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COURTESY ILLUMINART/ASTORIA
LIGHT UP
THE NIGHT
iLLUMiNART
dazzles Astoria
with life, light,
color, sound
By DON FRADES
FOR COAST WEEKEND
B
lank walls at eight lo-
cations in downtown
Astoria will come
to life with light, color and
sound Friday and Saturday,
April 13 and 14, during
iLLUMiNART/Astoria — a
multimedia exhibition cele-
brating creativity, inspiration
and shared experience.
The two-day, all-ages
festival — involving local
businesses, artists and com-
munity organizations — is
free to the public.
Lisa Smith, president of
Astoria Visual Arts, ex-
plained that iLLUMiNART/
Astoria is “the brainchild of
the brilliant Jeff Daly, who
came to AVA a few months
ago to ask if we’d like to
co-sponsor it with him.
“He made a knock-out
presentation, and the AVA
board jumped on the oppor-
tunity to join forces.”
DANNY MILLER PHOTO
Jeff Daly
Daly, a ubiquitous local
personality and community
enthusiast, has been project-
ing images onto downtown
walls for about a year and
a half.
Bright lights,
small city
“We’re using walls,
we’re using locations
that many people would
consider to be abandoned,”
Daly said. “There will be
video, audio, colors, lights,
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