The Columbia Press
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October 22, 2021
Events
Arts summit offers workshops
The Arts Council of Clatsop
County is gearing up for the
second annual arts summit,
designed to support, educate
and inspire working artists,
local arts organizations, and
other regional stakeholders.
This year’s summit, “Art
Works!,” is set for 12:30 to
5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, via
Remo, a virtual platform. The
objective of the summit is to
support and empower pro-
fessional and emerging art-
ists by providing them with
new information, tools and
skills to succeed in a compet-
itive market.
“The arts benefit our com-
munity socially, educational-
ly and economically,” Council
President Sheila Martin said.
“We hope this year’s summit,
held virtually because of the
pandemic, will help current
artists and spark some ideas
for future summits.”
The summit will start with a
networking session and wel-
come by local artist and edu-
cator Kristin Shauck. Shauck
teaches drawing, painting,
design, watercolor and art
history at Clatsop Commu-
nity College, where she also
oversees the Royal Nebeker
Art Gallery.
The summit includes five
40-minute workshops led
by industry professionals:
Understanding Copyright Is-
sues; Becoming a Profession-
al; Finding Funding; Navi-
gating Online Options; and
Developing Your Business
Plan. Attendees are welcome
to join any and all workshops.
The event is free, but pre-
registration is requested clat-
sopartssummit.org.
Art from the collaboration of
Paul Rutz and Jennifer Drake.
Art show an effort
of collaboration
An art show celebrating
in-person engagement will
open this year’s season at the
Clatsop Community College
Royal Nebeker Art Gallery.
“Being Moved” features the
paintings of Richard Motch-
man, and collaborative works
by artist Paul X Rutz and psy-
chologist Jennifer Drake.
The show runs from Nov.
1 through Jan. 10, with a re-
ception and artist talk set for
6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4.
The reception and exhibit are
free and open to the public.
In conjunction with the
show, Motchman and Rutz
will lead a workshop, “Play-
ing with the Picture Plane,”
from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fri-
day, Nov. 5.
This workshop will offer
participants a hands-on op-
portunity to learn the history
of painting on three-dimen-
sional surfaces, consider the
inherent challenges of work-
ing within the limitations of
the picture plane, and ex-
plore various creative strate-
gies in their own work.
CCC students can take the
workshop free; members
of the community will be
charged $25. For more infor-
mation about the workshop,
contact Kristin Shauck at
503-338-2472 or kshauck@
clatsopcc.edu.
The gallery is at 1799 Lex-
ington Ave., Astoria. Gallery
hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Thursday.
Business and
development tidbits
Staples to close
Office supply chain store Sta-
ples will close its doors Nov.
19.
The store in the Warrenton
Highlands shopping center
off Ensign Lane will leave the
area.
Harbor Freight Tools, which
sells power tools and other
hardware items, will fill out the
remainder of Staples’ lease.
C&S Builders
C&S Builders & Supply Com-
pany, which took over the for-
mer Warrenton Builders Sup-
ply on South Main Avenue in
2019, plans to move by the end
of the year.
The property owner, Craig
Walters, has put the building
and property up for sale. There
are no takers yet.
C&S owner Ken Culp said
he’s negotiating to move his
business into the old George
Morlan building on a side
street west of Big 5 Sporting
Goods. The building is close
to where C&S was located for
many years.
Cruise industry
Oregon’s U.S. senators, Jeff
Merkley and Ron Wyden,
have said they may jump on as
co-sponsors of a bill meant to
protect cruise ship tourism.
The Alaska Tourism Recov-
ery Act by Sen. Lisa Murkow-
ski, R-Alaska, would allow
cruise ships to sail to Alaska
without a requiried stop in
Canada.
Currently, Canada is prohib-
iting the ships from docking in
its waters due to COVID-19,
which prevents them from go-
ing to Alaska.
U.S. maritime law currently
requires an international stop
for foreign-registered vessels
that offer cruises.
The Canada ban is expected to
lift March 31, but the bill would
permanently exempt Alaskan
cruises with more than 1,000
passengers from the interna-
tional stop requirement.