Starting with a tribute to mothers, the Edmonds Center for the Arts has truly become a center for all arts by establishing a new series of art exhibits for 2009.
The exhibits begin with “Art of Our Mothers,” which spotlights the artist-mother relationship.
The exhibit encourages families to view and enjoy art together and promote an appreciation of art among children. The artists’ children were invited to describe their mothers and their mothers’ art.
“Art of Our Mothers” is one of four exhibits planned for this year.
Three of the exhibits will feature a single artist selected by the Edmonds Center for the Arts visual arts committee. Artists from throughout the Puget Sound region will be invited to become part of the arts community in Edmonds through an open call for artists, available at the ECA Web site, www.ec4arts.org.
Art pieces will be available for sale to benefit ECA, a nonprofit performing arts facility in the historic Edmonds High School building that opened in October 2006.
The visual arts exhibits will be in the ECA Visual Arts Gallery at 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds.
Prom night: Take your tux out of mothballs, find your old formal gown, pile up that bouffant and pin on the corsages — or just be a rebel in jeans.
It’s time for the Lowell Art Works Prom fundraiser. Because it’s prom season, the gallery owners thought there would be no better way to celebrate the growth of Lowell Art Works than with a classic rite of passage — the 2009 Lowellife Prom an inaugural fundraiser.
As part of this retro celebration, prices will be kicked back with all art pieces in the show priced at $100 each.
Check out the online preview at www.lowellartworks.com. Eighty percent of the proceeds go to support Lowell Art Works, with the artists keeping 20 percent.
The fundraiser and art show kicks off with a reception from 4 to 9 p.m. May 16 at Lowell Art Works, 5205 S. Second Ave., Everett. Doors will open at 3 p.m. for those who wish to preview but no sales will be taken until 4 p.m. The show runs through June 14.
Artist Binky Bergsman has worked in charcoal, pastel and print but when she found the wax-based style of painting called encaustic, she said it was like coming home.
“I lose myself in the smells, the colors, the depth, texture and luminosity of a painting,” Bergsman said on the Web site, www.bergsmanfinearts.com. “Because encaustic is so immediate and physical, I am free to experience the sheer joy of painting. I can paint, layer and scrape to my heart’s content.”
Bergsman said she sometimes embeds bits of detritus in her work — pieces of metal, feathers, moss, glass and other items find their way into her paintings.
Bergsman is the featured artist this month at WiseDesignz Custom Framing &Fine Art Gallery. A reception is planned during the Everett Art Walk from 4 to 7 p.m. May 16 at the gallery, 2908 Wetmore Ave., Everett.
Theresa Goffredo: 425-339-3424, goffredo@heraldnet.com.
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