Astoria Art for March: ‘Savinar People,’ Fire Elk Meadows

Published 9:00 am Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Astoria’s Second Saturday Art Walk is a monthly celebration of visual art, music and writing held at downtown galleries and businesses. The event will take place at the following locations between noon and 8 p.m., with new art exhibits, live music, refreshments and lively conversation.

Angi D Wildt Gallery, 106 10th St.

Showing scenes of the Northwest and beyond from 25 artists, in paintings, woodcuts, photographs, bronze, glass and wood sculptures, fused glass, jewelry, prints and cards in a variety of artistic styles.

ARTstoria Gallery, 1168 Commercial St.

We live in an area rich in history and lush, nourishing landscapes. Come by the gallery and absorb it all in a 100-year-old building. Linger over colorful paintings that reflect the energy of the Northwest and browse through scarves, prints, journals, cards and decor.

Astoria Art Loft, 106 Third St.

The icon, a special art form, is centuries old. This exhibit features icons created recently by regional artists, using ancient processes and approaches including special paints, 24-carat gold for halos, and reverse perspective.

Astoria Studio Collective, 372 10th St.

Featuring art from Rebeccah Fries and Everett Schlarb. Fries will showcase paintings in the community room on the second floor, while Schlarb will provide information about the healing effects of storytelling. A demonstration of a Bowenwork session will also be offered. Find this location upstairs on 10th Street, next to Frank’s Barber Shop.

Astoria Visual Arts, 1000 Duane St.

At this gallery, David Savinar presents a new series of portraits titled “Savinar People” together with scenes from his life.

Savinar loves the beach and people and often uses them as subjects to tell a story in his paintings, a lighthearted one at that. He and an artist friend, Janelle Baglien, run The Station in Gearhart, a multipurpose studio gallery. For more information, contact Savinar directly for a conversation and maybe a cup of coffee. Smile, it’s art.

Brumfield Gallery, 1033 Marine Drive

“Two Headed Diver” is a collaborative exhibit between artists Lynne Hobaica and Rickie Barnett. Ghosts, dogs and other characters populate this collection of ceramic sculptures. The characters, with their illustrated and patterned surfaces, reveal narratives inspired by the artists’ journeys. Both artists have exhibited work nationally and internationally.

Brut Wine Bar, 240 10th St.

Showing photography by Steve Glass. Originally from the Midwest, he was drawn to the North Coast for its intense beauty and outdoor activities. He became fascinated with photography, especially landscapes and nature, in college and hasn’t stopped shooting since.

Cambium Gallery, 1010 Duane St.

Announcing the launch of Fire Elk Meadows, an art space dedicated to fostering creativity and providing women, transgender and nonbinary artists with the opportunity to explore, innovate, and collaborate with atmospheric ceramics and other two-dimensional mediums through workshops, work shares and artist residencies. The project starts with “The Road to Fire Elk Meadows,” an art show and launch party from 5 to 8 p.m.

Gallery on Pier 39, 100 39th St.

Bob Kroll is passionate about capturing the world around him with a camera and creating compositions that tell a story. Birds, especially birds in flight, provide a challenging photographic subject.

Kroll is entranced by their variety of sizes, colors, songs and behaviors. His exhibit “Taking Flight” brings a bit of nature to viewers with captivating bird portraits that can be seen at Gallery on Pier 39.

Imogen Gallery, 240 11th St.

In a new gallery space, Imogen presents the latest series of monotype prints by local artist Miki’ala Souza.

A native Hawaiian, Souza has embraced her Astoria home and fuses culture and place through her landscape-based composition. Focusing on both water and atmospheric current, and through the use of cultural symbols, she depicts a sense of place; two homes both surrounded by waterways and dramatic sky.

In the front gallery is a solo exhibition from Astoria-born artist Linden. She brings a new series of mixed media paintings on paper, focusing on the art of play. Her imaginative compositions lend to storytelling that embraces playfulness and looks back to a time of childhood innocence.

LightBox Photographic Gallery, 1045 Marine Drive

Showing handmade carbon prints by Jim Fitzgerald, whose creative photography showcases handmade silver gelatin and carbon transfer contact prints, and some surprises.

Made in Astoria, 1269 Commercial St.

“As promised the sun will return, until then a flower to adorn you,” by Kim Warsheski, features paintings of mostly friends around town, highlighting the revival that happens when spring returns. When flowers begin to bloom, beloved friends come out of their winter hibernation. Meet the artist between 5 and 7 p.m.

Old Things and Objects, 1144 Commercial St.

This shop focuses on vintage Northwest maritime art, including original paintings, prints, jewelry, studio pottery, books and records will be displayed.

Paul Polson Studio Gallery, 100 10th St.

Polson will have new work for the event, including a painting of Saddle Mountain as seen from the New Youngs Bay Bridge. Some watercolor depictions of his trip to Europe will be exhibited. As usual, the rest of the work is large — surrealistic and impressionist as well as figurative and landscape work.

RiverSea Gallery, 1160 Commercial St.

This gallery presents “Clay Zen,” an exhibition of sculptural and functional ceramics by David Campiche, a distinguished author, poet, artist, chef and lifelong resident of Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula. He works in a small studio on his woodland property near the dunes, shaping clay into a variety of forms from elegant tea bowls to large, abstract sculptures.

Everything he creates is influenced and magnified by the resplendent beauty of the natural environment surrounding him. Meet the artist during an evening reception from 5 to 8 p.m., with libations and refreshments plus guitar accompaniment by David Drury.

West Coast Artisans Gallery, 160 10th St.

The 25 artists represented at this gallery live and work in the Northwest. Their art includes oil, watercolor and acrylic paintings, photography, sculpture, ceramics, folk art, jewelry, mixed media, fabric art and thread painting. The gallery is also featuring stones and fossils from around the world.

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