Opening night of The Black & White Show at Fraker Scott with Wanda Pelayo, in February of 2012. Part of the sequence from Drawings in Dust is on the Wall behind.
Is Bremerton The New Brooklyn? Many Reasons to Visit The CVG Show 2012
Ok, ok, I know Burien has been fighting for this title, (and in fact it may not even be relevant, since I am told by some that China, the entire nation, is the new Williamsburg, and who cares about Brooklyn anyway, aren’t we over the USA??), but I would like to take this opportunity to point out that Bremerton has pretty much everything you need in a burgeoning arts community, and much to make its preening big sister to the east jealous.
This is a town where you can still find an affordable home, median price $199K. It’s a place where nature rules, and with considerable drama: In 2010 two bald eagles fighting over a fish knocked out power on Pleasant Avenue, electrocuting one bird in the process. It’s a place where you can spend the night at an upscale bed and breakfast or opt for a romantic and educational sleepover on an actual Navy destroyer from the Vietnam War. You can also see bits of submarines embedded in one of the fabulous waterfront parks, which features fountains that, through a feat of sculptural alchemy, become salmon swimming upstream. You can join the United States Marines and defend our nation in that honorable fashion, or get yourself a studio and make a whole lotta art and defend your aesthetic at the CVG Show, a rare state-wide juried competition with serious prize money at stake, hosted by Bremerton’s Collective Visions Gallery.
Yes, this is not just a travelogue, but an invitation to visit the CVG Show, which opens January 29th, and which I am honored to be part of. Friends Paula Gill, Jennifer Carrasco and Laura Brodax will also be represented, with pieces that are not to be missed. Kathleen Moles, curator at the LaConner Museum of Northwest Art selected 137 works from nearly 800 submitted. There will be many community events in conjunction with the exhibit. Details can be found at Collective Visions Gallery.
Glen Davis, photographer, graciously granted permission to use his portraits of the Bremerton waterfront. It truly is a marvel, and well worth the trip, even if you don’t make it to the show.
© Glen Davis, Legendary Portraits of Manette
Iskra in Icon Show at Fraker/Scott
I hope you will come down to Pioneer Square this first Thursday to the opening of the juried “Icon” show at Fraker/Scott Gallery. The show will be up for a month, with a reception for the artists and an awards ceremony on Saturday, September 24 from 5-7 PM. The gallery is located at 121 Prefontaine Pl. S in the Tashiro Kaplan building (425.883-4633.)
My piece is a collage transfer print created from a recent photoshoot in the Duwamish industrial area. It is both an homage to one of the great emblems of modern engineering, the Hydrant, and a record of one day, captured and layered in collage-space.
Iskra at Artspace
My work is included this month in the National Juried Printmaking and Photography Exhibition at Artspace Gallery. The show was curated by Richard Waller, Executive Director, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, Virginia. Out of 567 images submitted 56 were selected. The physical show will be up from March 26 to April 18, 2010 and a gallery of the work can be seen online at the Artspace Picasa Gallery.
The Happiness Project and Drawing Dreams
This summer I was approached by an organization called Drawing Dreams to contribute artwork to their new Berkley-based non-profit that provides art supplies to children’s hospitals. In appreciation of their support, donors to the organization are given cards made from work by the site’s artists. It is a pretty stunning group of artists and I am honored to be part of the group. You can see my featured piece, called Be Happy, and other works by contributing artists here.
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