Terrace library shows Doggett’s works
Published 9:49 pm Thursday, October 7, 2010
The Mountlake Terrace Arts Commission has set up a special exhibit to showcase the work of artist Al Doggett, who won top awards in the 2009 Arts of the Terrace show, including a first place in paintings, prints and drawings and Best of Show for his drawing entitled “Dreamers.”
Born in Brooklyn, Doggett took his first art class at age 10 at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. He continued at the Arts Students League of New York.
As an illustrator in various art studios in New York City, he created artwork for movie posters and ads for Warner Bros. films, as well as magazine ads, according to a press release about the show.
When he moved to the Pacific Northwest, he established a studio specializing in illustration, graphic design and photographic retouching. Since then, Doggett’s work has been exhibited in many venues throughout the Northwest, the press release said.
The Al Doggett exhibit runs through Oct. 31 at the Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 58th Ave. W.
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The Lynnwood Convention Center will be art central as an exhibit put on by the Lynnwood Arts Commission showcases nationally and internationally known artists and features acrylic paintings on canvas, graphic design and oil paintings through the end of January.
A free artist reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday will take place at the convention center, 3711 196th St. SW, Lynnwood.
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“Contained” is an exhibit of new work by ceramic artist Dan Ishler, gourd vessel artist Susanne Newbold, and light reactive media artist Don O’Connor on view at the Open Door Gallery, 5603 Bayview Road, Langley.
The exhibit runs through Oct. 30.
Ishler began working as a potter in the late 1970s and for the past 20 years has focused primarily on one-of-a-kind pit-fired pieces.
Using gourds, leather dyes, acrylic paint, fiber, found objects, sea grass and pine needles, Newbold creates her organic vessels, while also incorporating woodcarving, weaving and other techniques into her gourds, according to press material about the show.
O’Connor has focused on collage and mixed media and blends acrylic paint, gels, mediums and varnishes with metallic foil, paper, Mylar and a new material called holographic vinyl, which has been the driver for his light reactive media, the press release said.
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The “Plein Air Paint Out” in Mount Vernon started with a casual meeting between two artists, then blossomed Sept. 11 with 12 artists participating in Pine Square and at other locations around the downtown area.
The “Plein Air Paint Out,” where painters create in the “open air,” will go on again this weekend at The Front Gallery at 420 Myrtle St., Mount Vernon. The hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 15 and 16.
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Just in time for Halloween, you can get your occult on at the Fry Museum.
“Seance: Albert von Keller and the Occult” will showcase paintings by Keller which explore the occult and mystical healing, according to press material about the show.
Keller was known for his modern, psychological painting and his interest in the occult. Fascinated by the paranormal and the human psyche, Keller also explored themes such as the raising of the dead, the powers of mystical healing and the mysteries of stigmata, the press material said.
This premiere exhibition — its only U.S. venue — will display Keller’s work and highlight subjects he found fascinating: corpses, seances, dancers in trance-like states, martyred saints, and burning witches.
“Seance: Albert von Keller and the Occult” opens Saturday and will be on view through Jan. 2 at the Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave., Seattle. Admission is free.
Theresa Goffredo: 425-339-3424; goffredo@heraldnet.com.
