Reminder: Wallingford Art Walk is tonight, 6 - 9 pm all over Wallingford. Check out the map of participating businesses from the Wallingford Art Walk web site. If you're wondering where the cool art is, here's one that looks interesting: David McCrae will be showing work from his From A Scanner, Darkly series at the offices of the naturopath Amy Wells at 4426 Burke Ave N. From David's web site: I am both a research scientist, working in metropolitan Seattle, and…
The long winter of banality and tedium is almost over: Wallingford Art Walk returns this Wednesday, May 5th from 6 - 9 pm (and will continue the first Wednesday of the month for the foreseeable future). They won't be running the shuttle they did last year, but they are producing the handy map of participating businesses you see off to your right (click to download the full size version). We're big fans of the Wallingford Art Walk, not because the art…
Our friend Suzanne Wheeler's photo exhibit at the sushi restaurant Rain (2208 N 45th St) is closing tonight, Thursday April 29th, and she's having a bit of a party to celebrate. There will be some live music, drinks at the bar, good conversation and the aforementioned photos on the wall. Things start around 7 pm, but set your clocks back for musician standard time.
The Wallingford Art Walk is going to start up soon, but, as much as we love it, it's only once per month. What are we supposed to do the other 30 days? Well, we figured we could create a do-it-yourself art walk of Wallingford: a map of all the outdoor, free to visit pieces of art that are scattered around the neighborhood. We've started the map, below, but we were wondering if you could help us out, since we know that…
Back in January, we let you know about the 46th Street Mural Project, a call out to artists to submit designs for a new mural to be painted on the 46th St underpass beneath Aurora Ave. Well, the steering committee has narrowed down their submissions to three finalists, and they've asked you, the residents of Wallingford (and environs) to help them decide between these three designs: Read about the artists, see pictures of the full submissions and VOTE at the 46th…
Our friend and neighbor, Christen Mattix, is offering a class over at the Fremont Abbey on May 1st that looks to be fun: Fashionable Wrists from Failed Sweaters Join Wallingford artist Christen Mattix as she teaches creative approaches to transforming old, ugly sweaters into elegant wristwarmers. These are not only sustainable, they’re also cheap, fun, and trendy! Get your creative juices flowing as Christen demonstrates techniques, shares patterns, and leaves you time to create your own masterpiece. Sewing machines will be…
Okay, check these out. Was at Irwin's today enjoying an enormous cinnamon roll with my daughter. We looked up at the wall next to us and noticed some paintings in suspiciously familiar brown tints. Yes, these are paintings done in espresso. Two are copies of Van Goghs (did he drink a lot of coffee?) and one is an original composition. Wow, makes you wonder with so much of the stuff around, what else could we do with it? If you got…