Dock in Toledo for First Weekend
This Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6, will see galleries and studios throughout Toledo throw open their doors to the public to celebrate another First Weekend.
The Yaquina River Museum of Art will showcase the Historic Founders of Art Walk show, featuring select works of Doug Haga, Ivan Kelly and Michael Gibbons.
See the works of these three accomplished and nationally recognized artists and enjoy complimentary refreshments at the Yaquina River Museum of Art’s Schoolhouse exhibit space located at 151 NE Alder Street. For more information, go to yaquinarivermuseumofart.com.
Across the Street, Michael Gibbons’ Signature Gallery will be featuring “Pink Forest Hills,” a plein air oil painting of a quintessentially Pacific Northwest spring.
Michael Gibbons’ Signature Gallery, located at 140 NE Alder Street, will be open from noon to 4 pm both days of First Weekend. For more information, go to michaelgibbonsart.net or call 541-336-2797.
Just around the corner, Ivan Kelly Studio and Gallery will showcase wildlife and new coastal oils by artist Ivan Kelly, including “Unyielding,” a 12”x16” oil painting depicting winter at Yaquina Head.
Join Kelly for light refreshments and experience atmospheric oil paintings at Ivan Kelly Studio-Gallery, located at 207 East Graham Street and open from 11 am to 4 pm on Saturday and 1 to 4 pm on Sunday. For more information, go to www.IvanKelly.com.
On Main Street, Crow’s Nest Gallery & Studio will feature the works of more than 20 artists. The gallery-space run by assemblage artist Janet Runger always features new and exciting works for viewers to see. Adding drama through dimension and light are the stunning award-winning photographic works of Sylvia Hosie. Val Bolen will be featuring suncatching glass and ceramic works; Veta Bakhtina, oil paintings; Alice Haga, fused glass; Paula Teplitz, sculptural jellyfish mobiles; Jeff Gibford, digitally manipulated photographs; Tish Epperson, watercolors; and Susan Jones, woven fiber jellyfish.
Crow’s Nest Gallery & Studio is located at 305 N. Main Street and open from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday.