Live & Local! Carol Newman: Lila Wickham & FPG founder Jon Broderick on the CB Gallery exhibit “Working Shores” and the Fisher Poets.

Friday, February 4 at 3 pm, ARTS - Live & Local! Carol Newman hosts: Archives - Coast Community Radio (kmun.org)

Cannon Beach Arts Assn treasurer Lila Wickham & FPG founder Jon Broderick on the CB Gallery exhibit “Working Shores”, the North Coast & the fishing industries. Plus a new anthology of fisher poetry and art.

Musician & President Brian Bergman with the North Coast Symphonic Band's “Dance Your Cares Away” at the Liberty Theatre in Astoria.

Director William Ham & Actor Terri Baier with "Simple Salmon: The Respawning" at The Ten Fifteen Theater in Astoria.

Peter Greaver + Beauty Deconstructed

CB Arts Association hosts a sculptural exhibition

The Cannon Beach Arts Association is pleased to present a sculptural exhibition. Located at the Cannon Beach Gallery at 1064 South Hemlock St., the exhibit takes place 11 – 4 p.m. Wed., Aug. 26 - Sept. 27. Featuring work by Carol Lebreton, Randy McClelland, Greg Wilbur, and Scott Johnson.

 Artist Carol Lebreton creates dynamic work that seeks to balance the practical with the aesthetic. Lebreton’s work is made of porcelain, oxides, and granite grit. When the work is moved, the hollow sculpture emanates sound.

Born and educated in Oregon, Greg Wilbur is known for hammering/raising metal into sculptural and vessel forms. Using a technique like hand building, he hammers flat sheets of copper, brass, pewter, and silver into closed sculptural forms.

Randy McClelland was first introduced to clay in 1984, while attending the American School in Japan. While abroad he was exposed to Japan’s fondness with ceramics and its cultural aesthetic. McClalland uses local materials in his clay bodies and surface glazes. The result being one of a kind wood fired ceramics.

Coast Community Radio- Summer Art Camp @Home

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Cannon Beach Arts Association Arts Education Director Meagan Sokol & Summer Art Camp Bilingual Assistant Andrea Suarez talk about on the CBAA’s 18th Annual Summer Art Camp @Home August 3-7 2020, a new model in response to COVID-19.

Scholarships, Spanish options, our July mini video series and art kits are discussed.

(minute 28:27 - 44:38)

Cannon Beach Gazette- Portland's top musical talent to headline North Coast Musicfest

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For ten days in October, the first annual North Coast Musicfest will offer a display of fine Northwest musical acts in venues from Cannon Beach, Manzanita, and Nehalem. The festival, collaboration between the Cannon Beach Arts Association (CBAA) and Fly Me To The Moon, runs from Oct. 3 to Oct. 13. Proceeds from the festival will benefit both of these non-profit organizations.

Cara Mico, program director at Cannon Beach Arts Association, is committed to bringing events like this to the coast.

“Music and art are integral to humanity and essential for wellness,” Mico said. “By fostering creative events, we can support our community and those that call the Oregon Coast home.”

The North Coast Musicfest begins in Cannon Beach on Oct. 3 at multiple venues, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Wine Shack, Cannon Beach Gallery, and Public Coast….

Coast Community Radio- Cannon Beach Music Festival 2019

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Cannon Beach Arts Association Program Director Cara Mico talks about on the Cannon Beach Music Festival Oct 3 – 13

Coast Community Radio- Summer Art Camp 2019

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I want to call your attention an amazing job done by our very talented and dedicated Art Camp Director and Assistant.  Yesterday, Meagan and Drea (Andrea Suarez) represented CBAA on Carol Newman’s radio show in the best possible way.  These two women brought attention to the fantastic Art Camp program and the nuances around our latest push to be more environmentally aware and socially inclusive as an organization in general and in our specific program offerings.  They were the highlight of Carol’s show.  In fact, later yesterday evening and likely a direct result of the broadcast, Meagan saw a spike in online registrations as two more classes filled up for the Summer.  We should all be very proud of this exceptional team!  

Coast Weekend- Art day in Seaside

…In 2015, an eighth-grader from Seaside School District compelled legislators to sponsor a bill designating April 14 as Honorary Artists of Oregon Day. Seaside High School celebrated the following year by inviting regional artists to lead workshops for all students.

Four years later, the school is one of several in the area honoring artists, thanks to the efforts of founder and now-senior Hayley Rollins and other Seaside students.

