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ASTORIA — The next Astoria Second Saturday Art
Walk takes place 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 9.
Spend an evening wandering through downtown Astoria,
savoring art, taking in galleries, making friends with artists,
sampling refreshments and enjoying the city’s nightlife.
(Some locations open and close earlier and later.)
1. The Art Loft
in progress the past month
106 Third St.
Portraits of setters in Wahkiakum
County (1870-1940) by emergent
artists from Cathlamet High School
and acrylic portraits and landscapes
by acclaimed artist Blue Bond are
featured at Astoria Art Loft. Come
early, from 1 to 4 p.m.
5. McVarish Gallery
80 10th St. (Pier 11)
Featuring work from six local artists
as well as live music starting around
7 p.m. Sip wine, eat and enjoy the
arts. We are the perfect location for
you to wrap up your art walking.
6. KALA
Pier 11 (accessible via 10th St.)
The Art of Food: A benefi t show for
fi lling empty bellies. Featuring art
and photography by local artists.
Enter from the 10th Street pier, or
follow the blue arrows!
4. Paul Polson Gallery
100 10th St.
Displaying several of my Astoria and
Pacifi c Northwest oil paintings, par-
ticularly a new series of boats. Also,
some of my smaller strata paintings,
as well as a continuation of the
psychedelic sky mural that has been
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7. Astoria Vintage
Hardware
1162 Marine Drive
Stop by and fi nd a wonderfully
wacky Valentine’s gift or beautiful
refurbished furniture.
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RiverSea Gallery
‘Ilwaco Rest 2,’ acrylic by Eric Wiegardt, 20 inches by 30 inches.
A portrait by a Cathlamet
High School student now on
view at the Astoria Art Loft.
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5-8 pm
Astoria Art Loft
1017 Marine Drive
Presenting new paintings by Oscar
Nelson. In just over a year, Nelson has
produced an abundance of abstract
oil paintings on canvas, in addition to
exploring with spray paint medium.
Nelson describes his creative process
as manic and wild, exploring the
intersection of spirituality, imperma-
nence and the mysterious.
3. Smoked Bones
BBQ
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160 10th St.
“Mutation/Manifestation” is a
collection of 9-inch by 12-inch works
on paper. What might seem natural
in a toad or a lizard manifests itself
as a mutation in the human body. An
Eastern worldview on the third eye,
organic and holistic, in stark contrast
to the more mechanistic Western
world, yet outwardly manifest as one
reality.
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Tempo Gallery
Thron Riggs’ ‘Lost Island.’
Imogen Gallery
A watercolor by artist/fi sherman George Wilson, on view at Imogen Gallery.