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![]() ![]() What better way to spend a summer evening than being part of the Art Attack in Seattle’s oldest neighborhood? Be sure to come early to meet the local & visiting authors and artist for the Hot Off the Press Book Fair, with time peruse all your favorite art haunts. Georgetown fosters a dizzying array of inspiring industrial, fine arts, contemporary visual, performing arts/artists, music, and makers, a paint for every palette. 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 thru out Georgetown, enabling your inner art lover to experience it all. Come back Sunday July 14 – 10am to 3pm and enjoy the Georgetown Garden Walk & Cross Pollinate. Beautiful gardens host plein air artists, and music all through out the neighborhood. www.georgetowngardenwalk.com HIGHLIGHTS: Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery The 5th annual HOT OFF THE PRESS BOOK FAIR features a stellar line-up ofinternational artists including Berlin graphic novelist Ulli Lust, Minneapolis musician and cartoonist Zak Sally (who will perform a set of new music), Atlanta’s Joshua Ray Stephens, Peter Hoey of Coin-Op Books, Kelly Froh and co. of Short Run Micropress, Marc Palm, Max Clotfelter, David Lasky, Megan Kelso, Woody, Jae Bearhat, Rory Frances, D. W., Fogland Studios, Jason T. Miles, Sarah Romano Diehl, Brandon Lehmann, Patrick Moriarity, Reed Olsen, Hair Flip Comix, Tom Van Deusen, Simon Hanselmann, and many more. Festivities run from 5:00 to 9:00 PM on Saturday, July 13. Exhibition of 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 May 11: Beth Fishman , Melissa Jeter Albrecht , David Johansson , Bridget O’Brien Smith , Markel Uriu . Also featuring Emilie Shepherd‘s exhibit, “Ladies”, mixed medium paintings, for one night only. Paige Barnes : Mother In residence July 5-28, open studio on July 13 6-8 pm, performances on 7/27 and 7/28 at 8pm. Barnes merges acupuncture and dance to create connection, belonging, and self-illumination. Using East Asian Medicine theory and its pulse listening method, Barnes creates a participatory experience for people to be a part of and reflected by the art. The Palace Theater and Art Bar Kara Sutra’s Rainbow Connection and Shepherd’s Pie Cook Off Reigning Queen of the Seas Kara Sutra is kicking off Gay Day at Wild Waves with a Shepherd’s Pie Cook Off and at the Gayest Bar in Georgetown – The Palace! Funds raised will support ISCSORE General Fund and The 50 Year Anniversary Coronation Shepherd’s Pie cook off entry: 1) sign up via direct message to Kara Sutra 2) make a double batch of YOUR Shepherd’s Pie and bring it before 8pm on July 13th 3) Audience will have the opportunity to taste test and vote on their favorite the night of the show 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 Free and open to all ages Join the eclectic collective of the Trailer Park Mall for the Chance Fashion featuring recycled, local, inclusive designers and models. Expressions in Color and Form . Established in 1991 as the Mary Tudor art studio, she retired and we became Illumination Studio. Standing alone, we have the collection with the most brilliant display of 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. Fogue Studios & Gallery Partner with Seattle Recycled Arts Festival! Recycled Arts in the Fogue Gallery Solo Showroom through July 28. Featured Guest Artists: Anna Grgich, Colleen Monette, Cynthia Turner, Debbie Palmer, Don Campbell, Graham Shodda, Ilene Bernstein, Ingrid Sojit, Jenny Fillius, Joann Wadge,Karen Mueller, Kathy Ross, Kelley Lyles, Launi Lucas, Linda Covey-Campbell, Loran Scruggs, Pat Tassoni, Patti Curtis, Steve Jensen, William Henri. 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. “Peaceful Assembly” brings together works by a wide-ranging group of 6-8 artists including Denzil Hurley, Kathy Slade and others from the PNW along with those from farther afield such as the British artist Jeremy Deller, which reference histories and historical pressure points that resonate today. Many employ the imagery, accoutrements and cultural expressions–from Punk music to indigenous regalia–of public protest, processions, and ceremony in mediums ranging from abstract painting and documentary-style video to industrial embroideries. Guest curated by Melissa E. Feldman Mercer Estates Georgetown welcomes a New Artist Showcase by Terry Mayberg. Visit for a lovely wine experience and explore her artistic interplay between color and texture. Georgetown Garden Walk & Cross Pollinate Sunday July 14 10am to 3pm Double Nasty presents the 8th annual Cross Pollinate where resident gardeners host plein air painters, artists create multi-media installations, and musicians line up to play under the hat and around the hood every year in conjunction with the esteemed Georgetown Garden Walk. Sponsored in part by Georgetown Merchants Association and Georgetown Community Council, Cross Pollinate supports local artists, presents art in non-traditional ways, and builds bridges between communities. |
