First Saturday Art Walk

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Celebrating 14 years in 2018, the next Seaside First Saturday Art Walk, will be held on June 2, 5-7: pm. The event is free and is all about seeing and selling art in sponsoring businesses between Holladay and Broadway in the historic area of downtown Seaside.
Moxie Shine Fair Trade Boutique, 609 Broadway
Moxie features exclusive jewelry and art where everything is handmade. As a member of the Fair Trade Federation, Moxie demonstrates a genial and equitable approach to conducting business.
SunRose Gallery, 606 Broadway
SunRose will be hosting an Open House for June Art Walk. We feature original mixed media fine art and craft from 24 local artists. Albuquerque transplant Dan Golden will be performing Latin, jazz and folk music on classical guitar and light appetizers will be provided. Come out and support the local art scene!!
Jan Shield Pop-Up Gallery, 608 Broadway
Featuring Jan Shield, Professor Emeritus of Art at Pacific University, who creates art at his Dancing Trees Sanctuary. ?It is my home, studio and forest preserve in Newberg, Oregon. It is an environment of thick fir and maple forest blanketed with lush ferns and punctuated with sun lit meadows.? Through his paintings, Jan Shield shares a deep regard for Oregon. His art is a comment on naturalism, environment, light, space and at times, symbolism. The beautiful CMH-OHSU Collaborative selected art from Jan Shield to support the healing environment in their new facility in Astoria. The Jan Shield Pop-Up Gallery is sponsored by the Gilbert Block Building.
Fairweather House and Gallery, 612 Broadway
Artist?s reception for ?Sense of Place?, featuring regional artists Melissa Jander, Karen Lewis, Emily Miller, Rebecca Gore and Christine Trexel. In addition, the gallery welcomes new artists, Amy Osborne, Jan Rimerman and Barbara Martin for the June exhibition.
Amy Osborne is the artist-in-residence at Catherine Bede Gallery, art Instructor and art curator at the RoseSprings Gallery.  ?My art reflects roots in the Pacific Northwest. I believe art is healing; it should make you feel something; perhaps a transition from one emotion completing or changing to another emotion altogether. Painting takes me on a journey or recollection, a dream or memory,? Amy Osborne.
 Jan Rimerman served as the Open Show Director at the Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts for 25 years, the director of the Rain Spark Gallery, and the Visual Arts Director of the Lakewood Center.  As an arts educator for 33 years, she pioneered the Art after Hours program for high school students & community members. ?Everyone connects with their own experiences whether from their childhood, recent memories or perhaps where they would like to be in the future.?
Barbara Martin grew up on three continents, earned an MBA, is a certified creativity coach and teaches art classes. She is a guild member of the Arts Council Lake Oswego. With work contemporary in style and that leans toward the abstract and sometimes surreal or visionary.
Artist lectures. A Painting Seaside LIVE ? demonstration by Carolyn Macpherson. Music by Shirley 88.  
 
Art in the Loft Gallery at Beach Books, 616 Broadway
Artist Patti Isaacs opens her stunning new exhibit, "From the Land of the Rising Sun" a collection of brilliant, eloquently crafted, paper art pieces on wood and canvas. Inspiration is everywhere when Patti travels, and she certainly found that true in her travels to Japan. The serenity of the ancient gardens alongside the bold structures of the temples and castles filled her with awe and wonder.
Also, featuring the Seaside ukulele group of 8-10 players who will be at the bookstore playing LIVE music throughout the evening. This group plays the ukulele while jamming with others playing the harmonica. They learn together, they laugh together and create beautiful music together.
 The Whet Spot, 12 N. Holladay Drive
The Whet Spot offers a relaxed, friendly and ?adults only? atmosphere, where patrons can catch up with old friends while enjoying craft beers, ciders and wines. No minors permitted at any time.  Featuring the art of pouring with twenty rotating taps for craft beers and ciders, a Growler filling station and offering wines by the glass. Featuring fused glass artist Barbara Wells.
 
Westport Winery Seaside, 810 Broadway
As part of this evening of art Westport will be featuring its 34 unique labels featuring original art by the family and friends. At the same time, they will offer free olive oil and balsamic vinegar tasting from the Olivelle Company whose motto is ?The Art of Flavor.?  "Filled with harmonious connections to the sea, Westport Winery is a coast traveler's dream."  Introducing new mermaid dreams stemware in the gift shop.
Blue Bond Studio and Gallery, located at 417 S Holladay Drive
Amazing paintings by artist Blue Bond done in oil on canvas. Animals, people, still life, and wonderful scenery pictures will delight Art Walk guests. Blue Bond is a local artist in Seaside. He paints and teaches in oil and acrylic to novices and experienced painters alike.
Starry Night Inn, 811 1st Ave
An art motel by the sea located in a Victorian villa where each room features art from Oregon artists.  This motel offers artist residencies. The art at the motel is curated by Chris Haberman. For the summer, Starry Night Inn features Brenda Dunn, artist/illustrator and curator. Brenda's specialty is her vintage inspired pinups that capture the sultry, glamour of the forties and fifties. Her work was featured in three seasons of TV show Portlandia.   She also specializes in fashion illustration and has had work featured in Portland and New York Fashion Weeks.  
 
Find additional original art during the day at Hold Fast Gallery, 611 Broadway; Dough Dough Bakery, 8 North Holladay Drive, Seaside Antique Mall, 726 Broadway; and Seaside Coffee House, 3 N. Holladay Drive.