Please join us for another national level fine art show starting November 11 at the Heritage Museum and the Holiday Inn Express in Astoria, Oregon.
Journey’s End National Art Exhibition has received 215 entries from all over the United States and one foreign country. Our jury accepted 81 works of art, representing painting, sculpture, mixed media, scrimshaw, photography and art quilts. They will be on display and for sale in the Heritage Museum from November 10 to 27. Because of space limitations, a large number of the entries which could not be accommodated there will be displayed in the Holiday Inn on the weekend of November 11 to 13.
 

Two Grand Receptions on November 11, 2005

The reception at the Heritage Museum features a discussion with sculptor Stan Wanlass of his Clark’s Tree which is erected in Long Beach, Washington. Show judge Wanlass, of Sandy, Utah, is a former resident of Astoria. He is also the creator of the turn-around sculpture in Seaside.
The reception will then move to the Holiday Inn, where the audience will hear Gerard Baker, superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Baker, a Native American of Mandan/Hidatsa origin, will speak on the tribes’ oral history of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the future of Lewis and Clark.

Journey’s End National Art Exhibition Show Dates and Program Outline

With the 2005 focus of "... the country through which you shall pass..." (quoted from the letter of instructions from President Jefferson to Captain Meriwether Lewis), the art show is open to the public at the Heritage Museum from November 11 – 27 (Tu. – Sat. 11 to 4); and the Holiday Inn Express November 11 – 13 (Fri. 6 – 9, Sat. 11 – 6 pm, Sun. 11-5)

Featured Speakers:
Gerard Baker, Superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Reception main speaker
Stanley Wanlass, Sculptor (from Sandy, Utah) Show Judge

Thursday, November 10, 2005 from 4:00 – 6:30 p.m.: SNEAK PEAK of juried art at the Heritage Museum, 714 Exchange Street, Astoria, Oregon.  This affords people a special opportunity to see and buy original art.

Friday, Nov. 11, 2005 from 5:00 to 9:00 pm: - Main event with speakers, heavy hors d’oeuvres, no-host bar, vote on People’s Choice

5:00 pm: Heritage Museum - Hors d’ oeuvres and no host bar

5:30 pm: Heritage Museum - Welcome by Historical Society executive director Burns, Mayor Van Dusen and JENAE chairman Erhard Gross; Address by Stanley Wanlass, sculptor and show judge (Talk about Clark’s Tree: How Clark’s Tree came about; how he researched the tree; how he decided on the location; how he arrived at the design.)

6:00 to 9:00 pm:  Holiday Inn Express (204 W. Marine Drive, Astoria, Oregon ) -  Additional exhibit/sale with speakers, Godiva chocolate desserts, no-host bar, vote on People’s Choice

6:30 pm:  Holiday Inn Express- Gerard Baker: Oral Histories of the Mandan and Hidatsa about Lewis and Clark, and The Future of Lewis and Clark?

7:00-8:00 pm: Holiday Inn Express - Quick Draw

8:00 pm: Holiday Inn Express - Art Auction (Skip Hauke, auctioneer)

 

For more information Contact: Erhard Gross @ 503-325-1944.