Events
The Artists are Coming!: Local artists are invading 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 28 and 29 at Lavender Wind Farm, 2530 Darst Road, Coupeville. There will be artists in action and art for sale, healthy food for sale and lavender everything. For more information email Lyla Lillis at lillis55@comcast.net.
Artists of South Whidbey 38th annual Show and Sale: opening reception 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 27, show continues 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 28 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 29 at the Island County Fair Grounds; new this year is “Small Works,” original pieces 154-square inches or less; 25 artists are participating with artworks for sale including watercolors, oils, acrylics, pastels and colored pencil pieces. Email Barbara Mearing at bmearing@gmail.com.
“Your Passport to Art”: Historic East Stanwood’s third annual Art Walk, 5 to 8 p.m. July 28, Aug. 25 and Sept. 29 with businesses and restaurants throughout east Stanwood featuring local artists original work along with music and appetizers. Passports are handed to you at the first business you visit; fill out your passport and qualify for a special prize drawing.
The Cama Beach Quilters: The third open-air quilt show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 28 at Cama Beach State Park, 1880 S. West Camano Drive, Camano Island. The show will feature a new group of 50 of the more than 160 quilts the group has made since 2002 for the cabins at the park. Bed-size and smaller quilts will be for sale; quilt-related activities in the Cama Center for all ages, including some sewing of quilt blocks, flower pounding and a bed-turning of antique quilts. Free but a Discover Pass (available at the Cama Welcome Center) is required for parking; shuttles will be available between the parking lots and the beach. For questions call Pam at 360-387-4550 or email chrispamfred@earthlink.net.
Greater Marysville Artists Guild Festival of the Arts: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 28 and 29 at Comeford Park, 514 Delta Ave., Marysville; paintings, jewelry, fabric items and more; live music and entertainment. Contact Shirley Fulfs at shirleyfulfs@frontier.com.
Ninth annual Index Arts Festival: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 4, Doolittle Park, 300 Fifth Ave., Index; live music 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Admission and parking free. For more information go to www.indexartsfestival.org or call 360-793-4162.
Mill Creek Town Center Second Thursday Art Walk: 5 to 8 p.m. Aug.9 and Sept. 13; Town Center merchants will host artists or musicians in their businesses; maps showing participating merchants will be available online at www.millcreektowncenter.biz and on the evening of the Art Walk in Mill Creek Town Center.
Everett Outdoor Art Walk: The art walks are 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 18 and Sept. 15. The Art Walk’s outdoor portion is at 2914 Wetmore Ave. There will be an ice cream vendor and music.
Exhibits
Snohomish County
3231 Creatives Gallery: 3231 Broadway, Everett; noon to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; www.3231creatives.com. New works by Lily Chang using tempera on silk or rice paper to paint in the Chinese elaborate style, through Aug. 25.
Also: 4 to 7 p.m. Aug. 18; Cocoon House and 3231 Creatives will host a special artist reception to feature artwork from the homeless and/or once homeless artists in the area. Artists interested in exhibiting their work can stop by and fill out the application form at 3231 Creatives before Aug. 9. The exhibit runs Aug. 16 through Sept. 30.
All Aboard: 2507 Broadway, Everett; 425-327-5533. “Advanced Art Class” art work with Amanda Hernandez, Edward Barnhart, Larry Cullen, along with Eveyln Pringles first paintings and Cherie Estok.
Anabel’s Framing &Gallery: 2531 Broadway, Everett; 425-258-6402; www.anabelsgallery.com. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Yuri Konyshev’s watercolors on display.
Arts of Snohomish Gallery: 1024 First St. No. 104, Snohomish; 360-568-8648; www.artsofsnohomish.org. “Sumer Is Icumen In” is the Olde English way of saying summer is here and if you pop in during the Snohomish Garden Tour, from noon to 5 p.m. July 29, you’ll see art with summer themes and garden art and enjoy refreshments.
Autumn’s Framing &Gallery: 537 Main St., Edmonds; 425-778-5150; www.autumnsframing.com. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. “Water Play,” original water themed paintings by Jacob Kohn. Through Aug. 15.
Balefire: 1801 Hewitt Ave., Everett; 425-374-7248; www.balefirebar.com.
Bookend Coffee Company: Inside Everett Public Library, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett; 425-259-3492. Artist Shawn Southwick shows off his colorful paintings through Aug. 31.
Brushstrokes Art Supply: 5702 172nd St. NE, Arlington; 360-658-4044; www.brushstrokesartsupply.com; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.
Citrine Health: 2817 Rockefeller Ave., Everett; 425-259-9899; www.citrinehealth.org. Featured artist is painter Ursula Stocke.
City Hall: 121 Fifth Ave. N., Edmonds; 425-775-2525; www.ci.edmonds.wa.us. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Murphey Collection paintings in the third floor reception area’s permanent display.
Cole Gallery &Artist Supplies: 107 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds; 425-697-2787; www.colegallery.net. Young new plein air oil painter Brooke Borcherding’s show “Skyline Over Lake Union” with vibrant works of Seattle city scenes and Edmonds vistas. Show runs until July 31.
