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October 2009
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CORRECTION: Massey's Elements at Iron Gallery Artists' Reception: October 15, 5:00pm-8:00pm, part of Tacoma's 3rd Thursday Artwalk Iron Gallery, 1742 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma Gage alumna Susan Massey exhibits her new works in ELEMENTS - works on paper, which move from intimate small portraits of natural objects to loose depictions, moments of movement quickly captured. Elements, by Susan Massey |
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SAVE THE DATE: Don't Miss the Art Party of the Season! Gage Masquerade Ball and Benefit Friday, January 29, 2010 St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E, Seattle Join Gage for a special evening of zany revelry, masked dancing, delicious cuisine and a fabulous offering of artistic delights. We're celebrating 20 years of the creative power of art-making to transform lives and build community as we raise funds to support Youth Programs and the Annual Fund. The evening promises to be a rollicking bash within the spectacular interior of St. Mark's Cathedral. Come as Cassanova, don your domino, or fashion your disguise from masks at our on-site Mercato di Carnevale. |
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Guest Lecture: Michelangelo Public and Private with Chiyo Ishikawa Thursday, October 1, 12:30 pm, FREE Chiyo Ishikawa, Susan Brotman Deputy Director for Art and Curator of European Painting & Sculpture at the Seattle Art Museum, presents an overview of the exhibition Michelangelo Public and Private: Drawings for the Sistine Chapel and Other Treasures from the Casa Buonarroti, which runs from Oct. 15, 2009 - Jan. 31, 2010. Study of a Man's Face for the Flood in the Sistine Ceiling, 1509 - 1510, by Michelangelo |
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ArtTalk Series: Norman Lundin Thursday, October 15, 12:30pm-2:00pm, FREE Painter Norman Lundin discusses his figurative, still-life and landscape paintings. Lundin's 40+ year career has produced a body of work notable for its focus and characteristic mood. His composite studio interiors, interacting in intriguing ways with convincing envisioned landscapes, use light and negative space as the major actors in quiet dramas. Lundin talks about his working process and the way he plays off the relationship between pictorial reality and pictorial fiction. 60th Street Studio: Corridor, by Norman Lundin |
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Guest Lecture: Familiarity and Strangeness: Working with History and the Imaginary with Claire Cowie Friday, October 16, 7:00pm, FREE Multimedia artist Claire Cowie speaks about her materials, process and sources. Working in drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture, she shows examples of works in progress and discusses her references and the intermingling of historical and artistic sources used in her concurrent exhibition. Art by Claire Cowie |
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Gage Artist's Tool Kit Series: Working Artist: Reality Check Thursday, October 22, 12:30pm-2:00pm, FREE Join artist Robert Yoder of Howard House for a discussion of how one artist supports himself and gets noticed while building a national career - Yoder shares how he got to where he is today. Beryl, by Robert Yoder |
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Winsor & Newton Demo at Gage Friday, October 30, 12:30pm-1:30pm Gage Academy of Art, Room 202, Zeisel-Arnold Studio; FREE Winsor & Newton representative Christine Hanlon answers questions, demonstrates products and gives out samples of W&N's line of Artist Oil Colour and Artisan water-mixable oils. Attendees receive a sampling of professional color and a medium. |
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Drawing Jam Set for Saturday, December 5 Mark your calendars to reserve Saturday, December 5, for the Gage Academy of Art 10th Annual Drawing Jam. From 10:00am to 10:00pm, this art-making marathon features live models, tasty treats and lots of drawing materials. Kids will have a room of their own to draw, paint and craft during the day, and teens will also have their own dedicated studio for all 12 hours of the event. The event is just $10 for adults and free for kids and teens. |
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October Teen Art Studios: Let it Flow with Watercolors, with Nate Herth Fridays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm/Ages 13 - 18/FREE All materials provided. All levels welcome. In the watercolor studio, practice brush techniques and color mixing while letting the nature of water play an important part. Paint from complex forms, compositions and structures, and create intricate patterns by layering and experimenting with the translucency and vibrancy of color. With balance and patience, discover the looseness and precision of watercolor. Into the Darkness with the Cabbage Eating Dragons, by Nate Herth |
