Earlier this month, we told you about the Real Change Vendor Art Show, featuring pieces created by Real Change vendors. They've decided to host one more showing tomorrow, (Saturday, 7/30) from 1pm to 4pm: Did you miss the Art Opening for Real Change vendors? Did you like it so much you want to come again and see if maybe that piece you were thinking about but not quite sure of is still available? Do you just really like free fruit and…
Deborah Barnes, creative director for the fashionRIP Project, is seeking local artists to participate in a unique installation that opens September 1 and runs through October 9. "Species on the Verge, and other Arts with POV" will be a part of the Wallingford Art Walk during September and October at the Kerf International Gallery in the Wallingford Center (1815 N. 45th St.). Barnes provided an explanation of the project: "Species on the Verge and Other Works w/POV", an arts installation of…
Mosaic artist Laurel True has traveled the world to provide impoverished communities with mosaic art, fostering not only beautification, but arts education, and empowerment to people for community collaboration. True will be at Seattle Mosaic Arts (1325 N. 46th St.) for a workshop that discusses facilitating community mosaic projects. Mosaic artists, teachers, community organizers and anyone interested in community development and entrepreneurial training through the arts will benefit from this workshop. The workshop will be held next Saturday and Sunday, July 23…
Tomorrow night, Windows Art Gallery (4131 Woodland Ave N.) will be holding an art show featuring pieces created by Real Change Newspaper vendors. The art show is from 7pm - 10pm., and the pieces will be available for purchase. In an email to me, Christopher Wood of Real Change explained how this special event came to be: We were approached by Katie Talbot from Present Sense (where Windows Art Gallery is located) in Wallingford. She was interested in staging a show…
If you haven't gotten your fill of rogue art already this month, then head on out to Wallingford Art Walk this Wednesday, from 6 - 9 pm. Here's the haps, courtesy of Tara and the Art Walk crew: Fuel Coffee - Jim Stoccardo (www.jimstoccardo.com) Harold’s Lighting - Photographer Phil Ljunghammar Seattle Mosaic Arts will feature photographs of community mosaic projects facilitated by mosaic artist Laurel True. Laurel has travelled around the world working in underserved communities in Africa, Haiti and the…
In case you weren't following the extensive comment stream on the Seal Team 6 Hits Meridian Park story, in which Wallingford artist and metalworker Marc Bissell took it upon himself to 'repair' the sailor sculpture in Meridian Park playground (it had lost its sword arm a few years ago) by welding on a machine gun, the episode is over. Several locals took it up on themselves to 'repair' his 'repair' and hacksawed off the addition. Forrest witnessed the removal and sent…
We first caught wind of the altered sculpture on Twitter, in a tweet from Jeanne: "Look what some guy welded onto a sculpture at Meridian Park. And no, it wasn't the original artist." Yep, someone added to the sculptures that ring the playground at Meridian Park. (For some beautiful shots of the other sculptures, see Jeff Ng's photostream on Flickr.) This morning, we heard from the artist himself, who forwarded his note to the original artist: Hi Pat, Hope you are…