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Category Archives: Art
Edgy art from Bellingham
Thanks to Ann M for finding this in the NYT BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The year is 2019, the place is the United States, and a black man walks into a foundry wanting to cast some bronze grenades. This is how … Continue reading
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Looking forward at 80
He’s been dubbed one of the ‘greatest living artists’ in the world. He’s won more accolades than you can count on two hands and his paintings sell for millions of dollars. And, as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New … Continue reading
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Unveils Janet Echelman’s Latest Work: “Impatient Optimist” in Seattle
Ed note: Art or mosquito net? Thanks to Gordon G for spotting this A new aerial sculpture by renowned artistJanet Echelman has been installed at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus in Seattle. Entitled “Impatient Optimist,” the sculpture consists of a custom net structure suspended above the courtyard, resulting in an … Continue reading
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Everything about the Pacific Northwest is on display at the new Burke Museum. Even the scientists.
The museum’s new home brings its researchers out of the basement, and delivers a love letter of fossils and artifacts to our region. Click here for the full article from Crosscut.
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Manet’s Last Years: A Radical Embrace of Beauty
From the NYT: CHICAGO — I wonder how often he thought back on it: the outrage, the reproaches, the shame, the folly. In 1865, two years after they rejected his “Déjeuner sur l’herbe,” the gatekeepers of the Paris Salon accepted two … Continue reading
Art Engagement for Adults Living with Dementia and Their Care Partners
2 – 3:30 PM on Tuesday, August 6 and Wednesday, August 28 Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Avenue, Seattle Each month, specially trained museum educators and gallery guides lead discussion-based tours highlighting works of art in the Frye galleries. Conversation … Continue reading
Splash and Dash Art
Thanks to Margarete for this find!
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11 Things to do in Seattle – from Crosscut
Lynx by Michael Alm. A whole host of Washington state critters are on display now at Ghost Gallery. Michael Alm: The Mammals of Washington Did you know 141 mammals make their home in Washington? The little brown myotis bat, the white-tailed jack … Continue reading
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British doctors may soon write prescriptions for dance, art or music lessons
Thanks to Peg H from the Washington Post: “What if you were ill and instead of — or along with — a prescription for a pharmaceutical drug, your doctor wrote a prescription for a music, dance or painting class? Doctors … Continue reading
Preston Singletary at Tacoma’s Museum of Glass
“The art of Preston Singletary has become synonymous with the relationship between European glass blowing traditions and Northwest Native art. His artworks feature themes of transformation, animal spirits, and shamanism through elegant blown glass forms and mystical sand-carved Tlingit designs. … Continue reading
A friendly face at Skyline
Kim’s snowman sent in by Alice and Joe W
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Flowers in the park
While walking south on 9th into the new Yesler park, I noticed these “flowers” blooming. What a nice addition to our neighborhood this is.
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Clay Jenkinson as Edward S. Curtis
From Don Philips Don’t miss award-winning scholar of history and humanities Clay Jenkinson at Seattle’s Broadway Performance Hall on Sunday, November 18 at 2 p.m. Jenkinson brings to life early 20th century photographer Edward S. Curtis through a unique blend … Continue reading
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How Rembrandt used light and motion to make a mundane commission a masterpiece
From Aeon: The oil painting Militia Company of District II Under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq (1642), better-known as The Night Watch, is probably Rembrandt’s most famous work. Its status and critical acclaim, though, have little to do with its subject matter: … Continue reading
A Retirement Home’s Lessons in How to Keep in Touch
Marilyn Webb sent this NYT Op Ed piece along. “Is this us too?” Yes I think so given the way each floor and each apartment shelf is decorated in such a unique way. “A couple of years ago, my parents moved into … Continue reading
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Edward Curtis – photography at the SAM
We haven’t been to SAM yet for the Curtis exhibit, but will go soon I hope. Having read the book Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, I’m anxious to see his photographs. From … Continue reading
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5 Billboards in Seattle
Have you noticed any of these billboards around town. It’s billed as a “New art project, A LONE, combats civic loneliness with public empathy.” Click here for the full article. From Crosscut: “Stinson says A LONE (which is up through May) was … Continue reading
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Andy Warhol’s Art and Death – by John Ryan
Below is a video of the recent talk at Skyline by John Ryan, MD Emeritus Chief of Surgery at Virginia Mason.
Andy Warhol’s Art and Death – Surgeon John Ryan, MD at 3:30 PM today May 4th in the MBR
“Andy Warhol’s death: not so simple after all”. This headline in the New York Times followed Dr. Ryan’s presentation to the Pacific Coast Surgical Association. The article went on to say, “Warhol’s death shouldn’t be seen as quite such … Continue reading
The magical place in France where spinning wood tops are still made by hand
Some of France’s first toy companies, founded more than a century ago in the country’s Jura region in the east, continue to produce small wonders for the enjoyment of children and adults alike. Here, a craftsman deftly manufactures tiny spinning … Continue reading
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