First stop, Toledo for First weekend
Every month, the town of Toledo takes a weekend to celebrate their arts community and invite the public to join in. Galleries and studios throughout town will welcome guests this Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2.
The Yaquina River Museum of Art continues its showing of the Permanent Collection exhibition with a special send off to a guest favorite seascape “Winter Surf III” by Michael Gibbons. Select paintings by esteemed local artists including Collen Caubin, Katia Kyte and Jill Perry Townsend will also be on display. The Yaquina River Museum of Art, located at 151 NE Alder Street, will be open from noon to 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday. For more information, go to www.yaquinarivermuseumofart.org or call 541-336-1907.
Across the street, Michael Gibbons’ Signature Gallery will be featuring one of Gibbons’ popular floral pieces “Iris and Roses.” The late artist found inspiration wherever he went, and the dramatic desert environs of the American Southwest were a rich source for his works. Irises in particular, seen in the Northwest this time of year, are a flower captured in several of his paintings as the artist was drawn to their unique blooms and wide spectrum of color. See this work and many more originals at Michael Gibbons’ Signature Gallery located at 140 NE Alder Street from noon to 4 pm on Saturday and Sunday. For more information, go to michaelgibbons.net or call 541-336-2797.
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. Veta Bakhtina, features her folkloric oil paintings; Alice Haga, fused glass; Val Bolen, ceramics and glass mosaics; Sylvia Hosie, award winning photography; 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.