First Friday September 3 openings around Puget Sound
The Arts 2010 Juried Artist series continues with “Remembrances” featuring Ann Chaikin and Jeanne Levasseur. The public is invited to the opening night celebration at the Allied Arts Gallery, 1418 Cornwall in Downtown Bellingham, at Allied Arts of Whatcom County, during the Bellingham Downtown Art Walk: Friday September 3, from 6pm to 10pm. There will be an exhibit walk-thru with the artists from 6pm to 7pm on opening night.
Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow, opens for the Bainbridge Art Walk from 6-8pm with “Timeless: Nature in Black and White,” six photographers who use the power of black and white. Also showing are“Reid Osaki: New Ceramics” and “Nature On Paper: Elizabeth Smith and Fumiko Kimura.” Shown at the left: Colleen Meachan, Oahu Sunrise.
Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly Street in Bellingham, opens from 6-10pm during the First Friday Downtown Bellingham Art Walk with an introduction to new gallery artists Neal Philpott, Jessica Kasparian, Lorraine Duncan, Nancy Emeral Haygeman, Sandra Taylor, and Brian Major. The opening reception will also celebrate the new gallery ownership. Shown: Neal Philpott, Over The Edge.
The newly-expanded Gasworks Gallery, 3815 4th Ave NE in Seattle, is sponsoring a First Friday and open studio event and paint dancing from 8-10pm. The gallery is known for its food drives for Northwest Harvest and was featured on King TV Channel 5 delivering 90 pounds of potatoes.
Scott-Milo Gallery, 1910 Cedar Springs Lane in Anacortes, opens for the Anacortes Art Walk from 6-9pm with new acrylics by Jennifer Bowman. Also showing are watercolors from Jack Dorsey, watercolors by April Nelson, acrylics by Jed Dorsey and paintings on stone by Ken Wachtveitl. During the opening, Bowman will have a painting demonstration. Shown: Poppies in Harmony by Jennifer Bowman.
The Island Gallery, is having a grand opening celebration during the Bainbridge Art Walk at their new location at 400 Winslow Way East #120. The new gallery is at the corner of Winslow Way and Ericksen across from the Town & Country Market. Ranger and the Re-Arrangers will entertain. Shown at the right and installed outside the gallery: Tangerine Blade by James Kelsey.
Debra Van Tuinen, owner of Van Tuinen Art , 1801 West Bay Drive NW in Olympia, is hosting September Wine and Art Friday from 4-6pm. She will display and explain the process of encaustic while working on new pieces, and provide wine for all. Call 360.359.2601 to tell her you’re coming!
Waterworks Gallery, located in Friday Harbor at 315 Argyle Street, celebrates 25 years in business with a special exhibition of the work abstract paintings by Caroline James. After completing her MFA at the University of Saskatchewan, James was nominated for both the Governor General’s Medal For Excellence in Thesis Work, as well as the University of Saskatchewan Graduate Thesis Award for Fine Arts and Humanities and subsequently won further recognition in her field as the recipient of the latter award. The exhibition will be up through September 14, and the gallery is hosting an informal reception to meet the artist from 5-8pm. Shown at the left: Hornby Island Landscape: Snow on the Beach.
Dick Staschke selected as BAM Biennial winner
Ceramic artist Dirk Staschke, who is is one of over 30 artists participating in the “BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown!” has been selected by the Bellevue Arts Museum as the recipient of the John & Joyce Price Award of Excellence. He lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has maintained an ongoing studio practice and extensive exhibition record for the last 12 years. Staschke’s work resides in the permanent collections of several museums, including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC; Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, TX; and Icheon Museum, World Ceramic Center in Gwango-dong, South Korea. The award comes with a cash prize of $5000 and the opportunity for a future solo exhibit at BAM. The exhibition will be on view at the Bellevue Arts Museum through January 16, 2011. Shown: My Beautiful Nothing.
First Thursday Art Walk Seattle September 2
“15 Years of Cultural Exchange, Photographs by Cora Edmonds,” celebrates the fifteenth anniversary of ArtXchange Gallery, 512 1st. Avenue S. Founded in 1995 by Cora Edmonds to raise cultural awareness and promote global understanding through art, the gallery is hosting an artist’s reception from 5-8pm. Edmonds unveils images from Japan, Ukraine, Mexico, Vietnam, Egypt and more. Shown at the left: Egypt collection.
