The bargains are the same. Only the location has changed.
The popular Arts Council of Snohomish County event, the Artists’ Garage Sale, where artists clear out their closets of original art work and sell their seconds at bargain prices, is moving to downtown Everett.
For its 16th year, the garage sale will take place inside and around the unfinished interior of the new Schack Art Center on Hoyt Avenue.
For the past 15 years, the artists’ garage sale has been held at Rosehill Community Center in old town Mukilteo. But with the pending demise of that building, the garage sale needed to find a new spot.
Most are happy with the change, though there are artists who fear they may lose some business because of the move.
Winifred Clark, owner and operator of Trade Beads and More in Mukilteo, will be at the garage sale selling from her bead collection, which spans the globe.
She said the garage sale will be missed in Mukilteo.
“The move is wonderful because Everett has changed and it’s about art now,” Clark said. “I really feel Everett is promoting art and artists and that makes all the difference in the world. And I’m so glad it didn’t go away.”
Glass artist Stacey King said the move to the Schack Art Center is awesome, especially the fact that she can just take the freight elevator to her booth.
King is one of the new residents at Artspace Everett Lofts, which are the units on the upper floors of the Schack Art Center that accommodate artists with living and work spaces and lower rents.
In 2007, the arts council began a $6 million capital campaign to build Schack, which is set to open in 2011.
Meanwhile, the arts council is scheduled to begin tenant improvements on Schack this summer. But for now, the open interior will be garage sale central.
King said this year she’ll be selling some garden art — she doesn’t have a garden anymore — along with some other glass pieces that haven’t moved off the shelves.
“I’ve shown them a couple of times and now I need to move on,” King joked. “And I’m lowering prices.”
Artists who don’t fit inside the center will set up their wares along the block of Hoyt Avenue, between Hewitt Avenue and Wall Street, which will be closed off for the event.
Potter Jeff Tinius, who owns Storm Lake Pottery in Snohomish, will sell his seconds, mostly ceramics and functional pottery pieces, on the street.
For Tinius, there’s a big question mark in terms of how well the garage sale will go this year.
“I know I’m concerned about whether people will be able to find us or not,” Tinius said. “But I’m willing to give it a try. People are coming for bargains and that is what we are banking on to bring them back.”
Theresa Goffredo: 425-339-3424; goffredo@heraldnet.com.
Artists’ Garage Sale
About 100 artists will sell art at bargain prices, including watercolors, oils, pastels, acrylics, glass, cards, sculpture, ceramics, photography and garden art.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in and around the Schack Art Center, 2921 Hoyt Ave., Everett. Rain or shine. Admission is free.
Parking is on the street or free one block north at Everpark Garage.
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