Earl Newman is the Museum's 2024 Guest Artist. Newman is a renowned screen printing artist known for iconic designs and prints for the Monterey Jazz Festival, some of which are part of the Smithsonian Division of Music History's collection. In addition to the Monterey Jazz Festival, Earl has designed work for Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Oregon State University, NW Art & Art Festival, the Oregon Country Fair, and the Oregon Coast Aquarium.

See Earl at the Museum during August's First Weekend, and hear him talk about his work and life story at the event.

Marion Moir will be showing her work along the shaded Legacy Arts Terrace on the Museum's grounds.Moir, a popular local artist whose works of the Oregon Coast and wildlife are iconic to the area, is also a designer, art teacher, and book illustrator. Moir has taught watercolor, collage, gyotaku and mixed media in Newport and around the country. She has won numerous awards and grants for her work and her paintings are in corporate collections worldwide.

See her work and listen to her Art Talk at 2PM both days of First Weekend.

Gallery Michael Gibbons, established in 1986 by Gibbons (1943-2020)  and his wife Judy, continues to show the late artist’s work and reproductions in the 1926 Vicarage Gallery & House Museum.

Gibbons work is recognized nationally and internationally, with works featured in many public and private collections including the collection of the Oregon Governor's Residence, Mahonia Hall.

The Gallery will be hosting it's annual 1/2 price sale on all art prints, mugs and cards for visitors.

Ivan Kelly’s Studio & Gallery will be featuring Kelly’s original oil works. Known for his landscapes, big game, and maritime paintings, Ivan Kelly has decades worth of experience painting across the American West and Southwest.

​The artist’s works have been juried into several national and international exhibits and art museums since 2000.

Offering a lineup of live musicians, food vendors, kids’ activities sponsored by the Toledo Public Library, a petting zoo, face painting, local breweries and wineries, fresh oysters and local artists, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. This year, the Oregon Art Bus will be making a stop bringing along its mobile art classroom experience for all.

Crow’s Nest Gallery & Studio will be featuring a diverse array of artists across a variety of mediums.Artists include:  Janet Runger, Veta Bakhtina, Alice Haga, Val Bolen,Carol Connett, Doug Haga, Laura Vanlandingham, Tish Epperson, Slyvia Hosie, Jennifer Norman,           Vicki Block, Ronda Johnson, Jeff Gibford, Devanee Trivett, Susan Jones, Susan Day, Paula Teplitz, Jeannie Andre, Daryl Baird, Kit Sugrue, and Erika Sugrue.