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Hot Georgetown Art Attack on August 10!
Visit the Georgetown Art Attack in Seattle’s oldest neighborhood for an evening of hot summer action with extended hours at the Trailer Park Mall for the annual and always entertaining Drag Strip! The FREE and family friendly Art Ride Bus tours the art destinations, including the west end locations such as studio e, Equinox Studios and more, with pick up locations thru out Georgetown, enabling your inner art lover to experience it all.
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Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Simon Hanselmann presents Bad Gateway at Fantagraphics Bookstore Saturday, August 10, 6:00 – 8:00 PM Exhibition of HOT OFF THE PRESS BOOK FAIR featured artists on view through September 9.
Artist Clara W. Dudley will be showing Menagerie. Needlepoint and silkscreen Within the walls of the menagerie are many strange and wonderful creatures. They are collected from the edges of the earth and brought into one place for all to view. Some are small and docile, content with their captivity. Others are large and ferocious, bored and eager to escape.
Pride In Georgetown. Bold, colorful abstracts. Come visit and see the newest work. 6007 12th Ave South above Via Tribunali. Call for a viewing 206-850-3045
The Hamilton Building A working space that opens its doors for Art Attack each month. Artist studios & curated exhibitions will be open from 6-9pm upstairs at 6007 12th Ave S. On view August 10: Susan Hernday, “Experiments in Watercolor.” Beth Fishman , Melissa Jeter Albrecht , David Johansson , Bridget O’Brien Smith , Markel Uriu .
The art of Jason Singler . Using pointillism as his technique and his skateboard’s grip tape as his canvas, Jason has forged his own unique style in the art community. Cityscapes and natural images come from his connection to Seattle and Georgetown. And his creatures and cartoonish personalities come from his vivid imagination.
The Palace Theater and Art Bar & Georgetown Trailer Park Mall The Gurls are pulling into the Trailer Park Mall as part of the August Art Attack for the yearly free show and summer celebration! Bring your lawn chairs and single dollar bills to tip the performers. Opening with one band, Javelin at 8pm, Bacon Strip presents Drag Strip at 9pm-ish! This year hosted by Sylvia and Honey, featuring: With Old Witch, Cookie Couture,Strawberry Shartcake, James Darling, Kara Sutra, DonnaTella Howe, Meat Man Bolt and Stage Stud Beta. Disco Vinnie will be spinning the hits and continuing the after party at The Palace Following the show.
Summer of Color. Established in 1991 as the Mary Tudor art studio, she retired and we continue in her direction. We bring you the most brilliant display of color in abstract form. Standing alone, we present a working studio and presentation space in Art Attack with Dari Stolzoff, Ferrell, Ramona Bell, and Badieh Bryant showing images in abstraction on paper, wood and canvas. Also don’t miss Luscious Leopard Lips, our talented D.J. with a Theremin, playing atmospheric music in the background. Always changing images, we’ll see you there.
Iconic Seattle DJ, Marco Collins shares his one-of-a-kind 90’s memorabilia collection. Rock Photographer, Karen Mason Blair‘s rarely seen and highly collectible photos of Seattle’s music icons before they got famous. Exclusive. Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam & Alice in Chains. Listen to Seattle DJ, Bill Reid‘s archived interviews with Nirvana, Chris Cornell, Courtney Love & more! Free Live music! Sponsored by Georgetown Brewing & The Bakeree in Georgetown, South Seattle’s favorite marijuana dispensary, providing free shuttle service to and from the venue.
The Eyes Have It : an international group show orchestrated by Tim Kerr of the 80’s hardcore band The Big Boys and Seattle’s own Monkeywrench August 10 – 31, 2019 Opening Reception August 10th 6-9pm A growing arts community in sunny West Georgetown, home to over 100 artists working in an inspiring array of mediums, including dance, blacksmithing, welding, woodworking, cycle fabrication, sculpture, painting, film, glass and art performances monthly.
Arctic / Antarctic: The North and South is a series by photographer Kelsey Wood highlighting the contrast between the Arctic in the North and the Antarctic in the South, as well as the polar day and polar night. Displayed in vibrant color with acrylic mounted prints and light boxes. |
May Flowers with Georgetown Art Attack!
| This May’s Art Attack is one you don’t want to miss! Featuring a vast array of inspiring industrial, fine arts, contemporary visual arts, music, and makers in Seattle’s oldest neighborhood. Georgetown, where art matters.
The FREE and family friendly Art Ride Bus tours the art destinations, including the west end locations such as studio e, the Shed Gallery and Equinox Studios, with pick locations throughout Georgetown, enabling art lovers to experience it all. |
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Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Presents recent prints and paintings by Georgetown artist Augie Pagan. Opening reception Saturday, May 11, 6:00 – 9:00 PM. Exhibition continues through June 7.
Taylor Renno is coming back into the art world after taking some time off to pursue a career in neuroscience. That experience now informs her art. This collection is inspired by dementia and Alzheimer’s sufferers and caregivers. Pride In Georgetown. Bold, colorful abstracts. Come visit and see the newest work. 6007 12th Ave South above Via Tribunali. Call for a viewing 206-850-3045. The Hamilton Building A working space that opens its doors for Art Attack each month. Artist studios & curated exhibitions will be open from 6-9pm upstairs at 6007 12th Ave S, across from All City Coffee in Georgetown. On view May 11: Beth Fishman, Melissa Jeter Albrecht, David Johansson, Bridget O’Brien Smith, Markel Uriu .
