Events | Past Exhibitions
Past exhibitions held
in the Steele Gallery
at Gage Academy of Art
Steele Gallery:
The Birds and the Beasts
May 10 – June 7, 2013
Artists’ Reception: Friday, May 10, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Concurrent Artist’s Lecture: Friday, May 10, 7:00 pm
Painter Todd Horton and Gage teaching artist Bill Evans exhibit their expressive paintings and sculptures of birds and beasts. Horton’s layered, compositions of birds and native fauna reflect an interactive connection with the natural world, while Evans’s gestural animal figures portray a heightened sense of our animal nature, revealing commonalities with the wild creatures in our midst.
Mare (detail), by Bill Evans
Steele Gallery
Tom Sherwood: Generations
February 22 - March 29, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, February 22, 6:00pm-8:00pm
Guest Curator: John Sisko
Tom Sherwood’s exquisite egg tempera and gold paintings drawings, prints and sculpture reveal powerful, expressive moments that have philosophical, thematic, geometric or mythological complexity. Sherwood has lived and worked in Bellingham as an artist, teacher and scholar for over 40 years. He is a respected central figure in that regional art community, but regrettably, his work has had very little public exposure in commercial galleries. This is Sherwood’s first substantial solo show, and the largest public exhibition of his paintings.
This exhibition is presented in conjunction with Tom Sherwood’s lecture, To Make a Line.
Man and Boy, by Tom Sherwood
Steele Gallery
Tom Hoffmann:
Watercolor: Thoughtfulness | Spontaneity
Exhibition/Book Release
January 11 - February 15, 2013
Opening Reception & Book Signing: Friday, January 18, 6:00pm-8:00pm
An exhibition of watercolor paintings by Tom Hoffmann, and several of the artists who contributed to his new book, Watercolor Painting: A Comprehensive Approach to Mastering the Medium. This exhibition delves into the essential and far-reaching concepts of this medium, and includes some of the artists from around the world, featured in Hoffmann’s book who are dedicated to the art of contemporary watercolor painting.
This exhibition is presented in conjunction with Tom Hoffmann’s lecture, Finding a Community: Watercolor and the Web
March, by Tom Hoffmann
Steele Gallery: The Realm of the Feminine: Interior Edge
March 25 – April 14, 2012
Ten figurative artists exhibit ceramic sculptures that dissect and expose fragments of the psyche, each creating her own distinct and emotive landscape encapsulated within a human rendering. Tip Toland, Christyl Boger, Lisa Clague, Cristina Cordova, Adrian Arleo, Anne Drew Potter, Kathleen Skeels, Aisha Harrison and Christine Golden showcase the female figure as a vehicle to explore the personal nuances of the feminine.
*The Realm of the Feminine is guest curated by Christine Golden as part of the 2012 National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference.
Up, Up and Away, by Christine Golden
Steele Gallery: Stop-Framing Me
August 3 – August 31
Animation is rooted in practices of drawing, photography, collage, sculpture, filmmaking and storytelling. Through experimental combinations of these processes, it steps around them to find its own niche as a respected art form. Curated by Tess Martin and Webster Crowell, Stop-Framing Me exhibits their own recent work as well as animated short films of other Seattle Experimental Animation Team (SEAT) collective members, including Clyde Petersen, Stefan Gruber, Britta Johnson, Sarah Jane Lapp, Drew Christie and Salise Hughes. Don't miss the concurring guest lecture with Webster Crowell and Tess Martin Friday, August 3, at 7:00pm.
Art from the animated film Parasol, by Webster Crowell
Stop-Framing Me: Gallery Show from Tess Martin on Vimeo.
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Brick and Mortar
February 17 - March 20, 2012
Steele Gallery
For the last several decades, contemporary art has grown to encompass an endless list of materials viable for creating artwork. This group exhibition brings together artists working across a variety of media to collectively examine how the “brick and mortar” materials of traditional art processes, drawing and painting, continue to lay the foundation of contemporary art today. Exhibiting artists include Norman Lundin, Katy Stone, Pat DeCaro, Robert Maki, Amanda Manitach, Kelda Martensen, Nola Avienne, Victoria Haven and Pat DeCaro.
Co-curated by Shelly Leavens and Lauren Klenow.
Hiding, by Pat DeCaro
Steele Gallery: Trajectory
May 18 – June 8
Marking the 100-year anniversary of the birth of sculptor Everett DuPen, Trajectory exhibits the progression of figurative sculpture in Seattle over the past 60 years. Beginning with works of DuPen, Gage teaching artist Michael Magrath creates an arc of local sculptors showing his own recent work and that of promising young sculptors who he has mentored, including Lance Dooley, Brandis Svendsen and Katrina Wolfe. Don't miss the concurring guest lecture with Michael Magrath, Friday, May 18 at 7:00pm.
