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A STORM
OF ARTS
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A painting by Jeffrey Hull, of Jeffrey Hull Gallery. Hull will be in the gallery all weekend, holding an art reception and book signing at 5:30 p.m. Friday and an open house
reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Look what’s blowing into Cannon Beach during
the Stormy Weather Arts Festival on Nov. 4, 5 & 6
park,” said Carrier. “To keep bringing
people back, they freshen it by adding a new
ride or changing it up.”
auction, other activities will include concerts
Friday night and Sunday, artists demonstra-
tions and receptions hosted by local galler-
ies, street-corner musicians, a fashion show
and a three-woman play.
“This is a traditional event,” said Court
Carrier, director of the Cannon Beach
Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the
festival. “The arts are an incredible part of
Cannon Beach, and this is a celebration of
the arts.”
With at least one new event — the Blues,
Brews and Barbeques lunch Sunday in the
chamber’s community hall — and a few
twists in the annual offerings, the festival is
a little different this year.
“It’s like Disneyland when it has a theme
Carnes became intrigued with basket
weaving when a friend in Michigan taught
her 30 years ago.
“There are no rules — you don’t have to
follow patterns, and I don’t like to follow
rules,” Carnes said. “But there are endless
possibilities.”
She uses a variety of materials.
“Everywhere I look, I find something
to work with — trees, the ground and the
beach, for sure. I started working with metal
last year.”
Carnes’ brightly colored, hand-dyed bas-
ket fabricated with rope found on the beach
won her the Steve McLeod trophy presented
this year by Cannon Beach’s Earth Day
Committee. The trophy was named after
Art in Action
By NANCY MCCARTHY
Even if the rain is blowing sideways
and the wind bends the trees outside, Debra
Carnes will weave a little magic during the
Stormy Weather Art in Action dinner and
auction on Saturday, Nov. 5.
With rattan, and maybe some curly
willow and birch bark — or possibly beach
rope, metal or sea grass — Carnes will
weave a basket that could ultimately be 3
feet tall — and filled with her imagination.
In fact, imagination and creativity will in-
fuse Cannon Beach for three days during the
29th annual Stormy Weather Arts Festival
Friday, Nov. 4 through Sunday, Nov. 6.
In addition to the annual dinner and silent
the late Steve McLeod, a local painter and
sculptor who used beach debris in his work.
Carnes and seven other professional
artists will demonstrate their techniques
by creating art during the annual dinner
Saturday night. Some of their works will be
for sale.
Participants in the silent auction can
bid on Cannon Beach experiences, travel
packages and other items. Proceeds from the
auction will pay for scholarships for children
attending the Coaster Theatre Kids Camp,
the Sea Ranch Children’s Summer Music
Camp or the Cannon Beach Arts Associa-
tion’s Arts Camp.
“The scholarships help kids maintain
their interest in arts,” Carrier said. “Last
year we sponsored scholarships for nine
students.”
Other festival highlights include:
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