Kathleen Kanas

Education

First Basket Woven, Atkinson Grade School, 1961

Franklin High School, Portland, OR – Graduated, 1968

Portland State University – Bachelor of Science, 1973

Western Oregon State College – Elementary Education Certification, 1978

Selected Exhibits, Shows, Events

Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR, Gallery Exhibits September 2019, July 2021

Oregon Coast Council for the Arts featured Tillamook County artist, Newport Visual Art Center, Newport OR – “Natural Fiber” Jan/Feb 2015

Cannon Beach Arts Association 21st Miniature Show  November, 2008, 2010

Seventh Annual Collaborative Arts Show, Museum of Contemporary Craft in Association with the Art in the Pearl Fine Arts and Crafts Festival, Portland OR, 2008 by invitation, mixed media sculpture

Annual Celebration of Creativity Fine Art Exhibit and Sale, Southminster Presbyterian Church, Beaverton, OR – March 1990, 2003, 2014 by invitation

Manzanita Creative Arts Council Fourth Annual Studio Tour, Manzanita, OR – August 2004

Beaverton Arts Showcase Annual Juried Exhibition & Sale, Beaverton, OR – November 1988, “Mesa” and “Earth Pouch”, November 1998,  “Cedar Reverence”

“Basket Weave: The Dairy Barn Juried National Exhibition of Basketry, Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH – Press Release June 1988, Accepted piece “Strata I” Coiled Pine Needles

Olde Town Gallery Art Show, Kenai , AK – May 1986, Mixed Media First Place Untitled Flax on Driftwood

20^th Annual Juried Art Show, Kenai Fine Arts Center, Kenai, AK – April 1986, “Longleaf Stratum I” Coiled Pine Needles

Currently Showing

 4th Street Studio & Gallery, Manzanita, Oregon

Past Galleries 1986-1991

North Coast Basket Studio, Nehalem, OR

River Sea Gallery, Nehalem, OR

White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR

Ptarmigan Arts Studio, Homer, AK

Inlet Imports, Soldotna, AK

Birch Tree Gallery, Soldotna, AK

Grundy Gallery, Ketchikan, AK

Articles and Media

Oregon Folklife Network, University of Oregon Special Collections, Audio Interview August 2019

Oregon Art Beat, Oregon Public Broadcasting – February 2009, Featured Artist

The Oregonian, Home and Garden Northwest, NW Artisans,  “To Have and to Hold” article and photos by Nanine Alexander – March, 2008

North Coast Citizen, Town & Beach, “Weaving Herself Into the World” article and photos by Sylvia Thornton May 2005

Tillamook Headlight-Herald, Tillamook County Panorama, “A Passion for Weaving, Teacher Shares Basket Art” article and photos by Mame Burns – 2002

North Coast Citizen, “Weary Weaver Content with Manzanita,” article and pictures by Cathie Mahoney – January 2002

The Oregonian, “Quartet gets a handle on basket making,” article by Cathy Lindsley, photos by Bill Wagner – 1989

The Oregonian Food Day, “North Coast Creations” article and photos by Deborah Holton – February 1989

The News Basket, “North Coast Basket Studio”, October 1988

Ruralite, “Weaving Their Success,” article and photos by Karen Keltz – September 1988

The Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, press release and article – June1988

Seaside Signal, “Weavers take basketmaking beyond the functional stage”, article and photos by Kim Kaady – April 1987

The Tides, Kenai, AK, Arts and Entertainment article with photos – May 1986

Permanent Collections:

Siletz Library, Siletz OR, Willow Wall Basket

Garibaldi Museum, Garibaldi OR, Cedar Container Baskets

1st Security Bank, Manzanita OR, Cedar Quiver Basket