We Are Here. Artists: John Muir Elementary 5th Grade Student Artists, Visual Arts Teacher and mixed media artist: Julie Trout, Art Assistant: Hazel Monte, Visiting Artist: Marita Dingus. John Muir Elementary, part of Seattle Public Schools, is a culturally rich school located in the Rainier Valley. As a Title 1 school with limited resources, visual arts and our creative expressions act as a connector to address the inequities to create social change – internally and externally. With some background of the harmful effects of fast fashion, students only worked with remnants and a variety of fabrics and textiles donated by Prairie Underground.
The 2019 Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival. Gallery Pre-Screening and Community Voting. Reception, Saturday, May 11th at Oxbow Gallery 6-9pm Viewings – May 3rd, 5-8pm and May 9th 6-8pm. GS8 Film Screening at the Seattle Design Center. Friday, May 31, 7:00-9:30. Doors open at 6:30 5701 Sixth Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108 Come see and celebrate films created by community members through the Georgetown Super 8 program, a project that teaches super 8 filmmaking, loans participants cameras, and challenges them with documenting the Duwamish Valley, and capturing their ideas, with 1 roll of unedited super 8 film. Jellyfish Brewing and Bruno B Art Collectif Isaac Quigley, a Seattle-based artist whose acrylic paintings incorporate found objects, craft supplies, studio refuse, and heavy layers of collage. Though sculptural, drawing and form are essential, his process relies on an intuitive spontaneity that creates a messy and raw aesthetic. He uses materials to flesh-out a variety of landscapes and biological processes to help describe our relationship to our environment. The Palace Theater and Art Bar Drag and the City attracts lovers of drag shows from near and far! Dames of Drag is back for the latest installment featuring Tru St. James, Donnatella Howe, Kara Sutra, Dutchess Drew Nightshade and Miss Fraya Love . All performers offer different generational views and interpretations of the art of drag including some LIVE singing and comedy. $15 at the door with pre-show tickets available for only $12 here: damesofdrag.ticketleap.com/drag-and-the-city/ with music beginning at 7pm and the show starting at 8pm with a short intermission. This event is 18+ with Valid ID only.
Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center Open studios with many disciplines painting, printmaking , ephemera and bone readings by an eclectic group of humans. Open 6-9 pm New studio featuring Velvet and Rust studio. Come get your art on in one of Georgetown’s eclectic vintage buildings. Free and open to all ages
Join us for the official opening of Le Petite Cinema , a new film/theater/poetry space, tucked away in a shipping container in the heart of the Georgetown Trailer Park Mall. We are kicking off with a Vintage Cartoon Bonanza projected on real, live, old school 16mm film! Starting at 6pm, the show will feature sound and silent toons, as well as both black and white and color film’s spanning several decades starting in the 1920’s! Free popcorn! Our sassy vintage trailer shops will all be open and featuring vintage finds and local art. Or stop by to have a cookie experience with our amazing vendor Lowrider Cookies! An evening of jazz during Georgetown’s Art Attack at Georgetown Music… Christian Smith ‘s Benchmark is a local jazz quartet.. Music starts @ 7PM – $5 suggested donation for the band.. All ages – Bar w/ ID
Expressions in Color and Form . Established in 1991 as the Mary Tudor art studio, she retired and we became Illumination Studio. If you absolutely love color in all It’s glory then come into the studio that has the warmest, most brilliant display of color in abstract form. Standing alone, we have the collection with the most color of all the stops in Art Attack with Dari Stolzoff, Ferrell, Ramona Bell , and Badieh Bryant showing images in geometric, organic, and spacial on paper, wood and canvas. Also don’t miss Luscious Leopard Lips , our talented D.J. with a Theremin, playing atmospheric music in the background. See you there.
Featured in the guest showroom through May 31st, Kim Rask & Missy Douglas ( Uckiood) ODD JELLY OUT: Introversion Remember when you didn’t belong? When you appeared joyous yet you were anxious, when you wanted to fade away because you didn’t fit in, yes, you, the introvert, the excluded, the outsider, the shy, you, the individual, beautiful ODD JELLY OUT. Also showing Fogue Studio Members: Meet the artist members and check out the studio demos! A growing arts community in sunny West Georgetown, home to over 100 artists working in an inspiring array of mediums, including dance, blacksmithing, welding, woodworking, cycle fabrication, sculpture, painting, film, glass and art performances monthly.
As an athlete and an artist, Lynnee Jacks is inspired by the natural world, starscapes and the outdoor adventures that have taken her around the world. She began taking photos in 2015 while on an international skateboarding tour and has been seeking out new adventures to photograph ever since.Open during Art Attack.
The Purfume Counter : Dawn Cerny & Damien Hoar de Galvan . A collaborative 2-artist, 2-gallery exhibition. ” Dawn Cerny and Damien Hoar de Galvan share an aesthetic that is both formal and reductive while maintaining a sense of fun and curiosity. Both artists offer objects that allow us to contemplate their function, texture, and relation to the human body. Also, when shown together, they address issues of usefulness and create a tension of belief albeit fragile.” -Robert Yoder, SEASON Exhibit runs through May 18, 2019
Elysian Tap Room THE ART OF EMILY WAMSLEY Emily Wamsley is a Seattle-based artist that repurposes discarded tin and wood to create mix-media amalgamations which speak to the joys of life on the West Coast. Through the rigorous search and discovery of cast-off materiality, Emily’s work encapsulates a quality that is both distinctive and intangible.
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THE ART OF EMILY WAMSLEY AT THE ELYSIAN TAPROOM
Emily Wamsley is a Seattle-based artist that repurposes discarded tin and wood to create mix-media amalgamations which speak to the joys of life on the West Coast. Through the rigorous search and discovery of cast-off materiality, Emily’s work encapsulates a quality that is both distinctive and intangible.
