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At Haystack Rock, embark on a nudibranch safari
FILE PHOTO
Tsuga Gallery on Main Street in Cathlamet displays artworks
by people from Wahkiakum and southeastern Pacific counties.
Artists, vendors wanted
for Cathlamet Art Festival
CATHLAMET, WASH. —
Tsuga Gallery in Cathlamet,
Wash., has announced its
second annual Cathlamet
Art Festival, “A River of
Art.”
Scheduled to take
place Friday and Saturday,
Aug. 3 and 4, it will be in
conjunction with the Cath-
lamet Elochoman Marina
Wooden and Classic Boat
Show.
Vendors wishing to
participate can find ap-
plications at tsugagallery.
org under the events tab.
Vendor spaces are $30 un-
til Sunday, July 1, then the
price is $35. The deadline
is Saturday, July 28.
The Cathlamet Art
Festival will open Fri-
day night, Aug. 3, with
a reception at the Tsuga
Gallery featuring live
music, snacks and bever-
ages. Saturday will feature
art vendors, an art walk
on Main Street, art classes
and more music. A booth
will be available offering
art projects designed with
children in mind.
The Elochoman Mari-
na’s Wooden and Classic
Boat show features a
beautiful array of classic
boats competing for best
in their category, as well as
demonstrations, programs
and boat-related activities.
The marina and Main
Street are within walking
distance, so both activities
can be enjoyed.
Tsuga Gallery was
formed in 2011 by bene-
factor Janet Cimino in a
century-old building on
Main Street in Cathlamet.
Her goal was to bring
artists and locals together to
make, learn and participate
in a community-based art
program. Still artistically
strong today, Tsuga Gal-
lery’s goals are to continue
Cimino’s dream.
More information about
the Tsuga Gallery and the
Cathlamet Art Festival can
be found at tsugagallery.
org.
For questions, contact
Robert Stowe at 562-858-
9142, or stoweclan@gmail.
com.
CANNON BEACH — The
Haystack Rock Awareness
Program invites everyone
to join them as they embark
upon a nudibranch safari! Par-
ticipants of all ages will trek
through the intertidal zone on
a search for the elusive nudi-
branch that can only be found
at low tide.
The safari will take place
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
May 19, and will be led by
HRAP’s own “Nudibranch
Queen,” Lisa Habecker.
It will be fun for all ages
and abilities as participants
learn about the 16-plus spe-
cies of nudibranch that make
Haystack Rock their home.
This class is offered free of
charge, but donations to the
program will be accepted.
Anyone interested in at-
tending is asked to register
in advanced online through
Eventbrite.
The Haystack Rock
Awareness Program, now in
its 33rd season on the beach,
aims to protect, through edu-
COURTESY HAYSTACK ROCK AWARENESS PROGRAM
Hermissenda crassicornis, a species of nudibranch (sea slug)
cation, the intertidal and bird
ecology of the Marine Garden
and National Wildlife Refuge
at Haystack Rock. HRAP has
educated more than a million
visitors and aims to provide
sustainability-focused educa-
tional opportunities.
For more information,
visit ci.cannon-beach.or.us/
HRAP or contact Habecker,
the HRAP education and
volunteer coordinator, at
503-436-8064 or Habecker@
ci.cannon-beach.or.us.
See the coastal edge through children’s eyes
CANNON BEACH — The
Cannon Beach Arts Asso-
ciation gallery will host
a pop-up exhibition of
children’s art inspired by
the coastal edge Friday and
Saturday, May 18 and 19.
The mountainous
shoreline that North Coast
Land Conservancy calls the
Coastal Edge includes state
parks, a marine reserve, a
potential Rainforest Re-
serve … and an elementary
school.
Children at Fire Moun-
tain School, south of Arch
Cape, spend one day each
week outdoors as part of
their Nature Awareness
Track, and for the past two
months they’ve been fo-
cusing on the natural world
of the coastal edge around
them. They’ve been using
their weekly art class to
COURTESY NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY
Fire Mountain School students (from left) Sierra Shea, Emelio
Tate and Brogan Shea
record their impressions of
the coastal edge in water-
colors, pastels, ceramics
and other media.
A reception will be held
10 a.m. to noon Saturday,
May 19. Speakers will
include NCLC Executive
Director Katie Voelke. The
gallery, at 1064 S. Hemlock
St., is open 11 a.m. to 4
p.m.
The school emphasizes
what it calls place-based
learning, drawing lessons
from the community and
the landscape where the
children live. The students,
ranging from preschool to
grade 5, have also been cre-
ating temporary artwork in
the forest and on the beach,
inspired by the site-specific
work of British sculptor
Andy Goldsworthy.
Learn more about
the proposed Rainforest
Reserve and Coastal Edge
conservation at NCLCtrust.
org.