Sep 30, 2008
Bellevue Arts Museum is showing the Pratt Scholarship Exhibition from September 30 until January 25, 2009. Showing are Jana Broecking, Rebecca Chernow, Leana Quade and
Amy Pruzan, four scholarship artists from Pratt Fine Arts Center. Ranging from blown glass, solid hot sculpted
glass, metalwork and photography, the works in this exhibition display a broad
range of methods and styles.
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Sep 24, 2008
Northwest sculptor Tip Toland just opened at the Bellevue Arts Museum in "The Figure in Clay." On view through February 8, 2009, this solo exhibition features six to eight life-size and larger-than-life human figures, most of which will be new works debuting at Bellevue Arts Museum. Constructed laboriously of clay, stoneware, synthetic hair and paint, Tolands realistic human figures are comprised of subjects ranging from children to the elderly, all captured on the threshold of self-awareness. A Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award and National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship recipient, Toland has taught extensively nationally and locally at schools including Louisiana State University, University of Montana, Montana State University, University of Washington and Seward Park Clay Studio. She exhibits nationally and is represented by Nancy Margolis Gallery, NY. Her work is in many prestigious collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Northwest sculptor Tip Toland just opened at the Bellevue Arts Museum in "The Figure in Clay." On view through February 8, 2009, this solo exhibition features six to eight life-size and larger-than-life human figures, most of which will be new works debuting at Bellevue Arts Museum. Constructed laboriously of clay, stoneware, synthetic hair and paint, Tolands realistic human figures are comprised of subjects ranging from children to the elderly, all captured on the threshold of self-awareness. A Virginia A. Groot Foundation Award and National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship recipient, Toland has taught extensively nationally and locally at schools including Louisiana State University, University of Montana, Montana State University, University of Washington and Seward Park Clay Studio. She exhibits nationally and is represented by Nancy Margolis Gallery, NY. Her work is in many prestigious collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Sep 22, 2008
September 27 - 28
Over 75 artists will be participating in the 12th Annual Whidbey Island Open Studio Tour September 27 and 28, 2008, from 10AM-5PM. Painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, glass blowers, woodworkers, jewelers, and weavers will open their studios to give the public a unique opportunity to glimpse their creative worlds while demonstrating and explaining the creative process and selling their artwork during the two days of the tour.
Burlington Harvest Festival and Art Show running from Sept 27 - 28 for 2008 in Burlington. To get there take I-5 North or South, take Exit 229. Proceed to Skagit River Park. Takes place from 9am to 6pm on Saturday and 9am to 5pm on Sunday.Skagit Arts Association -- The Art In A Pickle Barn Group -- are the artists in the festival.
FOTOITALIANA Gallery Show in the Seattle Center Pavilion. Friday night guests of the Taste of Italy wine event will have first opportunity to select from this years collection and vote on a "People's Choice" award. FOTOITALIANA curators Angie Joyce and Larry Snyder have assembled a one of a kind collection of images from seven accomplished photographers. A portion of each purchase stays with Festa Seattle to continue its legacy of Celebrating all things Italian.
Over 75 artists will be participating in the 12th Annual Whidbey Island Open Studio Tour September 27 and 28, 2008, from 10AM-5PM. Painters, sculptors, photographers, potters, glass blowers, woodworkers, jewelers, and weavers will open their studios to give the public a unique opportunity to glimpse their creative worlds while demonstrating and explaining the creative process and selling their artwork during the two days of the tour.
Burlington Harvest Festival and Art Show running from Sept 27 - 28 for 2008 in Burlington. To get there take I-5 North or South, take Exit 229. Proceed to Skagit River Park. Takes place from 9am to 6pm on Saturday and 9am to 5pm on Sunday.Skagit Arts Association -- The Art In A Pickle Barn Group -- are the artists in the festival.
FOTOITALIANA Gallery Show in the Seattle Center Pavilion. Friday night guests of the Taste of Italy wine event will have first opportunity to select from this years collection and vote on a "People's Choice" award. FOTOITALIANA curators Angie Joyce and Larry Snyder have assembled a one of a kind collection of images from seven accomplished photographers. A portion of each purchase stays with Festa Seattle to continue its legacy of Celebrating all things Italian.
