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Trail’s End Gallery hosts first show of 2018
GEARHART — Trail’s End Gallery
will open its first show of the new
year 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3,
with a reception serving wine and
hors d’oeuvres. The gallery is located
in Gearhart at 656 A St., one block
south of Pacific Way.
People will find artwork by new
and longstanding members in water-
color, pastel, oil and acrylic, mixed
media, photography and sculpture,
and smaller three-dimensional items,
cards and prints in the front lobby
entrance.
The classroom will be open for
all ages to do a “make it and take it”
Valentine project. All materials will
be provided and directed by Janet
Hutchings, a talented new member.
Back in the early 1900s, before
the building was an art gallery, it was
“The Little Red Schoolhouse.” You
can still see the remnants of it.
One of the two classrooms has
been converted into a gallery. The
other remains a classroom with a full
library and small kitchen being used
as an open studio three times a week,
free for members and others for a
tiny fee. We also present workshops
and ongoing classes throughout the
year.
For more information about the
gallery, class and workshop offerings,
and how to become a member, visit
our website (trailsendart.org) or email
trailsendartassociation@gmail.com.
The gallery is open during
the winter from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday. To reach
the gallery during these hours, call
The Trail’s End Gallery, formerly the ‘Little Red Schoolhouse,’ is the oldest gallery on the North Coast.
503-717-9458.
Ceramicists, mixed-media artists
featured at Hoffman gallery
MANZANITA — Through
February, the Hoffman
Center Art Gallery will
feature four North Coast
artists: two — Nancy Bond
and Patti Breidenbach
— who create in colorful
mixed media, and two
ceramicists: J.S. Hauer and
John Zogg.
The show opens with
an artists’ reception 2 to 4
p.m. Friday, Feb. 2. The
show continues 2 to 4 p.m.
every Friday and Saturday
through Saturday, Feb. 24.
The gallery is free.
For more information,
contact Mary Roberts at
hoffmancenterartgallery@
gmail.com.
The Hoffman Center
Art Gallery is a program of
the not-for-profit Hoffman
Center for the Arts (594
Laneda Ave.).
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Patti Breidenbach’s “Queen Bee”
FILE PHOTO
‘Waxing and Waning’ on view at Seaside library
SEASIDE — From Tuesday,
Feb. 6, through Tuesday,
Feb. 27, the Seaside Public
Library will exhibit original
paintings by Shannon Mayo
McBride. The show, “Wax-
ing and Waning,” will hang
in the Community Room
and foyer.
Like the waxing and wan-
ing of the moon, Shannon
McBride has always felt a
push and pull of the coast
and city. Though she has
never “lived” at the coast,
her family has always had a
home there.
Childhood memories
of the Seaside carousel,
haystack bread and her toes
in the sand of the Gearhart
beaches fill her past. Mc-
Bride explains that “these
memories and traditions
have been passed down to
my children as they visit my
parents, who have retired
at the coast. The coast will
always be home in one form
or another.”
McBride creates images
that are not representational.
“I create images that
evoke feelings, smells,
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Shannon McBride’s “Tidepools”
sights and sounds,” she said.
“The viewer creates their
own experience; their own
memories are recalled when
they look at the work. My
work is about moments.
They ignite the journey that
leads me to create complex
visual environments that
invite others to share in my
experience with art and life.
These fragments that inform
my work can be fleeting: a
hike from Seaside to Ecola
State Park, a tide pool or the
taste of salt water taffy. Each
is defined in my work by the
interplay between artist and
materials.”
McBride’s studio practice
is informed by these person-
al moments, allowing for ac-
cidents, urges and surprises.
Composition is both created
and exposed while working.
She has come to entertain a
level of unease and thrill that
comes from not knowing the
end result of a piece.
“The universe is speak-
ing,” she said, “I listen and
create.”
The Seaside Public
Library is located at 1131
Broadway St. For more
information, call 503-738-
6742 or visit seasidelibrary.
org.