Everett, Wash.
Published: Friday, December 12, 2008

Opening: Ukraine kids' artwork on display in Mukilteo

Herald staff

 "Children's Art of Ukraine" is an exhibit featuring young artists, who range from age 6 to 16, who attend the Mukilteo Art Academy's sister school, the Olexa Novakivsky Community Art School in Lviv, Ukraine, and are students of Leonid Goshovskij, a friend and associate of Mukilteo Art Academy instructor Olexandra Pryveda, from the Lviv Artists' Complex.

This young artists show is being presented through the month of December by the Mukilteo Art Academy at the Art Annex next to Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo. Admission is free. Groups should call ahead at 425-308-5503.

For the past two years, Pryveda has been a Mukilteo Art Academy instructor. She is highly skilled in several Ukrainian folk art forms including the egg decorating tradition of pysanky, straw weaving, paper cutting, and hand-woven traditional cloth. For 19 years, until the collapse of the Ukrainian economy, Pryveda was an artist at the Lviv Artists' Complex, where she accepted commissions from throughout the Soviet Union.



"Hey! Hey! Hey!": The animation art of Hal Sutherland and Filmation Studios is highlighted this month in an exhibit at Knight Visions Gallery, 19533 Filbert Drive, Bothell; 425-487-3408.

Sutherland will be present at the studio from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday to reminisce about such shows as "Star Trek," "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids," "The Archies" and "He-Man," along with classics he worked on at Disney: " Sleeping Beauty," "Bambi," "Peter Pan" and "Lady and the Tramp."



The Traveling Trunk Show: Making a stop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Sunnyside Nursery, 3915 Sunnyside Blvd., Marysville, is a free show featuring unique handcrafted works by the Pacific Northwest Artisan's Co-op in a farmer's market-style format.



Fire and water: Joan Govedare will show her ceramic vessels and Pete Jordan will bring his new watercolors and oil paintings to the Rob Schouten Gallery on Whidbey Island.

The show will run through Feb. 4 at the gallery at Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank.

Jordan's new landscapes exude a quiet drama. Govedare has been developing her own techniques since 1970. "I try to create art that fosters the same peace of mind and sense of well being I find when gazing at the starry night sky," she said in a written statement.



Salmon and art: This weekend kicks off the United Indian Elders' Indian Art Mart, where patrons can view American Indian artwork and feast on local salmon.

The art mart runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Dec. 20 at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 3801 W. Government Way, Seattle, inside Discovery Park.

Native artists will feature handmade jewelry, paintings, drums and other items for sale. Traditional salmon meals will be available for $12.

The art mart supports local American Indian artists and serves as a benefit for the United Indians Elder's Program, which provides nutrition and other support services to Indian elders in the greater Seattle area.
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