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Woodblock prints by Karina Andrews hang on the walls of Cambium Gallery in Astoria.
Connecting elements
Cambium Gallery connects art, coffee and community
By LISSA BREWER
The Astorian
C
ambium Gallery’s interest lies in the art of
connection, at times an abstract process.
The Astoria space opened its doors to quiet
streets, scheduling virtual studio tours and art-
ist talks amid the pandemic.
Now, from a window seat beside a display of wood-
block seascapes, the concept of connection solidifies.
Ceramic mugs, crafted by sculptor and gallery
co-owner Audrey Long, sit in rows by the gallery’s
front door. Sunlight pours into the open space, reach-
ing back into its newest addition, a coffee shop.
“It’s an energy that you can share, whether it’s a
caffeinated beverage or a handmade cup, or a print,”
said Kirista Trask, an abstract painter who co-owns the
gallery with Long.
The two have plans to start a mug program, con-
necting regular customers with a handmade piece to
reuse each time they visit. “There’s something about
drinking out of a handmade object,” Long said. “You
get to experience through somebody else’s hands
a beverage that’s also made by somebody else’s
hands.”
The gallery has plans for a variety of signature
drinks, “coftails” as Long describes them. “They’re
pulling from reminiscent cocktails that you’d order in
a bar but they’re nonalcoholic, so they’re just com-
pletely coffee forward, like a coffee old-fashioned,”
Long said.
Woodblock prints by Karina Andrews sit on display at
Cambium Gallery.
Ceramic artist and gallery co-owner Audrey Long stands by her handmade mugs.
See Gallery, page B6
A coffee cocktail known as The Cabin Door was named
by a customer.
Kirista Trask stands beside her abstract painting.