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Gage 20th Anniversary Retrospective Friends old and new are invited to contribute Gage photos, keepsakes, notes and memorabilia collected through the years for inclusion in the upcoming January/February retrospective exhibition commemorating the 20th anniversary of Gage Academy of Art. If you have Gage historical materials to lend for the exhibition, please contact Lauren Klenow by e-mail, or by phone at 206.323.4243. |
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Parking at Gage St. Mark's Cathedral is hosting some upcoming events that will impact parking at Gage. They ask that Gage students utilize street parking on the following dates and times:
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Steele Gallery Refracting Space Through October 10 Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 9:30am-4:30pm This group exhibition features painters and printmakers who simultaneously use abstraction and representation to render their subjects and landscapes. These artists create compelling depths of space by merging their foreground and background and through the continual process of mark-making. Exhibiting artists include Eric Elliott, Kevin Fletcher, Ann Gale, Margie Livingston, Ryan Molenkamp and Matthew Olds. In the Studio, by Eric Elliott |
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Coming Soon to the Steele Gallery Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth: A Solo Exhibit by Claire Cowie October 14 - November 14 Artists' Reception: Friday, October 16, 6:00pm-8:00pm, FREE Cowie's series of ink drawings depict turmoil, grief, regret, fear and anxiety; address a conflicted sense of morality; and reference war, cognitive dissonance and environmental decline. Inspired by expansive sources, her imagery includes war photography, children's wartime drawings, current events, the Bible, Indian miniatures, Chinese scroll painting and works by a range of artists. Don't miss the concurring guest lecture by Cowie on October 16. Detail from Waters Rising, by Claire Cowie |
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Rosen Gallery figures Through October 10 Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-9:30pm; Sat, 9:00am-6:00pm; Sun, 1:00pm-6:00pm figures features over 20 small figure studies by Gage instructor Kimberly Trowbridge , as well as in-class work by students Kreina Clemente, Linda-Jo Duffy, Ellen Eades, Noel McLane and Anne Moon. Art by Kimberly Trowbridge |
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Coming Soon to the Rosen Gallery People, Place or Thing October 10 - November 10 Artists' Reception: Friday, Oct. 16, 6:00pm-8:00pm, FREE Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-9:30pm; Sat, 9:00am-6:00pm; Sun, 1:00pm-6:00pm Current Gage students show off recent work compositionally based on a person, place or thing. See how different students create work reflecting their own interpretation of the figure, portrait, landscape, still life and master copy. Master copy by Susan Bari Price |
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Coming Soon to the Rosen Gallery Sam Hamrick Exhibits Recent Work October 15 - November 15 Artists' Reception: Friday, Oct. 16, 6:00pm-8:00pm, FREE Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30am-9:30pm; Sat, 9:00am-6:00pm; Sun, 1:00pm-6:00pm Artist and Gage Facilities Manager Sam Hamrick exhibits his recent linocut and woodcut prints in this show titled 'Dem Bones. Art by Sam Hamrick |
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Tip Toland Presents at Ceramic Symposium Friday October 2 at 6pm Seattle Central Libary Corner of 4th & Madison, Seattle Tip with Patti Warashina & Beth Caverer Sticher speak about their work in the context of the female figure. Painting the Burning Fence, by Tip Toland |
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Louise Britton Shows at Centennial Hall Gallery Through October 29 City of Kent Centennial Hall Gallery, 400 W Gowe St., Kent Gage alumna Louise Britton exhibits her recent landscape and seascape paintings. Beach Tree Skeletons, by Louise Britton |
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Kathie Bliss and Sandra Kahler Exhibit With Women Painters of Washington Through October 30 Women Painters of Washington Gallery, 701 5th Ave., Columbia Center Building, Ste. 310, Seattle New oil paintings by Kathie Bliss and Sandra Kahler are included in PASSAGES, a group art exhibition that showcases the diverse talents of 21 member artists from the greater Puget Sound region. Estuary La Push Stacks by Sandra Kahler |
