A sign for Astoria Art Loft sits beside dried
flowers.
Astoria Art Loft
106 Third St., Astoria
Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday or by appointment
Heather Douglas
The Franklin
Apartments
www.astoriaartloft.com
Jeannette Davis, left, and Jo Pomeroy-Crockett are the artists behind a unique Astoria makerspace.
Creative collaboration
Astoria Art Loft offers space for crafting
BY HEATHER DOUGLAS
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With a rotating series of
classes, workshops and events
in addition to a dedicated studio
space, Astoria Art Loft aims to
inspire a collaborative approach
to creating and sharing artwork.
“It’s a labor of love and we
are committed to providing a
space where artists and emerg-
ing artists can create, learn, sup-
port and be supported by other
artists,” Jo Pomeroy-Crockett,
co-owner of the Art Loft, said.
“We hope we have created a
warm, welcoming art home.”
Pomeroy-Crockett and fel-
low owner Jeanette Davis, art-
ists themselves, aim to foster
that creative potential.
The pair’s studio space
opened in 2015 and has since
grown to offer themed monthly
art exhibits, classes, work-
shops and collaborations. The
space’s Saturday Art Experi-
ence for children, art book lend-
ing library and storage area add
to the mix. The loft offers 10 art
studio spaces for rent includ-
ing a space for resident artists to
create with access to the facil-
ity. The loft also offers artwork,
cards, prints, jewelry and fram-
ing services.
The loft’s location directly
above an art store creates a
symbiotic relationship. “Classes
and workshops grow out of peo-
ple’s requests for instruction,”
Pomeroy-Crockett said.
Heather Douglas
A lending library at Astoria Art Loft.
When the downtown space,
formerly housing an uphol-
stery business, became avail-
able, Pomeroy-Crockett was
the first to imagine its possibil-
ity as a makerspace. “Since we
were already artists and friends,
the two of us founded the Asto-
ria Art Loft,” Davis said. Out-
side of managing the space, the
pair draw, collage, paint and
create multimedia art pieces.
Pomeroy-Crockett’s specialty
is watercolor painting, while
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