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lifelong art director Cal Schenkel.
6. Sea Gypsy Gallery and Gifts
1001 Commercial St.
Aug.
13
ASTORIA — Downtown merchants and galleries will hold
Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Satur-
day, Aug. 13. Meet artists and mingle with art lovers while
enjoying refreshments and new exhibits. Some locations are
open early or later.
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“Tanz” is both the German word for “dance” and a duo featur-
ing Charlie Watkins on accordion and Judy Eron on oboe.
Dance to a tango with
peninsula duo Tanz
LONG BEACH, Wash. — You
usually see this duo as part
of a country band, so you
may wonder where the
cowboy hats and boots are.
However, one and a half
minutes into the music,
you’ll forget about cowboys
and be hankering instead for
a rose between your teeth.
“Tanz” is the German
word for dance — it’s also
the name of this musical duo
Charlie Watkins on accordi-
on and Judy Eron on oboe.
Tanz will perform from 7
to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13
at The Cove Restaurant at
the Peninsula Golf Course,
located at 9604 Paciic Ave.
Watkins and Eron will
play passionate music for
the listening enjoyment of
diners as well as those who
must dance when they hear a
tango or a waltz. The tangos
were written in Argentina
as well as in Finland. The
waltzes come from Nor-
way, Venezuela, Italy and
Mexico.
Watkins and Eron live on
the Long Beach Peninsula
and perform each Saturday at
the market at the Port of Il-
waco as part of Double J and
the Boys, their longstanding
trio with Janet Clark.
ART BUSINESSES
1. Imogen Gallery
240 11th St.
Renowned Portland artist
Tom Cramer brings bold, complex,
color-saturated paintings along
with carved wood relief wall pieces.
He has been at the epicenter of the
Portland art scene for decades as an
exhibiting artist as well as creating
public art, including the iconic
mural in NE Portland, “Machine,” and
designing the set and costumes for
James Canield’s dance “Jungle” at
Oregon Ballet Theatre in 1995. His
work will also be featured on the
cover of the 2016-17 publication
Artslandia, out in early September.
This series, “New Work,” will be a
fresh and bold new style for Cramer,
with the goal to attract and encour-
age new collectors.
2. RiverSea Gallery
1160 Commercial St.
Portland artists Jon and Karen
Wippich team up to present “NW
Alchemy.” Both artists ofer their
interpretations of the human igure
inluenced by the dynamic sur-
roundings of Northwest landscape
and culture. Karen’s mixed-media
paintings incorporate collage
elements into layers of images to
narrate stories rich in history with
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Northwest. Jon’s acrylic paintings
reference place in a less literal way,
using color and movement of paint
to suggest mood.
In the Alcove, “50 Years to No-
where” is a group show celebrating
the 50th anniversary of the Asto-
ria-Megler Bridge, originally referred
to as “the bridge to nowhere.”
Regional artists present paintings
that depict the bridge, now seen as a
treasured and iconic lower Columbia
landmark.
3. Tempo Gallery
1271 Commercial St.
Tempo Gallery will feature “The
Unfolding Journey,” a collection of
bold and colorful paintings by artist
Edward Peterson, who will be pres-
ent to talk to patrons. Peter Unander
will perform keyboard jazz music.
Refreshments will be served.
4. KALA
1017 Marine Drive
KALA continues the exhibition
“The Coast is Queer” by guest curator
Mark Woolley. The exhibit celebrates
the diverse art being produced in
Oregon by queer-identiied artists.
Not all the artists explore queerness
in their art; they are just producing
interesting works that relect their
inner vision. Artists include Paul
Soriano, Dorothy Goode, Wesley
Youni, Chuck E. Bloom, Tabor Porter
and Greg Carrigan, Marne Lucas and
Sid Deluca.
5. Ratz & Co.
260 10th St.
Entering its third year in Astoria,
Ratz & Co. features the illustrations,
album covers and paintings of Dave
McMacken. The studio/gallery also
shows the work of Portland artist
Jackie Avery and Frank Zappa’s
7. Astoria Art Loft
106 Third St.
ALSO FEATURING
ORIGINAL ART
8. Luminari Arts
1133 Commercial St.
See side bar.
9. Forsythea
1124 Commercial St.
Forsythea will feature new
pottery by Sonja Korpela, new
handmade paper boxes by Christine
Trexel, and a selection of much-cov-
eted alder boxes by Michael Parker.
10. Adagio
1174 Commercial St.
On display are antique African
masks and Japanese woodblock
prints from the Shin-Hanga and So-
saku-Hanga periods. The collection
of “wearable art” includes vintage
Japanese silk haori, creations in
Tencel by Barbara Hall; painted silks
by Kavita; and handmade lora-dyed
silk scarves by Brianna Lichnovsky.
11. What-Nots & Whimsy
1292 Commerical St.
See work by artist Jim Cox, who
irst discovered his interest in art at
age 14. At 41, the world discovered
his talent while he was serving as
staf artist to anthropologist George
Agogino at Eastern New Mexico
University. Cox’s illustrations for
Agogino’s articles included the likes
of Geronimo and Billy the Kid. Now
residing in the Northwest, Cox is
best known as a painter of Native
Americans and Western notables. In
tribute to his Astoria art show, he
has just completed his irst seascape.
12. The Astor Lobby
1423 Commercial St.
In partnership with Paul Caruana
and the Astor Hotel, Disjecta will
host a Portland2016 Biennial recep-
tion for artist Avantika Bawa from 7
to 9 p.m. Beverages will be provided
by Deschutes Brewery. Bawa, along
with Disjecta Director Bryan Suereth
and board members, will be present
to discuss her artwork.
13. Astoria Armory Skatepark
1636 Exchange St.
“From The Recliner: Between
my feet and my heart, portraits of
people taken by a sad person with
his furry best friend on his mind” is
a multimedia installation by Astoria
artist Shane Bugbee that includes
photos, audio, video, a sofa, and a
recliner. The exhibition deals with
a two-year period of depression
following the death of the artist’s
dog, Cheyenne. From his recliner,
Bugbee pointed his camera at the
corner once occupied by his dog,
recording a stream of humanity, all
seated on an old blue and green sofa
in the artist’s living room. Visitors
from as far as Texas, Los Angeles and
Pittsburgh, as well as a number of
local residents and Astorians, are
photographed with and without
their knowledge, framed between
the feet of the artist. The images and
the story of the installation will be
available in a zine/show catalog for
sale during the opening.
14. Royal Nebeker Art Gallery
1799 Lexington Ave.
One of the multiple venues
for the Portland2016 Biennial of
Contemporary Art, the Clatsop
Community College Royal Nebeker
Art Gallery will host a reception for
painter Jack Featherly and video
artist Julia Oldham from 5 to 7 p.m.
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