Elysian Taproom – 5410 Airport Way S www.elysianbrewing.com
Feast on the Georgetown Art Attack on November 10!
Be thankful for the Georgetown Art Attack on Saturday, November 10 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM in Seattle’s oldest neighborhood! The FREE and family friendly Art Ride Bus tours the art destinations, including the west end locations such as studio e, and Equinox Studios, and locations throughout Georgetown, enabling your inner art lover to experience it all.
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Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Seattle cartoonist visual artist Eroyn Franklin presents new work on Saturday, November 10, 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
All City Coffee Holotropic is a series of works by Leo Shallat that explores the themes of growth and self reflection. Holotropic is defined as “Turning or changing – movement toward wholeness.” Each piece in this collection details a specific challenge, or aspect of self growth. These pieces are personal to the artist but are intended to explore themes relevant to anyone on the journey of self discovery.
Art Forma Our final show will feature the work of founder, Dede Falcone . Dede’s recent work utilizes paint and paper, layering textures and colors for deep and dramatic effect. Please follow our website and Instagram for exciting news about our new space. ArtForma will to continue to provide affordable access to local, emerging artists to show their work.
Marela Zacarias Studios Working with a labor-intensive process that merges sculpture with painting, Marela Zacarias fabricates forms out of wire screening attached to wooden supports or found objects to which she applies layers of plaster to create undulating forms. The sculptures are painted and close to being finished attesting to the progression and colors.Open to the public during Art Attack. 1222 S Angelo St. Seattle, WA 98108
Rainier Glass Studio Become part of the glass art experience, browse the gallery of NW artists unique blown glass art and stay for live demonstrations at 7pm during Art Attack.
The Alice Gallery Is exhibiting artists Jeanne Medina and Sara Jimenez thru November 17. Jeanne Medina works between textile, fashion, and performance. Medina considers her textile production as a process of decolonization through which she grapples with identity, ancestral trauma, and the fixed and fluid spaces of the body. She is interested in the language, meaning, and knowledge embodied in textiles which have been devalued by colonial hierarchies over time. Sara Jimenez is a Filipina-Canadian interdisciplinary artist. Sudden Lull, Terrific Gale, Dead Calm , presented in the Project Diana Space is a recent compilation of performative photos. This exhibition embodies the character of Urduja, a pre-colonial warrior princess and Jimenez’s intuitive responses to the landscape, exploring vulnerability, weight, and trauma.
Georgetown Music Join us for Acoustic Armageddon #49 . An evening of free entertainment at Georgetown Music during Art Attack. Featuring: Aaron Spieldenner , The Fuddz , and Nick Vazquez . Music starts at 6PM sharp. All ages welcome – Bar w/ ID
Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center presents The Wheel of Days, Wordless Dialogs , small format paintings by Carmen Cano. Cano is an object-maker born in Madrid,Spain. By assembling and connecting objects, images or materials into unexpected ways they radiate and evoke their own essence,Her works are frequently on the margin of dreamlike universes with bridges to the natural world as passages. Many of her distinctive ‘creatures’ are created with mixed elements from both worlds.
Mainframe Paintings, illustrations and photography will be showcased at Mainframe this evening. We are continuing the exhibit of photographer Paul Hernandez ‘s grunge era retrospective, “Star Gazing” , featuring iconic images of Seattle bands Mother Love Bone and Alice in Chains. Alongside these are the coffee sketch illustrations of Bud Cook , entitled “Grunge Gods” , as well as the surreal, whimsical pen and ink drawings of Socar Myles. Finally, a set of fantastical paintings of local artists Julie Baroh and Kyle Abernethy — the founders of Krab Jab Studio — will also be on display.
Illumination Studio# 305 Concepts In Abstract . Come in to where color lives. We specialize in abstract, organic, color field and spacial paintings. Dari Stolzoff with abstract and Ferrell with color field and spacial. Ramona Bell is our contributing artist with more abstract paintings. Also enjoy Luscious Leopard Lips , our D.J. with a Theremin, playing atmospheric music in the background. Color at its most vibrant.
Machine House Brewery presents Samantha Pease, an experimental visual artist. Her 35mm film work explores intimate space between shadow and light. Drawing on dreams and juxtapositions, her images walk viewers wondrously toward depth and stillness.
The Palace Theatre and Art Bar Join us for November Art Attack at 5813 Airport Way. We will be featuring a pop-up shop with local artists and performers selling their wares. Come for the art and then hang out with us for the dance party afterward with DJ Toast. We have expanded wine and beer selections to try out.
Fogue Studios & Gallery first annual ART UNDER $100! The studios will be full of great and affordable art featuring the Fogue Studio Members. Enjoy a complimentary wine or beer (for those over 21) and some light refreshments.
Nomadia Creatives at the Georgetown Trailer Park Mall is a fellowship of new and established local female and queer makers and artists. Our mission is to celebrate individual artistry, empower collaboration, exchange creative knowledge, and showcase people that have been negatively impacted by intersectionality.
The Georgetown Liquor Co is featuring “Swimming with the Fishes” the work of John Hunter, now through 29 November.
studio e Warren Dykeman continues to “hunt for the right kind of wrong” as he merges folk art, Neo-primitive, graphic art, and typography in his latest mixed-media collaged paintings. In Attention Span , his second solo exhibition with studio e, and following his recent show at Volta NY, Dykeman has found an original way to bring digital designing tools into his artwork, and juxtapose those with the physical and abusive handling of his pieces. The resulting works showcase the artist’s signature iconography including exquisite weeds, “big dumb boots,”, potted shrubbery, flaming wigs, floating scaffolding, and mysterious silhouetted figures achieved by digital manipulation of a hand-drawn form and shape, further reworked by traditional painting and drawing techniques.
