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February 2010
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Masquerade Ball & Benefit a Success Thank you to all the generous guests who danced, dined and, most importantly, donated at the Gage Masquerade Ball & Benefit on Friday, January 29. The magnanimous nature of the evening ensures that Gage Youth Programs will continue to thrive at the school. A big thank you to all the guests, donors and volunteers who made the night a smashing success! |
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Inside the Artist's Studio Starts Soon Don't miss your chance to join the Inside the Artist's Studio tour - a five-Sunday series that visits the studios of local artists. Your guide, Gage Exhibitions Coordinator Lauren Klenow, leads discussion in each studio with the artists themselves: Nancy Loughlin, Kimberly Trowbridge, Melinda Hannigan, Scott Fife and David Kroll. Limited to 14 participants - enroll online today! The Waiting Room, by Nancy Loughlin |
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Guest Lecture: The Role of Representation in Contemporary Art: There is a There There, with Richard V. West Friday, February 5, 7:00pm, FREE Part of the reception and celebration for the Gage 20th Anniversary show, Richard West proposes that serious representational art is alive and well in the twentieth century, reshaped in a number of ways and animated by new energy and subject matter. How will this shape future developments and enhance traditional representation? Mirror of Reason by Juliette Aristides |
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Guest Lecture: Observing Our Seeing; Seeing Our Sight, with Carol Mallett Adelman Friday, February 26, 7:00pm, FREE Adelman addresses conventions of female representation and identity in relation to her practice of self portraiture, and discusses how her fluid treatment of paint reinforces her focus on fluctuating between concrete representation and illusion. Me and the Mountain, by Carol Mallett Adelman |
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ArtTalk Series: Zhi Lin Thursday, February 11, 12:30pm-1:30pm, FREE Artist Zhi Lin is noted for his monumental paintings Five Capital Punishments in China, dramatizing Chinese brutality during the Tiananmen demonstrations, and his recent painting memorializing Chinese railway workers with traditional & video imagery. Drawing and Quartering, by Zhi Lin |
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Gage Artist's Tool Kit Series: Planned Serendipity, The LA Hustle Thursday, February 25, 12:30pm-1:30pm, FREE Join artist Chris Peters, represented by Copro/Nason Gallery in Santa Monica, as he explains the system creative professionals use to get noticed, get work and get ahead in the City of Angels. Grace, by Chris Peters |
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February Teen Art Studios: Figure Drawing with Tenaya Sims Fridays, 6:30-9:30pm/Ages 13-18/FREE All materials provided. All levels welcome. Develop your representational figure drawing skills working from the live model. Discover classical drawing techniques and methods that have been taught in private ateliers for centuries. Learn the essentials for blocking in the figure, measuring proportion, identifying relative value relationships and "turning of form" from dark to light. Art by Tenaya Sims |
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| GAGE NEWS | |||
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New Phone System Gage has recently switched to a new phone system. Now when you call the offices, you can directly reach the person you are calling by dialing her or his extension, or hang on the line for a list of people and their extensions. And at any time, you can dial zero to reach Margaretta, our registrar. Thank you! |
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| GAGE EXHIBITIONS | |||
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Steele and Rosen Galleries Thriving in Seattle: A Gage Retrospective Through February 19 Artists' Reception: Friday, February 5, 6:00pm-8:00pm The exhibition commemorates 20 years of training, art making & instruction that made Gage Academy of Art the award-winning institution of today. Gage exhibits original art from catalog covers over the last 12 years, including paintings by Bo Bartlett, Charles Emerson, Gary Faigin and Tony Ryder. In addition, student and alumni art is displayed with Gage historical photos and artifacts. 20/20, by John Rizzotto |
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Steele Gallery Little Women: Self Portraits by Carol Mallett Adelman February 22 - March 20 Artists’ Reception: Friday, February 26, 6:00pm-8:00pm Adelman combines self-portrait, historical reference and societal roles, fragments of visual experience, memory & imagination to imply a self never fully formed - a metaphor for the construction of self. Don't miss the concurring guest lecture February 26. Art by Carol Mallett Adelman |
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Rosen Gallery Spitting Image: Fourth Annual Gage Self-Portrait Competition February 26 - April 3 Artists' Reception: Friday, February 26, 6:00pm-8:00pm Gage students and alumni are invited to put their best face forward and submit a self-portrait work in any genre, medium or style. Cath Brunner, director of public art at 4Culture, juries the exhibition and awards cash prizes to the three best portraits. Art by Milo Duke |
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Entry Gallery Las Azucenas: Watercolors by Sue Manzo Through February 19 This collection of watercolors by Gage student Sue Manzo gets down to the essence of their subjects. Manzo skillfully dispenses with the unnecessary to let form and color dominate her organic abstractions. Art by Sue Manzo |
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Coming Soon to the Entry Gallery Prints and Ambrotype Portraits by Daniel Carrillo February 26 - March 22 Artists' Reception: Friday February 26, 6:00-8:00pm An exhibition of recent print works by Daniel Carillo, intaglio print artist, photographer and curator of Somespace Gallery in Seattle. Self Portrait #2, by Daniel Carillo |
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Reflections on Black History Through February 26 Artists' Reception Thursday, February 4, 1:00-2:00pm Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave., Seattle Seattle artists Roosevelt Lewis and Marita Dingus honor the history of enslaved Africans in America in Reflections. Celebrating February's Black History Month, the show features two massive mixed-media sculptures, including the 60-foot Buddha as an African Enslaved; paintings; wood sculpture and other three-dimensional works. Freddie's Place, by Roosevelt Lewis |
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Lanie Franza Exhibits in Kirsten Gallery Show February 3-7 Northwest Flower & Garden Show Seattle Convention Center, 7th & Pike, Seattle Artist and Gage alumna Lanie Franza will be showing some of her latest work in the Kirsten Gallery Group Show at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show. Sunset at Larkspur Farm, Skagit Valley, by Lanie Franza |
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| CALL FOR ARTISTS | |||
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Lead Artist Wanted for Link Light Rail's Capitol Hill Station Application Deadline: 5:00pm Monday, February 8 Sound Transit is looking to hire a lead artist to manage projects to be created by a variety of artists for the construction walls around the Capitol Hill light rail station site. For additional information, please read more here. |
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Apply for 4Culture Project Funding If you're an heritage organization/specialist/educator, artist, arts group or someone needing help to rehabilitate a landmark, now is your time to apply to 4Culture for project support. Upcoming 2010 Project Deadlines: Landmark Rehabilitation: March 3 Heritage Special Projects: March 3 Heritage Cultural Education: March 3 Arts Projects, Individuals: March 10 Arts Projects, Groups: March 17 |
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Sequim Arts 34th Annual Juried Art Exhibit Application Deadline: Saturday, March 14 Exhibition Dates: May 6 - 9 Juror Jake Seniuk, Director of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, awards cash and merchandise prizes. Click here for additional information and a prospectus. |
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Monarch Sculpture Park's Art in the Park Festival Booth Application Deadline: June 1 Show Date: Sunday, August 15, 11:00am-6:00pm Monarch Sculpture Park, 8431 Waldrick Rd SE, Tenino Outdoor booth and demonstration space is available for artists exhibiting and selling sculpture and handcrafted items. The park is also accepting sculptural works for outdoor exhibition for the coming year. Contact Myrna at 360.264.2408 or visit their web site for more information. 58 Buick, by Leann Powers |
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SUBMISSIONS WELCOME: The Drawing Board welcomes submissions from Gage instructors, students and alumni as well as community artists and arts groups.
Please send your event notice to susan@gageacademy.org by the third Monday of the month.
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