Far-Flung Friends in the Fishing Industry
February 11 - March 4, 2023
Each year in late February Astoria becomes a mecca for souls to pay homage to the mighty salmon and the commercial fishing industry during the FisherPoets Gathering. Astoria Visual Arts welcomes those FisherPoets who also lend their craft to the visual artists in an exhibit, Far Flung Friends in the Fishing Industry, featuring a variety of media--dioramas, fish skin prints, photography, printmaking, all honoring the annual salmon harvest. Alongside featured FisherPoet artists, regional makers will also share their fish-inspired art.
The exhibit opens during Astoria’s Artwalk, on February 11 from noon to 8:00 pm, and runs through March 4.
Show dates: February 11 - March 4, 2023
Opening reception: February 11, 12 - 8 pm
See the show: Fridays and Saturdays 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
2023
January: Elemental Breath: Cathy Stearns; Distant Light: Brian Evans
2022
December: The Grid Project
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