Equinox Studios is a growing arts community in sunny West Georgetown, home to over 100 artists working in an inspiring array of mediums, including dance, blacksmithing, welding, woodworking, cycle fabrication, sculpture, painting, film, glass and art performances monthly.
Haunting Georgetown Art Attack October 13
Enjoy the festive Second Saturday Georgetown Art Attack on October 13 for a beautiful autumn evening of contemporary visual and performing arts presentations that cultivate and culminate in Seattle oldest neighborhood!
Be sure to hop on board the FREE Art Ride to visit out our west end locations such as studio e, and Equinox Studios !
Among the highlights:
| Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Sarah Romano Diehl presents her new book From Crust Till Dawn , a memoir of her days in a pizza parlor, with a pizza party and book signing. Printed by Georgetown’s own Paper Press Punch. Saturday, October 13, 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
Bridge Productions For our October exhibition, Bridge Productions is pleased to present Seattle-based printmaker Kim Van Someren ‘s first solo show,Into Its Own Echo . Van Someren’s work describes an architecture that defies physics – the hulking, awkwardly traversing forms either lurch forward on impossibly small pins, or stand supernaturally affixed to the ground; impractically cantilevered extensions catapulting out of the frame. Opening reception Saturday 13 October 6-9pm, 13 October – 3 November. Open Saturdays 12 – 7pm (including day of reception)
Art Forma Kindness In a Glance: The Photography of Nathan Vass. Nathan Vass, popular Seattle artist, blogger and bus driver, will feature large format portraits and excerpts from some of his most moving stories. The show will feature prints Nathan personally developed at the last color darkroom in the United States, which is soon to be closed. He will also debut and sign his new book, “The Lines That Make Us: Stories from Nathan’s Bus.” artforma.seattle on Instagram All City Coffee Memories Are Mine, Hen Chung. Mixed Media on Paper. Erased memories, like dead erasers, still speak. You can try to erase moments in time but marks remain – the flecks of rubber on paper, the stains on an eraser.
Prairie Underground features the work of muralist of Xavier Roache, a Seattle based artist of color who is passionate about self expression through visual art and building community. Since he graduated from Alfred University in 2016, his art has been showcased across the United States and has collaborated with artists in London and Australia. Marela Zacarias Studios Working with a labor-intensive process that merges sculpture with painting, Marela Zacarias fabricates forms out of wire screening attached to wooden supports or found objects to which she applies layers of plaster to create undulating forms. Through sanding, polishing, and painting, she creates sculptures with the quality of fabric, filled with movement and expressive quality. She then paints the sculptures with original patterns and geometric abstract shapes that are inspired by her research. Her work is characterized by an interest in site specificity, socially committed history and current events. Open to the public during Art Attack. 1222 S Angelo St. Seattle, WA 98108 Rainier Glass Studio Become part of the glass art experience, browse the gallery of NW artists unique blown glass art and stay for live demonstrations at 7pm during Art Attack.
Mainframe will be ushering in the autumn season with new ink drawings by illustrator Socar Myles. Known for her delicate, detailed and whimsical drawings of birds, trees and fantastical beasts, Socar has been a favorite with Art Attack regulars for many years, and this new set will surely delight!
Illumination Studio# 305 Concepts In Abstract . Come in and experience color like you’ve never seen before. We specialize in abstract, organic, color field and spacial paintings. Steve Rostad with organic, Dari Stolzoff with abstract and Ferrell with color field and spacial. Ramona Bell is our contributing artist with more abstract paintings. Also enjoy Luscious Leopard Lips , our D.J. with a Theremin, playing atmospheric music in the background. Color at its most vibrant.
Wittman Estes Architecture presents F L A M B E A U. Jodie Stejer is an Encaustic artist: applying a fired torch to fuse together beeswax, resin, pigments and shellac to create abstracts inspired by her emotions within. Join her Saturday, October 13 th from 6-9 for the opening reception.
Fogue Studios & Gallery FALL IS HERE AND SO IS THE BEER (and over 200 works of art)! Fogue Studios and Gallery is hosting a night of art, music and beer tasting compliments of Elysian Brewery ! Fogue Studios and Gallery is powered by Shunpike a 501c(3) non profit. We are 50 artists over the age of 50 redefining ageing and the art of being cool! Support the arts and give a tax deductible donation at https://foguestudios.com/ and click on the SHUNPIKE logo. The Georgetown Liquor Co & the Seattle Arts Coalition The Art of Eli Wolff . Eli Wolff , video game designer, creates artwork from a wide variety of influences. His paintings rotate thru-out the exhibition, so check back regularly to see new work. Elysian Brewing Ellen Picken Untitled Mural is ongoing and on display on the outside of the tap room. This artwork embraces abstraction through an insistent rhythm of lines that evoke the worn grooves of a vinyl record being obsessively played until the scratches make it uniquely yours. The oscillation markings are like sound-waves. They look the way punk rock feels; disruptive, fast, loud… never losing momentum. The Conservatory is open during Art Attack with libations, coffee and rotating artists monthly.