Catherine Person Gallery, 319 Third Avenue South, opens from 6-8pm with “Dongguan Highways Hot Pink,” paintings in acrylic gouache by Timothy Siciliano. The King County Arts Commission, the Washington State Arts Commission and the Seattle Arts Commission have awarded Siciliano contracts for his sculpture. The City of Seattle, City of Issaquah and Washington State have his work in their collections as does the Smithsonian Institute.
Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Avenue South, opens from 6-8pm with exhibits featuring John Grade in “Circuit,” Ian Boyden’s “Feathers Shed from a Meteor,” and “New Paintings” by Adrienne Sherman in the new gallery mezzanine. Shown at the right: The-Hounds-of-Euphistos by Adrienne Sherman.
Flatcolor Gallery, 528 First Avenue South, opens from 5-9pm with Joe Vollan’s solo exhibition of a new series of paintings featuring steam-punk landscapes inhabited by skeletal figures, animals and robots.
Cara Barer, Ed Ou, Toby Smith, and Luce Pelletier explore technology, conflict, pollution, and our humanity in, “Perspectives,” an exhibit at Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Avenue South #100. Most recently Barer received second place in the Women in Photography International Juried Competition. Ou’s work receives honors such as The Best of Photojournalism, Ian Parry Scholarship, and NY Photo awards. Smith’s Light After Dark was syndicated by Getty Reportage and went on to be nominated for the Prix Pictet 2009 and took 3 prizes at the PX3 awards 2009. Shown at the left: Drax by Toby Smith.
Opening at Gallery 110 from 6-8pm, 110 3rd. Avenue S., is “I Know You, I Don’t Know You: Constructing Recognition,” Through paintings, prints, fiber arts and sculpture, gallery artists Monika Dalkin and Amy Oates, joined by guest artists Natalie St. Martin and Molly Magai explore the recognition experience. Also on view in the small space is “Amy Oates:Ode to Urban Sprawl.”
Gallery IMA, 123 South Jackson Street, opens from 6-8pm featuring works by Carol Milne and Rickie Wolfe. Milne, who teaches at the Pratt Fine Arts Center, exploits her view on the Iraq war with kiln cast grenades. Wolfe uses objects as a vehicle to transfer color and texture onto a surface. The show is on view through October 3. Shown at the right: a piece by Carol Milne.
The Lawrimore Project, newly moved to 101 South Main Street in Pioneer Square, opens from 5-8pm with “Taking Pictures,” featuring the work of Isaac Layman. The show is on view though October 2.
Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place Market, opens from 5-8pm with solo exhibitions featuring Ann Morris’ “10 Years in Bronze” and John McCormick’s “Recent Paintings.” Morris, who maintains a studio on Lummi Island , has exhibited in Southern California, the Mid-west, and New England since 1969. Her work has been shown at The Santa Barbara Museum of Art and Los Angeles Museum of Art and is in the collections of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Museum of Northwest Art. McCormick is included in collections throughout the country and in Europe and Japan. His work has also been shown in the mid-west and southwest regions of the U.S. The Triton Museum (Santa Clara, California) presented a solo exhibition of McCormick’s work in 2001.Shown at the left: Ann Morris, Double Beaver.
A new collection of paintings by Z.Z. Wei opens at the Patricia Rovzar Gallery, 1225 Second Avenue, at a reception for the artist from 6-8pm. Wei has been a resident artist at both Whitman College in Walla Walla and Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. In 1993 he was honored to participate in a group show at the Frye Museum and, in addition to his annual exhibition at Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle over the past 21 years, has had exhibitions in New York, San Francisco, Santa Fe and Vancouver B.C.Shown at the right: The Real Thing.
The “PONCHO Exhibition” opens from 6-8pm at the Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan Studios, 306 S. Washington, showcasing the work of Adele Eustis, Julia Harrison, Crista Matteson, Arun Sharma and, Pete Singleton. For over 20 years, PONCHO has been supporting the scholarship program at Pratt, providing emerging artists with the opportunity to explore new media and enhance their work.
Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Place South, opens from 5-8pm with “Spill” featuring the oil paintings and watercolors of Patricia Hagen. Hagen has shown her work around the country.