“We’ve been working on trying to make it bigger this year by talking to other schools along the coast,” Rollins said.

As stated in Oregon Bill 3042, sponsored by retired state Rep. Deborah Boone and state Sen. Betsy Johnson, the purpose of Art Day is “to celebrate art and artists, to promote art education in this state and to encourage engagement in artistic endeavors.”…

Coast Community Radio- Oregon Art Day 2019

CBAA Arts Education Director Meagan Sokol & student founder Hayley Rollins talk about 4th Annual Honorary Artists Day April 14 at Seaside High School.

Cannon Beach Gazette- Message in a (water) bottle

…In the words of regional artist Pooka Rice, “art is the best way to facilitate messages.”

During a Feb. 22 workshop, she showed a handful of participants what that means by demonstrating how to integrate bits of recycled beach plastic into a collection of attractive paintings that communicated a strong message of ocean stewardship and environmental protection — “art that tells a story,” as Rice put it.

The workshop, held at the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum, was offered as part of the Haystack Rock Awareness Programand Cannon Beach Arts Association’s collaborative Environmental Art Series: Trash Talk Art Workshops…

Oregon Artswatch- Cannon Beach classes turn litter into learning

…In Cannon Beach, they’re taking it one step further with Trash Talks, a nine-part series of classes that guide participants in transforming beach trash into art. The series is presented by the Cannon Beach Arts Association and Haystack Rock Awareness Program and supported by a grant from the Oregon Coast Visitors Association.

A workshop in December turned plastics collected on the beach into holiday ornaments.

“The idea of the classes is to get people to reframe the way they think about beach trash,” said Meagan Sokol, arts education director for the arts association. She noted that besides the visual blight, trash can be deadly to seabirds, which are attracted by bright colors and often ingest it with deadly consequences. She added that the program is trying to get people to think about that, “to think, I can pick this up and do something with it. I can be a beach steward by cleaning up.”…

Coast Community Radio- Program Updates for Winter 2018

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Program Director Cara Mico with updates from the Cannon Beach Arts Association

Coast Community Radio- 1st Annual Environmental Art Series Collaboration

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Cannon Beach Arts Association’s Arts Education Director Meagan Sokol, HRAP Outreach Coordinator Pooka Rice & artist Miguel Morales talk about collaboration and Environmental Arts Education

Cannon Beach Gazette- Arts Association among cultural award winners

…Meagan Sokol of the arts association represented the group at the event. Founded in 1987, the association presents gallery exhibitions, workshops and classes for adults and children. “With this we’ll be able to start connecting with our local academy,” Sokol said, referring to the Cannon Beach Academy, now in its second year…

Meagan Sokol, arts education director at Cannon Beach Arts Association

Coast Weekend- Young at Art

…This year will also feature work from an entirely new group of artists — about 33 to be exact, who may or may not even realize they are artists yet.

Cannon Beach Academy students have made a collective piece of artwork out of marine debris to be shown at Sandpiper Square. The project was facilitated through the Haystack Rock Awareness Program’s “Trash Talk” — a program that turns microplastics into jewelry and art as a fundraiser for the environmental stewardship program — and the Cannon Beach Arts Association.

Participating in Stormy Weather serves a dual purpose for the academy Parent Teacher Organization volunteer Shelley Parker said.

“It’s a traditional Cannon Beach event. We wanted to do something educational, showcase what we’re doing with the kids and show they are an important part of the community as well,” Parker said.

When Parker reached out to the association’s Arts Education Director Meagan Sokol about expanding art opportunities within the new charter school, Sokol saw partnering with HRAP as a cost-effective and educational way to do so.

“It’s perfect for Stormy Weather because this project has everything to do with the beach,” HRAP Outreach Coordinator Pooka Rice said. “By doing this (the kids) are capable of bringing these lessons home to their families.”…

Cannon Beach Gazette- Medium Cool

…Down in the basement, teenagers rolled clay in their hands until their fingers were dyed a rainbow of colors in preparation to make stop motion videos with clay figurines.

These activities were the start to a week long visual arts camp hosted by the Cannon Beach Arts Association. In its 16th year, about 100 kids and adults from all across the North Coast signed up to take a variety of painting, crafting and movement classes.

“This is something I look forward to all year,” arts education director Meagan Sokol said. “Just seeing these kids blossom at the end of the week in incredible. I see how they are transformed by art.”…