Georgetown Trailer Park Mall has a birthday! We hope you’ll join us in celebrating nearly a decade in the community while we welcome in our fresh fleet of vendors and share the love of art with you all! TPM tote bag giveaway (FCFS). Pop-up art events for kiddos and adults . DJ set by Brown Hornet . Visit our Facebook page for more event details! Counterbalance Brewing Company will be showcasing a collection of photographs by Matt Klemsz . His landscapes capture the essence of the Pacific Northwest. With unique perspectives of iconic landmarks and scenery we all know and love, each of his shots entices you to get out and explore.
studio e In her latest solo show, Molly Magai continues to explore the world of highways and factories as intriguing, barely noticed peripheral spaces. The manmade structures, and increasingly important natural elements, are seen as if in motion, and often rendered in a near abstract gesture. Magai’s portraiture of nature, influenced by her fear of environmental collapse, grants her industrial landscapes a novel, introspective dimension. Open late every 2nd Saturday from 6-9pm with Georgetown Art Attack Equinox Studios is a growing arts community in sunny West Georgetown, home to over 100 artists working in an inspiring array of mediums, including dance, blacksmithing, welding, woodworking, cycle fabrication, sculpture, painting, film, glass and art performances monthly.
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Festive Georgetown Art Attack on September 8
Don’t miss the September 8 edition of the Georgetown Art Attack featuring colorful visual and performing arts presentations throughout the historic neighborhood. Arrive early for the annual Van Haven custom van rally and San Gennaro Italian Street Festival .
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Seattle cartoonist David Lasky will publish a minicomic preview of the forthcoming Georgetown Steamplant graphic novel (in collaboration with writer Mairead Case ) and discuss their approach to the project, scheduled for publication in fall of 2019. This is the first graphic novel funded by the City of Seattle’s public art program.
Interactive artist Jake Fennell will present “Reality is Mutable,” an installation employing 3-D spherical video technology and virtual reality goggles to create an immersive, surrealistic tour of the Georgetown Steamplant.
The evening includes a screening of “The Last Blast: Big Black at the Georgetown Steamplant,” which documents the legendary final show by influential Chicago industrial band Big Black on August 9, 1987, produced by Fantagraphics Bookstore curator Larry Reid. The film includes performances by Jesse Bernstein and Roland Barker .
Bridge Productions is excited to present a series of paintings by Seattle painter, printmaker, and multimedia artist Sue Danielson . This new series features work made over a period of time before, during, and after a series of residencies over the past year. For her solo exhibition, Intangible Horizon , Danielson fluctuates between the chromatic frenzied lines and layers of a city map and the verdant hues of a natural landscape.Opening Reception Saturday 8 September 6-9pm. Open Saturdays 12-7pm (Including Day Of Reception)
All City Coffee Memories Are Mine , Hen Chung . Mixed Media on Paper
Erased memories, like dead erasers, still speak. You can try to erase moments in time but marks remain – the flecks of rubber on paper, the stains on an eraser.
Marela Zacarias Studios Working with a labor-intensive process that merges sculpture with painting, Marela Zacarias fabricates forms out of wire screening attached to wooden supports or found objects to which she applies layers of plaster to create undulating forms. Through sanding, polishing, and painting, she creates sculptures with the quality of fabric, filled with movement and expressive quality. She then paints the sculptures with original patterns and geometric abstract shapes that are inspired by her research. Her work is characterized by an interest in site specificity, socially committed history and current events. Open to the public during Art Attack.
Rainier Glass Studio Become part of the glass art experience, browse the gallery of NW artists unique blown glass art and stay for live demonstrations at 7pm during Art Attack.
Georgetown Music Store Seattle Comedy Open Mic with your host Pete GeeKay. Join us for a night of short sets from local comedians during Georgetown Art Attack. Free – All ages – Bar w/ ID 6PM – DOORS, 6:30 – SIGN UP, 7PM – SHOW
Mainframe “Star Gazing: A Paul Hernandez Photography Retrospective”
Local photographer Paul Hernandez has cracked open the vault of negatives, circa 1988-1993, to exhibit a never published catalogue of rock photos from the Grunge era. With subjects such as Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Green Apple Quickstep and Alice in Chains, this hand-developed photography collection features both live images from Seattle iconic locales like Central Tavern and The Vogue, as well as band shots in studio and around urban Seattle. Paul’s friendships with many of these musicians allowed him to see them with their guards down, and the result is fun, poignant, beautiful and at times chilling. Artist Talk at 7:30 pm. Show runs through October 7th.
Illumination Studio# 305 Concepts In Abstract . Come in and experience color like you’ve never seen before. We specialize in abstract, organic, color field and spacial paintings. Steve Rostad with organic, Dari Stolzoff with abstract and Ferrell with color field and spacial. Ramona Bell is our contributing artist with more abstract paintings. Also enjoy Luscious Leopard Lips , our D.J. with a Theremin, playing atmospheric music in the background. Color at its most vibrant.
Fogue Studios & Gallery LIVE ART DEMOS, SEE HOW IT’S MADE!
Join Fogue Studios for a special night of live art featuring 6 artists! You will experience sculpting, and a variety of painters using sumi, acrylic, oils, alcohol inks and encaustic mediums all while enjoying a complimentary wine and snacks. Also featuring brand-new art this month, 27 artists, over 50 showing over 200 works of art!
The Georgetown Liquor Co & the Seattle Arts Coalition present: The Art of Eli Wolff .
Eli Wolff is a video game designer spends his free-time creating artwork from a wide variety of influences including the creative tradition of his grandmother who worked as a neon sign designer in Seattle in the 1950’s most famously the Pink Elephant car wash sign. He does new paintings at least a couple times a month, so check back regularly to see new work.
Elysian Brewing Ellen Picken Untitled Mural – Elysian Brewing 2018 is ongoing and on display on the outside of the tap room. This artwork embraces abstraction through an insistent rhythm of lines that evoke the worn grooves of a vinyl record being obsessively played until the scratches make it uniquely yours. The oscillation markings are like sound-waves. They look the way punk rock feels; disruptive, fast, loud… never losing momentum.
The Conservatory is open during Art Attack with libations, coffee and rotating artists monthly.
