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)
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