Toledo touts treasures

Toledo’s Yaquina River Museum of Art is presenting “Toledo Treasures,” 13 selected works from its permanent collection, depicting iconic views of buildings, roads and landscapes found within this small mill town.

This wide variety of subjects and media will be displayed in the 1887 Schoolhouse exhibit space in Toledo until Sunday, April 25.

YRMA Founder Michael Gibbons said the museum’s permanent collection was designed to focus on the Yaquina River Watershed region.

“With a primary focus on accomplished artists who have drawn inspiration from this region, we are building a body of significant artworks that will serve and as painted history for generations,” he said.

These artists represent a wide variety of styles and techniques used to interpret their subjects.  From a random growth of native flowers or leaves of grass to a Main Street corner building and the Georgia-Pacific Mill, these artists have found inspiration almost anywhere.

The exhibition includes: “Toledo Mill” by Steve Bennett; “Yasek Loop Barn” by Sue Bennett; “Yaquina Grassland” by Laurel Buchanan; “Wild Sweet Peas and Wildflowers” by Colleen Caubin; “Gathering in the Morning Light” and “Dawn” by Michael Gibbons; “View Down Graham Street” by John Hewett; “Little Red School House” by Jacquelyn Hewett; “Yaquina Bay Road” by Katia Kyte; “Leaves of Grass” and “Life in Toledo” by Becky Miller; and “South Bay Marsh III” and “Yaquina Meadows” by Bill Shumway.

Through presenting exhibitions like “Toledo Treasures,” YRMA provides related educational services for the purpose of increasing and enriching public knowledge through periodic exhibitions of its collections.

The Yaquina River Museum of Art, located at 151 NE Alder Street, is open from noon to 4 pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

For more information, go to www.yaquinarivermuseumofart.org or call 541-336-1907.