BY ZOE BUCHLI
Accompanying the coast’s beloved
annual FisherPoets Gathering this year,
“Working Shores” is a selection of locally
made art that gives a nod to both the
region’s talented creative community and
its maritime roots.
Hosted by the Cannon Beach Arts
Association, the exhibit “depicts the
interconnection of the North Coast and
the beauty of the fishing industries,”
according to the gallery’s website. This
is the association’s first year hosting
a waterfront-themed exhibit, and the
event has already attracted plenty of
interest.
Submissions have included photo-
graphs, drawings and paintings, accord-
ing to Summer Peterson, marketing
director for the Cannon Beach Arts Asso-
ciation. Artists were invited to submit
between one and three works, depicting
scenes including oyster farms, bridges,
canneries, waterfront buildings, shipping
or other maritime-related imagery.
The show is not juried, so all art sub-
mitted that meets theme guidelines will
be shown.
“We decided, why not fill the gallery
space with art surrounding this theme?”
Peterson said. The show is timed to
accompany this year’s FisherPoets Gath-
ering, opening on Wednesday and on dis-
play through March 27.
FisherPoets will again be held virtually
this year, featuring dozens of poets, song-
writers and storytellers who will gather to
share firsthand accounts of life at sea.
“By doing virtual events and little
celebrations, we just want to keep the
pilot light on for these events so that
when they come back people still know
about them and there’s still a follow-
ing,” Peterson said. “It keeps people
together.”
The Cannon Beach Gallery will also
close out the annual gathering with the
final FisherPoets reading, from 4:30 to
5:30 p.m. on Sunday. To view the read-
ing, visit cannonbeacharts.org. The gal-
lery is also open for in-person viewing.
‘18 degrees and Hauling’ by Corey Arnold, as seen on the cover of ‘Yon’s Ma Life,’ an
anthology of fisherpoetry and art, set for release this month.
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