Astoria Visual Arts is pleased to present Astoria artists John Willis and Denise Monaghan new work, at the AVA Center for the Arts in an exhibit titled Two Point Perspective.
One collector calls Astoria John's geographic muse. “It’s true,” John says. My current work is art about place—this place. There’s a patina here you just don’t find in other western U.S. cities. There are stories everywhere—in concrete-patchwork sidewalks—in every downtown building and old home. That patina has a feeling. And that’s what I’m after. I want to capture the feeling of Astoria.” You can see more of John’s art at www.ArtIsFortheHeart.com.
Denise Monaghan moved to Astoria in April of this year, immediately being inspired by the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. “I spend a lot of time wondering about the connection between human and animal, how they overlap and where they disconnect,” Monaghan says. “Humans often forget that they are animals that share the planet with other beings. We live in a world that makes that gulf more conspicuous with our technology and our symbolic thinking brain.” Learn more about Denise's work at www.denisemonaghan.com.
AVA Center for the Arts is located at 1000 Duane Street in Astoria and is open Fridays and Saturdays from 12-5pm and by appointment.
Join us for an artist reception during Second Saturday Art Walk on December 14 from 5 to 8 pm. Astoria Visual Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that works to enhance, strengthen and promote the arts in Greater Astoria.
One collector calls Astoria John's geographic muse. “It’s true,” John says. My current work is art about place—this place. There’s a patina here you just don’t find in other western U.S. cities. There are stories everywhere—in concrete-patchwork sidewalks—in every downtown building and old home. That patina has a feeling. And that’s what I’m after. I want to capture the feeling of Astoria.” You can see more of John’s art at www.ArtIsFortheHeart.com.
Denise Monaghan moved to Astoria in April of this year, immediately being inspired by the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. “I spend a lot of time wondering about the connection between human and animal, how they overlap and where they disconnect,” Monaghan says. “Humans often forget that they are animals that share the planet with other beings. We live in a world that makes that gulf more conspicuous with our technology and our symbolic thinking brain.” Learn more about Denise's work at www.denisemonaghan.com.
AVA Center for the Arts is located at 1000 Duane Street in Astoria and is open Fridays and Saturdays from 12-5pm and by appointment.
Join us for an artist reception during Second Saturday Art Walk on December 14 from 5 to 8 pm. Astoria Visual Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that works to enhance, strengthen and promote the arts in Greater Astoria.
Exhibit open through Saturday, December 7
AVA Center for the Arts
1000 Duane Street, Astoria
Hours:
Fridays and Saturdays 12:00 Noon to 5:00pm
and by appointment, by calling 503-741-9694
AVA Center for the Arts
1000 Duane Street, Astoria
Hours:
Fridays and Saturdays 12:00 Noon to 5:00pm
and by appointment, by calling 503-741-9694
Previously in the AVA Center for the Arts:
January 2019 : Teresa Robinett
Feburary 2019 : Ceramics Invitational
March 2019 : Anne Greenwood Rioseco
April 2019 : Clatsop County High School Art Show
May 2019 : Print Portfolio Show
June 2019 : Renee Rowe and Audrey Long
July 2019 : Astoria Open Studios Tour artists
August 2019 : Ruth Lantz, Jill Mulholland, Shelby Silver
September 2019: "Fugitive": Jesse Jones, Jessica Schleif, Dawn Stetzel
October 2019 : "Emerging": Current and former resident artists
November 2019 : "The Edge": Marie Powell, Betsey Nelson, Kirsten Horning, Kristin Shauck, Penny Treat, Anna Lee Larimore
January 2019 : Teresa Robinett
Feburary 2019 : Ceramics Invitational
March 2019 : Anne Greenwood Rioseco
April 2019 : Clatsop County High School Art Show
May 2019 : Print Portfolio Show
June 2019 : Renee Rowe and Audrey Long
July 2019 : Astoria Open Studios Tour artists
August 2019 : Ruth Lantz, Jill Mulholland, Shelby Silver
September 2019: "Fugitive": Jesse Jones, Jessica Schleif, Dawn Stetzel
October 2019 : "Emerging": Current and former resident artists
November 2019 : "The Edge": Marie Powell, Betsey Nelson, Kirsten Horning, Kristin Shauck, Penny Treat, Anna Lee Larimore
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