LAST CHANCE:
If you dig visual art and musical spectaculars, go see "Les Mamelles de Tiresias" at Vespertine Opera Theater. There are two performances, Tuesday, 2 and Thursday, 4 April, both at 8:00pm. The US Premier of Benjamin Britten's English, 2-piano
adaptation of Poulenc's first opera, performed in
Vaudeville/Cabaret style in the Columbia City Theater. David McDade, head coach
and accompanist at Seattle Opera, and Dean Williamson, nationally renowned
conductor, are featured as Music Directors and pianists of a historic new
edition of this piece edited and reconstructed by internationally renowned
Doctorate Musicologist, coloratura soprano, and
Seattle Opera Young Artist Program alumna Emily Hindrichs. Featuring Tess
Altiveros, José Rubio, Danny Oakden, and local opera singer Roxanna Walitzki. All are
invited to come early and partake liberally of the in-theater bar. It will be
an operatic experience unlike any other.
"Telephone" at Bherd Studios closes this week! This is, quite frankly, one of the coolest and most inspiring shows I have seen in Seattle in the past year. Imagine playing the children's game 'Telephone' except with art! Featuring six 'conversations' and 22 artists, this show is a must-see if you weren't able to make it to the last month's art walk in Greenwood. The studio is open Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 3-5 April until 6pm.
COMING UP:
The 1st Wednesday Art Walk in Wallingford doesn't officially start until May, but if you find yourself in the neighbourhood on Wednesday, 4 April, stop into Trophy Cupcakes between 4.30 and 7.30pm for the "Gold Sparkle Photobooth Party!" Trophy is partnering with Usnaps to create a book of photo booth pictures! If you and your friends can strike some party perfect poses, you just may appear on the pages of our book (coming out in September from Sasquatch Books)! Bonus: free mini Trophy Cupcakes and image downloads from Usnaps (the best photobooth in town) for all who pose for the camera! Free! RSVP on the Facebook event page and invite your friends! 18+. Specifically looking for couples, groups of girlfriends (and guy friends). Stylish fun party clothes a plus. Party clothes with sparkle? Even better!
COMING UP:
The 1st Wednesday Art Walk in Wallingford doesn't officially start until May, but if you find yourself in the neighbourhood on Wednesday, 4 April, stop into Trophy Cupcakes between 4.30 and 7.30pm for the "Gold Sparkle Photobooth Party!" Trophy is partnering with Usnaps to create a book of photo booth pictures! If you and your friends can strike some party perfect poses, you just may appear on the pages of our book (coming out in September from Sasquatch Books)! Bonus: free mini Trophy Cupcakes and image downloads from Usnaps (the best photobooth in town) for all who pose for the camera! Free! RSVP on the Facebook event page and invite your friends! 18+. Specifically looking for couples, groups of girlfriends (and guy friends). Stylish fun party clothes a plus. Party clothes with sparkle? Even better!
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| "Connect the Dots" @ Gallery IMA |
The 1st Thursday Art Walk in Pioneer Square, Thursday, 4 April from 5-8pm. The Belfry is celebrating its 1-year anniversary with art by Liberty Tattoo! Gallery 110 is featuring "Fear, Hope, Longing: Paintings of the Pacific Northwest" by David Haughton in the main gallery and Pascale Lord's "A Table" in the small gallery. Check out "Connect the Dots" at Gallery IMA, featuring Eric Olson and Rebecca Shortle. OK Gallery has the work of Taylor Renno. SOIL presents "13 Hats," a collective of 11 visual artists and writers. Also see new work at 4Culture, ArtXchange, Core Gallery, Delicatus, Heart, Foster White Gallery, Inscape Arts, Linda Hodges Gallery, Nord Alley, Punch, Shift, Trabant Coffee, Zeitgeist Coffee, and more! Pioneer Square is the oldest art walk in the United States, and features over 50 galleries, studios, and other art spaces!
"Art & the Environment Panel: Sow, Harvest, and Eat: Seattle Grows Sustainable Agriculture" at the Olympic Sculpture Park, Thursday, 4 April from 7-10.30pm. Join us for the next panel discussion in the Art & the Environment series at SAM's Olympic Sculpture Park, presented in close collaboration with the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and Seattle Tilth. Seattle has earned a reputation for a burgeoning horticultural scene, thriving farmers markets, and excellent local food. This conversation brings together figures working across the landscape of agriculture and food in and around Seattle. They will discuss how their work fosters community, advances environmental justice, helps local residents forge connections to our regional environment and history, and uses art and design to create ties between people and food. Collectively, their work is yielding a city that supports both ecological and community sustainability. The event is FREE, but tickets are required. Claim yours here.
