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Category Archives: Art
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
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
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
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
“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
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
Restoring a painting like a surgeon
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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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