Arts (general)
In Seattle, a haven for garden whimsy
SEATTLE -- I feel like Alice in Wonderland. Sprinting past an alligator drinking a soda pop and a T-Rex playing guitar, I lean toward a family of colorful metal toadstools that come to my knee.
Date: 05/31/2012 | Home and Garden
Lowell art gallery closing its doors after six years
EVERETT -- The historic Lowell neighborhood is losing some of its funk.Lowell Art Works gallery is closing its doors after being the Everett neighborhood's only art gallery for six years.
Date: 05/28/2012 | Local News
Savor fine wine along with art at 'See N' Sip'
Here's a chance to blend art and wine in a most delicious way.
Date: 05/23/2012 | Life
Jobless man finds signed Picasso at thrift shop
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An unemployed Ohio man was browsing at his local thrift store for items he could restore and resell when he spotted a Picasso poster with the word "Exposition" written across the front, some French words, and the image of a warped round face. He handed over $14.14 for what he...
Date: 05/10/2012 | Nation & World
Heavy metal for park
Paul Casey's artwork graces Grand Avenue Park in Everett
Date: 05/10/2012 | Local News
Schack packs them in
Everett's art center is a winner for artists, aficionados
Date: 04/29/2012 | Life
Hear David Sedaris' humorous monologues
Humorist David Sedaris first gained attention two decades ago when National Public Radio aired his "Santaland Diaries."
Date: 04/27/2012 | Entertainment
Everett art center celebrates 1st birthday
Slice up the cake. Blow up the balloons. Schack Art Center is having a birthday.Schack is turning a year old and is sending out an invitation to everyone to help it celebrate May 6.There will be cake and balloons and party favors in the form of artwork that you, the guests, create.
Date: 04/23/2012 | Life
Something old in new chapel
Vintage window part of Everett hospital's chapel
Date: 04/20/2012 | Local News
Tribal art’s wide reach
Tulalip artwork for Cabela's means work for many
Date: 04/15/2012 | Business
Not an artist, but definitely crafty
I was visiting an art gallery recently and purchased a bracelet. There was a handwritten tag hanging on the bracelet that said "porcelain hand-painted beads."
Date: 04/10/2012 | Life
Everett Community College Seeks Artwork for Henry M. Jackson Center
If you are a working artist with a piece ready for display then read on.Everett Community College is seeking existing artwork for its renovated Henry M. Jackson Center. Applications are due April 9.
Date: 03/27/2012 | The Arts Seen
Artist's creative process makes for compelling documentary
What does a painter actually do in his studio? How does that paint get on the canvas, why does he begin with yellow or blue, how does he know when the painting is finished?
Date: 03/23/2012 | Entertainment
Cama Beach poster contest marks Oceans Day
CAMANO ISLAND -- Saturday is World Oceans Day and to celebrate, state parks officials and volunteers at Cama Beach State Park are sponsoring a poster artwork session for children.
Date: 03/21/2012 | Local News
Learn basics of bookbinding at workshop
You can learn how to make and stitch your own book covers at a day-long workshop on Saturday in Clinton.
Date: 03/19/2012 | Life
An Olympian and an artist
Art by local silver medalist shown at gymnastics event
Date: 03/16/2012 | Life
Glass artist completes Camano fire station artwork
CAMANO ISLAND -- Glass artist Jack Archibald recently installed at the newly remodeled fire station at Terry's Corner his latest donation of glass windows.The artwork, "Wheels Rumbling," is the fourth in a series for Camano Island Fire Department.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Local News
Don't balance budget by raiding art collection, artists urge
A proposal to sell off some of the state's art collection to balance the budget isn't getting rave reviews among artists or lawmakers.But the state's pressing need for money coupled with a special session means critics can't bury the idea yet.
Date: 03/14/2012 | Local News
Everett’s Shack Art Center offers clay day Saturday
Folks at the Schack are opening their art center up again, this time for a full day of playing with clay where visitors can attend family-friendly workshops to learn to make a clay mask or fire and take home their own raku pot.
Date: 03/12/2012 | Life
Japan No. 1 in ice art
FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- A four-member Japanese team led by Junichi Nakamara is the winner of the 2012 BP World Ice Art Championships Multi Block Classic.The team's work is titled "Prickly Reception" and shows a porcupine with its quills arched facing a prowling leopard.
Date: 03/11/2012 | Northwest
Visual Arts Calendar
ExhibitsSnohomish County 3231 Creatives Gallery: 3231 Broadway, Everett; noon to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays; www.3231creatives.com. Showing the art of Northwest Collage Society artists Suzan Fant and Colette Laico through March 10.
