The 4-H program is no longer just for livestock. That’s certainly the case at Arts of Snohomish Gallery, which will feature the photography of 4-H in a show called “Snohomish County 4-H Photography Project.”
The exhibit runs through July 31 at the gallery, 105 Cedar Ave., Snohomish. An artist reception is planned from noon to 4 p.m. July 12.
The show, curated by 4-H project volunteer Toni Fitzgerald and Esprit de Corps 4-H Club, is a collection of photographs taken by 4-H club photography students. The selections are based on several elements such as portraits, landscapes, architecture and nature. All works will be framed and for sale, with 100 percent of art sales going to Snohomish County 4-H clubs.
Some of the works on display includes “Snow,” a black dog’s face entirely framed by snow, and “Angel,” a photograph that depicts the happy face of a stone-sculpted angel.
Established in 1902, 4-H has grown from agriculture and animals to include computer science, photography, rockets, performing arts, natural resources and other categories.
“Fanciful Fusion”: Three artists will present paintings, collages and glass infused with vibrant colors through July 26 at Solovei Gallery, 2804 Grand Ave., Everett. An artists reception is planned from 2 to 6 p.m. July 12.
The artists are Betty Jo Fitzgerald, Cameron Elder and Paula Rey.
Fitzgerald paints whimsical kaleidoscopic landscapes infused with color and dotted with plant icons. For instance, playful arrangements and tropical colors help describe the journey of a toy pig in the painting “Portia in Paradise.”
Elder is an Everett artist who works mainly in mixed media and collage, looking for unusual and humorous results in the images of people, animals and landscapes.
Rey is a multimedia artist known for her sculpture, paintings and fused glass. In this exhibit, she presents “theme” mirrors with intricate fused glass frames embellished with metal and jewelry pieces.
“Who let the dogs out” at Meyers Café?: That’s artist Janet Wold, who is showing her dog paintings through July 30 at the cafe on the Everett Marina, 1700 W. Marine View Drive.
The pictures of man’s — and woman’s — best friend are colorful and smile-inducing. Wold not only paints animals, but she is an animal rights activist and donates art and a portions of her proceeds to animal charities. She designed and donated the poster art for the Northwest Organization for Animal Help. Her paintings have been featured on the Pupoolooza poster, and her dog theme paintings have been shown at the Tacoma Art Museum.
A success story: A photography exhibit that spotlights Washington’s Hoh River is also part documentary on how the river became a conservation success story.
“Fast Moving Water: The Hoh River Story” is a traveling exhibit from Burke Museum that will stop Saturday and stay through July 27 at Edmonds Museum, 118 Fifth Ave. N., Edmonds.
The Hoh River valley is home to one of Earth’s last intact temperate rainforests — the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park. Nature photographer Keith Lazelle captured the river on film. The exhibit will present 14 framed color photographs of the Hoh River ecosystem where viewers can follow the story of how environmentalists, local communities, tribes, the government and the timber industry banded together to help protect the river.
Celebrar Diego: The Sculptor’s Workshop will celebrate the work of controversial Mexican artist Diego Rivera.
The exhibit will be shown through July 28 at Edmonds Art Festival Museum gallery at Frances Anderson Center, 700 Main St., Edmonds.
Through his immense murals, Rivera brought colorful history to the Mexican people, including the lost cultures of the indigenous peoples, the Spanish Conquest, the Mexican Revolution and the Industrial Movement. Rivera studied traditional painting in Europe, and became one of the well-known cubist painters. He was married to painter Frida Kahlo.
Some sculptors have created 3-dimensional renditions of Rivera’s paintings. Artists whose work is shown in this exhibit include Rosemary Dally, Robert Dionne, Colleen Duran, Michiko Euling, Denise Heekin, Lennéa Gandee, Kristiana Johnson, Rebecca Newton-Barnes, Paloma Pattis, Barbara Sibley, Terry Sonmore, Patty Steele-Smith, Jerry Stiffler, Janet Still, Masako Thrower and Leon White.
Florals: Artworks Gallery on Whidbey Island is featuring the work of painter Eva Blaisdell starting with a reception from 5 to 8 tonight at the gallery at the Greenbank Farm, 765 Wonn Road, Whidbey Island. Blaisdell loves her gardening and shows that love in lively floral paintings done in watercolor and acrylic.
New at Open Door: Four new artists — Jody Bone, Alexei Kazantsev, Meredith Macleod and Viviani Studio — have joined Open Door Gallery on Whidbey Island, bringing their works of fused glass platters, marble sculptures, handmade cards and beaded jewelry. Open Door Gallery + Coffee is at Bayview Cash Store, 5603 Bayview Road, Langley.
Sinewy sculpture: Smooth, sinuous and tactile surfaces describe the work of Will Robinson, whose new large-scale stone sculpture, carved from metamorphic rock and smooth columnar basalt, can be viewed through July 26 at Foster/White gallery in Pioneer Square, 220 Third Ave. S., Suite 100, Seattle.
Rockwell’s Huck Finn at Taproot Theatre: Art collectors and aficionados can view Norman Rockwell’s Huck Finn Folio, a collection of eight full-color lithographs signed by the artist, at an exhibit Wednesday through Aug. 9 at Taproot Theatre during the run of the Tony Award-winning musical “Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” An online auction will take place during the run of the show.
“This collection is a good representation of Norman Rockwell’s work depicting one of America’s finest story tellers — Mark Twain,” said Taproot board chair Dennis McCurley, who, with his wife, Marlene, donated the prints to Taproot to display and offer for auction. “Both men — Rockwell and Twain — were great storytellers — one with a pen and the other with a brush.”
Money raised by the online auction will support the theater’s production program.
Taproot Theatre is at 204 N. 85th St., Seattle. For more information on the online auction, visit www.taproottheatre.org/rockwell.html or contact Anne Kennedy at 206-529-3672.
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