FRAA hosts exhibit by
student photographer
FLORENCE—Florence Regional
Arts Alliance (FRAA) has announced a
new exhibit by student photographer
Ashley Thomas.
Thomas is currently a junior
at Siuslaw High School with a love
of horses and the outdoors.
Her passion for photography began
three years ago when she earned the
This shot of a radiantly red flower
and other photos by student
photographer Ashley Thomas are
on exhibit at Florence Regional
Arts Alliance in Old Town Florence.
money making blankets to buy herself a
camera.
Thomas has already established
herself with her beautiful floral
and wildlife photography in her moth-
er’s gallery in Gearhart, Ore., and now
will be showing her work at the FRAA
Art Center in Historic Old Town
Florence.
Thomas’ photography can be viewed at
the art center, 120 Maple St., Wednesday
through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m., and
Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For
more
information,
visit
www.fraaoregon.org.
Hear tales of wrecks on Bandon Bar Bridge author to speak Feb. 4
Coos County,” and see the Bandon
Historical Society Museum’s refurbished
shipwreck exhibit. The museum doors open
at 1 p.m. and the program will start at 2
p.m. Admission is free and everyone is
welcome.
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YACHATS—On Sat-
urday, Feb. 4, the Yachats
Academy of Arts and
Sciences will host Judy
Fleagle in a program about
historic coastal bridges.
The program will be
held at the Yachats
Commons, Fourth Street
and Highway 101, at 6:30
p.m.
Fleagle,
nicknamed
“The Bridge Lady of the
Oregon Coast,” said, “This
is an updated program —
with some new info and
more photos. Be part of its
premier showing.”
Fleagle’s previous books
include:
“Crossings:
McColloughs
Coastal
Bridges,” “The Crossings
Guide to Oregon’s Coastal
Spans,” “Around Florence”
and “Devil Cat and Other
Colorful Animals I Have
Known.”
Fleagle’s interest in the
bridges began as a childz
when her family vaca-
Yachats
quilt show
BANDON—Shipwreck Stories: Tales
of the Treacherous Bandon Bar comes to
Bandon Historical Society Museum, 270
Fillmore Ave., on Feb. 4 from 2 to 4 p.m.
Hear accounts of local shipwrecks, meet
H.S. Contino, author of “Shipwrecks of
COURTESY PHOTO
Author Judy Fleagle will be making a new
Power Point presentation on Oregon coast
bridges Feb. 4 at the Yachats Commons.
tioned on the coast while
living in Portland. Fleagle
also was an editor and
YACHATS—Polly
Plumb
Productions’ Ocean Artistry Art
Quilt Show will be held at the
Yachats Commons on March 10,
11 and 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The theme of this show is
Gems of the Ocean. All selected
entries will be on display in the
writer for Oregon Coast
and Northwest Travel mag-
azines.
multi-purpose room.
The quit show has received
financial support from both the
Siletz
Tribal
Charitable
Contribution Fund and the City of
Yachats’ New Event Fund.
For more information, email
info@oceanartistry.org.
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