The Seattle ArtREsource, 625 First Avenue on the second floor, is hosting a special reception from 5-7pm for their new exhibition,”WINGS,” on view through October 9. From the oddball and quirky, to the classic and infamous, “WINGS” focuses on the imagery of flight. The Seattle ArtResource is Seattle’s only gallery focusing on the sale of preowned art and specializes in well-known artists such as Kenneth Callahan, Morris Graves, Paul Horiuchi, and Andy Warhol as well as many others. Shown: Andy Warhol silkscreen.
Shift Collaborative Studio, 306 S. Washington, opens from 5-8pm with Jessie Lyle and Fred Runkel in “Light, Shadow and Liminality,” an exhibition of drawing, photography, printmaking and poetry. Through collaboration and the application of a variety of media this body of work reflects their efforts to stay open to mystery.
Traver Gallery Seattle, 110 Union Street, is featuring two exhibits in an artist reception from 5-8pm. On view is Debora Moore’s “orchidaceae” and Shelley Muzylowski-Allen’s “fade in.” The shows run through October 3. Shown at the left: Debora Moore’s Phragmapedium:Plant Series.
Ron Desmett visiting artist at Museum of Glass in Tacoma through September 5
Ron Desmett is the visiting artist at the Museum of Glass in the Hot Shop through September 5. Desmett, who has been working with glass for over 30 years, is a founder, with his partner, Kathleen Mulcahy, of the Pittsburgh Glass Center, an internationally recognized public access glass institution. His current body of work is inspired by nature’s landscapes. You can talk to the artist on Sunday, September 5 at 2pm.
Prayer Wheels at Good Earth Pottery in Bellingham
Chris Moench’s Prayer Wheels are on view through the month of September at Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Avenue in the Fairhaven District of Bellingham. Prayer wheels are a celebration of life; what has been and what could be and are especially known for their presence in ancient Tibetan culture.
Glass Art Festival September 1-26 in Sequim
A celebration of contemporary glass art in Sequim, WA, including a juried exhibition, "Transcendence – the Magic of Glass", workshops, demonstrations, artist talks, Glass Alley vendors, and more. Visit www.GlassArtFestival.org for more information. An artists’ reception is 5-8PM during the Sequim Art Walk on Friday, September 3rd, at the MAC Exhibit Center, 175 West Cedar Street, Sequim. Awards totaling over will be presented in a variety of categories at 6PM.
Teresa Vatter at the Cole Gallery in Edmonds
On view through September 30 at the Cole Gallery, 107 5th. Avenue South in Edmonds, is the work of northwest artist Teresa Vatter. Vatter’s work is in many private collections throughout Oregon, Colorado and Washington. Shown: from her South Africa series, Zulu Dancers.
Calendar of art walks and special events including Bumbershoot August 30 – September 6
First Wednesday
Wallingford Art Walk, 6pm-9pm, from May-October. Call 206.547.5177 or visit info@oasisinseattle.com
First Thursday
Gallery Walks in Pioneer Square and the Seattle Art Museum area, 6pm-8pm. Downtown Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park are free all day on First Thursdays. Maps: www.firstthursdayseattle.com
First Friday
Anacortes Galleries are open from 6pm-9pm. Call 360.293.6938 for information.
Bainbridge Island Galleries are open from 5pm-8 or 9pm.
Bellingham Downtown Art Walk from 6pm-10pm. Visit www.downtownbellingham.com/gallerywalk/
Bremerton Gallery Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Bremerton.
Ellensburg Art Walk, 5pm-7:30pm, in Historic Downtown Ellensburg.
Fremont Art Walk, 6pm-9pm. Visit http://fremontfirstfriday.com/
Issaquah Art Walk, 5pm-9pm, from May-September only, in Downtown Issaquah.
Sequim Art Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Sequim.
Vashon Island Gallery Cruise, 6pm-9pm. Call Silverwood Gallery 206.463.1722.
First Saturday
Gig Harbor Art Walk along the waterfront, 1pm-5pm, and every Thursday night in the Summer until 8pm.
Langley on Whidbey Island Art Walk in the galleries, 5pm-7pm.
Port Townsend Art Walk, 5:30pm-8:30pm. Call Ancestral Spirits Gallery at 360.385.0078.
Quilcene Art Walk, 11am-6pm. Email info@olympicartgallery.com.
September 1
La Conner Quilt Walk. Businesses in La Conner exhibit art quilts in their windows up through October 15.
