From Monroe to Stanwood, Everett to Snohomish, art shows in Snohomish County are adding sparkle to the holidays and giving shoppers new options for their Christmas lists.
Glass show: The second annual holiday glass sale runs today and Saturday at the historic Van Valey House in north Everett. The sale, open from noon to 9 p.m. today and noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, features the work of more than a dozen glass artists.
Visitors will find blown and fused glass vases, bowls, pitchers, jewelry, glasses, votives, candlesticks, paperweights and other functional and decorative art glass.
Featured artists are Dan Bergsma, Karen Davidson, Margie Joy, Stacey King, John Kobuki, Bob Mitchell, Merrilee Moore, Bob Park, Mariusz Rynkiewicz, Morgan and Anne Seeley, David Smith, Els VandenEnde and Michelle Walters.
The Van Valey House, located at 2130 Colby Ave., is an elegant backdrop for this exhibit. The historic home, a classic box-style two-story in north Everett, is used for a variety of public and private functions and operated by Everett Parks and Recreation.
Related events include a Japanese ikebana floral design demonstration from 2 to 3 p.m. today and a poetry reading with Bethany Reid from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday, followed by an open mic from 8 to 8:30 p.m.
Reid, an English instructor at Everett Community College, is the author of “The Coyotes” and “My Mom” and has published essays, book reviews and poetry in local and national journals. Her poem “Such Good Work” was a co-winner of the 2004 Washington State Jeanne Lohmann Poetry Prize; her poem “Contract” was recently nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
For more information, call 425-257-6306 or go to www.everettwa.org/parks.
Art gala: Art Merchant International, a Monroe fine arts gallery that specializes in high-end art works with a Pacific Rim theme, hosts a holiday art show this month.
The show, which opens with a gala reception from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, will feature a selection of paintings, ceramics, bronzes and kinetic sculptures from the Pacific Northwest, Australia, Japan and China, more than 70 works by 29 different artists.
Saturday’s opening reception features visiting artist Emiko Kato from Tokyo, and live didgeridoo music performed by John Groves.
The gallery is located in a business park at 17161 Beaton Road SE. It is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays before Christmas.
Gallery owners Elric and Leonine Saaski own a high-tech company in Monroe, Research International Inc., and the gallery is located in the building. They have business interests that take them to Pacific Rim countries several times a year, and the gallery is an outgrowth of their personal collecting.
Information, 360-794-7844.
Native art: Stanwood House Gallery hosts its second annual show saluting Native American art.
“They Are the Hosts, We Are the Guests” opens with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. today with dancing and drumming. The exhibit, which includes pine needle baskets by Sharon Clark, bronze sculpture by Arlene Mickelson and paintings by Lisbeth Johnson, among other works, continues through Feb. 1.
Stanwood House Gallery is located at 9915 270th St. NW, Stanwood; 360-629-4933, www.stanwoodhouse.com.
Lamp exhibit: Arts of Snohomish Gallery and The Rotary Club of Snohomish are hosting a show and sale of 30 lamps, customized by local artists, as a fund-raiser for the cooperative art gallery. The exhibit is titled “Follow the Light” and features fanciful lamps in many styles.
The lamps, which have been on view in downtown Snohomish shops, will be sold from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday in a silent auction. The lamps were created by Arts of Snohomish artists and guest artists, and proceeds from their sale will support gallery programs such as a student art show and the Boys &Girls Club Art Show.
To attend Saturday’s auction, call 360-568-8648. Any unsold lamps will remain on display at the gallery and will be available for purchase through Jan. 2.
The gallery is located in the Carnegie Building at 105 Cedar Ave., and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays; www.artsofsnohomish.org, 360-568-8648.
Drawings in Everett: Tami White is the featured artist this month at Art Boutique in Everett. The artist is showing 14 drawings, nine in graphite and the rest colored pencil and pastel.
The artist combines realism with elements of surrealism to explore issues of feminine emotion.
An opening reception is 4 to 8 tonight at the gallery and the exhibit runs through Dec. 30. There’s also a group show of new works by gallery artists.
Art Boutique is located in the Everett Public Market at 2804 Grand Ave., Everett; 425-501-2448.
LEFT: “Flame,” Emiko Kato
ABOVE: Mariusz Rynkiewicz glass
“The Raven,” mixed media by Bezalel-Levy
“Wedding,” acrylic by Lisbeth Johnson
“Snow Goose Moon,” bronze sculpture by Arlene Mickelson
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