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Jeremy Furnish creates the Astoria Regatta Monument Summer 2020

AVA and Astoria Regatta partnered to facilitate an open call to artists from the Pacific Northwest to create a public sculpture that commemorates the 125th anniversary of the Astoria Regatta, celebrating the Pacific Northwest's maritime history and future.

Clatskanie artist Jeremy Furnish was the chosen finalist.

Furnish's completed sculpture, installed in the summer of 2020, creates a symbolic monument that celebrates Astoria's rich heritage and relationship to the river and the sea. From a distance, viewers are drawn in by a towering wave holding a blue jewel. As they move closer, eyes are drawn to the blue glass overhead. This is the sea through the eye of the rolling wave, and, the beginning of the journey. Cast into the thick blue glass circle is a historic sailing vessel, an acknowledgment of the inspiration of the first Regatta.

The final construction includes cast glass, fabricated bronze and stainless steel, and measures 10’ x 32” x 36”.

The Regatta Monument is located on the Astoria Riverwalk near the Columbia River Maritime Museum.



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