Artists discuss photography in the digital age
Published 9:00 pm Thursday, May 19, 2005
Learn how the digital age has changed the way we take pictures and make photographic art in a free talk this month in Stanwood.
Gallery in the Loft at Camano Commons presents Mark and Vicki Dodge of Quacky Studios. The Dodges will speak about the state of the photographic arts at 5 p.m. Thursday. She is an artist who works in clay, oil paint and fiber; he is a photographer and graphic designer.
The Gallery in the Loft is at Brindles Marketplace at Camano Commons, 848 N. Sunrise Blvd (Terry’s Corner).
The event includes a wine sampling at Blue Heron Cellars in the Brindles building.
The talk is free but reservations are required; 360-722-7483. Information, www.quackystudios.com.
Museum to close for re-roofing: The Seattle Asian Art Museum, the museum’s original facility located in Volunteer Park, will be closed June 20 through December for a complete re-roofing. It will reopen Jan. 14, 2006.
The Volunteer Park building underwent the first phase of extensive renovations in the mid-1990s that included preserving the building’s architectural integrity and interior before it reopened in 1994 as the museum’s primary home for its Asian collections.
While the Asian Art Museum is closed this summer, the downtown museum will host “Isamu Noguchi – Sculptural Design,” a major exhibit of work by noted sculptor, designer, architect and craftsman Isamu Noguchi. The exhibit, June 9-Sept. 5, will feature installations by theater designer Robert Wilson that incorporate Noguchi’s designs.
Among his signature works are his free-form furniture designs from the mid-20th century and his Akari lamps and light sculptures.
At the mall: Alderwood Mall is hosting an exhibit of fiber and photographic art this summer in conjunction with the Lynnwood Arts Commission.
The show, exhibited at the southeast entrance, features photographer Felix Bezanis and fiber artist Dorothy Ives Quinn.
Bezanis’ inkjet prints are a combination of film and digital editing.
Quinn’s contemporary quilts use vibrant patches of color and pattern to create a visual story.
Art quilts: “Gifts to Gold Mountain,” an exhibition of art quilts originally shown at Seattle Asian Art Museum in 2002, is on display through June 27 at the Edmonds Floral Conference Center, 201 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds.
More than 20 works from the original juried exhibition by members of Seattle’s Contemporary QuiltArt Association are included.
The center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Admission is free.
Barbara O’Steen’s quilt is part of the “Gifts to Gold Mountain” exhibit in Edmonds.
