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Gage Academy of Art The Drawing Board
June 2010
  Editor: Susan Jones  

GAGE EVENTS
  18th Annual Best of Gage
Student Art Exhibit, Awards & Sale

Friday, June 18, 6:00pm-9:00pm

Join hundreds of fellow artists and art aficionados and celebrate a year of hard work at Gage Academy of Art! Displayed throughout the entire Gage facility, students of all skill levels exhibit artwork in mediums spanning seven categories: abstract, beginner, figure, landscape, portrait, sculpture and still life. The main event is Friday, June 18, from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, but you have until July 30 to view the exhibit.
 
  Best of Gage Exclusive VIP Vernissage:
Patron Reception & Preview Art Sale

Friday, June 18, 5:00pm–6:00pm
$50/Patron ($60 at the door)

Don't miss this exclusive opportunity to preview hundreds of artworks in the Best of Gage Student Art Exhibit. VIP guests mingle with some of Seattle’s most talented emerging artists and make advance purchases from a selection of their work, as well as enjoy wine and hors d’ouevres at a private reception. RSVP to Caroline (206.323.4243, ext. 16) by Friday, June 11, to secure your place on our VIP patron list. Proceeds support emerging artists and the Gage Annual Fund.

Opera Glasses, by Larine Chung
 
  Summer Quarter's Session A Begins June 28: Register Now!

Don't miss your chance to study at Gage this summer; we have an exciting lineup of courses including: Beginning Still-Life Drawing with Anne Petty, Plein-Air Painting in Oil with Suzanne Brooker and The Essence of Animals with Bill Evans. To view the full lineup of summer programs and register online, please visit our listings of Classes and Workshops. Don't wait to register - classes begin soon!
 
  Gage ArtTalk Series:
Cris Bruch

Thursday, June 10, 12:30pm-1:30pm, #304 (Geo Studio), FREE

We examine some key works from the 20-year career of Cris Bruch, one of the leading abstract and conceptual artists in the Northwest, including recent public commissions, and his use of unconventional materials like molded paper and shopping carts.

2-12 Roofscape, by Cris Bruch
 
  June Teen Art Studios - Capitol Hill:
Mixed-Media Book Arts With Janet Miller

Fridays, 6:30-9:30pm/Ages 13-18/FREE
Gage Academy of Art, 1501 10th Ave E, Seattle
All materials provided. All levels welcome.

Create your own unique, hand-bound books using collage, drawing, painting and creative self-expression, with traditional book-binding techniques! Make your own journals, sketchbooks and artist books as you explore the endless possibilities in book-making.
 
  April Teen Art Studios - Rainier Valley:
Sketchbook Night Camp with Ryan Finnerty

Saturdays, 6:30-9:30pm/Ages 13-18/FREE
The 2100 Building - Art Studio, 2100 24th Ave. S (off Rainier Ave.), Seattle
All materials provided. All levels welcome.

Learn how to make sketchbooks by hand, personalize them and learn the processes, practices and pitfalls of keeping them. Work with water-based media exploration, problem solving, observation and some games. You carry your sketchbook with you all the time, and live or die by it.
 
GAGE NEWS
  Visit Gage on Facebook!

Check out the new Gage Academy of Art Facebook page! Just click the "Like" button after the Gage name to keep up-to-date on the latest happenings at your favorite art school!
 
GAGE EXHIBITIONS
  Steele Gallery
Sketch and Repeat

Through June 11

This exhibition examines how ideas evolve as a piece is created. From the most linear translations to more spontaneous solutions, this show illuminates the varied processes of participating artists including Timothy Cross, Dawn Cerny, Robin Crookall, Erik Geschke, Julia Freeman and Matthew Offenbacher.

Lake, by Timothy Cross
 
  Rosen Gallery
New Classical

Through June 11

Juliette Aristides's Classical Atelier students present new drawings and paintings founded in traditional academic techniques, highlighting each artist’s observational skills.

Studio Corner, by Juliette Aristides
 
  Entry Gallery:
The Classical Graduate

Through June 11

Walker Hall exhibits his final paintings upon his completion of the Classical Atelier’s four-year intensive program of study.

