Pier 11 Studio once again joins the annual Astoria Open Studios Tour, giving visitors a chance to explore Astoria’s creative culture by visiting more than 50 artists in their studios over the course of the weekend. To celebrate the depth of talent in Astoria's growing arts community, Pier 11 Studio is hosting an exhibition in its main gathering space featuring artist team Anna Daedalus and Kerry Davis alongside resident artists Elise Wagner and Gabe Fernandez.

Perched on the Columbia River waterfront, Pier 11 Studio serves as the working studio of painter Gabe Fernandez, represented by Russo Lee Gallery in Portland and Patricia Rovzar Gallery in Seattle, and painter and printmaker Elise Wagner, whose work appears locally at Imogen Gallery and in Seattle and Washington, D.C. Both artists are currently preparing for their September solo exhibitions — Fernandez in Portland and Wagner in Astoria.

This free, family-friendly event invites visitors to step inside working studios, talk with artists about their techniques and practice, and preview upcoming classes and events at Pier 11. Printed tour guides listing all participating artists will be available at galleries, coffee shops, and hotels across Astoria in early July.

Elise and Gabe are also featured, alongside the tour’s full roster of artists, in the group exhibition “Artists of Astoria,” on view July 11 – August 4 at Astoria Visual Arts.

Featured Artists — Anna Daedalus & Kerry Davis: A married artist team whose individual and collaborative work spans photography, installation, sculpture, and land art, with eight major joint projects exploring interdependence, environmental crisis, and geologic time. Davis’s assemblages and photographic still lifes draw on familiar materials and cultural references; Daedalus’s place-based photographs and artist’s books respond to the living world through the lens of deep ecology. Co-founders of Portland’s former Roll-Up Gallery, the pair lives and works near the mouth of the Columbia River.