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cont. at KALAAt one point, Anne started incorporatingbaby faces and dolls intoher work. “I had a kid and I feel thatgave my life a lot of magic, beautyand joy. For me making art is a wayfor me to experience magic and away for me to have a 2nd childhood.I had a head injury in 1981 andwent into a coma. Afterward, I couldonly remember some of my previouslife. Through art, I was able toremember more and more from thepast and it gave me something todo. I would just go into this otherworld. And create all these drawings”.Eventually those drawings filledher journals and painted collagebooks and then grew into the largercanvases. In the show, you can seeportraits such as Larissa, Victoria,and Rismone. Their penetratingeyes stare back defiantly but with asort of innocence. These are eyesthat have seen too much, reveallittle and stare questioningly at yourworld. But there are new worksexhibited, such as The Masquerade,Whale and The Baby (Underneath ItAll) that show new metaphors andmulti-layer iconic images that pointto new themes as well. “Lately, Ihave become obsessed by trees, asI walk in Forest Park, near my otherstudio. I have a grasp on how shorta human life iscompared to a treethat’s 5,000 yearsold. Meanwhile, artis my life”. And,if you catch hermaking art while atthe Kala Gallery,she’s likely tothrow down someSharpie pens andpush a notebookin front of you andsay, “Let’s makeart!”. She oftenteaches workshopson her techniqueswhen she is homein Portland and hertravels elsewhere.Next month,Anne packs hertypical “on theroad” kit of paper,collage books, artsupplies and bagsof tissue paper printed with variouscollected images and will be creatingart while running workshopsand exhibiting at the InternationalOutsider Art Fair, Gallery BourbonLally, NYC. And beyond that, asolo exhibit at the Barristers Gallery,in New Orleans followed bya month long artist residency andAnne Grgich in Seattle – profiled as an Outsider Artistin an feature article in Newsweek Magazine-1996,entitled, “Swimming to Seattle—Move There.”solo exhibit at the Olaf Gallery inAmsterdam.Steve Lippincott has an onlinemusic magazine at earcandyarchive.comcelebrating “music thatmatters”. He has worked in thepublishing industry for 15 years, aswell as being a chef. He is currentlyworking on a cookbook called TheHarmonious Dish.WAHID At the Astoria Arts and Movement CenterWahid, is the duo consisting of DimitrisMahlis (oud) and Chris Wabich(frame drums).The word “wahid” means “one” and in thiscase, represents the joining of instrumentsand music from the East and West. Wahidis bound to a rich cultural history of ancientcivilizations and melodies, incorporating instrumentsthat were first documented on claytablets and papyrus scrolls. Chris and Dimitrihave collaborated for over 15 years in worldmusic and jazz contexts. Their musical kinshiphas evolved into a rendering of melodic andsoundscape-driven events that inspires thelives and imaginations of its listeners.Dimitris Mahlis is a multi-instrumentalistand composer based in the Los Angeles area.He has the distinction of having significantselections of his work taught as a regular partof the curriculum at the LA Music Academy.Since coming to LA, Dimitris’ skills on oud,guitar and other stringed instruments haveled him into a rich variety of performing andrecording experiences.Chris Wabich is known around LA as aversatile and original voice on percussionand drumset. Recently Chris played FrankZappa’s “Joe’s Garage”, a stage production ofthe album, produced by Gail Zappa. Chris hasrecorded with: Ludacris, Sting, Stanley Jordan,Lalo Shfrin, Sheila E., Alex Acuna, Turkish superstarOmar Faruk, Mamak Khadem, and thefamous poet, Leonard Cohen, among manyothers, in addition to many TV show credits.Friday, October 14, 7:30pm, Admission$10. AAMC is located at the corner of 11thand Franklin in Astoria, and is part of the FirstPresbyterian Church building complex.Feminist EVECCC Art Center GalleryThe Art Center Gallery at ClatsopCommunity College (CCC) in Astoria,opens its 2011-2012 exhibitionseason featuring a series of paintingsentitled “Womanizing Eve” byartist Keith Howard of Rochester,New York, on display through October27. Selected to exhibit in the2011 international juried exhibit AuNaturel by Jane Beebe, director ofPDX Contemporary Art in Portland,OR, Mr. Howard was also offeredthe coveted prize of a solo exhibitionat the Art Center Gallery.For the past 20 years, KeithHoward has been at the forefrontof Non-Toxic Printmaking researchand teaching, and is considered theleading authority in this field. In thelast decade, he has delivered over100 workshops and seminars onhis non-toxic intaglio printmakinginnovations all across the countryand around the world.The panoramic images in thisexhibit are transmitted electronicallyto Master Painter Xiaming Linin China, who makes a faithful oilpainting copy of Mr. Howard’s image.Master Lin works strictly in theRenaissance oil painting tradition,first working from pencil sketches,then to oil paint washes and finishingwith multiple layers of oil paintuntil the painting is complete. Thepaintings take several weeks tocomplete depending on the level ofcomplexity.While these paintings have beencompared to the Pre-Raphaelitesbecause of the attention to detail,Mr. Howard explains that his workdoes not share Pre-Raphaeliteideology: “While the Pre-Raphaelitemovement was a direct reactionto the unstoppable onslaught ofmodernism, my work represents anew painting ideology that employsa new collaborative paradigm whilepresenting a unique visual perspective.It presents the subject of thefemale nude in a dignifying and empoweringmanner.....not the typicalRenaissance depiction of Eve.”CCC Art Center Galley is islocated at 1799 Lexington Avenuein Astoria. The gallery hours arefrom 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday, and on weekendsand holidays by appointment only.For more information, pleasecontact Kristin Shauck at 503-338-2472.Cathryn Claire and Hanz ArakiSong of Love and MurderMusicians Hanz Araki and Kathryn Claireare proud to present a series of unprecedentedconcerts. These two diverse musicians lendtheir individual expertise and lyrical knowledgeto four theme-based concerts that presentsome of the strongest and most beautifulelements of the Celtictradition. This October,they celebratethe release of the firstof four accompanyingalbums, Songs ofLove and Murder.The murder balladis a mainstay of thefolk idiom in manycultures, perfected inScotland, Ireland andEngland long, long ago. From the humorous tothe Shakespearean to the downright macabre;with pen-knifes and swords, by hanging ordrowning, Songs of Love and Murder is a collectionof traditional murder ballads, as well assome dance tunes -- jigs and reels with somerather grisly titles -- to keep your toes tapping.“Songs of Love and Murder” on Friday,October 28th in Manzanita, OR at the HoffmanCenter. Show starts at 7:30pm. Ticketsare $7.00. Saturday,October 29th theywill perform in LongBeach, WA at TheOld Long Beach TrainDepot as a part of theLong Beach AcousticConcert Series (www.longbeachwaconcerts.com).7pm.Tickets are $5.00.Seating is limited soreservations arerecommended. Tickets canbe reserved by contacting Bill Svendsen at360.901.0962 or emailing bill@mdcresearch.com.oct11 hipfishmonthly.com16