Art by Walker Hall
 
ARTBEAT: GALLERY SHOWS
  Tonia Arehart Shows at Inner Chapters Bookstore
Through June 30
Inner Chapters Bookstore, 419 Fairview Ave N, Seattle

Gage artist Tonia Arehart exhibits her medium Italian plaster and waxes at a great local, independent bookstore-cafe.
 
  Celebrating Realism
June 1 - 28
Artists' Reception June 5, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Museo Gallery, 215 First Street, Langley, WA

Featuring some of the most talented artists in the Northwest, including Gage artists Gary Faigin, Claudia Pettis, William Elston, John Rizzotto, Tenaya Sims and Juliette Aristides, June's exhibit explores the many aspects of realism emphasizing classical forms and themes.

Art by Tenaya Sims
 
  Lauren Klenow to Exhibit at Nepo Exhibition
June 5, 6:00pm - 12:00am
NEPO house: 1723 S Lander Street, Seattle, WA 98144

Gage artist & Exhibition Coordinator Lauren Klenow shows her projection installation Spray Paint Cloud at the NEPO 3: Air, Water, Fire (We Will Leave the Earth Behind) exhibition of performances, projections and projects.
 
  Claudia Pettis Solo Show at The Art Spirit Gallery
June 11 - July 3
Artists' Reception: Friday, June 11, 5:00pm-8:00pm
The Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave.,
Coeur d'Alene, ID

Don't miss Gage artist Claudia Pettis's solo show, Paintings & Sculpture From a Shepherd's View, on view through the beginning of July.

Art by Claudia Pettis
 
  Amy Pleasant Shows at the Georgetown Art Center
June 12 - July 7
Artist Reception: Saturday, June 12 7:00pm-9:00pm
Georgetown Art Center, 5511 1/2 Airport Way, Seattle, WA

Gage artist Amy Pleasant's solo exhibition, Family Album, reveals a captured moment in time, the previous generation implied, the current generation recorded and the future generation looking back in curiosity.

Album 54, by Amy Pleasant
 
  Lanie Franza to Show at Edmonds Arts Festival
June 18-20
Edmonds Arts Festival, Frances Anderson Cultural Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds, WA

Gage artist Lanie Franza's oil painting, View From Elliott Bay Park, was accepted into the 2010 Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Gallery.

View From Elliott Bay Park, by Lanie Franza
 
  Susan Jones Exhibits at the Edmonds Arts Festival
June 18-20
Edmonds Arts Festival, Frances Anderson Cultural Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds, WA

Looking Back, a graphite drawing by Gage artist Susan Jones, was accepted into the 2010 Edmonds Arts Festival Juried Gallery.

Looking Back, by Susan Jones
 
ARTNEWS
  Best of Magnusen Park
July 17 - 18, 10:00am - 6:00pm
Hangar 30, Magnusen Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA

Over 100 fine artists & craftspeople sell their latest creations in glass, metal, wood, ceramics, oils, textiles and fine gems. For more information, please visit their web site, or call 206.525.5926.
 
CALL FOR ARTISTS
  Seattle, WA + Conductive Garboil Grant
Deadline: June 7

A $3,000 award available to Seattle artists connected to the Pioneer Square neighborhood who demonstrate a profound ability to challenge the limits of conductive creative discourse and its effects on society, pushing the creative act beyond accepted limits, definitions or purposes of art while engaging audiences outside the aesthetic industrial complex. For more information: www.garboil.org, or e-mail Willow Fox.

Derivative of a Constant, by Su Job
 
  Best of Gage Wants You!

Were you enrolled in a Gage class or workshop between June 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010? Your work could be seen by guest juror Derrick R. Cartwright, Director of the Seattle Art Museum! Drop off your Best of Gage submission from 10:00am-4:00pm on Friday, June 11 or Saturday, June 12 in the Steele Gallery. Questions? Contact Lauren Klenow by phone (206.323.4243, ext. 18) or e-mail.

Permanence, by Elizabeth Zanzinger, Best in Show, 2009
 
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
  Volunteer Intern

The Kurt & Gladys Lang Print Collection seeks a volunteer intern to work 4 hours per week over the summer with the founders on photographing and cataloging their extensive print collection. If interested, please e-mail Pamela Belyea.
 



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