Sep 20, 2008
Tacoma Art Museums exhibition "Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire from the Dahesh Museum of Art," features a survey of nineteenth-century Western artists responses to the diverse cultures of the former Ottoman Empire. The exhibition is on view Saturday, September 20, 2008 through Sunday, January 4, 2009. The Dahesh Museum of Art has also organized "Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt," which is on view at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle August 30, 2008 through January 4, 2009 and focuses specifically on the artistic legacy of Napoleons military campaign in Egypt.
Tacoma Art Museums exhibition "Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire from the Dahesh Museum of Art," features a survey of nineteenth-century Western artists responses to the diverse cultures of the former Ottoman Empire. The exhibition is on view Saturday, September 20, 2008 through Sunday, January 4, 2009. The Dahesh Museum of Art has also organized "Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt," which is on view at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle August 30, 2008 through January 4, 2009 and focuses specifically on the artistic legacy of Napoleons military campaign in Egypt.
Sep 15, 2008
Third Thursday
Edmonds Art Walk. Galleries are open from 5-8pm. E-mail scansons66@yahoo.com.
Tacoma Art Walk. Tacoma's galleries, Museum of Glass, Tacoma Art Museum,
and the Washington State History Museum are open from 5-8pm. All three museums are free. Info: 253/272-4258.
Upper Queen Anne Art Walk, 6-8pm. E-mail info@bouncingwall.com.
Third Saturday
Everett Art Walk, 4-7pm. Visit www.everettartwalk.org.
LaConner Art Walk, 4-8pm.
Last Thursday
MIcrosoft Art Collection Tours. Open to the public, free. RSVP two weeks
in advance artevent@microsoft.com. Maximum of 40 can register.
September 20
Saturday is opening day of the newest Frye Art Museum exhibition: Empire. Along with Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt and Gaze, the Frye presents a exceptional opportunity to explore art from around the world and through the ages - from the time of Napoleon to the present day. Special programming and refreshments.
Edmonds Art Walk. Galleries are open from 5-8pm. E-mail scansons66@yahoo.com.
Tacoma Art Walk. Tacoma's galleries, Museum of Glass, Tacoma Art Museum,
and the Washington State History Museum are open from 5-8pm. All three museums are free. Info: 253/272-4258.
Upper Queen Anne Art Walk, 6-8pm. E-mail info@bouncingwall.com.
Third Saturday
Everett Art Walk, 4-7pm. Visit www.everettartwalk.org.
LaConner Art Walk, 4-8pm.
Last Thursday
MIcrosoft Art Collection Tours. Open to the public, free. RSVP two weeks
in advance artevent@microsoft.com. Maximum of 40 can register.
September 20-21
Edmonds Artists' Studio Tour 10am-5pm. Visit www.edmondsartstudiotour.com.
September 20
Saturday is opening day of the newest Frye Art Museum exhibition: Empire. Along with Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt and Gaze, the Frye presents a exceptional opportunity to explore art from around the world and through the ages - from the time of Napoleon to the present day. Special programming and refreshments.
Sep 14, 2008
Traveling to India on a Fulbright Fellowship enabled Northwest artist Donald Fels to work with commercial signboard painters on a series of large-scale paintings. The paintings begin with the legacy of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gamas 1498 voyage to India in search of a direct sea route for the spice trade. Fels and his collaborators examine how trade impacts cultures and populations beyond the simple exchange of goods. Fels provided ideas, sketches, and photographs as starting points but encouraged the painters to alter the imagery and formulate their own interpretations of trade and globalization.
"What Is a Trade?" is paired with the exhibition Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire from the Dahesh Museum of Art. Both exhibitions address Western conceptions and representations of the East. Both raise questions about how these views affected and continue to affect relationships and cultural exchange between the West and the East. The exhibition is up until January 18.