Date: 03/09/2012 | Entertainment
Art blends form, function Whidbey studio tour
The functional meets the aesthetic at this year's Whidbey Island Studio Tour.More than 30 artists are opening their studios to the public Saturday and Sunday on the island known for its enclave of talented artists.Many of those artists produce pieces that combine function with beauty.
Date: 03/02/2012 | Entertainment
Kenya Safari Acrobats swing into Edmonds
The term "acrobats" hardly seems to cover it.The Kenya Safari Acrobats perform a nonstop spectacle of gravity-defying human pyramids, balancing, limbo dancing -- with fire -- hurling through hoops and eye-popping contortions.
Date: 02/24/2012 | Entertainment
Find a thing of beauty at 'Helping the Arts' auction
EVERETT -- Whether you collect art or want to, you might want to think about putting in a bid at the 30th annual H'Arts Auction.
Date: 02/21/2012 | Life
Hunt for art treasure in Great Northwest Glass Quest in Stanwood, Camano Island
Are you ready for a treasure hunt?The Great Northwest Glass Quest takes place Friday through Feb. 26.During glass quest, "clueballs" are hidden at a variety of host businesses and in community sites around the Stanwood-Camano area.
Date: 02/13/2012 | Life
Visual arts calendar
EventsEdmonds Art Walk: 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 16 throughout downtown Edmonds with jazz and other live music, watercolor demonstrations and a drawing demo at Edward Jones, 313 Main St.
Date: 02/10/2012 | Entertainment
Visual arts calendar
EXHIBITSSnohomish County 3231 Creatives Gallery: 3231 Broadway, Everett; noon to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays; www.3231creatives.com. An exhibit of Angela Rockett's abstract paintings is up through Feb. 12.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Entertainment
Quick art classes at Schack for children
Life can sometimes be a race from school, to soccer to the dinner table.Who has time to be creative?The Schack Art Center has created a series of art classes for families on the go to experience making a piece of art in say, 20 minutes or less.
Date: 01/30/2012 | Life
Gallery and exhibit calendar
Snohomish County 3231 Creatives Gallery: 3231 Broadway, Everett; noon to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays; www.3231creatives.com. An exhibit of Angela Rockett's abstract paintings is up through Feb. 12.
Date: 01/27/2012 | Entertainment
Snow postponed "We Rock"; reception to be held Jan. 26
An artists reception to meet the students from the Lynnwood High School Life Skills program who participated in the "We Rock" project will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 26 at Schack Art Center, 2921 Hoyt Ave., Everett.
Date: 01/23/2012 | The Arts Seen
Gauguin's Polynesian paradise coming to Seattle Art Museum
Tickets are on sale for the Seattle Art Museum's upcoming special exhibit, "Gauguin & Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise," which runs Feb. 9 through April 29.
Date: 01/23/2012 | Life
Visual arts calendar
Snohomish County 3231 Creatives Gallery: 3231 Broadway, Everett; noon to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays; www.3231creatives.com. An exhibit of Angela Rockett's abstract paintings is up through Feb. 12.
Date: 01/20/2012 | Entertainment
Schack Art Center closed today; no H'Arts Artist Reception
The Schack Art Center, 2921 Hoyt Ave., Everett, is closed today so the H'Arts Artist Reception scheduled for this evening from 5 to 8 p.m. has been canceled, as well as all Schack Art Center classes.
Date: 01/19/2012 | The Arts Seen
Lynnwood students make rockin' self-portraits
Hey man, remember those rock posters from the '60s and '70s, like the one of Jimi Hendrix with crazy colors and his hair all wild?Well, kids from the Lynnwood High School Life Skills program got to rock some of this same kind of art.
Date: 01/16/2012 | Life
Draw inspiration from travel
See landscapes, gardens, cities that inspired great masters
Date: 01/14/2012 | Life
Guided tour set Saturday for Arlington’s public art collection
ARLINGTON -- For the first time, the Arlington Arts Council is offering a guided tour of public art in the city.
Date: 01/11/2012 | Local News
Mountlake Terrace woman works to get local artwork on display
MOUNTLAKE TERRACE -- Every fall, Mountlake Terrace resonates with art at the popular Arts of the Terrace show. Putting on the event takes hundreds of hours invested by a team of volunteers with Judy Ryan at the helm.
Date: 01/10/2012 | Local News
Visual arts calendar
ExhibitsSnohomish County3231 Creatives Gallery: 3231 Broadway, Everett; noon to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays; www.3231creatives.com. An exhibit of Angela Rockett’s abstract paintings is up through Feb. 12.
Date: 01/06/2012 | Entertainment
First-graders go public with art
MARYSVILLE -- A first-grade class turned an ordinary bus shelter into an art project.
