists’ Swarm from
2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the
Coaster Theatre courtyard,
where views can watch them
all work. Leading up to this
event at 11:30 a.m. will be a
two-hour courtyard concert by
the band Boka Marimba in the
courtyard.
Back by popular demand
is the 7:30 p.m. Saturday raku
iring on the beach at Whale
Park with Dave and Boni Deal.
This year it will also include
s’mores and live music.
New this year is a Cre-
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
“Paciic Coastline” by Ukrainian-born painter Anton Pavlenko
at DragonFire Gallery.
“Stone Trio” by Jim Kingwell at
Iceire Glassworks. What be-
gan as a ive-year experiment
evolved into a life-forming fas-
cination with glass for Kingwell,
who has been playing with ire
for more than 40 years.
“Mt. Adams” by Joanne Radmilovich Kollman at Cannon Beach
Gallery.
“Return” by Josh Keyes at Archimedes Gallery. Keyes’ new series
of paintings are titled “Overgrown,” illustrating a post-human
world and an environment reclaimed by nature while relect-
ing on the theme of natural entropy, regrowth and restoration.
ative Play Space for children,
encouraging them to explore
their own budding talents.
It will be located in the U.S.
Bank Parking lot from 10:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Also new this year are three
workshops for artists, offered
June 23 and 24 by three in-
ternationally recognized plein
air artists. Registrations are
accepted on a irst-come-irst-
served basis.
Mike Rangner will teach a
class of 10 about plein air land-
scape painting, offering a basic
introduction on the history of
this form of expression while
also discussion composition,
line, shape, value and light.
All levels are welcome; cost is
$200 for two days. To register,
visit rangnerineart.com/work-
shops
In his class of 12 students,
Anton Pavlenko will focus on
how to paint expressive land
and seascapes on location with
lectures, live demos, critiques
and hands-on individual
instruction. All levels are
welcome; cost is $190 for two
days. To register, visit anton-
pavlenko.com/workshops
Hazel Schlesinger will offer
a beginning and intermediate
plein air in oil class for eight
students. A challenge for many
painters is learning how to
edit or simplify the landscape
into a few basic shapes and
values. Students will learn
how to express the essence of
a scene by editing the details
into simple abstract shapes and
will leave with several small
studies of the area. All levels
are welcome; cost is $185 for
two days. To register, visit ha-
zelschlesinger.com/workshops
Brochures about the art
festival will be available at all
Cannon Beach Gallery Group
locations and the Chamber
of Commerce and will be
distributed during the day by
Portland stilt walker Melissa
Rae. Visitors are encouraged
GALLERY RECEPTIONS SCHEDULE
Friday, June 24
2 to 5 p.m., Haystack
Gallery
4 to 6 p.m., White Bird
Gallery
5 to 6 p.m., Cannon
Beach Gallery and Drag-
onFire Gallery
5 to 7 p.m., Northwest by
Northwest Gallery and
Jefrey Hull Gallery
Saturday, June 25
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,
Bronze Coast Gallery
4 to 6 p.m., Haystack
to ask questions of the artists
while they work.
Galleries and their partici-
pating artists include:
• Archimedes Gallery: Josh
Keyes and Eva Funderburgh;
• Bronze Coast Gallery:
Pamela Clalin, Dan Chen and
Donnie Wanner;
• Cannon Beach Gallery:
Joanne Radmilovich Kollman,
Jef Gunn, Joan Stuart Ross and
Michael Southern;
• DragonFire Gallery:
Joanne Shellan and Anton
Pavlenko;
• Haystack Gallery: Sally
O’Neill, Janis Ellison, Dave
Bartholet, Albert Van Troba
and Christine Joy;
• Iceire Gallery: Jim Kin-
gwell, Suzanne Kindland and
Gallery, Primary Elements
Gallery and Northwest by
Northwest Gallery
4:30 to 6 p.m., DragonFire
Gallery
5 to 7 p.m., Jewelry by
Sharon Amber and Archi-
medes Gallery
Sunday, June 26
10 a.m. to noon, Iceire
Glassworks
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Hay-
stack Gallery
11 a.m., DragonFire
Gallery
Michelle Kaptur;
• Jeffrey Hull Gallery:
Jeffrey Hull;
• Northwest By Northwest
Gallery: Jeff White, Ivan Mc-
Lean, Kara Krieger-McGhee
and Hazel Schlesinger;
• Primary Elements Gallery:
Mickie Skinner, Marianne
Post, Mike Rangner, Sharon
Abbott-Furze and Josh Henrie;
• Jewelry By Sharon Am-
ber: Victoria Brooks;
• White Bird Gallery:
Brooke Borcherding, Gretha
Lindwood, Dave and Boni
Deal, Pamela Wachtler-Fer-
manis and Debra Carnes.
For more information about
artists or a complete schedule,
contact the individual galleries
or visit cbgallerygroup.com
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