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ASTORIA — It’s getting a bit nippy outside. Why don’t you
warm yourself in local galleries while chatting with artists and
partaking of refreshments?
Astoria’s next Second Saturday Art Walk takes place 5 to 8
p.m. Dec. 8. (Some locations open and close earlier and later.)
1. The Art Loft
6. WineKraft
80 10th St. (Pier 11)
Join us on Pier 11. Featuring work from
six local artists and live music starting
at 7 p.m. Sip wine, eat and enjoy the
arts. We are the perfect location for you
to wrap up your art walking!
3. Sea Gypsy Gifts
7. Smoked Bones BBQ
1001 Commercial St.
Come meet Shirley Girl. See her new
jewelry line and learn how to pair the
perfect holiday jewelry piece with the
perfect holiday fingernails.
Pier 11 (accessible via 10th St)
The Art of Food: A benefit show for
Filling Empty Bellies. Featuring art
and photography by local artists. Enter
from 10th Street pier or, follow the
blue arrows.
4. McVarish Gallery
160 10th St.
Miniatures Multiplied continues our
miniature theme with seven new art-
ists presenting paintings and sculpture
under 10 by 10 inches. Included will
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COURTESY RIVERSEA GALLERY
COURTESY IMOGEN GALLERY
‘Hug Point, South’ by Brian Cameron, 46 inches by 23 inches,
on view at RiverSea Gallery.
A piece by fabric artist Gabriella Lundy depicting the Seattle
skyline, on view at Imogen Gallery.
Lucca Etienne created charcoal
renderings in juxtaposition to her
masks. Next door, Melanie Steffl
explores climate at the mouth of
the Columbia River in her represen-
tational landscapes. Both artists
received free studios for four-
month residencies as part of AVA’s
artist-in-residence program.
9. Astoria Vintage
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5-8 pm
80 11th St. (Pier 11)
For her last show, Honor Dance,
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8. AVA
Artist-in-Residence
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100 10th St.
New Astoria oil paintings will be on
the new wall. Also showing a series of
water-based Europe and Northwest
paintings that I haven’t shown yet. The
larger “Strata” paintings will remain.
1010 Duane St.
A new art studio space, the collective
houses 19 art studios on three floors,
with a common space on the second
floor that serves as a gallery for art
walks. The artist mediums range from
ceramics, painting, sculptures and
jewelry to digital design, mixed media
and makers. This is our first Art Walk
— come visit us!
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‘Swine Dining’ by Marga Stan-
ley, 10 inches by 10 inches, at
McVarish Gallery.
5. Paul Polson Gallery
2. Astoria Studio
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COURTESY TEMPO GALLERY
Robert and Shawna Boyd are
Birds of a Feather. They will
perform at Tempo Gallery
during Astoria’s Second Sat-
urday Art Walk.
be works by Scott Leahing, Marga
Stanley, Alisa Vernon, Dineen Serpa,
John Smith, Annie Selland and Kimi
Boylan. The second show will be in the
Secret Gallery Exhibit Hall: A collection
of large-scale Christmas-themed
inflatable sculptures by Paul Polson.
106 Third St.
Featuring artwork of Wahkiakum
High School, Cathlamet, Wash., art
department students. Instructor Sue
Garn had her 26 students artistically
interpret a historical figure from the
archives of the historical society of
Wahkiakum County.
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1162 Marine Drive
“Chick’s Amano,” this month’s Pop-Up
Show, began when owner Valarie Bit-
tner started creating design elements
for her own home. Inspired by items
that no longer have original function,
she creates new pieces that are unique
for one’s home or business.
10. Astoria
Underground Tours
1125 Marine Drive
Astoria Underground Tours at 5,
6:30 and 8 p.m. Tickets can be
purchased up to an hour before the
tour at oldastoria.com. Walk-ups are
welcome. Arrive 10 minutes before
the tour time. Plan to go beneath the
streets of Astoria in a 45-minute tour
with stories of history, intrigue and
almost a treasure hunt as you explore
and see where Astoria was built 100
years ago. Meet Guide Chad at The
Pit, across the street from Sears on
Marine Drive.
11. Imogen Gallery
240 11th St.
Celebrate the holidays with a rich
and diverse invitational exhibition
exploring fiber. Included are works
by Roxy Applegate, Lâm Quãng and
Kestrel Gates of HiiH Lights, Julie Kern
Smith, Amelia Santiago, Iris Sullivan,
Gabriella Lundy, Susan Circone,
Crystal and Ben Sloane of Vintage by
Crystal, and Debra Carnes.
12. Cargo
240 11th St.
Gifts from around the world: orna-
ments, collectibles, colorful and exotic.
13. Oscar d’Masai
Studio & Gallery
395 11th St.
Stop by and visit with the artist in
his studio. Landscapes, portraits and
abstracts for purchase.
14. AVA Gallery
375 11th St.
John Willis’ landscape and cityscape oil
paintings capture a creative perspec-
tive of familiar Astoria views and some
unique and original views.
15. Forsythea
1124 Commercial St.
New works in clay by artist Sonja
Korpela. We are also excited to have
Lynette McAdams and Sally Lackaff
signing copies of their book “A Coastal
Christmas,” a charming adaptation of
“The Night Before Christmas” set in
the Columbia-Pacific Region.
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