September 3 – 6
LaConner Museum Estate Sale benefitting the La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum and the Museum of Northwest Art . For more information: www.laconnerquilts.com.
Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Art Festival, Seattle Center. The biggest of its kind in North America. Visit www.bumbershoot.org for exhibit and ticket information. Since 1971, Bumbershoot has drawn artists representing the best in music, film, comedy, spoken word, dance, theatre, performance, and visual arts to the Seattle Center over Labor Day weekend. North America’s largest urban arts festival, Bumbershoot takes place in the heart of the city at the 74-acre Seattle Center. Also opening on Friday from 12-7pm in the Fidalgo and Lopez Rooms is “Sounds Human,” highlighting developments of sound in new media.
Richard Bennett’s “Cut from Nature” opens August 28 at Museum of History and Industry
“Cut from Nature: The Art of Richard Bennett,” curated by art historian and author David Martin, opens at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) on August 28, Northwest artist Richard Bennett was part of the inner circle of leading, influential northwest artists including Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan and Guy Anderson. Running through March 27, 2011, the exhibit will feature MOHAI’s rich collection of Bennett’s original works as well as the works of his fellow artist friends. Shown: Between Showers/Mountains by Richard Bennett.
New installation at SAM’s Olympic Sculpture Park Pavilion
“Trenton Doyle Hancock: A Better Promise” opens August 28 at The Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park at the PACCAR Pavilion. The new work features a 25 foot aluminum hand sculpture suspended like a mobile from the PACCAR Pavilion’s ceiling, along with wall drawings of colorful teardrops
which will infuse the Pavilion with hues of vermilion, startling orange, yellow, traffic light green, brilliant blue and grape gum. Hancock permeates the hand with holes so the viewer will look both at and through the hand to the wall of tear drops. A sneak preview takes place during the SAM Remix on August 27 from 8-12pm with a discussion by the Houston-based artist at 9pm.
Richard Bulman opens at fog|Fairhaven Originals August 27
fog|Fairhaven Originals Gallery, 960 Harris Avenue in Bellingham, opens in a reception from 5-7pm on August 27 with an exhibit featuring Richard Bulman. Bulman will be on hand to discuss his work, recently featured in the Bellingham Herald. Shown: Young Athlete 1.
Watch “The Ugly Eaglet” created at the Museum of Glass
Ed Archie NoiseCat , a contemporary native art carver and sculptor whose body of work in glass, bronze, metal, and wood has earned significant acclaim internationally, will be in the hot shop at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma through Sunday, August 29. . He draws from the stories of his Shuswap and Stlitlimx ancestors to create distinctive three-dimensional images. Archie and the team will hot-sculpt a nest of up to six eaglets and a single baby thunderbird. The sculpture, titled The Ugly Eaglet, references the famous story, The Ugly Duckling. A conversation with the artist is scheduled on August 29 at 2pm.
Museum of Glass receives national recognition
Tacoma’s Museum of Glass has achieved accreditation from the American Association of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition for a museum. Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies, and to the museum-going public. To celebrate and to thank the community for its support, the Museum will be free to all visitors on Saturday, September 25, 2010. Of the nation’s estimated 17,500 museums, 775 are currently accredited, including 319 art museums. The Museum of Glass is one of only 14 museums accredited in Washington State and joins Tacoma Art Museum and Washington State History Museum to form a trio of accredited museums in Tacoma.
“We’re excited. In the museum world, accreditation is a widely recognized seal of approval,” explained Timothy Close, Director/CEO of Museum of Glass. “It is a significant accomplishment, especially for a young museum, and it required a great deal of work and preparation from staff, docents and Board members. To mark this milestone and the fact that the Museum has welcomed 1.5 million visitors in just eight years, we thought that free admission on national Museum Day would be a fitting way to celebrate ‘All Glass, All the Time’ with the entire community.”
Bellevue Arts Museum launches BAM Biennial August 28
“BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown!" is the first edition of the Bellevue Arts Museum’s new signature exhibition series, which will take over the museum’s 3rd floor galleries from August 28, 2010 to January 16, 2011. With over 30 participating artists, the exhibition provides a panoramic survey of ceramic art created in the Pacific Northwest and a glimpse into the many ways in which this medium is moving. The juried exhibition will occur every two years and is focused on bringing attention and exposure to the work of contemporary artists and craftsmen in the Pacific Northwest. Shown: Chris Antemann, Highboy (detail).