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. |
HIGHLIGHTS:
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
![]() Ring in the new year with Georgetown Art Attack as we celebrate the industrial, fine arts, contemporary visual, performing arts/artists, music, and makers that thrive and inspire in Seattle 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, with pick locations thru out Georgetown, enabling your inner art lover to experience it all. |
![]() Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Tom Van Deusen Expelling My Truth release party featuring an exhibition of original drawings and book signing. Opening January 12, 6:00 to 9:00 PM Exhibition continues through February 7. All City Coffee presents Happening . Happening is a collection of information about arts-focused community projects coming to Georgetown in 2019 meant to inform the public about these projects and invite participation and feedback. The Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival, Mini Mart City Park, and The Georgetown Arts District Committee. 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 Open during Art attack 6-9. Free, all ages, Bar with ID. Oxbow Rafael Soldi is going to be in the space exhibiting work in progress, and we will be open for Art Attack 1/12. HOUSEWRIGHT is a gallery and showroom with artifacts, art, furniture, lighting and textiles. Established by designer Tim Pfeiffer and architect Steve Hoedemaker as an extension of the duo’s desire to share a range well designed pieces for the home ranging from new production, found objects from around the globe, treasured antiques, and pieces sourced from workshops and artists. Featuring the work of Kim Van Someren , Sue Danielson , Emily Gherard, in partnership with Bridge Productions alongside artists, Alfred Harris , Jill Young Rosenast , Alex Marshall , and Nancy Fargo. Mainframe Featuring drawings on display by illustrators Socar Myles and Bud Cook , and rock photography by Paul Hernandez, Georgetown’s neighborhood frame shop Mainframe will be open during Art Attack. Come check out the art as well as frame options for your new art purchases! New customers receive $25 off their first custom frame (valued at $100 or more). Illumination Studio# 305 Color Meets Color . Come in to where color lives . We specialize in abstract, organic, color field and spacial paintings. Dari Stolzoff with abstract and organic, Ferrell with color field and spacial, Ramona Bell with narrative, abstract paintings and Badieh Bryant painting geometric abstract. 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 Ryan Lofftus is an artist who works out of Common Area Maintenance in Belltown. He drinks cheap beer, watches a lot of horror movies, loves punk music and printmaking, and likes being positive. Come find him at Machine House Brewery during Art Attack. The Palace Theatre and Art Bar is hosting an early Pop-up shop featuring local artists from 3-6pm. Beginning at 7pm we are featuring a new drag show Dames of Dragdoing a themed show called VH1 Divas . Come and join us! The Georgetown Liquor Company is featuring the work of local artist Dave Ryan of Manticore Stencil Art! Acrylic & aerosol on wood, pop culture prints & more! Fogue Studios & Gallery Solo show and Exhibition featuring the art of Jane Caminos “ON WOMEN BOUND” representing through art, marginalized women around the world. “I believe that artists have a responsibility to enrich their cultures. The aim of On Women Bound is to increase awareness of crimes against women, be they a world away or an instance of domestic violence in a couple’s kitchen. I want the paintings to start a dialogue.”- Jane Caminos. Foguestudios.com The Elysian Taproom presents Blake Blanco ‘s paintings that are primarily of sculptures that range from iconic to spectacles of decay. Throughout this series, the artist explores ways of renewing the vitality of the sculptures, and in some instances, transforming the them into the observer. The work frequently couples with nature in a way that replicates its environment through surrealism and allegory. The Elysian Taproom is located at 5410 Airport Way S, in the North Building of our Airport Way Brewery. Jellyfish Brewing Company is excited to showcase the art of Dan Mahon. Kitties unite! Brought to life via mixed media. Incline to the feline! studio e Green Fuse: Sarah Norsworthy Immerse yourself in the Pacific Northwest forest through the artwork of Sarah Norsworthy. studio e is delighted to present our first solo exhibition of Norsworthys’ paintings, ranging from expansive panels, to delicate inks on paper, to multi-panel composites grafted together. Few artists capture the dense, organic atmosphere of the forest as tactilely as Norsworthy, whose paintings exude the scent of moss and humus. Often adopting the woods