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ASTORIA — December’s Second Sat-
urday Art Walk takes place 5 to 8 p.m.
Saturday. Visit local galleries, chat with
friends, artists and art-lovers and enjoy
refreshments.
1. Paul Polson Gallery
100 10th St.
Featuring a new painting and variety of oil paintings,
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past and present. See Polson’s continuously changing wall
of smaller works in a variety of mediums.
2. Blue Collar Collective
106 10th St.
Stop in to see over 25 pieces of newly hung artwork
by Artist in Residence Kirista Trask. Have your picture
taken by photographer Justin Grafton in our new Winter
Wonderland.
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Celeste Olivares’ needle woven thread
‘Primary Anchor’ agate and trade seed beads,
on display at Imogen Gallery.
8. Forsythea
1124 Commercial St.
A festive Artwalk with continuation of artist Annie
Eskelin’s show.
9. Luminari Arts
1133 Commercial St.
Enjoy the incredible off erings of Ted Brainard and
friends, featuring old tunes, new classics and lots of foot
tapping.
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Doors open at 1:15pm
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3. The Secret Gallery
160 10th St.
Presenting “The Talking Monkey” by Chris Lieb, Jill
McVarish, Kathleen Powers, Lindsay Bones, Laura Barstow
and John Smith from Arkansas. Although there will be no
actual talking monkeys at the opening, several talking pri-
mates with extensive knowledge of the artworks and the
gallery will interact with visitors.
4. West Coast Artisans Gallery
160 10th St.
Enjoy Christmas cookies and apple cider while you
check out new art by Crystal Neher and Kitty Paino along
with new photographs by Mark Hutchings.
5. Brut Wine Bar
240 10th St.
Artist and Palette Puddler Susan Bish feature a selec-
tion of bright local and French scenes. Blaine Verley, 2016
Astoria Visual Arts artist-in-residence, has added some
contrasting dramatic local views.
6. Imogen Gallery
240 11th St.
A diverse invitational exhibition exploring fi ber.
Including artist-made paper lights, sculpture and jew-
elry by Lâm Quãng and Kestrel Gates of HiiH Lights, nuno
felted scarves and wraps by Julie Kern Smith, the nee-
dle felted cast of Alice In Wonderland created by Patti
Breidenbach, silk scarves and wall pieces by Iris Daire Sul-
livan, abstract wall hung fi ber art by Susan Circone, paper
installation by Kathy Karbo, intricate hand woven beaded
jewelry by Celeste Olivares and more.
7. Cargo
240 11th St.
Cargo is getting ready for the holidays with lots of
ornaments from around the world.
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