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Jan.
14
ASTORIA — Downtown merchants and galleries will hold
Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m. Satur-
day, Jan. 14. Meet artists and mingle with art lovers while
enjoying refreshments and new exhibits. Some locations are
open earlier or later.
ART BUSINESSES
1. Imogen Gallery
240 11th St.
Imogen hosts “Refuge,” an
exhibition of work by the North Coast
Printmakers Collective, a dynamic
consortium of artists dedicated to fine
printmaking processes. The collective,
established in 2010, endeavors to
promote education and excellence in
fine art printmaking and is comprised
of established and emerging artists,
working in a community-based
program with shared studio space at
Clatsop Community College. Included
• Custom Framing
• Shadow Boxes
• Frame kits
• DIY framing supplies
• Original Art Framing
• Fabric Stretching
• Frame Repair
• 100s of frames & mattes
to choose from!
in the exhibition will be the work of
Vicki Baker, Reed Clarke, Normandie
Hand, Kirsten Horning, Gin Laughery,
Sarah Lippold, Marie Powell, Ben Kil-
len Rosenberg, Miki’ala Souza, Dmitri
Swain, Penny Treat, Janet Wade and E.
Bonn-Zimmerman.
2. RiverSea Gallery
1160 Commercial St.
RiverSea Gallery begins 2017
with a solo exhibition of smaller
works by regional favorite Noel
Thomas. “Pages: Noel Thomas
Sketchbooks” is a celebration
See bronze sculptures at Luminari Arts.
of Astoria and the surrounding
region. The show includes nearly 40
sketches in pen and ink, felt tip pen
and watercolors, all completed en
plein air.
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“Birds that Step on the Ocean” by Miki’Ala Souza at Imogen.
4. Old Town Framing Co.
1287 Commercial St.
Stop by Old Town Framing Co. for
some New Year cheer and conver-
sation.
5:00 pm
Downtown Astoria
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3. Tempo Gallery
1271 Commercial St.
Tempo Gallery will feature new
paintings by retired Columbia River
bar pilot Thron Riggs. Riggs was a
merchant seaman for all of his adult
working life, yet he still found time
for painting both then and now.
Scenes where the water meets the
land are favorite themes in many
of his paintings. He often paints or
sketches on location and finishes his
paintings in his home studio. Riggs
will be present during art walk, and
refreshments will be served.
5. AVA a-i-r Studio
1170 Commercial St.
Astoria Visual Arts’ newest art-
ist-in-residence Andie Sterling will show-
case “Respire,” a video projection inspired
by breath, tidal rhythms and shifting
landscapes, produced in collaboration
with local sound artist Olaf Ydstie.
6. KALA
1017 Marine Drive
KALA presents a collaborative series
between printmaker Stirling Gorsuch
and collage artist Sid Deluca. This series
was created during an artist residency at
Continued on Pg. 19
“The Renegades” by Ben Killen Rosenberg at Imogen Gallery.
ART WALK
MAP