Traveling to India on a Fulbright Fellowship enabled Northwest artist Donald Fels to work with commercial signboard painters on a series of large-scale paintings. The paintings begin with the legacy of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gamas 1498 voyage to India in search of a direct sea route for the spice trade. Fels and his collaborators examine how trade impacts cultures and populations beyond the simple exchange of goods. Fels provided ideas, sketches, and photographs as starting points but encouraged the painters to alter the imagery and formulate their own interpretations of trade and globalization. "What Is a Trade?" is paired with the exhibition Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire from the Dahesh Museum of Art. Both exhibitions address Western conceptions and representations of the East. Both raise questions about how these views affected and continue to affect relationships and cultural exchange between the West and the East. The exhibition is up until January 18.
Sep 14, 2008
Seven large-scale, dense, opaque sculptures challenge viewer's perceptions of glass art in a new exhibit opening September 14 at Tacoma's Museum of Glass. "White Light: Glass Compositions by Daniel Clayman includes some of the artist's most technically ambitious sculptures, states Museum of Glass curator Melissa G. Post. The seven monumental works engage viewers on several levels, illuminating the ethereal nature of light and subtly revealing the movement in glass within highly formal structures." "White Light: Glass Compositions by Daniel Clayman," is on vew until June 14, 2009.
The Museum of Glass is also showing the Laguna Murano Chandelier (1996), a majestic Neo-Baroque chandelier created by Dale Chihuly in collaboration with Italian glass masters Lino
Tagliapietra and Pino Signoretto. This immense and elegant chandelier of individually blown and sculpted glass elements will be on display from September 14, 2008 in the Museum's North Gallery until April 19, 2009.
The Museum of Glass is also showing the Laguna Murano Chandelier (1996), a majestic Neo-Baroque chandelier created by Dale Chihuly in collaboration with Italian glass masters LinoTagliapietra and Pino Signoretto. This immense and elegant chandelier of individually blown and sculpted glass elements will be on display from September 14, 2008 in the Museum's North Gallery until April 19, 2009.
Sep 12, 2008
Seattle Art Museum announced on Friday, September 12, the five artists selected as finalists for this years Betty Bowen Award: Eric Elliot, Wynne Greenwood, Isaac Layman, Nicholas Nyland and Alexis Pike. The winner of the 30th annual Betty Bowen Award will be announced on Oct. 10, and the artists work will be exhibited at SAM this October.
Applications for this years award increased 13 percent, for a total of 524 applications from visual artists in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
The award amount increased this year from $11,000 to $15,000, to commemorate the awards 30th anniversary. One finalist will also be awarded the Kayla Skinner Special Recognition award, for $2,500, and another will receive the PONCHO Special Recognition award of $2,500. The cash awards are unrestricted.
The Betty Bowen Award winner will be announced during a special ceremony on Friday, Oct. 10, from 67 pm in SAM Downtowns Pletscheff Auditorium. A public reception follows immediately, from 78 pm, in SAMs Arnold Board Room. The ceremony and reception are free and open to the public.
Applications for this years award increased 13 percent, for a total of 524 applications from visual artists in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
The award amount increased this year from $11,000 to $15,000, to commemorate the awards 30th anniversary. One finalist will also be awarded the Kayla Skinner Special Recognition award, for $2,500, and another will receive the PONCHO Special Recognition award of $2,500. The cash awards are unrestricted.
The Betty Bowen Award winner will be announced during a special ceremony on Friday, Oct. 10, from 67 pm in SAM Downtowns Pletscheff Auditorium. A public reception follows immediately, from 78 pm, in SAMs Arnold Board Room. The ceremony and reception are free and open to the public.
Sep 9, 2008
Second Tuesday
Capitol Hill Art Walk from 6-9pm.
Second Thursday
Kirkland Art Walk. Downtown galleries are open from 6-8pm.
West Seattle Art Walk, 6-9pm. Visit www.westseattleartwalk,blogspot.com.
Second Saturday
Ballard Art Walk, 6-9pm. Call Art by Fire 206/789-1490.
Georgetown Art Attack from 6-9pm. For more information go to www.georgetownartattack.com/
Kingston Art Walk, 6-8pm.
