Second Saturday

No art walks this week but a couple of big fundraisers

CD Art Walk — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:00:32 +0000

February 25

H’Arts 30th Annual Art Auction. Snohomish County’s largest art auction to benefit the arts. in Everett. Visit www.schack.org/events/ for more information. Held at the Edward D. Hansen Conference Center at the Comcast Arena, 2000 Hewitt Avenue (corner of Hewitt and Broadway.) Tickets are $85 per person until February 21st when the ticket price increases to $100. The event begins at 5:00pm with three silent auctions followed by dinner at 7:00pm and the live auction with auctioneer Mark Schenfeld at 7:30pm. Please call 425-259-5050 or go to www.schack.org to purchase tickets.

Artist Trust’s Silver Anniversary Benefit Art Auction takes place at the Fisher Pavillion at the Seattle Center starting at 5pm. Auction artwork by esteemed Washington artists including Whiting Tennis; Patti Warashina; legendary sound and music artist John Cage; Arts Innovator Award winner Margie Livingston; glass artists Ethan Stern and Doug Randall; and over 200 more. Arts Experiences including a private tour of Sculpture Woods on Lummi Island, luncheon and studio visit with Northwest bronze sculptor Ann Morris; a creative retreat at the beach in Seabrook, WA; a week in Puerto Vallarta’s “Old Town” – and much more. Proceeds from the auction help enable supporting art at its source: the creative individual artists throughout Washington.

James Caudle and Amanda Michele Dellinger are sponsoring “Ahh Nuts! | Art Against Allergies,” a benefit for a little boy named Lincoln Caudle who has life-threatening allergies and is in need of financial help. The benefit will feature live music by the Velvet Richmond Division, Life in a Blender and, a Tom Waits cover band, the Ol’ 55′s. Twenty works of art will be displayed for silent auction by local artists. The benefit is scheduled to begin at 6pm at the Georgetown Arts & Cultural Center, 5511 1/2 Airport Way S. in Seattle.

Events for week of Monday, February 20, 2012

CD Art Walk — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:14:12 +0000

Monday, February 20, 2012

Spend Your Mid-Winter Break at SAM!
- Extended Hours and Activities

Time: 10 am-9 pm; Location: SAM
Entire Building

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

ACCESS SAM Tour
- Theaster Gates: The Listening Room

Time: 11 am-12:30 pm; Location: SAM
Brotman Forum

Gauguin & Polynesia Lecture with Pam McClusky

Time: noon-1 pm; Location: Seattle Central Library
Brotman Forum

Members Art History Lecture Series: New Perspectives with Patricia Junker
- Mark Tobey, White Writing

Time: 7-9 pm; Location: SAM
Plestcheeff Auditorium

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Forever Young: The Films of François Truffaut
- Two English Girls

Time: 7:30-10 pm; Location: SAM
Plestcheeff Auditorium

Friday, February 24, 2012

SAM Remix

Time: 7:30 pm-12:30 am; Location: SAM
Entire Building

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Saturday University–The Future of Asia’s Cities: Design, Environment, Health
- Greening Cities: Possibilities and Practices in Indonesia and China, Abidin Kusno & Lisa Hoffman

Time: 9:30-11 am; Location: SAAM
Stimson Auditorium

All about containers at Kirkland Arts Center

CD Art Walk — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:39:21 +0000

“Contained,” an exhibition curated by Katie Phelps, opens at the Kirkland Arts Center, 620 Market Street, on February 17 in a reception from 5-8:30pm. On view through March 22, “Contained” looks at the containers in our lives and examines the ways that objects shape us, and how we use them to ground our ideas and memories. Featured artists are: Michelle Anderst, Mark Bennett, Zack Bent, Joshua Bloch, Eduardo Calderon, Karen Hackenberg, Elizabeth Halfacre, Amy Hamblin, Victoria Haven, Terry Leness, Colin Tuis Nesbit . Shown: Amphorae by Karen Hackenberg.

U of W 3D4M Faculty Exhibition opens at Traver Gallery

CD Art Walk — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:39:21 +0000

Opening in a reception February 16 from 5-8pm at Traver Gallery Seattle, 110 Union Street, is “3D4M,” a faculty exhibition from the University of Washington. Featured artists are Doug Jeck, Amie Laird McNeel, Akio Takamori, Jamie Walker and Mark Zirpel. The show runs through April 1. Shown: Akio Takamori, Two Women

Openings at Cole Gallery and Gallery North in Edmonds

CD Art Walk — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:39:20 +0000

Cole Gallery, 107 5th. Avenue South, opens from 5-8pm, during the Edmonds Art Walk with a reception for “Feathers, Field & Feline.” Featured are pastels, oils and bronze sculpture by Sandy Byers and Rip Caswell. Owner Denise Cole says, “Meet the artists, enjoy champagne and treats as well as live Celtic folk music by Acoustic Cadence.” Shown: Building Trust by Sandy Byers.

