The Grid Project: a benefit for Astoria Visual Arts

December 10 - 31, 2022

The Grid Project is a group exhibition of artwork created by artist supporters of Astoria Visual Arts. All proceeds from this exhibit benefit AVA's programs including our nonprofit gallery, youth education, artist residencies, open studios, and numerous community projects and collaborations that enrich the Lower Columbia Region.

This fundraiser runs December 10 - 31. Bidding begins with 6x6 inch panels starting at $25 and larger 12x12 inch panels starting at $50.

VISIT THE ONLINE AUCTION HERE!

Thank you to all the AMAZING artists that contributed artwork!


Final bids must be in by December 31 at 3 pm.

Show dates: December 10 - 31, 2022

Opening reception: December 10, 12 - 8 pm

See the show and bid on works: Friday, and Saturday 12 - 4 pm or by appointment

AVA Gallery: 1000 Duane Street, Astoria

AVA Gallery Hours:

Fridays + Saturdays

12 - 4 pm

2nd Saturday Artwalk 12-8 pm

1000 Duane Street, Astoria, OR 97103

Also, open by appointment: astoriavisualarts@gmail.com

Have a great project or program proposal? We are always interested in ideas that could be pursued in partnership with AVA. We’re especially interested in projects that help develop diversity, equity, and inclusion for all of the members of our community. If you have an idea for a program or project please email us at astoriavisualarts@gmail.com.

Exhibition Proposals: We welcome exhibition proposals (especially from AVA members!) via email to astoriavisualarts@gmail.com. Please include a short narrative about the proposed exhibition, a brief bio of the artist(s), and 3-5 images of artwork. In the narrative, please include the benefit the proposed exhibition would have for the artist(s) and for our community. The AVA Gallery committee will review and reply. Please allow a minimum of 30 days for a response.



Previously in the AVA Gallery

2022

November: The Basement Show

October: Members’ Exhibition: Featuring 33 AVA members!

September: Indigo Matrix: 20 Artists, 3 Countries, 1 Pigment

August: Reframing the Everyday: Roy Sanchez and Tim Janchar

August: Our Their Story: Damion Triplett

July: Artists of Astoria: Astoria Open Studios

June: Happy to be Proud: Lee and Fritha

May: 8th Annual Miss Bea Exhibition

April: Secrets of the Slow Dimension

March: ntsayka ilii - our place: The Resiliency of the Chinook People

February: Innocence, In a Sense: A group exhibition of nudes

January: the mess and the minutiae: Kristen Nekovar, aka blis (AVA a-i-r exhibition)

2021

December: Handmade Holidays - artist pop-ups

November: Simone Fischer: Offal

October: Members Create: Annual Exhibition by AVA Members

September: John Mueller: Manifest Origins

August: Factor and Molnar present the shimmer

July: Astoria Artists - works by artists participating in the 2021 AOST

June: “Staunchie Nubs” - Deanna Antony (AVA a-i-r exhibition)

May : Epoch Epiphany: AVA’s 7th Annual Clatsop County High Schools Art Show, part of the AVA Miss Bea Program

April: “Vast Connections: Earth and Art” - Juried Show in honor of Earth Day

March: “Apokalypsis: An Uncovering” - Toddd Molinari & Francis Dot 

February: “When Crab was King” - in partnership with the Kodiak Maritime Museum with Photography by Ralph Pryor

January: “Willamette Line” - Stephen Slappe

2020

December: "Outside In” - Work by Unhoused Residents of Clatsop County

November: "Preserved: Healing Stories of Plants & Ancestors" - Iris Sullivan Daire

October: "October Surprise" - Morrison Pierce

September: "Ad Nauseum" - Garland Kirkpatrick

August: "Goddesses and Assemblages" - Jill Mulholland 

July: "Artists of Astoria" - Astoria Open Studios Virtual Tour

June: "Clatsop County High School Art Students" juried exhibit 

April & May: "Ground Level" AVA Gallery Docent Artists

February: "Creatures of the Deep: Gyotaku” - Duncan Berry; "Ecological Rehabilitation Through Art" - Shelby Silver

January: "Northwestern Songs of the Americas" - Tim Janchar

2019

December: "Two Point Perspective” - Denise Monaghan and John Willis

November: "The Edge” - Marie Powell, Betsy Nelson, Kirsten Horning, Kristin Shauck, Penny Treat, Anna Lee Larimore

October: "Emerging" - Current and former AVA resident artists

September: "Fugitive" - Jesse Jones, Jessica Schleif, Dawn Stetzel

August: Ruth Lantz, Jill Mulholland, Shelby Silver

July: Astoria Open Studios Tour artists

June: “Degrees of Abstraction” by Renee Rowe and Celebrating Pride Month with Audrey Long

​​May: The Print Portfolio Project

April: “For Love of Illusion” - Clatsop County High School Art Show

​March: “Icelandic Threads” - Anne Greenwood Rioseco

February: “Find Happiness in a Warm Tea Bowl: Ceramics Invitational

January: Teresa Robinett Solo