"Spring Open House" at the Henry Art Gallery, Friday, 5 April from 7-10pm. View our current exhibitions and take a tour! Participate in a reading of Robert Creely’s Numbers Suite with Nadine Maestas. CV Dazzle Camouflage Makeovers by Bronwyn Lewis. Check out the Psychic Nail Parlor with Izzie Klingels. Live orchestral performance of Pablo Helgera’s “Endingness”. Music and Visuals in the loading doc by I WANT YOU ART AND DESIGN. Enjoy complimentary beer courtesy of Pyramid Breweries and babycakes courtesy of Cupcake Royale.
"Icons & Influences"
at the Ltd
Gallery, opening reception Friday, 5 April from 7-11pm, featuring brand new art from Justin Hillgrove and Mike Capp! The show runs through 28 April, and will also be open during the 2nd Thursday Capitol Hill Artwalk on 11 April.
The 1st Friday Art
Walk in Fremont, Friday, 5 April from 6-9pm. Bellefleur
Lingerie is showing the boudoir photography of Linda Kahle. Frame Up Studios
is featuring the black and white photography of Timothy Barney. GiGi Retro Inspired Clothing has Victorian-style jewellery by Leslie-Anne of Barones Lovey de Luxe. HomeStreet Bank is featuring dollar bill inspired art by Sean Hamilton. Makerhaus is hosting a Pop Up Shop fundraiser for Urban ArtWorks, a local non-profit organization that aims to empower young people through professional opportunities in the arts. Pel'Meni
Dumpling Tzar has a double feature of Lindsey Anzures and Melissa Croseto. Portage Bay Goods has Cellar Door Mercantile. Saturn is featuring four artists this month: Amy McCaleb, Heidi Randall, Hillary McMullen, and Jaclyn Miller; and Space has Angie Hihn, Bill
Matthews, and Joya Marsh this month.
The 1st Friday Art Walk in Bainbridge Island,
Friday, 5 April from 6-8pm. See new and exciting work at Bainbridge Arts &
Crafts, Blackbird Bakery, the BPA,
Danger, Fork & Spoon, Ginger, Harbour Public House,
Island
Gallery, Pegasus Coffee, PrettyStick,
Roby King
Gallery, and more!
"Cherry Blossoms," the first free Saturday at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, Saturday, 6 April from 11am-2pm. Tour SAAM's renowned Japanese art collection and create your own watercolor painting inspired by artworks that celebrate cherry blossom season!
"Cherry Blossoms," the first free Saturday at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, Saturday, 6 April from 11am-2pm. Tour SAAM's renowned Japanese art collection and create your own watercolor painting inspired by artworks that celebrate cherry blossom season!
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| Julie Luke @ Red Raven Gallery |
"Strange Coupling" at Blindfold
Gallery, Tuesday, 6 April from 6-9pm. Blindfold is hosting the 10th
anniversary showing of "Strange Coupling," a show of work made by
students from the UW School of art in collaboration with local Seattle
artists. Artist pairings: Frank Correa and Stephanie Klausing, Shaw Osha and Chao Wang, Joel Ong and Tina Aufiero, Tivon Rice and Hesheng Chen, George Rodriguez and Marisa Bautista, Serrah Russell and Alexandria Kewitt, Jenny Heishman and Eric Seremek, Luke Haynes and Caylin Cordray, Jacob Foran and Monica Pauls, Susanna Bluhm and Max Cleary, Karn Junkinsmith and Brit Ruggirello
The 2nd Thursday
Art Walk in Capitol Hill, Thursday, 11 April from 5-9pm.
Check out "EIDOLONS," a new collection of 3D mixed media work by Zoe Williams at Ghost Gallery! Don't miss new work at Apocalypse
Tattoo, Blindfold
Gallery, Boom Noodle, Cupcake Royale,
High 5 Pie,
Frame Central, Joe Bar, Laughing
Buddha, Online Cafe, Retrofit Home,
True Love
Gallery, and more!
"Transmission" at the Mercury, Thursday, 11 April from 9.30pm til late. You do not have to be a member for this night, and you do not need a member to sign you in. It is open to the public. No dress code. Free for members before 9.30pm. Starts at 9pm and goes til 2am. The performer will go on around 10.30 and again at 11.30, and the artist will be there all night. Come buy art, drinks, hear music and watch a sexy lady dance. "Transmission" happens the 2nd Thursday of every month.
The 2nd Thursday Art Walk in West Seattle, Thursday, 11 April from 6-9pm. The Twilight Gallery & Boutique is featuring "Sporozoan Lore" by RobRoy Chalmers. Also check out new work at the The Heartland Cafe, Hotwire Coffee, Shoofly Pie, Windermere, and more!
