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Art on Exhibit

OCCA 3rd Annual

Members Show

March 7 - April 27, 2025

Newport Visual Arts Center

Runyan Gallery

333 SE Bay Blvd, Newport, Oregon

Fly Like a Seagull Rebecca Hooper 2025 woven with old fishing rope

Past Exhibitions

Woven Worlds

January 11 - March 1, 2025

Newport Visual Arts Center

Runyan Gallery

333 SE Bay Blvd, Newport, Oregon

Rebecca Hooper photobombing her woven wall art titled Photobombed

Gypsea Weaver woven octopus Awaken the Kraken

gypsea weaver jellyfish wall hanging woven with old fishing rope

Woven Worlds is part of the Newport Visual Arts Center's Fiber Fest.
Read Lori Tobias's article in Oregon Arts Watch for more about this amazing exhibition here

Cycles of Nature

June 27 - November 3, 2024

Pacific Maritime Heritage Center

333 SE Bay Blvd, Newport, Oregon

Rebecca Hooper Gypsea Weaver Tree of Life woven with old fishing rope

Rebecca Hooper Gypsea Weaver Blue Wave woven with old fishing rope

Cycles of Nature art show Lincoln County Historical Society flier

Weaving Maritime Ropes:

Transforming Retired Fishing Material into Art

June 7 - August 4, 2024

Lincoln City Cultural Center

540 NE Hwy 101, Lincoln City, Oregon

Solo art exhibition interview at Lincoln City Cultural Center

Video interview and sneak peak of the exhibition here

Rebecca Hooper Gypsea Weaver solo art exhibition poster

Patterns within Patterns 2024 Rebecca Hooper recycled maritime materials 10 x 10

10 x 10 Show: Celebrating Creativity

April 19 - May 26, 2024

Newport Visual Arts Center

777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365

close up Patterns within Patterns Rebecca Hooper 2024

Rebecca Hooper Trawling Through the Ocean 2024

Oregon Coast Council for the Arts

Member's Show

January 21 - February 25, 2024

Newport Visual Arts Center

777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365

Rebecca Hooper Newport Sunset 2024_edite

Celebrating Creativity

June 2 - July 29, 2023

Newport Visual Arts Center

777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365

Juror's Choice Award

Take Me to the Ocean created by Rebecca Hooper. Materials include retired fishing rope, old shrimp net and bull kelp. Image is of piece hanging at the Art of the Edge art show, with the artist.

Art on the Edge

June - July, 2023

Lincoln City Cultural Center

504 NE HWY 101, Lincoln City, Oregon 97367

Two rope jellyfish designed by Rebecca Hooper. They are made with reclaimed fishing rope and are five and three feet long. They are hanging in the Lincoln City Cultural Center in Lincoln City, Oregon as part of the Art on the Edge group show of local artists.

Jellyfish art at The COVE Gallery in Newport Oregon

The COVE Gallery
June 2022 - June 2023
News Times building
831 NE Avery St, Newport, OR 97365

Rebecca Hooper - Oregon Sunset_edited_ed

OCCA Members Art Show

February 4 - March 25, 2023

Newport Visual Arts Center

777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365

A pictorial tapestry of a Dungeness crab woven by Rebecca Hooper. Materials are wool with weft sections of chafing gear collected from the dumpster at the Port of Newport, Oregon. The background is a teal color and the crab woven in purples and oranges, like a live crab rather than cooked.

Rebecca Hooper Dungeness Crab and Crab P

ART Toledo Phantom Gallery
August - December 2022
Main Street, Toledo, Oregon

An art installation of nine jellyfish hanging in a a window of an unoccupied store front in Toledo, Oregon. The backdrop is black and the jellyfish are of different sizes, ranging from seven feet to three feet in length, and at different heights. The installation was part of a juried, group art show.

An art installation of jellyfish woven with old fishing rope by Rebecca Hooper of the Gypsea Weaver Studio. The images shows nine jellyfish hanging in an unoccupied store front, next to Timbers restaurant on Main Street in Toledo, Oregon. This installation was part of a juried group show, ART Toledo's Phantom Gallery in 2022.

Mayor's Art Show

February 12 - March 5, 2022

Newport Visual Arts Center

777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365

Woven wallhanging of a sea nettle made with recycled crab pot rope by Rebecca Hooper Gypsea Weaver

Rebecca Hooper's Orca. A pictorial fine art tapestry woven with unraveled fishing rope collected from the dumpsters at the Port of Newport. The tapestry includes a killer whale entering the image from the right. The background is a color gradient of different colored rope, representing the ocean. The frame is painted black, made from a piece of flooring purchased at the Restore in Newport, Oregon. This piece was entered into the juried small group show, Mayor's Art Show, at the Visual Art Center in Newport, Oregon. It was purchased by a private party and resides in Portland, Oregon.

Pushpin & Clothesline Art Show

January 8 - February 5, 2022

Newport Visual Arts Center

777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365

Woven wallhanging using tapestry techniques and recycled crab pot rope by Rebecca Hooper

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