Category Archives: Art

The totem pole and the cedar tree

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Art like you’ve never experienced

Thanks Sybil-Ann

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Painted stairs

Thanks Sybil-Ann

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Moving sculptures

Thanks to Marilyn W!

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A surprise in the woods

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The art of cups and saucers

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Italy’s Museums Reopen With Vibrating Social-Distancing Necklaces, Limited Admission

A guard will “chaperone” groups of six through the Scuderie del Quirinale’s blockbuster Raphael exhibition By Theresa Machemer SMITHSONIANMAG.COM (thanks Ann M.)MAY 22, 2020 As Italy relaxes its stay-at-home-orders, museums are beginning to reopen with new safety measures that allow visitors … Continue reading

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Corona virus meets the arts

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illusion on the sidewalk

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Quarantine art

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Apples on display

Just in case everyone doesn’t know, the lovely apples on display as Art of the Month are the work of Ryan Miller’s wife Liisa.  She is certainly a gifted artist and I very much appreciate her sharing her work.   … Continue reading

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Near the Elliot Bay Bookstore

Thanks to Mary Montgomery who’s prowling the local streets uncovering artistic gems

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Greenlake Dragonfly

We have some’Artistes de Rue’ in Seattle, too.  As a community art project my niece, Lisa Cach, designed the dragonfly and obtained the grant for money, mainly for the cost of the paint,  from the city’s neighborhood art fund.  They … Continue reading

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Smiles on the street by Artistes de Rue

Make sure you scroll down to enjoy the street art

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Virtual Asian Museum Tours

Thanks to Ann Milam. Here’s the corrected link.

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Inspiration in the sky in Italy

Quite a tribute! Thanks to Gordon G. As Italy is in quarantine, the Italian Air Force flies a single jet, representing the virus, to meet other jets that stream the colors of the Italian flag while Pavarotti’s Nessus Dorma plays with the … Continue reading

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Finally, some quiet time at the Louvre

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Plensa’s precautions in the Sculpture Garden

Thanks to Mike C. and, yes, we need to be able to smile! We know what art critics think of that 46-foot-tall head, the sculpture that is installed at the Olympic Sculpture Park: Magnifique. Jaume Plensa, the Spanish artist who made it, … Continue reading

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Stuck at Home? These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch (Video)

https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours?utm_source=smsshare From Alice and Joe’s daughter – enjoy!

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Tchaikovsky’s Divine Liturgy – Performed by Cappella Romana

The link to the broadcasted performance is https://www.facebook.com/cappellaromana/videos/1294997770699445/  You can also watch from Cappella Romana’s homepage at cappellaromana.org PROGRAM Peter Tchaikovsky: Divine Liturgy, with: Kalinnikov: First Antiphon Sheehan: Second Antiphon, Alleluiarion Rachmaninoff: Beatitudes for double choir, from his Divine Liturgy Chesnokov: Choral concerto, … Continue reading

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Greetings from Brussels!!

Last month you may recall that Spotlight on the Performing Arts sponsored a pre-competition recital by Yvette Kraft on February 29th. What follows is an email from Yvette and her mother Karen Sent to Mary Ann Hagan. Just an update … Continue reading

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“Art” in the garage?

Did the art committee approve this large tennis ball sticker decorating the bleak concrete on B2 in the garage? Is a new trend starting? Do we need a subcommittee for garage art? What is your opinion?

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The American War

Thanks Barb W for letting us know about this event Thursday, February 6, 2020, 5-7 p.m. ARTS at King Street Station 303 S. Jackson St, Top Floor, Seattle, WA 98104 Please join us for the opening reception for The American War, an … Continue reading

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Incredible snow works made by ‘snow artist’ – using only snowshoes

Thanks Gordon G for finding this Most of us don’t think much of snow: it’s something to snowboard on, perhaps; fun for the kids, certainly, and usually a pain to shovel. But for British “snow artist” Simon Beck, it’s a pure, clean canvas for … Continue reading

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Restoring a painting like a surgeon

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