Gallery
December Gallery Exhibition
Exhibit-Thursdays–Sundays | December 5-28 | 12:00-5:00pm
Opening Reception December 7 | 3:00-5:00pm
Gallery is closed the last Sunday of every month
Hoffman Center for the Arts | 594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita
Free and open to the public
Featuring Works by Sara Moen,
Kyla Sjogren, and Ceramic Vase Show
Sara Moen-The Legends and Spirits of Short Sand Beach
I’ve been thinking lately about how the feeling of a particular place might be made up of all the life that has ever happened there, because it’s all still there. Energy from the people, the plants, and animals is contained there, and continues in different forms; in the soil and moss; in the rocks and sand; in the water; and certainly in the trees.
I find the feeling of, and nearby, the particular place of these drawings—Short Sand Beach in Oswald West State Park—to be incredibly intriguing, because of the beauty and the biodiversity of it’s sheltered cove and old-growth temperate rainforest, and also because of the area’s history and legends. Tales of smugglers, a shipwreck, and pirate’s buried treasure live on in this well loved spot. So rich!
I started to see characters and stories everywhere I looked. Fantastic exposed tree roots and nurse logs seemed to be shaped by ancient animal spirits or by the lingering emotions of some of the human dramas that unfolded here. I started to develop my own sort of mythology about this place, and I spent the past year going back again and again, to discover and draw it’s subjects.
Here are the results of this very enjoyable endeavor. These eight drawings are all from Short Sands, and along some of the trails leading to it. One of the most beautiful places in the world, I think.
—Sara Moen, 2024
Sara works in charcoal on wood panels. She lives in Astoria, Oregon with her cat, Agnes, and also works as a garment cutter/pattern maker.
Kyla Sjogren
This work is devoted to the continuous cleansing and renewal of the surrounding coastline: fresh marine air that suspends the smell of life and death, frigid foamy water that rushes around my bare feet, and treasures along the wrack line sometimes unseen. I am an artist using natural fibers and pigments to make textile 
compositions. I desire to radically understand the materials I deem healthy for land, animals, and people. The gratification from this highly considered process incorporates aspects that have given me moments of pause to honor seasons, community, and the human experience in this world. The resulting artwork imbues its origins and tells a story beyond immediate visual cues.
About Kyla
Growing up in rural Florida, Kyla dreamt of the day when she could gaze upon the unique coastal tidepools of the Pacific Northwest. More than a decade ago, that dream came true when she moved to Portland to attend a unique MFA program through the former Oregon College of Art and Craft. Kyla divides her time between a career in corporate textile design and development and a slower-paced life on the North Coast, where she weaves textiles at an even slower pace. She resides in Wheeler, Oregon, where Roosevelt Elk occasionally appear on Lazarus Island. You can see more of her work and process here and here.
Ceramic Vase Show
Artist-Kathleen Kanas
Coastal Ceramic Artists: We invite you to submit up to three vases for the December 2024 Hoffman Gallery ceramic show in Manzanita! We welcome vases of all types: bud vases, ikebana vases, raku vases, large vases…we encourage you to be creative and play with form and function!
Vases for this gallery show should be handmade ceramic pieces that are high-quality and functional (however they do not need to be water-tight).
Vases will be exhibited and sold in the Hoffman Gallery in the month of December. Artists receive a 70% commission with the remaining 30% supporting our not-for-profit center.
An opening reception will take place on December 7, 2024, from 3-5pm. Submissions should be dropped off at Hoffman on December 1, from 12-5 pm. Any unsold items should be picked up on December 29, from 12-5pm.
Artists-left Roberta Lampert | right Barry Calvarese
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December 21, 2024
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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December 22, 2024
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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December 26, 2024
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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December 27, 2024
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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December 28, 2024
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
December Gallery Exhibition
Address:
594 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita, Oregon, 97130
Description:
Situated on the main street in Manzanita just a few blocks west of Highway 101, the Hoffman Center Art Gallery is located across the street from the North Tillamook Library.