On view at Gallery North, 508 Main Street, is “Ink, Paper, Paint, and Nature.” The show is a collection of paintings, photographs, and Verbos by three local artists: Jurate Harrison (painter), Jeff Harrison (photographer), and Nomeda Lukoseviciene (Verbos artist). The public is invited to meet the artists at their Artists’ Reception Saturday, February 18th from 2-5 PM, and also during the Edmonds Third Thursday Art Walk from 5-8 PM.

Student show at SAM celebrates Gauguin

CD Art Walk — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:20:20 +0000

Early Masters, an art school in Seattle whose primary focus is art history, showcases the work of its young students in an exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum in conjunction with the “Gauguin & Polynesia” show. Children (ages 7-12) were led through an exploration of Paul Gauguin’s colorful art that included slide shows and discussions of Gauguin’s nomadic career and his time spent in Polynesia. Their final projects included creating their own paintings in response to artworks in ”Gauguin & Polynesia.” 100 paintings produced by the children are downstairs in SAM’s community corridor. Shown at the right: one of the budding artists.

Annual Teapot Show at Good Earth in Bellingham

CD Art Walk — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:07:28 +0000

Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris Avenue in the Fairhaven District of Bellingham, is sponsoring its annual muti-artist showcase of unique teapots. The show runs through February.

Calendar of art walks and events through February 19

CD Art Walk — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:07:26 +0000

Third Thursday

Belltown Art Walk, 6pm until closing. Visit http://belltownartwalk.com/

Edmonds Art Walk, 5pm-8pm. Visit www.manyaveeselects.com/artwalk/artwalk.htm

Tacoma Art Walk. Tacoma’s galleries, Museum of Glass, Tacoma Art Museum, and the Washington State History Museum are open from 5pm-8pm. All three museums are free. Call 253.272.4258 or www.artwalktacoma.com/

Upper Queen Anne Art Walk, 6pm-8pm. E-mail info@bouncingwall.com.

Third Friday

Port Orchard Art Walk from 4-7pm. May through October

Third Saturday

Everett Art Walk, 4pm-7pm. Visit www.everettartwalk.org.

LaConner Art Walk, 4pm-8pm. www.laconnerchamber.com/

Events for week of Monday, February 13, 2012

CD Art Walk — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:12:36 +0000

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Author’s Reading: Katherine Boo

Time: 7-8:30 pm; Location: SAAM
Stimson Auditorium

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

In the Studio with Hotel 1000
- Gauguin & Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise, Chiyo Ishikawa

Time: 5-6:30 pm; Location: Hotel 1000
Stimson Auditorium

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Tea Ceremony Demonstration
- Bonnie (Soshin) Mitchell

Time: 6:30-7:30 pm; Location: SAM
Teahouse (3rd floor)

Food and Faith in Japan
- The Miraculous Origins of Kitano Tenjin Shrine Handscroll Painting with Professor Akira Takagishi, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Time: 7-8 pm; Location: SAAM
Stimson Auditorium

Forever Young: The Films of François Truffaut
- Bed and Board

Time: 7:30-9:30 pm; Location: SAM
Plestcheeff Auditorium

Friday, February 17, 2012

My Favorite Things: Highly Opinionated Public Tours

Time: 6:30-7:30 pm; Location: SAM
Simonyi Special Exhibition Galleries

Two Black History Month Premieres
- Muhammad Ali: The Long Lost Movie

Time: 7:30-9:30 pm; Location: SAM
Plestcheeff Auditorium

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Saturday University–The Future of Asia’s Cities: Design, Environment, Health
- Health Trends in Asia During Three Decades of Growth, 1980-2010, Chris Murray

Time: 9:30-11 am; Location: SAAM
Stimson Auditorium

Tour of “Painting Seattle”
- with Curator Barbara Johns, in honor of the Japanese American Day of Remembrance

Time: 11:15 am-noon.; Location: SAAM
Tateuchi Galleries

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Tea Ceremony Demonstration
- Bonnie (Soshin) Mitchell

Time: 2:30-3:30 pm; Location: SAM
Teahouse (3rd floor)

Liberty Bay Gallery grand opening February 11

CD Art Walk — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:28:27 +0000

Poulsbo’s newest gallery, Liberty Bay Gallery, located at 18830 Front Street celebrates their grand opening all day on February 11 and will be open for the Poulsbo Art Walk from 5-8pm Owner’s Terry and Karyn Cott say they are anxious to help make Poulsbo a destination for people who love art.