Microsoft Art Collection Tours. Open to the public, free. Please RSVP two weeks in advance to artevent@microsoft.com, a maximum of 40 can register, first come, first served.
February 16-19
Festival Sundiata held at the Seattle Center House. Sundiata showcases local and regional entertainment,
art and photography exhibits, retail and food merchants and a dynamic
children's place. Sundiata has a 26-year
history of bringing African/African-American Cultural Arts to the
Seattle area.
February 22
"Framing the View: Leo Berk & Cris Bruch," at The Henry Art Gallery at 7pm in the general auditorium. Part of 4Culture's Art Registry, Leo Berk and Cris Bruch use their backgrounds as fine artists to design unique sculptural works for a variety of clients. Each will discuss recent work, balancing studio and design elements in their respective practices, and address how public art requires a site-specific consideration of history, local culture, and the viewer in communal space.
February 24
At 2pm in the Stimson Auditorium at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, noted scholar Steve Brown will discuss the Dundas Collection of Northwest Coast American Indian Art. This collection, which includes many Tsimshian masterpieces, set a new record this past fall for the sale of Native American art at auction. Brown will also comment on the George Terasaki collection, a remarkable group of Northwest Coast artworks, which is the subject of the recently published Transfigurations: North Pacific Coast Art.
February 25
"Iraq in Fragments," is nominated for an Oscar and 911 Media Arts Center is celebrating with an Academy Awards party. 911 Media Arts Center is inviting the public to celebrate the Iraq in Fragments creative team and root them on during the Academy Awards. Come join the festivities on Sunday, Feb 25 at 5pm, Oscar night, to enjoy drinks, food, and the Academy Awards in the 911 theater space. The film, co-produced by James Longley and John Sinno, was edited at 911 Media Arts Center in Seattle by Longley, Billy McMillan and Fiona Otway.
Display of PONCHO art in downtown Macy*s windows culminates on March 3rd with the 6th Annual PONCHO Invitational Fine Art Auction.