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Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Displays New Solo Exhibition
Barbara Earl Thomas brings blood and fire to Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Painter, author and essayist Barbara Earl Thomas is among Seattle’s most emotionally evocative and socially engaged artists. Over the years, she has run the Northwest African American Museum, steered the Seattle Arts Commission and given countless spirited talks and lectures. She has also been the recipient of numerous awards, most recently the 2016 Artists Trust…
Orcas Island Artist Gives New Life to Fallen Trees
With Laura Yeats' touch, madrona trees become beautiful vessels
ORCAS ISLAND ARTIST LAURA YEATS has developed a unique relationship with a particular species of the island’s ubiquitous flora: the madrona tree. She uses the madrona’s gnarled, spout-like knots—which form as the tree self-prunes and heals itself—to create her imaginative bud vessels. “They started out as solid, sculptural pieces,” Yeats says, “but Nisha Klein…
Experimentations in Shape: Joan Wortis’ Handmade Textiles
Creative work by Vashon Island artist Joan Wortis includes pleated and dyed textiles
Joan Wortis’ home studio just off Wax Orchard Road on Vashon Island, is the ideal spot for indulging the artist’s creative side. “The island is a great place to work,” Wortis says. “Quiet, peaceful, no telephones in the studio…I can focus.” Such focus is critical to the creation of Wortis’ pleated and dyed textile works,…
Natural Elements of the PNW-Inspired Ceramist Carolina Silva
Shaped by Spanish roots and a connection to nature, Dorotea Ceramics owner creates unique pottery
Ceramist Carolina Silva blends artistic influences from her native Spain and natural elements inspired by the Pacific Northwest into the handmade pottery pieces she creates for her line Dorotea Ceramics. Silva’s daintily etched florals and playful color palettes make ordinary objects like plates, bowls, vases and pie servers extraordinary. The Phinney Ridge resident says she…
Full Extension: Tariqa Waters’ Personal Art & Style
In arts and in fashion, Tariqa Waters is unapologetically herself
Hair RaisingAsk artist and Martyr Sauce gallery owner Tariqa Waters about her morning dressing routine and she’ll tell you it starts from the top. “My hair changes up everything,” she says. “When it’s in a ’fro, I like to soften things up a bit with my outfit. Go really clean-cut. But with braids, I can…
24 Reasons We Love Seattle Right Now
The days may be darker and wetter this time of year, but there’s no shortage of ways to spend them
Clockwise from top left: Redmond Work & Western Wear; fried chicken Wednesdays at Bookstore Bar; Seattle Pinball Museum; Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park; Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar
Buying Art With An Emotional Connection
A Madrona art collection holds its own against a Lake Washington vista
The Madrona home that Alex Landes shares with her partner, Chris Koehler, boasts a stunning view of Lake Washington, with Mount Baker and Mount Rainier visible in the distance. But equally eye-catching is the art collection, which Landes has been amassing for the past 15 years. A local real estate developer and former owner of…
Point, Click, Collect
Amazon.com has entered the fine art biz
In October, adored and anonymous British street artist Banksy—whose work customarily fetches tens of thousands of dollars—set up a simple stall at New York’s Central Park and offered his own original spray-painted pieces for $60 each. He staffed the booth with a nondescript older man wearing a baseball cap and a vest. No sales happened…
Amazon Opens Fine Art Store (Wine and Cheese Not Included)
The Seattle megaretailer is crashing the fine art party
Amazon Fine Art (beta) launched today, right on the heels of the gigantic news that Jeff Bezos purchased The Washington Post (not a copy of the newspaper, but the entire newspaper). The timing has many people fretting about Bezos becoming king of the world, but until that happens we might as well explore the new…
Seattle’s SuttonBeresCuller Sources New Performance Event from Craigslist
A wise man once said, “You can find anything on Craigslist.” Seattle installation artists SuttonBeresCuller took that man at his word for “To Be Determined,” their current show at On the Boards. The artists used Craigslist to source all the materials for the event, from the sculptural installations–which include an impressively huge globe made of…
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