Our neighbor Rollin buttonholed us and asked if we'd write a post about a class on Children's Picture Book Illustration he's teaching at Pratt starting September 23rd. While Pratt is outside of Wallingford's borders, Rollin isn't, and we're always happy to do a neighbor a good turn, so here's the scoop:
It's almost upon us! Back in early August, we told you about PARKing day, the now yearly event where people across the country put the "park" in "parking space", reclaiming them as mini-landscaped art projects. At least one Wallingford group, including Nancy "Lorax" Merrill and Stuart "Folkstore" Herrick, has taken up the banner and will be greening up a spot just north of 42nd and Latona Thackery this Friday, September 18th. Lester Goldstein has written up this proclamation: PROCLAMATION Whereas reliable…
DOUG. sent in these beautiful shots he took of last week's Kite Day at Gas Works, we thought you'd enjoy them, too. They remind us of snorkeling through jelly fish, except in the sky.
One of our private giggles when traveling to Spanish speaking countries is spotting the joyerías. It looks like there are all these shops selling joy. What a great idea! Actually, they're selling jewelry, which is also a pretty good idea. And this weekend, you don't have to stray much more than a half of a block from the famous Rancho Brava taco truck to find a great, impromptu joyeria. Silversmith Sacha Nanay has been visiting Wallingford from Taxco, Guerrerro, Mexico (a…
Cathy Tuttle will be holding an artist reception at Mosaic (4401 2nd Ave NE) tonight from 7 - 9 pm and her work will be hanging there for the next month. Of it, she says: Why these paintings? It was really hot in Seattle in July so I painted windmills and icebergs to cool off Mosaic. I lived in Sweden for a year in 2006-2007 and traveled around northern Europe studying sustainable city planning. Most of the windmills you see are…
DOUG. tipped us off to an event going on until 8 pm tonight at Gas Works Park. From Seattle Magazine: If passing through Gas Works Park isn’t part of your normal Wednesday routine, you may want to make it so this Wednesday, 9/9. Master Kite Flyer Seth Abramson will be flying 121 elegant white kites over the park. More art installation than childhood whim, Abramson and his piece of performance art will be sure to leave you breathless.
We almost forgot: tonight is Wallingford Art Walk, and it's the second to last one of 2009, so don't miss it. Unfortunately, this one snuck up on us a bit, so we aren't sure exactly who's showing where, but we do know that if you stroll down 45th Street, you'll see your neighbors moseying from shop to shop, eating noshes and sipping wines and you can them where the good stuff is. And for certain, the Old Dog & the New…