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Ars Marketis

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Reminder: it's Wallingford Wednesday, that once monthly grand alignment of the Wallingford Farmer's Market (3 - 7 pm, Wallingford Center parking lot, 4400 Wallingford Avenue N) and Wallingford Art Walk (6 - 9 pm, all over Wallingford). Think of it like an eclipse, except instead of the moon obscuring the sun, it's just two things happening in Wallingford. Still, fresh local food and fresh local art, what's not to love. Grab yourself some veggies, bread and cheese and make a sandwich,…

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Warm your buns on this

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It may not sound like much, but it's been a long time coming and it's actually quite beautiful: the John Stanford School has a new bench. Last year's fifth grade class donated a bench as their "thank you" gift to the school, but for reasons that only bureaucrats can fathom, it took until this year to get all the permissions and what-not to actually install it. This past Memorial Day weekend, there were several fathers out with their sons shoveling, pouring,…

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Art Walk

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Wednesday is the first Wednesday of the month, meaning it's time again for Wallingford Art Walk, 6 - 9 pm. Seattle Mosaic Arts will be holding their first "Members Show" at their studio (1325 46th Ave N), featuring work created at the studio during their first year. The show is up for month of June, so if you can't make it to the opening, feel stop in and enjoy the art with a cup of coffee. We're not sure what else…

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Henry – NSFW

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Are there any four letters more likely to make you click than "NSFW"? We think not. (For the digilliterate, that stands for "Not Safe For Work", and indicates the presence of images or language that you wouldn't want flashing up on your screen when the boss walks by.) Well, we figure you'd have to squint to really get that this is NSFW, and if you're squinting, well, enjoy. Ryan "Henry" Ward, known for the many colorful, cartoonish murals he's painted around…

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And the muralist is…

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And the winner of the 46th St. Mural Project Grant is...Todd Lown! Lead artist for Urban ArtWorks, Lown holds a BFA from the University of Washington, and has studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Lown says his work focuses “on perspective, environment, form and color.” His works are “a combination of prints, animation, signage, drawing and painting both illustrative and abstract.”  His public art includes design and direction for the Gates Foundation construction site mural, the Bellevue…

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Support Wallingford Artists at a Local Art Fundraiser

We already know that Wallingford is home to some extraordinary art, but it is also home to some extraordinary artists. Just a month ago I had the privilege of attending an in-home art show down at the corner of 51st and Wallingford. The venue was cozy and comfortable; the show was hosted in Reagan Jackson’s home- in the space of a cleared out living room, dining room, and bedrooms. Reagan combined creative forces with some friends and put together a show…

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Poetry in the ‘hood

There's a new bit of poetry in the little stage set outside of 4059 Latona Ave, and it struck our fancy. #13 A bee thumps against the dusy window, falls to the sill,climbs back up, buzzing;falls again;and does this over and over.If only he would climb higher!the top half of the window isopen. Bunch Grass by Robert Sund Despite the fact that it reads very much like prose with extra line breaks, we appreciate the simple scene, simply painted. Stop by…

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