"Transmission" at the Mercury, Thursday, 11 April from 9.30pm til late. You do not have to be a member for this night, and you do not need a member to sign you in. It is open to the public. No dress code. Free for members before 9.30pm. Starts at 9pm and goes til 2am. The performer will go on around 10.30 and again at 11.30, and the artist will be there all night. Come buy art, drinks, hear music and watch a sexy lady dance. "Transmission" happens the 2nd Thursday of every month.
The 2nd Thursday Art Walk in West Seattle, Thursday, 11 April from 6-9pm. The Twilight Gallery & Boutique is featuring "Sporozoan Lore" by RobRoy Chalmers. Also check out new work at the The Heartland Cafe, Hotwire Coffee, Shoofly Pie, Windermere, and more!
The 2nd
Friday Art Walk in the Greenwood-Phinney neighbourhood, Friday, 12 April from 6-9pm. Bherd Studios presents "Squid
Inc." Giant Squid Supply was one of the great companies to arise from the
American Industrial Revolution, establishing itself in Ballard, WA in 1839. A
squid-producing, transporting, refining and marketing company, their products
fed kings, presidents, and the common man. Their miracle cure—Squid Ink—battled ailments
from halitosis to boot rot, and could be found across the nation and the world
(especially popular in print shops behind the Iron Curtain). A powerful
monopoly on the cephalopod trade, the company was broken up by the Supreme
Court in 1987, and its history is shrouded in mystery. But the curtain has
begun to lift! The collection
of artifacts on display at Bherd Gallery was unearthed as
recently as 1993, and has been painstakingly restored to the current condition.
Four local artisans—Duffy,
Justin Kane Elder & Stefan Hoffman of Electric Coffin, and Kellie Talbot—worked
with the region’s top scientists, sociologists and philosophers for two decades
to piece together facts amidst the mythology behind Giant Squid Supply.
Transforming the Bherd Gallery into a cabinet of curiosities from the rise and
fall of Squid Inc., these artist-scholars present vintage advertising and artifacts,
shedding light on the history of this company that once held the world in their
tentacles. Learn the forgotten history of this once-proud company, and find out
why Great Grandpop always smelled of brine when he brushed his teeth. (from bherdstudios.com)
Don't miss "Cabaret of the Absurd" at Tasty, opening reception Friday, 12 April from 6-10pm! A unique art exhibition that will surely dazzle the senses with an exciting array of artistic talents from two milliners: Tuzzie Muzzie and Willow Headresses plus artworks from Alea, Ariel, Aubrey, David, Dienzo, Javier, Lacey, Laurie, Lea, Megan, Megz, Natalie, Nina, Stasia, TV Tommy, and Whitney. (from shoptastyart.com)
EchoEcho is hosting a "Star Wars Tribute Art Show" featuring 18 local artists! Don't miss "Spring 13" at Naked City Brewery, a birthday celebration and art show by Casey Brookbush! There's also new and exciting work at Chocolatti, Full Circle, Gainsbourg, Two Bird Tattoo and Urban Light Studios!
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| "Guerrilla Girls" @ Form/Space Atelier |
Also check out "Monsters on Their Day Off," the art of Travis Louie at Roq la Rue, from 6-9pm. This is Roq la Rue's last show in their Belltown location! Next month they're moving to Pioneer Square, so stay tuned for updates! Also, brand new work at Art/Not Terminal Gallery.
"Pancakes & Booze" at El Corazon, Saturday, 13 April from 8pm-2am. Come see the show that's been sweeping the nation! Now with shows in Los Angeles, Austin, Portland, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Dallas, Nashville, Phoenix, Denver, San Francisco, Chicago, and now SEATTLE!!! Live body painting! Live music! Live art battle! All-U-Can-Eat Pancake Bar with all of your favorite toppings! Only $5 at the door, 21+ event!
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| Redd Walitzki @ The Balmar |
The 2nd Saturday Art Walk in the Central District returns in May! Stay tuned for new happenings at the Neptune Gallery Sculpture Garden, Atelier Autumnthing, Hi-Spot Cafe, Pratt Fine Art Centre, Twilight Exit and more!
The 2nd Saturday Art Walk in Georgetown, Saturday 13 April from 6-9pm. "Mechanical Aviary" by me (Braden Duncan) has multiplied and is making an encore appearance at American Pie this month! Krab Jab Studios is featuring a retrospective of sci-fi/fantasy artist RK Post 20 years in the making. LxWxH Gallery is hosting "Pieces of a Whole" by Sean M Johnson. Also check out new work at Artcore Tattoo, Belle & Whissel, Fantagraphics Bookstore, Georgetown Arts & Cultural Centre, Nautilus Studios, The Roving Gallery, Smarty Pants, Totally Blown Glassworks, Two Tartes Cafe, Wax Expressions, and more!
