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ASTORIA — Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk takes place
5 to 8 p.m. July 14. Enjoy a summer evening strolling through
downtown, popping in and out of galleries, chatting with artists
and checking out their art, savoring refreshments and cooling off.
(Some locations open and closer earlier and later.)
‘Nothing Square,” fabric art
by Janet Hutchings at Tempo
Gallery.
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1. The Art Loft
106 Third St.
Bas-relief sculpture created from slate,
wall-hanging ceramics and floral
watercolors await visitors 1 to 4 p.m.
Meet artists Rick and Mary Wadman,
and Vicky Sullivan while enjoying the
artwork and refreshments.
Get your picture taken with a mermaid
or dress up as a mermaid yourself!
Pictures are free but donations are
happily accepted, and all proceeds go
to a good friend needing financial help
with her battle against cancer. We’ll
also be raffling off a number of locally
made gifts.
2. WineKraft
7. Metal Head
80 10th St. (Pier 11)
Featuring work from six local artists as
well as live music starting at 7 p.m. Sip
wine, eat and enjoy the arts as you wrap
up your art walking.
1126 Marine Drive
Joi Smith is a local mixed-media collage
artist specializing in stark images of
reality as well as fantastical, otherworld-
ly planes of existence. Joi’s aesthetic is
visceral and not to be missed.
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3. McVarish Gallery
An image from Jaime Boyd’s ‘Photos From My Phone,’ on view at Astoria Visual Arts.
fun retro goodies and more!
1162 Marine Drive
Our July Pop-Up Shop features Wilson
Metal Artwork, a father-son team of
highly skilled and creative metal artists.
Realism shows in every piece of work,
right down to fish eyes that seem to
move!
4. KALA
1017 Marine Drive
“Venerations,” the new works by
Seattle-based artist Paul Soriano. Each
oil painting focuses on a Buddha image
and are works of devotion, meditation
and prayer. Also showing: Renee Rowe,
Sid Deluca, Joi Smith and Tom Hilton.
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anniversary, too, so stop by for some
cheer!
‘Red Buddha,’ an oil-on-canvas painting by Paul Soriano.
10. Cargo
240 11th St.
Back to Japan for summer … lots of
small Japanese furniture, wooden boxes,
Japanese indigo, vintage kimonos, signs
and ceramics.
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14th Stree
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Duane Street
‘Coco,’ a stained glass mosaic
and textile collage by Greta
Latchford on display at McVa-
rish Gallery.
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5-8 pm
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240 11th St.
Presenting Rachel Maxi, she brings
a new series of abstract oil paintings
influenced by a month in Morocco.
“Letting It All Hang Out: New Works
by Rachel Maxi” will be on view
through Aug. 7.
1001 Commercial St.
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9. Imogen Gallery
5. Sea Gypsy Gifts
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Rachel Maxi’s ‘Performance
Artist,’ done in oil and gold
spray paint on canvas, on dis-
play at Imogen Gallery.
8. Astoria Vintage
Hardware
1060 10th St.
Presenting “Letting Go of Shoulds,” a
collection of works on glass by Greta
Latchford. Using her innovative tech-
nique, Greta combines textiles and paint
and glass to explore feminine identity.
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375 11th St.
Smart phones allow us to capture
photos in an instant of inspiration,
especially with the constant change
of weather over the Columbia and the
ocean. This inspired AVA’s featured pop-
up artist Jamie Boyd’s black-and-white
photography, “Photos From My Phone.”
12. Oscar de’Masi
Art Studio & Gallery
395 11th St.
Oscar will display various subjects:
animals, landscapes, people, and his
version of “The Last Supper” in relation
to the technology the past and the
present.
13. Forsythea
Home & Garden Art
1124 Commercial St.
Featured artists include Nana Thebus,
Cameron Nichols and Tyson Weiss. All
handcrafted decor is suitable for indoor/
outdoor use — so perfect for this time
of year. We’ll be celebrating our fifth
14. Luminari Arts
1133 Commercial St.
“Surviving the Retrograde” tarot card
readings by Judith. New upcycled por-
traits by Angela Rossi on porcelain. Local
favorite Scheckpea plays toe-tapping
tunes.
15. Old Things and
Objects
1015 Commercial St.
Come to our grand reopening in a
new location, celebrating 15 years of
business. Co-owner Lisa Ackerman is
showing her new oil paintings, and
her friend Lorenzo will play guitar and
ukulele. OTAO carries unique products
such as vintage toys, soaps, books, art,
1145 Commercial St.
Mary de la Salandra, vocalist
and Raymond Martin, guitarist,
(stunning rayguns) will be
performing in her little dress shop,
de la Salandra. TaTaTa is original, silly,
esoteric music they have composed
over the last 20 years. Clothes, shoes,
bears and hares are created in the same
spirit.
17. RiverSea Gallery
1160 Commercial St.
Grand Visions is an exhibition of oil
paintings, drawings and drypoint
engravings by Mark Larson. Inspired by
travel to Italy, he mixes surreal images
of nature and Italian architecture
to reflect on our relationship to the
environment.
In the Alcove, artist Karen
Story delivers a show exploring
figure and landscape in a mix of
acrylic and collage influenced by
her travels to Borneo and the Pacific
Northwest.
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