Through Jan. 10, Cascadia Art Museum presents nearly 200 handmade Christmas cards from Northwest artists and designers of the early 20th century through the 1990s.
Museum officials count this as an inaugural exhibition of seasonal greetings, the first in a planned series of consecutive Christmas card exhibitions. More than 600 Christmas cards have been archived by the museum’s consulting curator David F. Martin, including an estimated 300 cards previously given to the Seattle Public Library.
The collection reminds viewers of a time when a handmade card was a gift and a gesture of good will, said Elizabeth Martin-Calder, the museum’s interim executive director.
A few of the artists and their works include Aberdeen artist Lance Wood Hart with the oldest card in the collection, a 1916 self-portrait, as well as a block print card, circa 1930; woodcuts by modernist Elizabeth Cooper, circa 1924 and 1925; small watercolors by painter Paul Horiuchi from the 1950s; Paul Morgan Gustin’s wintery, color relief prints of Mount Rainier, circa 1950-1965; and renowned printmaker Danny Pierce, with the most card. a block print card from 1994.
Located at 190 Sunset Ave., Edmonds, the museum also currently shows works by members of the Northwest Watercolor Society. Admission is $10. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, until 8 p.m. on Thursday and closed Mondays and Tuesdays. More information is at cascadiaartmuseum.org.
Meanwhile, through Dec. 24 at the Shack Art Center, see paintings by 58 members of the Seattle Co-Arts guild. Seattle Co-Arts was founded in 1949 as a small group of artists who wanted to get together to paint. Today, the guild has grown to more than 150 members and continues to provide a forum for Northwest artists to meet and encourage artistic development.
In addition, the Schack is exhibiting a diverse selection of ceramic and glass by regional artists including Dan and Joi LaChaussee, Barry McAlister and Julia Wolf-Miller.
The Schack is located at 2921 Hoyt Ave., Everett. More information is at www.schack.org.
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