September 10-11
Bonhams & Butterfields European paintings specialist Mark Fisher, and American paintings specialist Aaron Bastian will be visiting Seattle, September 10-11, to offer complimentary auction estimates of fine art with a view to selling in upcoming auctions. To schedule a complimentary auction estimate, contact Bonhams & Butterfields regional representative Heather OMahony at 206. 218.5011 or email her at heather.omahony@bonhams.com.
September 13
"The Salmon Return: A Family Celebration at the Olympic Sculpture Park." Celebrate the return of local salmon with hands-on art activities, games and tours for families. Presented in partnership with the Salmon Homecoming event on the Seattle Waterfront. Free and open to the public. Event will be held indoors in the event of inclement weather. Noon - 3pm at the Olympic Sculpture Park, PACCAR Pavilion.
September 13
They Shall Walk/Dale Chihuly Associates Benefit Art Auction preview. All contributing artist and galleries will show their donated work along with additional pieces from their collections at the Preview the Auction at the New York Fashion Academy at 5201 Ballard Avenue NW for the Ballard ArtWalk from 6-9pm.
Whatcom Museum benefit gala celebration including live jazz by the Jud Sherwood Trio will take place on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 6 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person and include an exhibition catalogue. The evening features fine food prepared by Emerald Bay Events, wine provided by Dakota Creek Winery and live music. Many of the artists will be present.
Sept. 13 and 14,
"Art at the Plant Farm" from 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. The fine art show will include a wide variety of art by the members of three north Snohomish County guilds: the Arlington Arts Council, Stanwood Camano Art Guild, and the Greater Marysville Art Guild. There will be live music, beautiful plants and inviting grounds to stroll. The Plant Farm at Smokey Point is located just west of I-5 and south of 172nd St. NE at I-5 exit 206. The address is 15022 Twin Lakes Ave., Marysville. For information call Kent Baker at 360-474-8576 or e-mail to gandalf6@msn.com.
Woodstock Farm Art Show noon to 6pm in South Bellingham. Shuttle service provided from Fairhaven Middle School and the North Chuckanut Mt. Trailhead. Call David Scherrer at 360.739.1757 for more information.
September 14
Whatcom Museum hosts a unique art sale and exhibition titled Art + All That Jazz in the Museums 1892 Old City Hall building. Now in its fourth biennial year, Art + All That Jazz presents an exceptional variety of photographs, paintings, sculptures, prints, glass, textiles and jewelry by 100 Pacific Northwest artists. Admission to the exhibition is free to the public, with proceeds from the sale to benefit the Museums annual exhibition programming.
Capitol Hill Art Walk from 6-9pm.
Second Thursday
Kirkland Art Walk. Downtown galleries are open from 6-8pm.
West Seattle Art Walk, 6-9pm. Visit www.westseattleartwalk,blogspot.com.
Second Saturday
Ballard Art Walk, 6-9pm. Call Art by Fire 206/789-1490.
Georgetown Art Attack from 6-9pm. For more information go to www.georgetownartattack.com/
Kingston Art Walk, 6-8pm.
September 10-11
Bonhams & Butterfields European paintings specialist Mark Fisher, and American paintings specialist Aaron Bastian will be visiting Seattle, September 10-11, to offer complimentary auction estimates of fine art with a view to selling in upcoming auctions. To schedule a complimentary auction estimate, contact Bonhams & Butterfields regional representative Heather OMahony at 206. 218.5011 or email her at heather.omahony@bonhams.com.
September 13
"The Salmon Return: A Family Celebration at the Olympic Sculpture Park." Celebrate the return of local salmon with hands-on art activities, games and tours for families. Presented in partnership with the Salmon Homecoming event on the Seattle Waterfront. Free and open to the public. Event will be held indoors in the event of inclement weather. Noon - 3pm at the Olympic Sculpture Park, PACCAR Pavilion.
September 13
They Shall Walk/Dale Chihuly Associates Benefit Art Auction preview. All contributing artist and galleries will show their donated work along with additional pieces from their collections at the Preview the Auction at the New York Fashion Academy at 5201 Ballard Avenue NW for the Ballard ArtWalk from 6-9pm.