Georgetown Trailer Park Mall wants you to join them for the show of a lifetime! The Post Punks will be performing 2 sets of your favorite 80s jams by: INXS! The Smiths! Echo and the Bunnymen! And so many more! We’re not your typical mall, and this isn’t your typical cover band. Refreshingly family friendly. Absolutely free rock and roll. 7pm start.
Counterbalance Brewing Company will be showcasing a collection of photographs by Matt Klemsz . His landscapes capture the essence of the Pacific Northwest. With unique perspectives of iconic landmarks and scenery we all know and love, each of his shots entices you to get out and explore.
studio e Becoming American, group show features works that rehearse, analyze, and deconstruct the ideologies of American heritage rather than reiterate confrontational stances, the exhibition delves into themes of race, gender, place, and cultural identity while maintaining a connection to the formal approaches embedded within the larger practice of participating artists. With our empathic cultural ethics now under greater threat than ever before, the show provides an opportunity to step into direct relations with the imaginary of what it means to strive toward becoming American.
Equinox Studios is a growing arts community in sunny West Georgetown, home to over 100 artists working in an inspiring array of mediums, including dance, blacksmithing, welding, woodworking, cycle fabrication, sculpture, painting, film, glass and art performances monthly.
Hot August Art Attack
Join Georgetown Art Attack on August 11 to experience colorful contemporary visual and performing arts throughout the historic neighborhood. including Bacon Strip, when our favorite ladies of drag fame take over the Trailer Park Mall!
Hop on board the FREE Art Ride to visit out our west end locations such as studio e, and Equinox Studios!
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery “Homage to Max Ernst” a site specific mural by Jim Woodring and Berlin artist Lilli Loge . On view through September 5 .
All City Coffee ” These Beasts “, a collection of illustrations by artist Kelsey Sowell is showing thru August. Detailed pen and ink drawings of the animal kingdom and all its strange inhabitants. Melding zoology with undertones of mythology and folklore, Kelsey creates spirited, unexpected and sometimes eerie portraits of her animal subjects.
Rainier Glass Studio Become part of the glass art experience, browse the gallery of NW artists unique blown glass art and stay for live demonstrations at 7pm during Art Attack.@rainierglassstudio
Prairie Underground presents [REM]EMBER by Mia Imani Harrison . Over fifty years ago Martin had a dream, and it’s failed to fully realize. Thus, we are inviting people to go back to sleep to find it. Recently, massive demonstrations have been held in which Black folx across the globe have shown their solidarity for the unjust murders of Black people (women, men, children, and transgender) by police officers. We have seen Black bodies put forth tremendous effort to make the point that #blacklivesmatter, while serving as spectacles to the public and mass media. [REM]EMBER is a multi-media project including staged “sleep-in” with footage of the initial performance/protest, which will take place in Seattle on August 4th.
Georgetown Music Store presents Acoustic Armageddon #48Join us for an all ages music performance with Zach Zamora, Sara O’Dea, Maddy Smith & Jesse Gallaway. Music starts at 6PM sharp. It’s free. All ages are welcome. Bar w/ ID.
Fogue Studios & Gallery A collective of 25 artists over age 50 exhibiting 200 works of art. Located upstairs in the Georgetown Building- 5519 Airport Way S. Hey! 50 is just a number. These 50+ year-olds started grunge, drank artisan coffee before it went mainstream, and are still rocking it. This is no “senior center craft store”, this is a professional gallery and studio space where your “elders” prove just how vibrant, creative, and relevant they still are.
Mainframe “Star Gazing: A Paul Hernandez Photography Retrospective”
Local photographer Paul Hernandez has cracked open the vault of negatives, circa 1989-1993, to exhibit a never published catalogue of rock photos from the Grunge era. With subjects such as Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Green Apple Quickstep and Alice in Chains, this hand-developed photography collection features both live images from Seattle iconic locales like Central Tavern and The Vogue, as well as band shots in studio and around urban Seattle. Paul’s friendships with many of these musicians allowed him to see them with their guards down, and the result is fun, poignant, beautiful and at times chilling. Artist Talk at 7:30 pm.
Illumination Studio# 305 Art into Life . Come in and experience color like you’ve never seen before. We specialize in abstract, organic, color field and spacial paintings. Steve Rostad with organic, Dari Stolzoff with abstract and Ferrell with color field and spacial. Ramona Bell is our contributing artist with more abstract paintings. Also enjoy Luscious Leopard Lips , our D.J. with a Theremin, playing atmospheric music in the background. You’ll find it warm and inviting.
The Georgetown Liquor Co & the Seattle Arts Coalition present: The Art of Eli Wolff .
Eli Wolff is a video game designer spends his free-time creating artwork from a wide variety of influences including the creative tradition of his grandmother who worked as a neon sign designer in Seattle in the 1950’s most famously the Pink Elephant car wash sign. He does new paintings at least a couple times a month, so check back regularly to see new work.
Elysian Brewing is excited to present Ellen Picken Untitled Mural – Elysian Brewing 2018. This artwork embraces abstraction through an insistent rhythm of lines that evoke the worn grooves of a vinyl record being obsessively played until the scratches make it uniquely yours. The oscillation markings are like sound-waves. They look the way punk rock feels; disruptive, fast, loud… never losing momentum. Ellen Picken is a muralist and creative co-director, producer and designer at Factory.Town in Spokane, WA.
Flying Squirrel Pizza presents recent work by Megan Kukall.
The Conservatory is open during Art Attack with libations, coffee and rotating artists monthly.
