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14 // COASTWEEKEND.COM Sign up for summer painting workshop GEARHART — Trail’s End Gallery will hold a summer workshop taught by Carolyn Macpherson, Aug. 23 through 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., for watercolor or acrylic artists interested in learning Yupo, how to pour watercolor and mixed media. It will take place at the gallery (656 A St.) in Gearhart. The cost for the workshop is $300 for mem- bers, $375 for nonmembers. There is space for 12 participants. To hold a spot, send a check for $100 to Trail’s End Art Association and Gallery: 656 A St., Gearhart, OR 97128. Participants may bring their own materials; all other sup- plies will be furnished. Macpherson has a highly con- centrated style of painting where rich dark backgrounds of still life jump off the paper. She has given workshops featuring this dynamic technique and received awards and accolades, including exhibiting at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacra- mento, California. American Artist magazine reviewed her book, “How Did You Paint That?” Primarily a water-based media artist, Macpherson also paints with water-based oils, cold wax techniques and particularly enjoys COURTESY TRAIL’S END ART ASSOCIATION Carolyn Macpherson’s “Zany Zin- nias” COURTESY TRAIL’S END ART ASSOCIATION Carolyn Macpherson’s “Rose Hips on Yupo” mixed media. Represented by Fairweather House & Gallery, she often offers a “Painting Seaside COASTER THEATRE PLAYHOUSE February 2-24, 2018 Tickets $20 or $25 Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday shows start at 3:00p.m. Sponsored by Mike & Tracey Clark Tickets: 503-436-1242 or coastertheatre.com 108 N Hemlock Street, Cannon Beach, OR LIVE” episode during the Seaside First Saturday Art Walk. For information about regis- tering for this workshop, contact Linda Gebhart at 503-351-0145. You can also visit the gallery during winter hours 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday beginning in February. To learn more about the gallery and its benefits to members, visit trailsendart.org or email trailsend- artassociation@gmail.com, or call the gallery at 503-717-9458 during winter hours. Mixed-media art class offered Feb. 3 MANZANITA — The Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita will offer a one-day “Mixed Media Acrylic Painting & Collage” workshop 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3. Led by Astoria artist Patti Breidenbach, a former junior high and high school art teacher, the class is designed for students 18 and up. Beginning to professional artists are welcome. Tuition for the workshop will be $80, plus a $20 materials fee. The class will be limited to 10 students. The workshop will focus on creating art using paint, collage, stenciling and fabric. Participants will be able to apply these methods and techniques to future works of art. Students will leave with a finished piece. Though all materials are provid- ed, students are encouraged to bring any materials they want to use, such as their own acrylic paints, brushes, stencils or fabric. Breidenbach, who has a bachelor of fine arts degree in jewelry design, is also a certified high school teacher. She is the former executive direc- tor of the Granville Arts Council in Oxford, North Carolina. She enjoys teaching oils, watercolor, ceramics, drawing, paper making, book bind- ing and basket weaving. To register or find additional in- formation, visit hoffmanblog.org. Questions about the workshop can be addressed to Breidenbach at pat- tiannb123@yahoo.com. A sampling COURTESY HOFFMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS of her art can be found at astoriavisu- alarts.org/patti-breidenbach.html. A painting by Patti Breidenbach