AUGUST 10, 2017 // 9
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ASTORIA — Art lovers will take to the streets of downtown
Astoria for the Second Saturday Art Walk 5 to 8 p.m. Aug.
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refreshments get gobbled up. (As always, some locations
open and close earlier or later.)
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
“Grandfather, Can You Hear Me?” by Garric Simonsen, at RiverSea Gallery
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4. Astoria Vintage
Hardware
1162 Marine Drive
Painter and carver John Willis
is the featured pop-up artist this
month, offering oil painting of the
Oregon Coast from Yachats to Asto-
ria. Since childhood, he has studied
the intersection of art and ecology.
Willis is also a lamp designer,
derived from the Inuit skin-on-frame
boats.
5. Muse Beauty Bar
8. Forsythea Home &
Garden Art
1124 Commercial St.
Sharon Greenwood spent 15
years in advertising before realizing
the pottery classes she had taken in
college were calling to her. Her work
is inspired by the tranquility of the
Oregon Coast and the cheerfulness
of her garden.
9. Cargo
240 11th St.
Summer is here: lots of summer
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7. Good to Go
1132 Commercial St.
In 2014, native Astorian and
artist Erika Hawkins’ vision started
to fail but her artistic vision wasn’t
willing to give in. Her art is inter-
pretive and her paintings contain a
personal message. Her current focus
is fluid painting and capturing light.
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11th Street
3. KALA @ Hipfish
1017 Marine Drive
KALA continues Summer Invita-
tional with Sid Deluca, “Torn Apart.”
The collage series represents the
fractures between ourselves and our
worlds, both external and internal,
both present and in memory.
Also on display: works from Kim
Rose Adams, Annie Eskelin and Bill
Atwood, Pooka Rice and Joi Smith,
and Rene Rowe.
Live music: Classic Surf Rock with
Bikini Beach ($5 cover).
6. RiverSea Gallery
1160 Commercial St.
In a solo show titled “114 Years,”
Garric Simonsen honors his roots
with works based on an inherited
collection of photographs from his
Swedish immigrant ancestors. His
interdisciplinary approaches include
dry-etching, encaustic, collage,
hand-coloring and digital prints.
Also, Noel Thomas, one of this
region’s most distinguished artists,
exhibits “Old Friends and Relative
Strangers,” watercolors starring the
North Coast.
A painting by Cody Fox, on
display at Old Town Framing
10th Street
2. WineKraft
80 10th St. (Pier 11)
WineKraft features work from
six local artists as well as live music
with Swingcats of Astoria starting
at 7 p.m. Sip wine, eat and enjoy
the arts.
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1168 Commercial St., Ste. 206
Join us in celebrating Muse
Beauty Bar’s one-year anniversary
with a night of magical photo art by
Ashlee Unicorn, a pop-up shop with
Unique Horn Bliss, drag makeup
with Gingervitus and a Muse-Glam
life photo booth.
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1. Astoria Art Loft
106 3rd St.
The featured artist is Genie Carey,
a well-known photographer who
specializes in boats, ships, birds and
other critters. She superimposes her
images onto maps, special papers and
various surfaces through a process
called “sublimation.” Come to our
early reception 2 to 5 p.m. and watch
Carey use her special process.
John Willis’ paintings and
wood art-objects, including
unique lamps like this one, will
be displayed at Vintage Hard-
ware’s pop-up gallery space.
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Exchange Street
clothing … fiction … kitchenware
… beach blankets … and more …
10. The Fox and The
Fawn
1008 Commercial St.
This upscale resale boutique fea-
tures a variety of reasonably priced
new or gently worn women and
men’s clothing. Ayla DeCoraggio, the
shop’s owner, can provide you with
style advice guaranteed to make you
shine. Enjoy champagne, chocolate
and festivities while you learn about
our charity-of-the-month.
11. AVA Pop-Up Gallery
80 11th St., above Coldwater
Skate and Surf
Brenda Harper, multimedia
artist, will show “Imaginary Archi-
tecture,” an idea of places, buildings,
land and space as blank slates or
shells, rather than pieces of property
with commercial value.
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Introducing Sharon Green-
wood Pottery at Forsythea
Home & Garden Art