themselves as her studio, Norsworthy soaks up their essence and transfers the experience to her panels. Thick layers of oil paint seem to grow from her surfaces like bark, lichen, or vegetation. Jan 3- Feb 9, 2019 Open every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 1-6pm David Johansson, a Seattle artist since the early 80’s has moved from his Capitol Hill location known as The Art Cave to Georgetown in the Hamilton building at 6007 12th Ave South above Via Tribunali and across the hall from The Alice Gallery. Johansson Art Gallery (JAG) is David’s working studio. The walls feature an eclectic mix of paintings in a salon style, floor to ceiling display. Many different images hanging depending on the mood and present motivations. Come on up the steps and take a look at the paintings. David looks forward to meeting the folks that make Georgetown such a sumptuous and creative enclave of Seattle. 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. |
Join us on Saturday, July 14 for Art Attack in Georgetown with a stellar array of contemporary visual and performing arts throughout the historic neighborhood. Be sure to jump aboard the FREE Art Ride to check out our west end locations such as studio e, and Equinox Studios! |
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is hosting the 4th annual HOT OFF THE PRESS BOOK FAIR featuring Jim Woodring and Lilli Loge , Czap Books, Paper Press Punch, Kilgore Books, FU Press, Short Run Micropress, Fogland Studios, and Cold Cube Press. Local artists include Simon Hanselmann , DW, Marc Palm, Tom Van Deusen , MaxClotfelter , Sarah Romano Diehl , Kelly Froh , Alex Graham , Laura Knetzger, and many more. The event will feature live music by composer Bill Brovold of Brooklyn, NY. Brovold performed with pioneering experimental musicians John Zorn, Glenn Branca, and Rhys Chatham and fronted Detroit-based avant garde group Larval. Lilli Loge will also play a music set. Site specific installation by Jim Woodring and Lilli Loge on view through September 5. Opening SATURDAY, JULY 14, 5:00 – 9:00 PM All City Coffee presents ” These Beasts “, a collection of illustrations by artist Kelsey Sowell. With detailed pen and ink drawings, Kelsey explores her fascination with the animal kingdom and all its strange inhabitants. Melding zoology with undertones of mythology and folklore, she 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. Oxbow Delirious Dreaming Pugilist and Other Stories , Klara Glosova Closing Reception: Saturday, July 14, 6 – 9pm “The cornerstone of this project is a small print of a brick wrapped in brown butcher paper and named “Pugilist”. In fact, picture two bricks. The two main characters-the stars of the show-are a pair of bricks, one for each hand. They are not particularly stunning, monumental or impressive in their presence, nevertheless their weight is considerable – they can be used as a support or to hold things down, to break through or to build with. With these qualities in mind I want to build a new narrative for what it means to be a woman fighter.” -Klara Glosova Fogue Studios & Gallery – 50 Artists Over 50 Over 100 pieces of fine art, poetry readings, live music and working studios all exhibited and performed by a collective of creatives over the age of 50! We are taking a flag, planting it firmly into the culture of the radical and initiating the act of awesome aging. We are not just a bunch of old fogeys rocking our chairs, we are the FOGUES rocking the art world! Mainframe presents “ My Favorite Weirdos” a retrospective catalog of Seattle photographer Fedora el Morro. With the backdrop of a crumbling urban landscape, these photographs beautifully capture the quirky characters of Seattle’s unconventional residents, on their terms. Fedora will be in attendance. Print catalog available for purchase! 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 L uscious Leopard Lips , our D.J. with a Theremin, playing atmospheric music in the background. You’ll find it warm and inviting. The Conservatory is open during Art Attack with libations, coffee and rotating artists monthly. ArtForma will be exhibiting “what if I finished reading Moby Dick” featuring the work of abstract artist Teresa Getty. ArtForma is located in the Hammie Salon on the second floor 0f 6007 12th Ave S. studio e presents Ken Kelly, who has been exhibiting work since 1983, and is stepping to the fore with a new body of work, boldly painting abstract shapes and patterns extended on a vast scale – in dimensions of 144″ or more. His surprising color combinations set off interacting regions of space, chunks of color that reverberate among themselves and with the environment beyond the canvas. Accompanying these are smaller pieces thickly painted and layered, contrasting static shapes with streaks of movement. Nupasa Gallery features new paintings by John Ohannesian. 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. |