The Art of the Garden show at the Schack Art Center is replete with artistic flowers. Look down the throat of a pink watercolor rose. Marvel at a painterly photo of paper-thin tulips. Wonder at the life cycle of a dandelion, likened in an acrylic painting to a soul that never dies.
This popular biennial juried exhibit, which opens with a reception this evening, involves art created to enhance gardens and art that brings the garden inside. The exhibit is up through Sept. 2.
Visitors will find an eclectic mix of glass, pottery and metal artwork to personalize even the smallest landscape with whimsy and grace, said the Schack’s curators, as well as structural pieces to define garden spaces long after the flowers have faded. Art of the Garden also returns with colorful photography and paintings to brighten any space year-round.
More than 90 regional artists were selected to participate including Jackie Cort (encaustic, Snohomish), Amy Duncan (mixed media, Everett), Charles Guildner (photography, Everett), Yonnah Ben Levy (ceramics, Stanwood), Katie Matson (glass, Mukilteo) and Nancy Loorem (basketry, Langley).
Other artists include Sally Abbey, Barbara Ansley, Jeff Aspnes, Chaim Bezalel, Danielle Bodine, Kiley Branson, Monica Bretherton, Erika Bruss, Barbara Childs, Janice Clem, Mackenzie Colby, Kathy Collins, Lorra Douglass, Dee Doyle, Susan Elliott, Laura Elmore, Kathey Ervin, Cynthia Fankhauser, Keith Field, Jeanine Fitzgerald, Marta Fivehouse-Niemann, Becky Fletcher, Gene Fredrickson, Barbara Freeman, Jeanne Gardner, Roxy Gesler, Jennifer Gottwald.
Sandy Haight, Ruth Handewith, Melissa Herzog, Meander Holzer, Katherine Holzknecht, Cheryl A. Hufnagel, Sheri Jacobson, Fran Kaufman, Jesse Kelly, Catherine Kessel, Elizabeth Kincaid, Lori Knight, Anne La Fever, Aaron LaChausse, Maren Larson, Shannon Leah Danks, Bezalel Levy, Jennifer Lommers, Ruth Lopez, John Losee, Donna Lough, Carolyn Luark.
Steph Mader, Janci Mannington, Barbara Martin, Anna Mastronardi Novak, Rohini Mathur, Jan McCulloch, Mary McInnis, Patricia McNamee, Marise Miville, Carol Mosher, Connie Munford, Angelo Muzzin, Joan O’Bryne, Ayako Okon, Janie Olsen, Laurie Olsen, Jason Otto, Paula Parks, Alex Porter, Polly Purvis.
Victoria Raymond, Meredith Regal, Ann Chadwick Reid, Bobbie (Barbara) Ritter, Bill Roeder, Maria Root, Sue Gill Rose, Melanie Salazar, Diane Sarr, Diana Scheel, Marcel Schwarb, Beverly Shaw-Starkovich, Joanne Shellan, Gretchen Shepherd, Gary Shinn, Merridy Shinn, Ron Smith, Alan Steele, Marie Tornow, Janis Trowbridge-Howes, Shailer Tuell, Rick Tuthill, Jamie Tuttle, Terri Vincent, Mara Vostral, Katie Walton, Heather West and Judy Zugish.
If you go
Schack Art Center offers a four-exhibit opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m. June 15, at 2921 Hoyt Ave.
See the Art of the Garden through Sept. 2 in the main gallery.
Courtesy Of: Extraordinatry Basketry, Textiles and Sculptures from Northwest Collections is up in the loft through July 29.
Interwoven Dialogues: The Architecture of Basketry, an exhibit of photographs by Susan Gans of artifacts from the Everett Museum of History collection, is displayed through Aug. 27 in the main floor studios.
Also see an exhibit of art and photography by Everett Community College students in the young artists’ gallery.
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