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Royal Nebeker Gallery presents ‘Empathies and Energies’
ASTORIA — “Empathies
and Energies,” an exhibit of
ceramics, prints and pho-
tographs by three Oregon
artists, will be shown at the
Royal Nebeker Gallery at
Clatsop Community College
from Monday, April 2, to
Thursday, May 10.
The show features
ceramics and prints by
internationally acclaimed
artist Frank Boyden of Otis;
infrared photographs by
Rich Bergeman of Corvallis;
and ceramics and sculpture
by Renee McKitterick, chair
of the Art Department at
Linn-Benton Community
College in Albany.
A public reception will be
held 6 p.m. Thursday, April
5, in the gallery.
“Empathies and Ener-
gies” takes its name from
the co-mingling of Boy-
den’s dry-point etchings of
anguished faces with the fire
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Rich Bergeman’s “Winter Cornfield”
and light that McKitterick
and Bergeman use to create
their ceramics and infrared
photographs.
Anchoring the show is
Boyden’s “Empathies,” a
suite of 96 intimate dry-point
psychological portraits that
he presents in four large grids
of 24 prints each. The series
was undertaken in response
to the artist’s disillusionment
with the depravity of human-
ity and evolved into one of
empathy and personal intro-
spection. He is also showing
a selection of other recent
prints and ceramic work in
the Clatsop exhibit.
McKitterick is an Ohio
native who studied and
taught in New Mexico
before relocating to Ore-
gon to join the art faculty
at Linn-Benton. She is a
sculptor, painter, designer
and potter whose work has
Astoria artists invited to join Open Studios Tour in July
ASTORIA — Astoria Visual
Arts invites local artists
to participate in the 2018
Astoria Open Studios Tour,
Saturday and Sunday, July
28 and 29. Studios must
be open to the public both
days from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and be located in Astoria.
Registration forms
are available at astoria-
visualarts.org or may be
requested via email (astori-
astudiostour@gmail.com).
The cost to participate is
$30 per artist, $15 for AVA
members. The deadline to
register is Tuesday, May
15.
This event draws thou-
sands of visitors to Astoria
and benefits artists and our
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A ceramic sculpture by Frank Boyden
been shown nationally and
internationally.
Bergeman, also an Ohio
native, is a retired jour-
nalism and photography
instructor who has enjoyed
a double life as a fine art
photographer for the past 30
years. His black-and-white
Master photographer featured on
PBS, at Northwest By Northwest
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Annie Eskelin
region in many ways.
AVA will publish a
full-color tour guide featur-
ing all participating artists
and will be widely publi-
cizing the event. Contact
Annie Eskelin at 503-791-
0575 for more information.
images of the vanishing trac-
es of Northwest history have
been exhibited in galleries
and museums throughout the
region.
The Royal Nebeker Gal-
lery (1799 Lexington Ave.)
and is open Mondays through
Fridays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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A photo by Christopher Burkett
CANNON BEACH —
Christopher Burkett, a
master fine art photogra-
pher, will be Northwest
by Northwest Gallery’s
featured artist at Can-
non Beach’s upcoming
Spring Unveiling Arts
Festival, Friday, May 4,
through Sunday, May 6.
You can meet the
artist at the Friday
reception, from 5 to 7
p.m., or on Saturday
from 1 to 1:30 p.m.
This Saturday,
March 31, Burkett will
appear on PBS News-
Hour. The show airs at
5:30 p.m.