The Magic Portal, by Lance Dooley
Steele Gallery: My Broken Loom
April 20 – May 12
The works of Brian Cypher, Robert Hardgrave, Jenny Heishman and Kimberly Trowbridge come together in an intimate, darkened viewing space where paintings, drawings, collages and objects resound. Patterns from nature, basket weaving, beach towels and imagined brooches worn by Cleopatra are used to create works that echo and alter the experience of being a body in space. By reusing, recombining, stitching-together and scraping-back, the exhibited works call forth the rhythmic structures of their making. Don't miss the concurring guest lecture with Kimberly Trowbridge, Friday, April 20 at 7:00pm.
Splash, by Brian Cypher
How Things Stack Up
January 17 - February 10, 2012
Steele Gallery
Robin Crookall presents new work, including large-scale photographs and video depicting near mishaps and absurd accidents. Beginning with the absurdity and futility she finds in restoration practices, Crookall creates compelling vignettes of implied action, which, through photography, allow her contrived realities to convince the viewer that these spaces and moments in time once existed.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Steele Gallery:
Make Space
Through November 9, 2012
Taking a virtual road trip around our geographically diverse state, Make Space explores the tiny to small towns of Washington where artists are living and creating within bucolic settings in vibrant art communities.
Artists include Jessica Bonin and James Reisen of Edison (population 133!), Justin Gibbens and Renee Adams of Thorp, Jeremy Newman and Alison Ciancibelli of Twisp, Ellen Picken of Republic and David Eisenhour of Port Hadlock. These artists exhibit works across various media that push beyond the boundaries of their small towns, yet reflect connections to the raw materials and wildlife of the surrounding landscape and the rural communities of which they are an integral part.
Classical Drawing: Techniques and Illustration
November 18, 2011 - January 12, 2012
Steele Gallery
A resurgence of interest in traditional art aesthetics has spurred contemporary artists to rethink working methods of the past. This exhibition examines such methods, illuminating various drawings and illustrations included in Juliette Aristides's new book Lessons in Classical Drawing. New work by Aristides is also exhibited alongside Jennifer Baker's pen and ink illustrations of key drawing principles and works by numerous atelier-trained artists.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Pigeon by Juliette Aristides
Selma Waldman: Gesture and Empathy
October 19 – November 12, 2011
Steele Gallery
The superbly executed drawings of Selma Waldman (1931-2008) are reminiscent of Rembrandt, Francisco Goya and Käthe Kollwitz. Selected works from Waldman’s Falling Man and Naked Aggression Series show the intensity of her social concerns and are matched by the ferocity of her gestural imagery, bonding archetypes of war and genocide, to the demands of witness, the passion for justice and the discipline of drawing.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Prospects
September 19 - October 14, 2010
Steele Gallery
Tucked away in the corner of the United States, the Pacific Northwest offers a unique landscape that provides unending inspiration to the artists of this region. Tied to this landscape are also historical stories of pioneers and exploration that founded the cities and cultures we know today. Artists Justin Colt Beckman, Matthew Browning, Elias Hansen and Allyce Wood exhibit works that ruminate on these connections to their native landscape and investigate the curious spirit of the pioneer.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Thicket (Bounty) by Allyce Wood
Think Ink
August 5 – September 5, 2011
Steele Gallery
Local artists, cartoonists and graphic illustrators exhibit pen and ink artworks that display exceptional technical skill and creative, narrative story lines. Working with the constraints and possibilities of the fluid nib and inkwell, artists David Chelsea, David Lasky, Bob Rini, Jim Woodring and more dazzle the viewer with complex compositions and unexpected shifts in perspective.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Alzheimer's, by David Chelsea
Contemporary Drawing in the Northwest
May 20 - June 11, 2011
Steele Gallery
More than 50 artists contributed drawings to Margaret Davidson's new book Contemporary Drawing: Key Concepts and Techniques. This exhibition delves into the essential and far-reaching concepts of this medium and includes some of the local Pacific Northwest artists featured in Davidson's book who represent the best of contemporary drawing.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Sedimentation, detail, by Margaret Davidson
Between Cornice and Cantilever
April 22 - May 15, 2011
Steele Gallery
The Steele Gallery is nestled beneath sloping roofs and between storage closets and studios. Taking advantage of the absurd angles and eccentricities of the gallery, artists Iole Alessandrini, Julie Alpert, Jeremy Mangan and Leo Saul Berk display paintings and site-specific installations alongside drawings by architect Richard Sundberg. Together these works examine the ways we frame, design and configure structures and space.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Between Corson and Carlton, by Julie Alpert
Breadth: A Cross-Examination of Seattle Portraits
March 18 - April 16, 2011
Steele Gallery
A panoramic display of portraits lines the Steele Gallery for this large-scale group exhibition. More than 20 local artists create a collective portrait of Seattle by exhibiting works that characterize local people and places. Executed in any medium or style, the only limitation is that the width of each piece cannot exceed 20 inches.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Self Portrait by Buddy Bunting.