ArtForma will be presenting current work of Nathan Vass. ArtForma is located in the Hammie Salon on the second floor 0f 6007 12th Ave S.
studio e Becoming American features works that rehearse, analyze, and deconstruct the ideologies of American heritage rather than reiterate confrontational stances, the exhibition delves into themes of race, gender, place, and cultural identity while maintaining a connection to the formal approaches embedded within the larger practice of participating artists. With our empathic cultural ethics now under greater threat than ever before, the show provides an opportunity to step into direct relations with the imaginary of what it means to strive toward becoming American. Artists: Dan Attoe | Korakrit Arunanondchai, Paul Stephen Benjamin, Gretchen Frances Bennett, Matthew Brannon | Cat Clifford, Jasper Johns | Brian Jungen, Eyvind Kang | Duane Linklater, Lynne McCabe | Jeffry Mitchell, Lavar Munroe | Helen O’Leary, Jenny Perlin | Adrian Piper, Pope L. | R.H. Quaytman | Ruth Robbins, Aram Saroyan | Dori Scherer, Barbara Earl Thomas | Rodrigo Valenzuela, Anna Von Mertens August 3-31, 2018, Opening: Friday August 3rd 6-9pm.
Marela Zacarias Studios has a location in Georgetown at 1222 S Angelo St.
Marela will be continuing her exhibit Echoing Forms; Material Cultures at BRIC – Mitochondrial Eve; Mannahatta, site specific Installation at The William Vale; Warp and Weft: solo show at Praxis Gallery, NY, NY and now Georgetown.
Equinox Studios is a growing arts community in sunny West Georgetown, home to over 100 artists working in an inspiring array of mediums, including dance, blacksmithing, welding, woodworking, cycle fabrication, sculpture, painting, film, glass and art performances monthly.
Spooky Georgetown Art Attack on October 14!
Join the Georgetown Art Attack for a spooky evening of art throughout the historic industrial arts district. Be sure to hop aboard the FREE Art Ride tour to visit many studio/gallery locations, including our west, such as studio e, SANCA and Equinox Studios!
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery welcomes a power trio of young cartoonists. Denver’s Noah Van Sciver signs copies his recent graphic novels “Fante Bukowski” and “Johnny Appleseed”, Joseph Remnant of Los Angeles signs “Cartoon Clouds”, and Seattle’s D. W. presents “Mountebank” with a book signing and exhibition. Opening Saturday, October 14, 6:00 to 9:00 PM.
All City Coffee This tribute art show to Dave Mazak will be up thru the month of October. The bird houses were built and designed by 20 artist for the “Love-Hate” exhibit.
Rainier Glass Studio Become part of the glass art experience, browse the gallery of NW artists’ unique blown glass art and stay for live demonstrations at 7pm during Art Attack.
Bridge Productions This October, Bridge Productions presents SUSTAINING NEW PATRONAGE: A BRAINSTORMING PROJECT. This series of events is designed to collectively investigate, research, and demystify the behind the scenes structure of the gallery model as it currently exists. Please join us for our first conversation on 2nd Saturday at 2pm, right before Art Attack, with COLLECT – a group dedicated to fostering new collectors in Seattle. Also featured is a group exhibition of works by Julie Alpert, Tim Cross, Sue Danielson, Emily Gherard, Dave Kennedy, Kat Larson, and more. Opening reception 14 October 6-9 PM
Oxbow is featuring Chris McMullen – Infrastructure -thru October 14. Chris McMullen creates a series of kinetic and participatory sculptures that evoke the modern infrastructure that is required to move people and products around the globe. His installation is the latest in a series of artist residencies, creating site specific installations.
HOEDEMAKER PFEIFFER presents KAT LARSON In Kat Larson’s latest series of photographs and video, she continues the story of a being from another planet who crash lands on Earth, which serves as a parable to the power of connection, perseverance, and strength of the spirit. Produced by Hoedemaker Pfeiffer, curated by Bridge Productions Opening reception Saturday 14 October 6-9pm
HOEDEMAKER PFEIFFER GALLERY ADJUNCT APPENDAGES – Kim Van Someren and Ellen Zeigler In this group show, Adjunct Appendages, artists use drawing, intaglio, and collage to question the arbitrary functions of bodies, structures, machinery, and limbs.
ALGOPLEX II Spacefiller – Alex Miller and Alex Nagy Spacefiller, a collaborative duo formed by Alex Miller and Alex Nagy present an interactive video and digital installation. Produced by Hoedemaker Pfeiffer, curated by Bridge Productions Opening reception Saturday 14 October 6-9pm
Krab Jab Studios presents Symbolists. Featuring artists from all over the world, this show explores the continuation of the 19th Century ‘Symbolist’ movement as it enters into the 21st Century. Rich in meaning and context, the interplay between art and viewer is dynamic and personal. Show runs thru November 5th
Illumination Studio Would you like to see and feel the warmth of color? Come in to Illumination Studio #305, presenting Rostad and Ferrell. Rostad, explores the inner beauty of our neurological system through vibrant color and Ferrell explores spatial and color field through abstraction. Music by “DJ” Luscious Leopard Lips, who brings background music with a Theremin synthesizer and keyboards. With new work up, you’ll be glad you came by.
Georgetown Trailer Park Mall Come join your Trailer Park brethren to resurrect your cosplay from the year, dust off your best fursuit, get your family costumes in order, or just come in your best genderbent Halloween regalia! We’ve got so many prizes for so many special categories that we don’t have the word count to talk about it.
studio e presents WHEN YOU WERE THERE YOU KNEW THE LANGUAGE: New work by Gillian Theobald. This exhibit will include large highly chromatic abstract landscape paintings; collages made from painted found packaging (trash), manipulated into a shallow space; and some drawings of the Duwamish. Theobald typically has done more than one body of work at a time. These three series address the question of our effect on paradise.