Whatcom Museum benefit gala celebration including live jazz by the Jud Sherwood Trio will take place on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 6 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person and include an exhibition catalogue. The evening features fine food prepared by Emerald Bay Events, wine provided by Dakota Creek Winery and live music. Many of the artists will be present.
Sept. 13 and 14,
"Art at the Plant Farm" from 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. The fine art show will include a wide variety of art by the members of three north Snohomish County guilds: the Arlington Arts Council, Stanwood Camano Art Guild, and the Greater Marysville Art Guild. There will be live music, beautiful plants and inviting grounds to stroll. The Plant Farm at Smokey Point is located just west of I-5 and south of 172nd St. NE at I-5 exit 206. The address is 15022 Twin Lakes Ave., Marysville. For information call Kent Baker at 360-474-8576 or e-mail to gandalf6@msn.com.
Woodstock Farm Art Show noon to 6pm in South Bellingham. Shuttle service provided from Fairhaven Middle School and the North Chuckanut Mt. Trailhead. Call David Scherrer at 360.739.1757 for more information.
September 14
Whatcom Museum hosts a unique art sale and exhibition titled Art + All That Jazz in the Museums 1892 Old City Hall building. Now in its fourth biennial year, Art + All That Jazz presents an exceptional variety of photographs, paintings, sculptures, prints, glass, textiles and jewelry by 100 Pacific Northwest artists. Admission to the exhibition is free to the public, with proceeds from the sale to benefit the Museums annual exhibition programming.
Sep 7, 2008
I missed this when she first put it up on August 27, but you should go to the Stranger's web site and listen to Jen Graves' interview with Sam Davidson, owner of Davidson Galleries. Sam has survived in a tough business for 35 years and is truly one of the good guys. He once wrote a wonderfully informative article for Art Guide Northwest about the process of creating a fine print that was very popular with my readers, and I've been grateful to him ever since. After a fairly serious interview about the state of museums, prints, etc. Jen asks Sam, known for his ever-present bow tie, why he wears them.
Sep 6, 2008
Opening at the Tacoma Art Museum on September 6 and on view through May 26, 2009, Surrealist Impulse includes glass, video, jewelry, ceramics, prints, and
paintings works that date from 1936 to the present by artists such as
Gloria Bornstein, Scott Fife, Claudia Fitch, Joseph Goldberg, Anya Kivarkis,
Mary Ann Peters, and Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen. Highlights of the exhibition are
Chalice Holding the Stimson Mill from1936 by Morris Graves, a commentary
on the rapid growth of Seattles industrial areas before World War II, and
The Song of Songs of King Solomon from 1971 by Salvador Dali, a portfolio
of twelve prints illustrating passages from a book of the Old Testament and one
of Dalis most sought-after series. More recent works demonstrate how automatic
drawing, symbolism culled from dreams and the animal kingdoms, and other
surrealist-inspired imagery continues to inform the work and practice of
contemporary Northwest artists.
Works on view in "The Surrealist Impulse" were generously gifted to the museum by donors, including John and Shari Behnke, the Estate of Sandra Crowder, Anne Gould Hauberg, Lloyd Herman, Ben and Aileen Krohn, Greg Kucera and Larry Yocom, Mia McEldowney, Robert, Ross, and Arnold Ohashi, James G. Shennan, Jr., Rebecca and Alexander Stewart, Dr. Karen Weinstein, Scott and Ruth Wilson, and Ann and James Wiborg.
Works on view in "The Surrealist Impulse" were generously gifted to the museum by donors, including John and Shari Behnke, the Estate of Sandra Crowder, Anne Gould Hauberg, Lloyd Herman, Ben and Aileen Krohn, Greg Kucera and Larry Yocom, Mia McEldowney, Robert, Ross, and Arnold Ohashi, James G. Shennan, Jr., Rebecca and Alexander Stewart, Dr. Karen Weinstein, Scott and Ruth Wilson, and Ann and James Wiborg.