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First Friday Art Walk LightBox Gallery celebrates 10 years
season starts in Ilwaco with ‘Plastic Fantastic X’ show
ILWACO — Find a new
art creation at the First Fri-
day Art Walk of the season
from 4-7 p.m. June 7.
Stroll around town and
along the waterfront at the
Port of Ilwaco, see the art,
meet the artists and enjoy a
bite to eat. Maps are avail-
able at the 13 participating
businesses. Look for the art
walk flags around town and
at the Port of Ilwaco.
A variety of art forms
and styles are on view
including watercolors by
Don Nisbett, paintings by
Adair Faircloth, handcrafted
silver jewelry by Luisa
Mack, monotypes by Marie
Powell, pottery by David
Campiche, oil paintings by
Lorna Libert, beach baskets
by Susan Spence, photogra-
phy by Laura Villa, water-
colors by Jean Nitzel and
Beach baskets by Susan
Spence in Ilwaco’s First
Friday Art Walk on June 7.
woodworking by Richard
Schroeder.
There are also art exhibi-
tions by Ilwaco High School
and Grays Harbor College
students as well as displays
of fiber arts, books, antiques
and a variety of other cre-
ative endeavors from many
accomplished artists.
ASTORIA — LightBox
Photographic Gallery cele-
brates its 10th anniversary
at 5 p.m. Saturday, June
8, with a reception for its
“Plastic Fantastic Show X.”
The show includes
images shot using toy, plas-
tic, pinhole, box or home-
made cameras from more
than 40 photographers.
This method of photogra-
phy has gained popularity
because of the freedom pos-
sible using cameras with
less than perfect optics and
control resulting in unpre-
dictable and sometimes
extraordinarily beautiful
results.
The show is juried by
Becky Ramotowski of Taos,
New Mexico. Ramotowski
is the founder of World Toy
Camera Day.
Sara Musashi’s photograph “Two Suns” received the juror’s first
place award in LightBox Gallery’s “Plastic Fantastic X” show.
Sara Musachi of West
Hollywood, Calif., received
the juror’s top award for
her image “Two Suns.” Bob
Gervais of Portland, Ore.,
received the juror’s second
place award for “Janitzio,
Mexico” and Claudia
Cebrian of Miami, Fla.,
received the juror’s third
place award for “Mermaid.”
“Toy cameras commu-
nicate a freer sense of pho-
tography that feels natu-
ral and relaxed at relaying
an idea,” Ramotowski said.
“They aren’t perfect but are
addictive and amazing in
what they can do in creative
hands.”
LightBox exhibits pho-
tographs from regional and
Maureen Bond’s photograph
“Hear The Warning” in
LightBox Gallery’s “Plastic
Fantastic X” show.
national artists. The gallery
is located at 1045 Marine
Drive in Astoria and is open
11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tues-
day-Saturday. The show
runs June 8-July 10. For
more information, visit
lightbox-photographic.com
or call 503-468-0238.