10A • November 3, 2017 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com
Fashion, music and more at Stormy Weather fest
By Brenna Visser
Pam Wacht-
ler-Fermanis,
from Bain-
bridge Island,
Washington, an
oil painter with
the White Bird
Gallery, discuss-
es overtones
and undertones
with Trieste
Andrews, from
Oregon City,
during a past
Stormy Weather
Arts Festival.
Cannon Beach Gazette
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The coast is in the cards
during Stormy Weather
Oregon artist Aaron Trotter will
release his latest deck of Illustrated
Playing Cards, featuring the North
Coast from Newport to Astoria, noon
to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at Voyag-
es Toys, Comics & Games (172 N.
Hemlock St.) during Cannon Beach’s
Stormy Weather Arts Festival.
Head ‘Northwest By
Northwest’ during
arts festival
Northwest By Northwest
Gallery — 232 N. Spruce St. in
Cannon Beach — celebrates
its 30th year with the Stormy
Weather Arts Festival.
Schedule
Friday, Nov. 3
• 5 to 6 p.m. Foundry process with renowned
public sculptor and bronze artist Georgia Gerber.
Unveiling of “Sea Hawk” sculpture.
• 6 to 8 p.m. Live music with Bobcat Bob and
Sineann Winery.
Saturday, Nov. 4
• 11 a.m. Hazel Schlesinger, Public Choice
winner for Plein Air & More Arts Festival. Her
paintings can be seen around the world, in TV
series, movies and commercials.
1 p.m. Master of fi ne art fi lm photography Chris-
topher Burkett gives a talk on “how we see color.”
2 p.m. Narrative sculpture of Ann Fleming in
bronze tell the stories of our lives. “Midori” is a
public sculpture by the artist.
3 p.m. Gerber talks about the process of sculpt-
ing “Sea Hawk” and the creative process.
4 p.m. Ivan McLean, a contemporary sculptor.
Projects include Nike, Nines Hotel PDX, World
Trade Center in Long Beach California and our
Landmark Sculpture Garden.
6 to 8 p.m. Reception with artists and live music
of Bobcat Bob and Sineann Winery.
here was something special about the year
1987.
It was the year Cannon Beach locals
Jeffrey Hull, Joyce Lincoln and Sharon
Amber all decided to open their respective
galleries, among a suite of others who opened
around the same time. It was also the fi rst year
of the Stormy Weather Arts Festival, a citywide
event that showcases a wide range of visual and
performing arts.
The festival will take place Friday through
Sunday, Nov. 3 to 5.
In its 30th year, the festival features musicians,
the Dancing in the Rain Fashion Show with local
and national designer labels, and an opportunity
to meet artists to discuss their creations.
Despite the name’s warning of inclement
weather, the festival has evolved into one of Can-
non Beach’s most popular events. This celebra-
tion of local artistry helped Cannon Beach get
recognized as one of “The 100 Best Art Towns in
America” by author John Villani.
Hull recalls the festival’s humble beginnings.
“I remember asking people in town if they
were here for Stormy Weather Arts Festival, and
they would say ‘huh?’” said Hull, who is known
for his sea and landscape paintings. “It’s defi -
nitely grown as an event. In the fi rst fi ve years,
people didn’t really know about it. Clearly, it has
resonated.”
‘An adventure’
Amber doesn’t remember much about the fi rst
year of the festival, other than getting a knock on
the door from a Chamber of Commerce employ-
ee asking if she’d be interested in participating in
a brand new art festival.
“It started as an itty-bitty thing,” Amber
said. “I didn’t know if it was going to get off the
ground. I thought it would be too late in the sea-
son. Turns out it was successful because it is late
in the season.”
Amber is among the professional jewelers
who will be featured at Friday’s Stormy Weather
Arts Benefi t Cocktail & Dessert Party. She’s been
a jeweler for 44 years, including 30 in Cannon
Beach.
While the ocean often serves as a design in-
spiration, this year visitors can expect to see jew-
elry refl ecting the nearby woods.
“It’s easy to go about your day and to not see
the beauty that surrounds you, especially here,”
Amber said.
The natural world is integral to why artists
feel inspired to work in Cannon Beach. And, as
any person who lives on the coast knows, in the
winter, mother nature isn’t always friendly.
But for Jane Brumfi eld, the festival commit-
tee chair and owner of Imprint Gallery, the blus-
tering winds and intense rainfall is part of what
PHOTO BY ERICK BENGEL
Saturday, Nov. 4
Friday, Nov. 3
• 7:30 to 10 p.m. Stormy
Weather Arts Benefi t Cocktail &
Dessert Party
Interact with professional
jewelry artists who discuss their
techniques while their works
are being modeled. Sample a
custom cocktail, created specif-
ically for the event by Cannon
Beach Distillery, and a local craft
beer also made especially for
the event, alongside sparkling
wine and a dessert buff et that
features sweets from local
bakeries and chocolatiers. The
celebration will also include live
music and a raffl e and silent
auction with vacation packages.
Cost: $35. Location: Cannon
• 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Music
Around Town
Enjoy live performances by
regional musicians at fi ve diff er-
ent locations.
Cost: free/donations
Locations: The Landing,
Sandpiper Square, Coaster The-
atre Courtyard, Ecola Square,
Haystack Square
• 10 a.m. (doors open at 9:40
a.m.) Dancing in the Rain Fash-
ion Show
Pick out a new outfi t at this
runway show featuring apparel
and accessories from local and
national designers available in
Cannon Beach shops.
Cost: Free, or $5 guaranteed
makes this event so special.
“During my fi rst year at Cannon Beach Arts
Association, I remember it was sideways raining,
and everyone came in dripping wet. But they
would just bundle up and get blown over to the
next gallery,” Brumfi eld said. “It becomes an ad-
venture almost. It’s a shared experience.”
Timeless art
Jim Paino, interim director of the Chamber of
Commerce and festival committee member, said
the festival has evolved from a small community
event into a tourism-based one.
“We want to make it bigger and better. It’s
always a lot of work, but we’ve built it, and we
want to keep it going for many years to come,”
Paino said.
The number of galleries has grown. Recent
additions, like musicians and the fashion show,
continue to diversify and expand. But one aspect
of the festival seems to remain constant: the peo-
ple who visit.
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• 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Brews, Blues
& Barbecues
Sample local craft brews,
including one created especially
for the festival, enjoy live Delta
Blues from Steve Cheseborough
and savor a delicious barbecue
lunch from a local chef.
Cost: $25. Location: Cannon
Beach Community Hall
“I have about 15 people who have been com-
ing for years,” Hull said. “They are clients, but
really they are friends. I know about their kids
and their dogs.”
Lincoln, owner of Northwest By Northwest
Gallery, has had a similar experience. Over the
past 30 years, the consistent group of visitors and
locals who return each year have become a kind
of arts community family, she said.
There are lots of beautiful places to experi-
ence art in the Pacifi c Northwest. But, Lincoln
said, Cannon Beach’s reputation as an art town
isn’t determined by the number of galleries or
artists, but by the type of art and the culture of the
people who make it and sell it.
“(Cannon Beach) is a place to connect with
artists, gallery owners, friends. It’s an authentic
experience,” Lincoln said.
“Trends are trends,” but the art that people
buy in Cannon Beach is often timeless, she add-
ed. “It’s not something you’re going to get tired
of.”
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