APRIL 6, 2017 // 7
9. CARGO
240 11th Street
Is spring in the air? In
case you didn’t know, Cargo
has many one of a kind
artifacts from all around the
globe.
April
8
ASTORIA — Downtown merchants and galleries will
hold Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk from 5 to 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 8. Meet artists and mingle with art lovers
while enjoying refreshments and new exhibits. Some loca-
tions are open earlier or later.
Art Businesses
1. Astoria Art Loft
106 Third Street
Ten Knappa High School
juniors are the featured
artists at the Art Loft. Lead
by glass mosaic artist, Kai
Raden, the young artists
created their own original
glass mosaics through a
grant from the Astoria Visu-
al Artists (AVA). The Art Walk
at the Art Loft is 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. See the glass mosaics
and be back downtown
for Art Walk at the other
galleries.
4. AVA Artist-in-Resi-
dence
Astoria Arts & Move-
ment Center
342 10th St
Andie Sterling shares
her new stop-motion ani-
mation inspired by warm
westerly winds in collabora-
tion with Argentine Tango
Instruction and Practica by
Estelle and Celeste Olivera.
5. AVA Artist-in-Resi-
dence
80 11th St. (above Edison
Fish Market)
Terry Robinett opens her
studio for exhibition of a
new mixed-media sculp-
ture installation created
in response to the Trump
administration.
8. Imogen Gallery
240 11th Street
Imogen is jumping into
spring with the fresh and
bold paintings of Jennifer
Mercede. Working small to
large, each finished paint-
ing expresses a quality of
joie de vivre, bold, exag-
gerated use of color and
brilliant brush stroke spring
from surface, as if trying to
escape containment.
12. RiverSea Gallery
1160 Commercial Street
Meet both artists at Art
Walk! In “Legends in White,”
Jody Miller, noted photog-
rapher, part-time Astorian
and international traveler,
offers black and white
photographs that capture
the ethereal beauty of the
white horses of the Camar-
gue. In the Alcove, “Erosion
and Memory” showcases
new linocuts and mono-
prints by north coast native,
Stirling Gorsuch, focusing
on geological forces and
extreme natural phenom-
ena that have shaped the
Northwest landscape.
“Cannery Pier” by Stephen
showing at Forsythea this
April.
Friendship by Jody Miller is at Riversea Gallery.
Sweet by Jennifer Mercede is
at Imogen Gallery.
will also have their work on
display. Enjoy keyboard jazz
played by local musician
Peter Unander.
13. The Art Stall
1268 Commercial
The Art Stall is quickly
growing with new artists!
Come have some refresh-
ments and check them
out. You can also see the
new objects for the April
Still Life Set-up. Located
two doors east of the Wells
Fargo bank.
15. Old Town Framing
Company
1287 Commercial Street
Preview a sample of the
art donated by area artists
to be sold at the Clatsop
Community College Foun-
dation’s annual Arts and
Experiences Auction and
Dinner on Saturday, May
6th. .
14. TEMPO Gallery
1271 Commercial Street
Featured artist this
month is Phyllis Taylor, a
local artist who spent this
past winter exploring paint-
ing portraits with watercol-
or. Visit with Taylor and the
other Tempo artists who
ALSO FEATURING
ORIGINAL ART
2. WineKraft
80 10th Street (Pier 11)
Featuring works of local
artists and live music with
The Swing Cats of Astoria
starting at 7pm. Sip wine,
eat, and enjoy the arts. .
3. The Fox and The
Fawn
1008 Commercial St.
The Fox and the Fawn,
an upscale, resale boutique,
features a variety of reason-
ably priced new and gently
worn clothing. Ayla DeC-
oraggio, the shop’s owner,
can provide you with style
advice guaranteed to make
you shine! Come enjoy
champagne, chocolate and
the festivities, while you
learn about our charity of
the month.
6. Metal Heads
1126 Marine Dr.
Mixed-media digital
prints of gig posters and
record cover art from
wanderer and judge of
the crying tournament,
Rob Sav, and hosted by
the iconic destroyer of
archetypes John Gentner
at Metal Head retail shop.
Heavy (mostly metal) mu-
sic and its relationship with
art and design. Nonprofit
artworks and famously
unofficial.
7. Astoria Vintage
Hardware
1162 Marine Drive
In honor of National
Coin Week, Vintage Hard-
ware will be celebrating
all month with April’s
Pop-Up Shop “Clatsop
Coin.” Scott McClaine will
be available throughout
the month providing
professional numismatic
services. He will also have
American Silver Eagles,
Silver Bullion, Whitman
collecting folders, Red
Books and more.
10. Forsythea Home &
Garden Arts
1124 Commercial St.
Stephen, a Salem-based
artist, will be featured at
Forsythea for the month of
April. With a career in ad-
vertising under his belt he
has refocused his painting
priorities, namely, for the
sheer joy of it. Come meet
the artist during this sec-
ond Saturday Art Walk.
11. Luminari Arts
1133 Commercial St .
Luminari Arts celebrates
three years of business
this artwalk. Two benefits
will occur simultaneously:
1) Headstart shares Art
through a Child’s Eyes. Meet
the little artists and bid on
their masterpieces while
enjoying refreshments
and live music. 2) A silent
auction will be held for a,
almost full-size Carmen
Miranda marionette. She
has hand-pieced fabric,and
is meticulously detailed.
All proceeds benefit the
Performing Arts Center.
16. Museum of Wimsy
1215 Duane St.
Museum of Whimsy will
be showing unique, whim-
sical, playful, fanciful, and
odd curiosities dating from
the 1800s through today.
Free admission Art Walk
night only.
17. AVA @ Lovell Show-
room
11st and Exchange
streets
Students from Seaside,
Warrenton, Astoria, Gray,
and Knappa High Schools
will exhibit their artwork
at the first Clatsop County
High School Art Exhibition,
a juried art show sponsored
by Astoria Visual Arts.
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