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Food and drink, gifts and art mark holiday events
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“It’s really a fun art form,” said Carnes,
whose artwork has been showcased in juried
shows and galleries in Michigan, Florida and
Oregon, including at the Stormy Weather Arts
Festival. Her hand-crafted woven baskets in-
clude materials found in nature.
Creativity runs in the family. Her daugh-
ter Rachel Laura displayed her paintings and
sculptures, also found at White Bird Gallery,
and Laura’s young daughter and son created
handmade earrings for the event.
Other pieces on display included paintings
by Scott Johnson, mixed-media designs by Al-
lyn Cantor, woodblock prints by Thomas Wil-
liam, jewelry by Libby Pattison, herbal tonics
from DJ Ankendbrandt, clothing from Jen Jen-
uine, watercolors by Amy Carleton and more.
The pop-up art show is a yearly tradition for
the Tolovana Arts Colony that has coincided
with the Stormy Weather Arts Festival in re-
cent years. This year, the nonprofit arts asso-
ciation aimed for a holiday destination event
instead.
Combined sales were more than $2,700
from sales throughout the weekend, Tolova-
na Arts Colony Program Coordinator Andrew
Tonry said.
Haystack Holidays
The Christmas tree lighting is a longtime
tradition, beginning in the mid-1970s when the
gas crunch and economy kept visitors away,
according to organizer Margo Dueber.
Business owners began the tradition of per-
forming Charles Dickens at the newly remod-
eled Coaster Theatre.
“One of the most beloved characters was
the lamp-lighter who went up and down the
street with his ladder every eve in December
LYRA FONTAINE/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
The colorful hand-made woven baskets by
Debra Carnes on display at the Tolovana
Arts Colony Holiday Gift Party.
LYRA FONTAINE/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Joy Sigler, right, was among those who gathered to support local artists and crafters at the
first night of the Tolovana Arts Colony Holiday Gift Party.
lighting the lamps,” said Dueber, who has or-
ganized the event since 2010.
Jay Schwerer, who died in 2013, lit the
lamps for more than 36 years.
“The event was great this year,” Dueber
said. “For the first time, we had a real sound
system engineered by Bruce Smith Sound and
everyone could hear.”
Fifth-graders Keira Rodriguez and Marcel
Atwi lit the lamp. Mayor Sam Steidel rem-
inisced about Christmases as a child in Can-
non Beach, musician Lauren Sheehan shared
Christmas tunes and artist Bill Steidel sang his
“Christmas in Our Hometown” song, which he
has sung at the event since its inception.
“Pictures With Santa,” another Haystack
Holidays event, took place at the Cannon Beach
Library on Dec. 10. After taking photos with
Santa, children enjoyed story time and arts and
crafts activities with library volunteers.
Drones, glow-in-the-dark shoes and a space
station were among the items on kids’ wish
lists this year, said Santa, who has entertained
kids at the library for about 29 years.
Cultural group awards grants
Arts from Page 1A
Community Library, accepted
$600 for the library’s “Libros”
program for Hispanic readers.
Program coordinator Dan-
iel Keesler accepted $2,000 on
behalf of the Lower Columbia
Hispanic Council for the Teatro
Milagro bilingual arts residen-
cy.
Carol Lambert of the Clat-
sop County Historical Society
spoke about John Andrew Bu-
chanan,who helped to found
the Clatsop County Chapter
of the Daughters of the Amer-
ican Revolution in 1920 and
the Clatsop County Historical
Society in 1921. Lambert’s ma-
ternal grandfather, Buchanan is
best remembered as the lyricist
for the state song, “Oregon, My
Oregon,” chosen among 200
entries. The historical society’s
grant of $750 will help provide
a monument for Buchanan at
Ocean View Cemetery. Overall,
the group has raised a third of
their goal of more than $8,7238,
Lambert said.
Tita Montero accepted
$1,500 on behalf of the Seaside
Museum and Historical Society
for updating the Clatsop Ne-
halem Peoples social studies
curriculum, in use for 390 stu-
dents in 15 fourth-grade classes
throughout the county.
“Art saves lives,” KMUN
host Carol Newman said in
opening remarks. “Culture,
libraries, music, history, educ-
tion, the things you are all facili-
tating or offering. Thank you so
much for making this commu-
nity so rich. It feeds everything:
our river, our land, our earth and
our people.”
LYRA FONTAINE/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Work by Rachel Laura was among gift items
on display at the Tolovana Arts Colony Hol-
iday Gift Party.
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