Date: 12/30/2011 | Local News
Glass-blowing students invited to take class with a Pilchuck master
It's an exclusive experience, but if you've got the cash and the resume, you can learn to make a glass goblet with an international master.
Date: 12/27/2011 | Life
Soft and fuzzy graffiti
'Yarn bomber' leaves a holiday mark on Everett art
Date: 12/23/2011 | Local News
Family covets sketch of hero
Holding such a precious portrait was a once-in-a-lifetime honor.
Date: 12/12/2011 | Local News
Kitchen mixers as art
Snohomish artist turns KitchenAids into something sexy
Date: 11/30/2011 | Life
The toymaker's gift
Marysville son carries on father's devotion (gallery)
Date: 11/23/2011 | Local News
Around the County
Everett: New board members at art centerThe Schack Art Center has appointed four volunteers to its board.
Date: 11/21/2011 | Local News
Learn secrets of 'Art in the National Parks'
Do you love outdoor scenery? Have you always dreamed of channeling your inner artist?If you answered yes to both, you might sign up for "Art in the National Parks," a free class for adults at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Marysville branch of Sno-Isle Libraries, 6120 Grove St.
Date: 11/14/2011 | Life
'Family Circus' creator Bil Keane dies at 89
PHOENIX — Bil Keane's "Family Circus" comics entertained readers with a simple but sublime mix of humor and traditional family values for more than a half century. The appeal endured, the author thought, because the American public needed the consistency.
Date: 11/09/2011 | Nation & World
Violinist Janalene Simpson to receive Everett’s Richard Wendt Award
After a stroke, musician Janalene Simpson didn't let the pessimistic prognosis from her doctor deter her.She was determined to play the violin again. And she would play at Carnegie Hall.And she did.
Date: 10/31/2011 | Life
Afghan war vet uses art to honor fallen brother
GIG HARBOR -- Former Army Sgt. Stephen Ewens paints what he can't say about the war in Afghanistan. A sniper lining up a shot on a dark night. A shadowy angel clutching a rifle.And then there's the American flag with bleeding red stripes.
Date: 10/29/2011 | Northwest
Visual arts calendar
ExhibitsSnohomish, Island counties 3231 Creatives Gallery: 3231 Broadway, Everett; noon to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays; www.3231creatives.com. Hosting Kevin Marshall's multimedia exhibit, "Share, Remix, Reuse" through Nov. 16.
Date: 10/21/2011 | Entertainment
Visual arts calendar
ExhibitsSnohomish, Island counties 3231 Creatives Gallery: 3231 Broadway, Everett; noon to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays; www.3231creatives.com. Hosting Kevin Marshall's multimedia exhibit, "Share, Remix, Reuse," through Nov. 16.
Date: 10/14/2011 | Entertainment
Art takes to the stage at fundraiser in Arlington
ARLINGTON -- In this city, public art is a collaborative project.The Arlington Arts Council, City Hall and regional artists all play a role, but basically the arts council raises money to buy art for everybody to enjoy.
Date: 10/12/2011 | Local News
A patch of glass pumpkins
Everett arts center's glassblowers to harvest fall colors
Date: 10/07/2011 | Local News
Check out station's new programs on arts
Classical radio station KING (98.1 FM), now a listener-supported radio station, has been updating and adding to its programming offerings, becoming more of a one-stop shop for patrons of all the arts.
Date: 09/26/2011 | Life
Fine arts and galleries calendar
Exhibits3231 Creatives Gallery: 3231 Broadway, Everett; noon to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays; www.3231creatives.com. Brad Scelfo's ceramics will be featured through October along with works of local artists, photographers and crafters.
Date: 09/23/2011 | Entertainment
Snohomish artists get a new home downtown
SNOHOMISH -- Arts of Snohomish has left its Carnegie Library annex home of seven years and has taken up residence in the heart of downtown Snohomish.
Date: 09/15/2011 | Business
Whidbey Island's Penn Cove Gallery celebrating 'survival'
"Surviving the Heist."The title is meant to spread a little humor as well as get patrons and artists together to celebrate the continuation of Penn Cove Gallery.
Date: 09/03/2011 | Life
Group's Mexican-techno fusion typifies Bumbershoot diversity
When the Nortec Collective takes the stage at Bumbershoot this weekend, they'll bring a bevy of electronics.
Date: 09/02/2011 | Entertainment
Rick Steves donating $1 million in ‘Bush tax cuts’ to Edmonds arts center
EDMONDS -- Travel TV host and publisher Rick Steves is giving $1 million to the Edmonds Center for the Arts, and he's making a political statement in doing so.
Date: 08/25/2011 | Local News
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