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Jennifer Frohwerk shows at Seattle Pacific Through November 9 Artists' Reception: Friday, Oct. 2, 7:00pm-9:00pm University Art Center Gallery, 3 W Cremona, Seattle Gage alumna Jennifer Frohwerk exhibits a drawing in SELF ABSORBED: Constructing Identity in the 21st Century. This exhibition of contemporary self-portraiture is Seattle Pacific University's first public call to artists. Self Portrait with Patterns, by Jennifer Frohwerk |
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Massey's Elements at Iron Gallery Artists' Reception: October 15, 5:00pm-8:00pm, part of Tacoma's 3rd Thursday Artwalk Iron Gallery, 1742 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma Gage alumna Susan Massey exhibits her new works in ELEMENTS - works on paper, which move from intimate small portraits of natural objects to loose depictions, moments of movement quickly captured. Elements, by Susan Massey |
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Anne Moon Shows at Gallery North October 1 - 31 Gallery North, 508 Main St., Edmonds Artists' Reception: Sunday, Oct. 4, 1:00pm-4:00pm, & Third Thursday Artwalk, 5:00pm-8:00pm Landscapes in Oil and Clay features recent oil paintings by Anne Moon and two fellow artists, three expressions of quiet, visceral connection found in and with the landscape. |
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Cheryl H. Hahn Shows at Patricia Cameron Gallery October 1 - November 6 Patricia Cameron Gallery, 234 Dexter Ave. N, Seattle Artists' Reception: Thursday, Oct. 1, 5:30pm-8:30pm Artist Cheryl H. Hahn's Contemplating Reality series reflects her passion for working on wood panels as she incorporates colorful organic imagery within the context of the visual vitality of wood grain. The plasticity of the work invites close scrutiny as one finds solace in the joyful marks that echo cloud, rain, wind and breath. Fire, by Cheryl Hahn |
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Margaret Watson Exhibits at Francine Seders Gallery October 2 - November 1 Artists' Reception: Sunday, Oct. 4, 2:00pm-4:00pm Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle Gage alumna Margaret Watson exhibits her new series, South Beach, in which the application and removal of paint layers reveals the image much as waves reveal the rocks. Art by Margaret Watson |
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Susan Jones Shows at Parklane Gallery October 6 - 31 Artists' Reception: Thursday, Oct. 8, 6:00pm-9:00pm, & Saturday, Oct. 10, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Parklane Gallery, 130 Park Lane, Kirkland Gage student Susan Jones was selected to participate in Parklane Gallery's juried Fur, Feathers & Fins group show. A portion of the proceeds from this animal-themed fine art exhibition supports local animal-rescue organizations. Splendid, by Susan Jones |
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Christine Olson Gedye Fountainhead Gallery October 8 - November 2 Artists' Reception: Thursday, Oct. 8, 5:00pm-7:00pm, & Saturday, Oct. 10, 5:00pm-7:00pm Fountainhead Gallery, 625 W Mcgraw St., Seattle Gedye's solo show, Edge of Light, features more than 20 oil paintings of familiar and favorite Northwest places (Green Lake, Discovery Park, the North Cascades, the hills over Port Angeles), graced with the transitional light at the beginning and end of day. The Oct. 10 reception features live cello music; Gedye will attend both receptions. Art by Christine Olson Gedye |
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Solo Installation by Deanna Pindell October 16 - November 14 Moses Lake Museum, 228 W Third Ave., Moses Lake Deanna Pindell creates her room-sized installation Journey: Metaphors and Metamorphosis. The abstracted figures and forms range up to 8' in height and are created from encaustic over paper mache. The installation evokes the journey from life into afterlife, balancing Seussian playfulness with meditative calm. Dreaming Tree with Meditation Bench, by Deanna Pindell |
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Lanie Franza Exhibits at Kirsten Gallery October 18 - November 12 Artists' Reception: Sunday, October 18, 2:00pm-4:00pm Kirsten Gallery , 5320 Roosevelt Way NE , Seattle Featured work by Franza includes her Light and Elegance oil paintings, northwest landscapes from her Sensing Light series, and oil sketches of dancers from her Power and Elegance series. Morning Row, by Lanie Franza |
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John Rizzotto Shows New Work October 24, Noon-6:00pm; October 25, Noon-4:00pm or by appointment thereafter. 929 13th Avenue, Seattle (206.323.4708) Gage instructor John Rizzotto exhibits his latest series, Bodegones, in his home studio. These spare, serene still lifes explore refined and measured arrangements of shapes and form. Three to Four, by John Rizzotto |
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