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Singin’ the holiday season with Artists wanted for local
Symphony, Warrenton schools inaugural urban art show
ASTORIA — The Columbia
River Symphony presents
“Tis’ the Season,” a holiday
concert at the Liberty The-
atre 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9.
Performing in conjunc-
tion with the Warrenton high
and middle school choirs,
all three ensembles will be
celebrating the holidays with
symphonic and choral music,
with a surprise visit from the
one and only Santa Claus!
This is the second time
the Symphony has joined
talents with the school
choirs for a festive holi-
day-themed collaboration
filled with passion, joy
and warmth for the winter
season.
Musical selections will
include: Calvin Custer’s “O
Holy Night,” Jean Calkin’s
“I Heard the Bells on Christ-
mas Day,” choral and sym-
phony collaboration on “Do
You Hear What I Hear,”
“The Nightmare Before
Christmas,” “It Came Upon
A Midnight Clear,” “Once
in Royal David’s City” and
other musical selections.
THE COASTER THEATRE
PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS
COURTESY COLUMBIA RIVER SYMPHONY
The Columbia River Sym-
phony performs at a holiday
concert at Astoria’s Liberty
Theatre.
Choir pieces include: “I
Saw Three Ships,” “Cold
Snap,” “Somewhere in my
Memory” and a beautiful
solo choral piece of “Silent
Night,” sung by Amanda
McClure.
Many more musical
surprises will await those in
attendance by all three en-
sembles, as well as a finale
sing-a-long by all!
This family-friendly con-
cert is free, but donations
are welcome. Refreshments
will be provided during
intermission. Feel free to
bring your camera, as photo
opportunities with Santa
will be available in the lob-
by during intermission and
at the conclusion of the pro-
gram. Free candy canes to
celebrate the holiday season
will also be handed out.
New this year is a
raffle for wonderful prizes,
including an “American
Doll,” a train table set with
characters from the movie
“Cars,” an RC Race Car,
Hot Wheels set, Lego sets
and more.
Each raffle ticket costs
$1, and winners will be an-
nounced near the end of the
concert. All proceeds will be
split between the Sympho-
ny and Warrenton’s music
programs at both middle and
high schools to help offset
the costs of the venue, sheet
music, insurance and more.
Led by conductor Cory
Pederson, the Columbia
River Symphony is an
all-volunteer, nonprofit
performing arts group. The
group is accepting musi-
cian positions in all areas
of woodwinds, brasswinds,
percussionists and all string
parts, as well as accepting
applications to become a
new member of the Sym-
phony board or volunteer.
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Nov. 17 - Dec. 23, 2017
Tickets $20 or $25
Shows begin at 7:30pm
Sunday shows at 3:00pm
Sponsored by
The Clark Foundation
COASTER THEATRE PLAYHOUSE
108 N Hemlock St
Cannon Beach, OR
Tickets: 503-436-1242
coastertheatre.com
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ASTORIA — Astoria Visual
Arts (AVA) and Obtaini-
um Studio are pleased to
announce a call for artists
for the first annual iLLUMi-
NART/Astoria Exhibition,
which aims to spur and sup-
port a form of urban art that
fuses design, lighting and
technology. The submission
deadline is Sunday, Jan. 14.
Each selected artist will
receive a $200 stipend and
food/drink vouchers from
several of Astoria’s finest eat-
ing establishments. Nonresi-
dent artists will be provided
with overnight accommoda-
tions during the set-up and
exhibition dates.
Aimed at providing a
creative platform to region-
al artists and at attracting a
discerning and enthusiastic
audience, iLLUMiNART/
Astoria will showcase
unique projects by artists,
creators, graphic design-
ers, cinematographers and
others.
Blank walls at five lo-
cations in Astoria’s historic
downtown will spring to
life, becoming a must-see
exhibition that celebrates
creativity, inspiration and
shared experience through
works that surprise, impress
and entertain.
Eligibility
iLLUMiNART/Astoria
is open to all career-level
artists living in Oregon
and Washington state who
are working in any style or
medium. However, their
submissions to the exhibi-
tion must be “projectable”
(this includes still images).
Though the artists will
exercise complete control
over their creative process,
and all ideas and expres-
sions will originate from
the artists, AVA reserves the
right to reject artwork that
is offensive or unacceptable
for display.
COURTESY ASTORIA VISUAL ARTS
A projection in downtown
Astoria
Application process
Applicants are asked
to submit the following
materials:
1. Contact information:
Name, address, telephone
number, email address
2. Website address, if
available
3. Resume or C.V.
4. An essay (no more than
500 words) that addresses the
following:
• Artist’s Statement. An
overview/introduction to
your body of work, including
the medium in which you
generally work.
• Statement of Purpose. A
detailed description of what
your planned work is for this
exhibition. Note that your fi-
nal, stand-alone work should
be no more than 15 minutes
long. It will then be looped to
run throughout the evening.
5. Four work samples that
reflect the type of project
you’re planning to pursue
and/or represent recent,
finished works. Photos of
these will suffice and images
should be reasonable in file
size for online transfer.
6. Contact information
(phone number and email
address) for a reference will-
ing to speak to your artistic
practice.
All application materials
must be submitted electron-
ically through astoriavisu-
alarts@gmail.com, with the
subject heading “Illuminart/
Astoria Application.” (Large
files may be sent via Google
docs. Links to works online
are also acceptable.) Paper
applications are not accepted.
Nota bene: Artists inter-
ested in collaborating on a
project must submit individu-
al applications and appropri-
ate work samples, along with
a joint description of the work
they intend to do. An example
of a previous collaborative
work (either completed or
in progress) may also be
submitted. Admission status is
determined by averaging the
individual application scores
of all collaborators.
Selection of artists
Our selection committee,
which is composed of arts
professionals and patrons,
will review applications
Saturday, Jan. 20, with five
finalists and two alternates
ultimately selected. The com-
mittee may contact artists in
advance of, or during, the
Jan. 20 meeting to address
any questions or need for
clarification. The committee
will evaluate submissions
based on the originality of
each artist’s articulated ideas/
work proposals, the quality
of previous work, and the
artist’s reference.
Notification
Artists will be notified by
email by the end of the day
Wednesday, Jan. 24, if they
are among the artists selected.
Important dates
• Submission deadline:
Sunday, Jan. 14
• Notification of accep-
tance: Wednesday, Jan. 24
• Exhibition set-up: Satur-
day, April 7, through Thurs-
day, April 12
• Exhibition dates: Friday,
April 13, and Saturday, April
14
Questions? Contact us at
astoriavisualarts@gmail.com
or 503-741-9694.