FUGITIVE
AVA Center for the Arts is honored to present three artists in collaboration :
Jessica Schleif, Jesse Jones and Dawn Stetzel.
Sept 14 - Oct 6, 2019
Jessica Schleif, Jesse Jones and Dawn Stetzel.
Sept 14 - Oct 6, 2019
Using the word "fugitive" as a prompt, the three women connected through walking, dialoguing, and gathering discarded objects from North Coast waterways, trash piles, and a science lab. Each artist brings her own practice to the task of creating sculpture and meaning from limitless garbage and marine debris.
JESSICA SCHLEIF, currently based in Astoria, was born and grew up in rural Oregon. Her recent 2017 AVA Invitational Exhibit, "Seeds," was an environmental installation in a warehouse above the Columbia River. A 2018 Precipice Grant recipient, Schleif envisioned and collaborated on the year- long Tidal Rock Project. She recently completed the SouWester Artist in Residence Program.
JESSE JONES, based in Astoria, is the Volunteer Coordinator for CoastWatch, a program of the Oregon Shores. She is currently the chair of the North Coast Oregon Chapter of Surfrider Foundation. She studied filmmaking at the Northwest Film Center and graduated from Portland State University. This is her first installation project.
DAWN STETZEL, based in Seaview, WA, graduated from the University of Iowa and has a Master of Fine Arts from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. Her work “Tsunami Evacuation” was part of the 2016 Portland Biennial. Recology Western Oregon/AVA awarded Stetzel in 2016 the Coastal Oregon Artist Residency. Her most recent solo exhibit “Ready or Not” was at the Newport Visual Arts Center in 2017.
Images from the Exhibit:
JESSICA SCHLEIF, currently based in Astoria, was born and grew up in rural Oregon. Her recent 2017 AVA Invitational Exhibit, "Seeds," was an environmental installation in a warehouse above the Columbia River. A 2018 Precipice Grant recipient, Schleif envisioned and collaborated on the year- long Tidal Rock Project. She recently completed the SouWester Artist in Residence Program.
JESSE JONES, based in Astoria, is the Volunteer Coordinator for CoastWatch, a program of the Oregon Shores. She is currently the chair of the North Coast Oregon Chapter of Surfrider Foundation. She studied filmmaking at the Northwest Film Center and graduated from Portland State University. This is her first installation project.
DAWN STETZEL, based in Seaview, WA, graduated from the University of Iowa and has a Master of Fine Arts from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. Her work “Tsunami Evacuation” was part of the 2016 Portland Biennial. Recology Western Oregon/AVA awarded Stetzel in 2016 the Coastal Oregon Artist Residency. Her most recent solo exhibit “Ready or Not” was at the Newport Visual Arts Center in 2017.
Images from the Exhibit:
Artist Roger Hayes made a film about the exhibit::::::
Opening Reception Saturday, September 14, 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Exhibit open through Sunday, October 6
AVA's Center for the Arts is located at 1000 Duane Street, Astoria
Hours for "Fugitive":
Thursdays 3:00-6:00pm
Fridays and Saturdays 12:00 Noon to 5:00pm
Sundays 11:00am to 3:00pm.
Additional viewing hours by appointment to 503-440-3007
Previously in the AVA Gallery:
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