Queen Bee
January 24 - March 11, 2011
Steele Gallery
Seattle artist Amy Johnson transforms the Steele Gallery into a site-specific installation performance piece, composed of mixed-media materials and audio. Johnson uses storytelling to compose imagery and create environments that illustrate both the gruesome and the seductive nature of fairy tales. Her work explores the tension between the myths and realities embedded in her Southern heritage and cultural expectations for women.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Below Freezing
November 19 - January 8
Steele Gallery
Anna McKee presents new works inspired by a recent trip to Antarctica alongside Cynthia Camlin's watercolors of icebergs. Both artists respond to the visual patterns found within the glacial landscape while contemplating the region's past and future.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Melted 4 by Cynthia Camlin.
Collage: A Dialouge
October 22 - November 13, 2010
Steele Gallery
Local artists Lisa Buchanan and Robert Yoder exhibit recent collage works based on a dialogue between the two artists. Using their artistic intuition, Buchanan and Yoder draw upon varied sources of printed paper materials, canvas and mixed media to create balanced compositions of bold colors, geometric shapes and lyrical lines.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Naïve by Lisa Buchanan
Kaleidoscope
September 19 - October 16, 2010
Steele Gallery
Gala Bent, Chauney Peck, and Matthew Sellars expand their artistic vocabularies as they combine drawing, collage, sculpture and installation, blurring the line between two and three dimensional objects.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Educating and Art Making
August 6 - September 10, 2010
Steele Gallery
Gage collaborates with Seattle School Districts to create an exhibition celebrating local educators of the arts. Gage understands and values the importance of teaching artists who continue to develop their own studio practice in addition to helping students find their artistic voice.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Sketch and Repeat
May 19 - June 11, 2010
Steele Gallery
This exhibition examines the preliminary steps in artmaking and how ideas evolve as a piece is created. From the most liner translations to more spontaneous solutions this show illuminates the varied processes of participating artists.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Colloquial: An Exhibition of Local Ceramics
April 20 - May 15, 2010
Steele Gallery
This exhibition showcases Northwest ceramists who use clay to depict subtle narratives that range from universal allegories to specific personal experiences. Exhibiting artists include Diem Chau, Geo Lastomirsky, Akio Takamori, Tip Toland and Patti Warashina.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Prayer for Peace by Tip Toland
Little Women: Self Portraits by Carol Mallett Adelman
February 22 - March 20, 2010
Steele Gallery
Carol Mallett Adelman exhibits a selection of works that combine self-portraits, art historical references and societal roles. Her process assembles fragments of visual experience, memory and imagination to imply a self that is never fully formed. By accumulating and deconstructing marks, Adelman builds images that can never be completely reconciled and are at best a fleeting reflection of a human form that becomes a metaphor for the construction of self.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Thriving in Seattle: A Retrospective
January 11 - February 19, 2010
Steele Gallery
This exhibition commemorates 20 years of training, art making and instruction that have made Gage Academy of Art the award-winning institution it is today. A collection of artwork created by Gage students and instructors is exhibited alongside photographs and artifacts collected throughout the years. Take a journey through Gage's continuing history and ever evolving community of artists from being founded in New York, launched in Santa Fe, and now thriving in Seattle.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Twenty Twenty by John Rizzotto
Landscape Painting: The Book
November 20, 2009 - January 7, 2010
Steele Gallery
A selection of paintings are featured from Mitchell Albala's new book Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice. The book's essential lessons are drawn from the author's 25 years of landscape painting experience and methods proven successful in his plein air workshops. Artists in the exhibition include Rebecca Allan, Marc Bohne, Jim Lamb, Kurt Solmssen, Michael Stasinos and Barbara Fugate.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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Two Paws by Mitchell Albala
Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth
October 14 - November 14, 2009
Steele Gallery
An exhibit of drawings and sculptures by Claire Cowie inspired by the Book of Revelation. For these works, the artist used as reference expansive sources including war photography, current events, Indian miniatures, Chinese scroll painting, and artists such as Francesco Ubertini, Pieter Bruegel, Fra Angelico, Martin Schongauer, Caspar David Friedrich, and Francisco Goya.
Curated by Lauren Klenow.
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