Celebration of Happy to Be Proud:
Leif J. Lee and Fritha Strand
Jun 11 - July 4, 2022
AVA is celebrating PRIDE month with an exhibition of work by Leif J. Lee and Fritha Strand.
Leif, currently living in Portland, is an interdisciplinary, non-binary queer artist promoting a trans agenda. Creator of Hand to Hand textiles, prints, t-shirts, zines, and much more.
Fritha Strand from Tscha-kole-chy (Whidbey Island, WA), is also an interdisciplinary artist searching for the visual linguistics of landscape.
Opening on Second Saturday Artwalk on June 11th from 12:00 to 8:00 pm. Come and join all the celebrations and meet the artists!
The exhibit runs June 11 - July 4, 2022 and the gallery is open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays 12 - 4 pm
Opening reception during Astoria’s Second Saturday Artwork, May 14th from 12 - 8 pm.
AVA Gallery Hours:
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
12 - 4 pm
2nd Saturday Artwalk 12-8 pm
Please enjoy the exhibits while observing any necessary COVID protocols and being respectful of other viewers.
1000 Duane Street, Astoria, OR 97103
Also, open by appointment: astoriavisualarts@gmail.com
Support artists!
Visit the link below to purchase artwork from the exhibit.
Previously in the AVA Gallery
2022
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” - Renee Rowe and Audrey Long
May: The Print Portfolio Project Show
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