JUNE 7, 2018 // 3
AVA
needs
you!
ASTORIA — Astoria Visual
Arts is seeking donated items
and services
to auction at
the organiza-
tion’s Tues-
day, June 26,
fundraiser at
Fort George
Brewery
Annie
+ Public
Eskelin
House.
If you
have something of value to
donate, please contact AVA at
astoriavisualarts@gmail.com
coast
PHOTOS COURTESY ASTORIA VISUAL ARTS
A benefit night at Fort George Brewery + Public House
or call 503-791-0575.
AVA supports local artists
and arts education and works
to foster artistic opportunity
and diversity, all of which
benefit our community and
economy.
Your auction donation —
which is tax deductible and
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ERICK BENGEL
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THE ARTS
Astoria Art Walk
See art, meet artists throughout downtown June 9
10
may be eligible as a match
to the Oregon Cultural
Trust — will help fund vital
community arts programs,
including:
• AVA a-i-r, Astoria’s first
artist-in-residence program,
which provides selected lo-
cal artists with needed studio
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• The Coastal Oregon
Artist Residency (COAR),
in collaboration with Recol-
ogy Western Oregon, which
supports the creation of art
from erstwhile trash, pro-
viding selected artists with
access to discarded materi-
als, a monthly stipend and a
large studio space;
• The Astoria Open Stu-
dios Tour, an annual summer
showcase of visual arts, now
in its eighth year, which
provides an intimate look
into artists at work in studio
settings;
• The AVA Pop-Up Gal-
lery, which provides AVA
member-artists an opportu-
nity to showcase their work
on a monthly basis;
• The Miss Bea Johnson
Fund/Community-based Arts
Programming for Teens,
founded by Noel and Pat
Thomas, in partnership with
Astoria and Knappa High
Schools.
AVA’s plans include the
acquisition of a permanent
home for AVA with ADA-ac-
cessible exhibition space.
Under the leadership of
our new executive director,
Annie Eskelin, we hope to
further enhance, strengthen
and promote the arts in Asto-
ria for years to come.
The benefit night will be
held 4:30 to 10 p.m. Tues-
day, June 26, upstairs at Fort
George.