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DANA HULBERT will be amongst 14 artists showcasing their work on Aug. 22-23 during the 23rd annual Nestucca Valley Artisans Art Show and Sale.
Art from the Heart
Nestucca Valley Artisans to host 23rd annual art festival, Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 22-23
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plethora of paintings, photos, thrown functional ceramics; Bill Cary, sculptures and more will highpaintings; Denise Clausen, quilts and light the talents of 14 area artists calligraphy; Julie Fiedler, ceramic sculpon Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 22 and tures and mixed media; Shirley Haines, 23 at the Nestucca Valley Artisans’ 23rd textiles and rugs; Dana Hulburt, paintannual festival. ings and mixed media; Julius Jortner, Held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Pacific photographs; Mike Loney, paintings and City’s event hall, the Kiawanda Comgiclees; Alita Pearl, handmade leather munity Center, the exhibit and sale will bags and sterling jewelry; Rose Perez, feature original paintings, prints, sculppaintings; Ben Soeby, prismacolor imtures, quilts, photographs, handmade rugs, ceramic items, leather bags, original jewelry, calligraphy, and other creations, large and small. The event also serves as an opportunity to meet and visit with the skilled artists and craftspeople who have created works of art for the show. Selected works of art, donated by each of the artisans, will be given away in a drawing during the event. Proceeds would enable the JULIE FIEDLER, who specializes in ceramic NVA’s continuing support of arts sculptures and mixed media pieces will and art education in the communi- be selling and talking about her work at ties and schools of the Nestucca the Nestucca Valley Artisans show, held at Valley. Examples of previous conKiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape tributions by the NVA include purKiwanda Dr., in Pacific City, Aug. 22-23. chasing art supplies for local public schools, salaries for invited lecturers at ages on wood and sculptures; Michael art workshops, subscriptions to artSoeby, hand-thrown pottery; and Wendy oriented periodicals for local libraries Thompson, graphite and colored pencil. and schools, an annual art prize at the The NVA festival is sponsored in Tillamook County Fair, cash donations part by the Oregon Coast Council for the to the Community Art Project, and the Arts and the Oregon Arts Commission. donation in 2012 of a painted mural to The Kiawanda Community Centhe public library in Pacific City. ter is located at 34600 Cape Kiwanda Participating artisans work in the Drive, in Pacific City, between the main Nestucca Valley or nearby communities, bridge over the Nestucca River and Cape such as Cloverdale, Hebo, Lincoln City, Kiwanda. Admission is free and refreshNeskowin, Otis, Rose Lodge, and Pacific ments will be available. For further City. Featured will be: Marilyn Burinformation, call Julius Jortner, 503-965khardt, paintings, prints, and ceramic 7016, or the Kiawanda Center, 503-965tiles; Ben and Caroline Brooks, hand7900.
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