Edmonds Arts Festival Museum Gallery: Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds; 425-771-1984. 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Edmonds artist Pamela Harold is noted for her watercolors and lectures on travel journaling and her work is based on her travel journal sketches and her own photographs from throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, and Egypt. Up through July 30.
Edmonds Community College Art Gallery: 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays, 1 to 5 p.m. weekends, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood; www.edcc.edu/gallery/.
Edmonds Conference Center: 201 Fourth Ave. N, Edmonds; 425-640-1243; artsnow@edcc.edu; [URL]www.edcc.edu/artsnow;http://www.edcc.edu/artsnow; “Environmental Still Life,” features photography by Jacob Smithers who uses aged structures and nature to capture patterns and textures of rural subjects. Through Sept. 7.
Edmonds Library: 650 Main St., Edmonds; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.
Edmonds Museum: 118 Fifth Ave. N., Edmonds; 425-774-0900. 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays; suggested donation is $2 per adult and $1 per child Everett Community College: The Russell Day Gallery, 2000 Tower St.; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Thursdays and 10 a.m. to noon on Fridays Fogdog Gallery: 505-660-6825 Future of Flight Aviation Center: 8415 Paine Field Blvd., Mukilteo; open daily 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. A Guilded Gallery: 8700 271st St., Stanwood; The new Stanwood Camano Arts Guild is open, displaying unique artwork by local artists. The gallery is planning to have three annual art shows with more information to follow.
Lynnwood Convention Center: 3711 196th St., SW, Lynnwood; 425-778-7155 Lynnwood Library Gallery: 19200 44th Ave. W, Lynnwood; Open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. 425-670-5518 Marysville Floral: 1512 Third St., Marysville; 360-659-7651 Meyer’s Cafe: 1700 W. Marine View Drive, Everett; 425-259-3875. weekdays 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dan Clements is an underwater photographer who wrote the book “Critters, Creatures &Kelp.” By sharing images of life below the water, he hopes to increase people’s care and concern for our marine environment. Through July.
Mountlake Terrace Library Gallery: 23300 58th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace; 425-776-8722 Mukilteo Art &Frame: 11700 Mukilteo Speedway, No. 408, Mukilteo; 425-315-8506. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
Ornamental Arts Gallery: 13805 Smokey Point Blvd. Suite 105,Marysville. 425-422-5232 Port Gardner Bay Winery: 2802 Rockefeller Ave, Everett; 425-339-0293; portgardnerbaywinery@hotmail.com. Featured are Allan Giffen and SKY, aka Staci Hutchison.
Red Cup Cafe: 619 Fourth St., Mukilteo; 425-348-4825; Laurie Crawford shows “Pastel Local Landscapes II,” who has a passion for plein air painting and is a member of the Northwest Pastel Society.
Schack Art Center: 2921 Hoyt Ave., Everett; 425-259-5050 The Sisters: 2804 Grand Ave., Everett; 425-252-0480; 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Gale Johansen paints not what she sees, but what she envisions using multiple mediums and often incorporating found, or recycled items; through Oct. 12.
Wisedesignz: 2908 Wetmore Ave., Everett; 425-259-2361 Wicked Cellars: 2616 Colby Ave., Everett; 425-299-3360.”Art of the African Mask” featuring more than 60 museum quality African masks.
Island County
Artworks Gallery at Greenbank Farm: 765 Wonn Road, C102, Greenbank; 360-222-3010 Brackenwood Gallery of Fine Art: 302 First St., Langley; 360-221-2978 Braeburn Restaurant: 197 D Second St., Langley; 360-221-3211 Freeland Art Studios: 1660 Roberta Ave., Freeland Gallery by the Bay: 8700 271st NW, Stanwood. 360-629-4297. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily Garry Oak Gallery: 830 SE Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor; 360-240-0222 The Loft at Terry’s Corner: 848 N. Sunrise Blvd., Camano Island, 360-654-6547. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
Matzke Fine Art Gallery: 2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island; 360-387-2759 Also: New paintings by Kathe Fraga.
Neil’s Clover Patch Cafe: 14485 Highway 525, Ste. 3, Langley; 360-321-4120 Rob Schouten Gallery: Greenbank Farm, C-103, 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank; 360-222-3070 Seagrass Gallery at Islander’s Restaurant: 848 N. Sunrise Blvd., Camano Island Taste for Wine: 5603 Bayview Road, Langley; 360-321-0515 Whidbey Art Gallery: 220 Second St., Langley; 360-221-7675 Also: 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 4, featuring Barbara Mearing who will be working in pastels, acrylics and colored pencils, for the First Saturday Art Walk.
Skagit County
Museum of Northwest Art: 121 S. First St., La Conner; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 360-466-4446 Also: “Moments of Quiet from the Permanent Collection” is the summer exhibition from the Permanent Collection that features artworks and quotes related to the concepts of tranquility, peace of mind, and inspiration. Through Sept. 23.
Seattle
Seattle Art Museum: 1300 First Ave.; 206-654-3100