"Myths, Fables & Legends" at the Piranha Shop, Friday, 19 April from 6pm-midnight30. The Hive Gallery and Studios from Los Angeles collaborates with the Seattle alternative art scene to bring you a show featuring over 80 artists, live music by Battlecat Mars, and circus performances by the Wreckless Freaks! $5 cover, artists get in free!
The 3rd Friday Art Walk in the University District, Friday, 19 April from 6-9pm. KEXP presents: "Hood to Hood in the U District!" Music and DJ's all over the U District in addition to all of your favourite local art venues! Check out new work at BC Surf & Sport, Cafe Allegro, Cafe Solstice, Gargoyles Statuary, Lucid Gallery, Starbucks, Trabant Coffee & Chai and more! Don't forget to stop by Boulevard Grocery for a bag of fresh-roasted coffee hand-painted by a local Seattle artist!
"RAW Seattle presents: Marvel" at the Aston Manor Social Club. Saturday, 20 April from 7-11pm. Seattle socialite and heir to the Puget Sound's most notorious bootlegging family, Roy Aston developed his father's already profitable business into a veritable empire. RAW Seattle is excited to announce that Aston Manor will now be hosting our monthly shows! As the hottest speakeasy in town, RAW will be showcasing in a venue that is not like anything you've seen before. Aston Manor is the place where the liquor runs pure and the entertainment is decidedly not. Featuring 8 local artists, 3 fashion designers, hair & make-up artists, music, and a performance act! 21+ CASH BAR ONLY! $10 in advance, $20 at the door, $15 with college ID.
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| Brian Hatfield @ Otherworlds |
The 3rd
Thursday Art Walk in Edmonds, Thursday, 21 March from 5-8pm.
Come see the anime-inspired robot paintings of Brian Hatfield at Otherworlds. In addition to the art walk, Otherworlds
regularly hosts fun and exciting
steampunk/gamer/geek/sci-fi/fantasy/gothic/horror-themed events! Cheesemongers
is right next door if you find yourself in need of something delicious, and you
can check out new work at ARTspot, Arts Now, C'est La
Vie, The Papery, Red
Petal Cakes, Stunningly Strange Gallery, and more
than 30 other Edmonds art spaces!
"Japanese Ghost Stories" at Otherworlds, Saturday 29 April from 6-8pm. Come for tea, traditional treats, ghost stories, and instruction in calligraphy! Stories by Seattle Storyteller's Guild storyteller Nancy Calos-Nakano. ***This event is not directed toward, or intended for children or the faint of heart!*** $15 cover.
ONGOING:
"Artist Trust Arts Innovators" at SAM, Friday, 26 April from 7-8pm. Seattle
Art Museum and Artist Trust are thrilled to present 2012 Arts
Innovator Award recipients Mandy
Greer and Dayna
Hanson in a multi-disciplinary performance piece that combines the work of
pioneering choreographer, filmmaker and multi-disciplinary artist Hanson with
that of artist Greer, whose groundbreaking work spans a spectrum of disciplines
and consistently defies categorization. Working together for the first time,
these two truly innovative artists will blend their unique works into a
visually dazzling performance with special guests, Artist Trust grant
recipients Peggy
Piacenza and Wade
Madsen. 30-minute Q&A to follow. Free! $10-$50 suggested donation greatly appreciated! Please donate here. Proceeds support Artist Trust programmes and services.
"Japanese Ghost Stories" at Otherworlds, Saturday 29 April from 6-8pm. Come for tea, traditional treats, ghost stories, and instruction in calligraphy! Stories by Seattle Storyteller's Guild storyteller Nancy Calos-Nakano. ***This event is not directed toward, or intended for children or the faint of heart!*** $15 cover.
ONGOING:
The Henry Art Gallery is currently hosting two shows: "Now Here is Also Nowhere Part II," a series of works that pose questions about mind, body, and soul (through 5 May); and "The Dowsing," textile objects by Anna Telcs (through 5 May).
The Frye Art Museum is showcasing two different exhibits this month. "Chamber Music" is a 36-artist response to the poetry of James Joyce. Curated by Scott Lawrimore, it features the work of Bonnie Biggs, Greg Lundgren, Jaq Chartier, Joey Veltkamp, Julie Alexander, Robert Campbell, Serrah Russell, Sharon Arnold, and more! Show runs through 5 May. Also featured are over 50 paintings and drawings by Nicolai Fechin, a Russian-American expressionist painter prolific at the turn of the 20th Century. Show runs through 19 May. The Frye also hosts an art lecture series every Thursday night.
With this
much going on, you couldn't possibly complain that there's nothing to do in
Seattle!
Support your
local art scene! Cheers.
~ BCDuncan