Wittman Estes hosts Matthew Whitney | Joel Heflin Oppositions: Drawing as Past and Future Activity. Conceptual artist Matthew Whitney and Multi-disciplinary artist Joel Heflin exhibit recent work on the tension between line drawing as documentation and representative of future activity. Whitney creates meditative paths through public spaces and recreates his walks through GPS and scale line drawings. Heflin’s gestural drawings reflect on abstract emotional values as potential creative activity.
Equinox Studios is a growing arts community in West Georgetown, home to over 100 artists working in an inspiring array of mediums, including dance, blacksmithing, welding, woodworking, cycle fabrication, sculpture, painting, film, glass and art performances monthly.
Coltura kicks off the “Georgetown No-Gas Mural” project with an evening of art making as artist Craig Cundiff begins his large scale painting at the corner of S Vale St. and Corson Avenue S. Cundiff’s colorful composition and powerful motif was selected in a national competition. Meet the artist and learn more about the project on October 14 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Guests are invited to return for the dedication of the completed mural at the November 11 Art Attack.
Fall for the Georgetown Art Attack on September 9!
Can’t wait for for Art Attack? Come early to experience the artistic stylings that Van Haven III custom van festival brings to 12th Ave S. 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and stay for a perfect autumn evening of visual and performing arts throughout historic Georgetown. Be sure to hop aboard the FREE Art Ride tour to visit many studio/gallery locations, including studio e, SANCA and Equinox Studios!
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery presents an exhibition of drawings by D.J. Bryant from his debut graphic novel Unreal City with special guest Tom Hansen reading from his new novel This Is What We Do. Opening reception Saturday, September 9, 6:00 to 9:00 PM with Hansen reading at 7:00 PM.
All City Coffee is hosting tribute art show for Dave Mazak. We have made bird house kits that will be built and designs by 20 artist for the “Love-Hate” Art show. Please come see the show, opening September 9th.
Rainier Glass Studio Become part of the glass art experience, browse the gallery of NW artists unique blown glass art and stay for live demonstrations at 7pm during Art Attack.
Bridge Productions and guest curator, Demian Dinéyazhi´are hosting UNARMED, a three person show featuring the work of Kali Spitzer, Lia Griesser and NikaKaiser. Unarmed presents photography and ceramic art to create the foundation for artwork that addresses a revitalization and embodiment of self in direct relationship to the land. The body is situated atop the land, the body is shaping the land and the land shapes the body, history is disrupted and rewritten, and inter-generational healing is re-established. 7 September – 30 September. Opening Reception 9 September 6-9PM.
Ox Bow is featuring Chris McMullen – Infrastructure – September 9 thru October 14. Chris McMullen creates a series of kinetic and participatory sculptures that evoke the modern infrastructure that is required to move people and products around the globe. His installation is the latest in a series of artist residencies, creating site-specific installations. Opening reception September 9, 6-9 pm.
The Hammie Salon will be holding the closing reception for Brenda Pederson’s Six Photo Stories: Italy. Six Photo Stories combines photos and text into peek-a-boo views of cultures and places. Come by to see slices of life from Rome, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast.
The Miller School of Art is featuring the work of a kaleidoscope of artists: Larry Brown, Don Allen, Karyn Blasi Hellar, Heather Danso, Elva Francis, Devon Rickabaugh, and Gretchen Wilkinson. Abstract, portrait, oil, and acrylic. Don’t miss this opportunity to see the vibrant art of a Georgetown creative collective in their native environment.
Krab Jab Studios presents Symbolists. Featuring international as well as local talent, this exhibit showcases spiritual and conscious-oriented work that constitutes the genre “Symbolism”, curated by Paris-based Liba WS. Artists include Maj Askew, ErichMoffitt, Yuko Ishii, Carrie Anne Baade, Yoann Lossel, Oliver Benson, KimEvans, Liba WS, Julie Baroh, Samuel Araya, Aloria Weaver, David Heskin, and many more. August 26 – November 5th
Paper Press Punch is pleased to present the work of our first Master Roll Resident, Lauren Armstrong’s new body of work. “The ups, the downs. The highs, the lows. It has truly been a sick sweet journey making a multitude of prints that lead up to the printing of a new 20 pager, Horror High School Vol.4 Bummer Summer.” Opening Saturday 9 from 6 – 9pm.
Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center Artists studios are open, come see photography, cake makers, herbalists, painters, printmakers and guest pop up artists in the hallways. Open 6-9 pm, free for all, including small well behaved dogs.
Georgetown Trailer Park Mall Please join the Trailer Park Mall during September Art Attack for the return of Chicken Sh*t Bingo! with a real live chickens and everything! There will be 3 rounds starting at 7pm, the winner of each round gets to take home a radical gift basket full of items from each shop. Tickets will be on sale all day and only cost $5 each. This special event the chickens take the spotlight to raise money for their animal brethren in need at the Seattle Humane Society.
Praxis Arts will be hosting and showcasing Taylor Seamount during the month of September. Taylor is an artist who explores the ability of the subconscious to heal and transform constructively. She moved to Seattle in 2013 to pursue fine art and illustration. Her art contains elements of visions that appear to her, and each piece can be read as a scene in personal growth.
studio e presents Everybody Knows: New work by Brian Cypher and Damien Hoar de Galvan. September 8th – October 7th. Meet the artists at studio e September 9th 6-9pm during Georgetown Art Attack.
Equinox Studios is a growing arts community in West Georgetown, home to over 100 artists working in an inspiring array of mediums, including dance, blacksmithing, welding, woodworking, cycle fabrication, sculpture, painting, film, glass and art performances monthly.