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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 // 5 Submit art to 11th ‘Au Naturel: he Nude in the 21st Century’ exhibition Applications are now accepted, deadline is Nov. 7 ASTORIA — Clatsop Com- munity College invites art- ists to submit to the 2017 international juried exhi- bition “Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century.” The 2017 “Au Naturel” exhibit will be open for viewing at the Royal Ne- beker Art Gallery from Jan. 26 through March 16, 2017 with a special community reception at 6 p.m. Feb. 9. The “Au Naturel” com- petition is open to all art- ists from around the globe working in two-dimen- sional drawing, painting or printmaking media with a focus on the nude human figure as subject matter in any form from represen- tational to abstract and in which the handmade mark is employed as the primary means of image-making. Entrants must be 18 years or older, and submitted artwork must have been executed in the last three years and available for the duration of the exhibit. Visit the exhibit website aunaturelart.com to view artwork from previous “Au Naturel” exhibitions and for further information about the show. Applications are now being accepted online via the CaFÉ website, www. callforentry.org Applications must be received on CaFÉ by 11 p.m. PST on Nov. 7. There is no additional fee to use the CaFÉ online application system. Enter and register a username and password. Navigate to Apply to Calls, and search the list for “Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Cen- tury.” The site also pro- vides detailed instructions Discover ‘Haunted Astoria’ at the Astoria Public Library Author Jef Davis shares stories of local spirits and ghosts Oct. 6 SUBMITTED PHOTO Nick Reszetar, from Milan, Michigan, won irst place and a pur- chase award for his charcoal drawing “Dioscuric” at the 2016 “Au Naturel” exhibition. for use. There is a $40 fee for the submission of up to three images, and $5 for each additional image submitted. 2017 exhibit awards will include $1,000 in cash prizes and up to $2,000 in purchase awards. A select number of Visiting Artist Workshop awards will also be granted. Additionally, one artist will be chosen to be featured in a solo show for the following exhibition season (2017-18) at the CCC Royal Nebeker Art Gallery. For a prospectus, send a SASE to Au Naturel Inter- national Juried Exhibition c/o Kristin Shauck, Clatsop Community College, 1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria, OR 97103; or download the document from the “Au Naturel” website. Serving as juror for the 2017 exhibit is Dan- iel Duford, an artist and writer. He is a 2010 Hallie Ford Fellow and a recipi- ent of a 2012 Art Matters Grant. His books include “The Unfortunates Graphic Novel,” “The Naked Boy” and “The Green Man of Portland.” His work has been shown at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Atlanta Center for Contemporary Art, Ma- ryhill Museum, Bellevue Arts Museum, Clay Studio, the Boise Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and The Art Gym at Marylhurst University. His writing has appeared in High Desert Journal, Parabola, Artweek, ART- news, The Emily Dickinson Award Anthology, The Organ, The Bear Deluxe, Ceramics Monthly, Ceram- ics: Technical and Ceram- ics: Art and Perception. His work has been reviewed by The New York Times, The Village Voice, New York Press, The Albany Times Union, The Orego- nian, Sculpture Magazine, Art Papers, Artweek, The Willamette Week and the Portland Mercury. He is the visiting associate professor of art at Reed College. In 2012 he curated an exhibition called “Fighting Men: Leon Golub, Peter Voulkos and Jack Kirby” at the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis and Clark College. ASTORIA — Hear tales about local spirits and ghosts at Haunted Astoria, a presentation by author Jeff Davis. The presentation will take place at 6 p.m. Thurs- day, Oct. 6 at the Astoria Public Library, located at 450 10th St. Admission is free, and all ages are welcome. Davis’ presentation will be based on his book, “Haunted Astoria,” which he irst published in 2006 and revised in 2015. From the Oficer’s Inn in Warren- ton, which hosts spirits left behind by former soldiers, to phantom ghost ships of the Columbia River, Astoria has accumulated many spirits and ghosts in the last 200-plus years. Come and learn more about them, and possibly share some ghost stories of your own. Davis was born in Vancouver, Washington, where he grew up playing in and around the Vancou- ver Barracks, cultivating his interest in the military and history. Late-night horror movies inspired his interest in ghosts, mythology and archaeology. He has written or con- tributed to over a dozen books on the paranormal, odd and unusual, includ- ing “Weird Washington,” “Weird Oregon,” “A Haunt- ed Tour Guide to the Paciic Northwest,” and of course, “Haunted Astoria.” Davis spent 32 years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves, where he served in locations worldwide including Bosnia, Italy, Ja- pan and Korea. He earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Port- land State University and a master’s in archaeology at the University of Sheffield, England. He worked for several years as an archae- ologist for the U.S. Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest. For more information, contact library staff at 503- 325-7323 or comments@ astorialibrary, or visit the Astoria Public Library at www.astorialibrary.org Bridge tournament attracts players from across the country to Seaside SEASIDE — More than 1,000 bridge players are expected to attend Seaside’s annual bridge tournament held Sept. 26 to Oct. 2 at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center. While visiting Seaside, players hope to return with more than seashells and sand dollars in their pockets; they want to earn masterpoints, the measure- ment of accomplishment in the world of bridge. The Seaside tournament is the largest regional tour- nament in the American Contract Bridge League’s District 20, which embod- ies all of Oregon, Northern California, Southern Wash- ington and NW Idaho. The tournament attracts bridge players from more than 40 states; last year also saw players from Mexico, five provinces of Canada and Sweden. The tournament began Monday evening, and play runs from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. all week until Sunday, with play beginning at 10 a.m. before the tournament ends. Duplicate bridge is played with a standard deck of 52 playing cards and four players comprised of two partnerships. The same bridge deal (a specif- ic deal of the 52 cards in each of the four hands) is played at each table, and scoring is based on relative performance of the identi- cal cards. When a partner- ship plays their hand better than the competition, they are awarded with master- points. The ACBL has 14 masterpoint rank titles. The Oregon Coast Regional Bridge Tourna- ment is sanctioned by the American Contract Bridge League. Founded in 1937, the ACBL is the largest bridge organization in the world, serving 167,000 members. A challenging and rewarding card game, bridge attracts players of all ages and walks of life — from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to poker star Phil Gordon. Locally, you can attend a duplicate bridge game Monday through Saturday at various clubs. If you are new or returning to bridge, bridge lessons are offered periodically in the area. For more information visit seasidebridge.net or call Cindy Gould or Vern Fowl- er at 503-830-1979.
