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PHOTOGRAPHERS CAPTURE
STUFF OF ‘DREAMS’ AT LIGHTBOX
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“Limit,” by Jeff Brownell
ASTORIA — LightBox
Photographic Gallery host the
opening and artists’ reception
of “The Stuff Dreams are
Made of…,” a group exhibit
featuring the work of The
Portland Photographers
Forum, during the Second
Saturday Art Walk, 5 to 8 p.m.
Sept. 9.
The Forum educates on
the subject of photography as
a fi ne art through meetings,
seminars, workshops, outings
and photography exhibitions.
Members include profession-
al photographers, working
artists, teachers and photog-
raphy enthusiasts. They work
in a variety of mediums with
a desire to improve their work
and to share the love of pho-
tography with the public.
The LightBox exhibit will
showcase the work of 21
members of the group.
Susan Bein, a juror for
its annual juried show, took
classes from Ansel Adams,
Minor White, Aaron Sis-
kind, Nathan Lyons and Paul
Caponigro, using black-and-
white fi lm and large-format
cameras. After majoring in
photography in college and
teaching it, she eventually be-
came a graphic designer. Her
work has been included in
many juried group shows, and
featured in four solo gallery
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“Portrait in Steel #1,” Scott
Hoyle
exhibitions, and is part of
several private collections.
She teaches popular class-
es in iPhone photography
and Photoshop in Portland.
“The Stuff Dreams are
Made of…” will show
in the gallery Tuesday,
Oct. 10. LightBox offers
memberships to be part of
the community that helps
further the mission of the
gallery.
The gallery (1045
Marine Drive) is open 11
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday. Contact
LightBox at 503-468-0238
or at info@lightbox-photo-
graphic.com.
Visit lightbox-pho-
tographic.com for more
info on this exhibit, and
to enjoy past, current and
upcoming exhibits.
Roger Hayes gets
AVA artist residency
ASTORIA — Astoria Visual tion of censored art at the
Arts is delighted to wel-
Performance Network in
come multimedia artist
Ann Arbor. His contribu-
Roger Hayes to work in
tions gained him national
the organization’s studio
notoriety via Newsweek
at 80 11th St. in Astoria,
magazine, mentioned as he
rent-free, as part of the
was within the context of
AVA artist-in-residence
the controversial work of
(“AVA a-i-r”) program.
Robert Mapplethorpe.
The residency runs through
Hayes participated in a
variety of Portland-based ex-
Dec. 31.
hibits in alternative
During Sep-
space galleries
tember’s Second
between 1989 and
Saturday Art
1995. Returning
Walk, Hayes will
from Europe with
showcase both
a collection of
completed works
fi gurative works,
and works-in-
he collaborated on
progress.
a series of shows
A longtime
with Astoria/
member of
Berlin artist Nick
Astoria’s arts
Knapton.
community, Roger
Roger Hayes
Hayes has
Hayes attended
shown throughout
the Center for
the Pacifi c Northwest, in
Creative Studies in De-
solo and group shows.
troit, Michigan, from 1978
AVA a-i-r, a nonprofi t
to 1981, with a focus on
founded in 1989, is designed
printmaking. His work was
to encourage the creative,
exhibited in major cities
intellectual and professional
throughout the Midwest
growth of local artists. The
from 1982 to 1986.
program is supported by
Hayes later met the
French-Armenian art dealer members of Astoria Visual
Arts and the generosity of
Jacques Karamanoukian
the Astoria Coffee House &
and was introduced to cur-
Bistro and the Merry Time
rent European trends of Art
Bar and Grill.
Brut and Outsider Art, and
For more information
began showing regularly
about AVA, or to learn
at Galerie Jacques in Ann
more about the AVA a-i-r
Arbor, Michigan.
program, visit http://www.
In 1988, Hayes partic-
astoriavisualarts.org/.
ipated in a large exhibi-
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