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August 14-17, 2014: Who is where this week?

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I’m out of town this week, but I was able to take a break and find a local coffee shop to do a quick post with events that past Flying House artists are in, because there are too many to let slip by.

Starting with an opening reception tonight, August 14, 6-9 pm, Sue Danielson’s latest paintings and collage will be on view at Blindfold Gallery, 1718 E. Olive Way, Seattle, in a solo show “PAST THROUGH: Exploring the Alteration of Memory” through September 6.

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“Summer Breeze (on the Outskirts of Town)” by Sue Danielson, mixed media on canvas 60″x60″ 2014

Sue also has two drypoint prints in the 10x10x10xTieton Exhibition, “a juried annual exhibition featuring works no larger than 10 inches in any dimension from around the world, in an array of media.” This year 134 works were accepted from 740 domestic and international submissions. They will be on view at the Mighty Tieton Warehouse, 608 Wisconsin Ave., Tieton, Washington, through October 11. 

Head to Everett this weekend for Fresh Paint Festival of Artists at Work, which includes  Aiko Vail, Christine Stoll, and Steph Mader.  This year Fresh Paint celebrates its 19th year at the Port of Everett Marina, Saturday and Sunday, 10am-5pm. Over 90 artists will be in action: sharing painting, pottery, glass, jewelry, photography, and more.

Glass Elements: On Sunday, 11am-6pm, Marja is participating in Urban Air Market‘s summer pop-up show in San Francisco’s historic Dogpatch neighborhood at Esprit Park (Minnesota and 19th) along with over 100 emerging designers and established brands.

Anything else I should know about?

June 25-29, 2014: Who is where this week?

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A few cool things “my” artists are doing this week!

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“Running” Digital collage by Liz Ruest. Original: 4900×3200 pixels, 6 image layers, 5 adjustment layers.

Liz Ruest: Congratulations to Liz for her piece “Running” being accepted into the 16th Annual Kenmore Art Show at Bastyr University! The opening reception is TONIGHT, Wednesday, June 25, 5:30-8pm (Liz would love to see you there!), and the show only runs through this Sunday, June 29.

“[The Kenmore Art Show] features juried, original works of art that include paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, digital new media art, artisan works, youth art, and art made from repurposed materials. All art on exhibit is available for purchase. The show will also feature nightly entertainment and two guest speaker programs that will be held in the Bastyr University Auditorium.” For more information, click here.

Head on up to the 24th Annual Shoreline Arts Festival this weekend! Both Christine Stoll Jewelry and Sweet Coconut Bakery will be in the Artist Marketplace, “the beating heart of the Shoreline Arts Festival.” Go say hi to Christine and Hazel on Saturday, 10am-6pm and Sunday, 10am-5pm.

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Bukayo by Sweet Coconut Bakery. Bukayo is a popular Philippine candy made by caramelizing young coconut.

“The Shoreline Arts Festival provides two extraordinary days of music, dance, theatre, literary arts, visual arts, and food, plus the Shoreline Philippine Festival. This creative community event, sponsored by the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, is FREE and will be held at the Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE. “

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Royal Purple Gerbera Daisy Necklace – Dichroic Jewelry by Glass Elements

Glass Elements: Marja has certainly hit the ground running with many events in the San Francisco Bay Area. This weekend she will be part of an SF Etsy Pop-Up Shop, 5-9pm on Friday, June 27, at West Elm in Emeryville at 5602 Bay Street, AND she will be at the Midsummer Art Festival at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara on Saturday, June 28, 10am-4pm. Not in the area? Remember that you can always order from her Etsy site.

Don’t forget the Redmond Saturday Market, Saturdays, 9am-3pm:  Marilyn Rank (By Marilyn handbags) and Tiarani Samsi (Tiarani Studio ceramics and batiks) are on this season’s list of vendors there. You can see weekly booth assignments here to see when they will be there.

Anything else I should know about?

artEAST’s 150 Feet of Art Auction ends Saturday

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2014 150 Feet Becky Michelle Preservation
“Preservation” – Michelle Brode & Becky Brooks – collaged paper, acrylic, gems on canvas

This year artEAST, Issaquah’s wonderful local non-profit arts organization, encouraged collaboration on the artwork submitted for the 150 Feet of Art Auction, and I collaborated with two artists to ultimately create a total of three pieces.

Michelle Brode and I proceeded by passing  the requisite 12″ x 12″ canvas back and forth to complete it. I created the background with torn paper from a flower-arranging guide and a couple glazes of color, from which Michelle determined the subject, adding her own carefully cut shapes from a photocopy of an interesting map. On the next pass, we had a short discussion on possible ways to complete it. Responding to Michelle’s focal point, I then finished the piece by adding more color as well as the butterfly wings to tie the piece together. The clear gems and a final radiating layer of acrylic self-leveling gel added dimension, and we titled it “Preservation.” All bidding is online, and you can bid on it here.

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Basic palette of papers for Liz’s and my collaboration. Liz used her own papers following this scheme.

Liz Ruest summed up our process in a blog entry on her site. (Take a minute to go read it, and then come back. There you can view our original pieces as well as our two final pieces—click on each image to see a larger version.) Back on this page, I have added a few more photos of the process. As you can see, we decided to use circles within our basic grid idea. You can bid on “Depends on the Month” here and on “Healthy Tension” here.

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Liz and I shared the pages of a chapter out of this book published in 1956. This was our only common paper as we created each of our original collages.

What fun! Each collaboration was a completely different process and learning experience. It’s fascinating to see how our different styles got combined, and yet you can see the influences on each final piece.

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Liz and I determined how to cut and combine each of our original 12″ x 12″ pieces into a new whole, then attached half of them to a painted 12″ x 12″ wood panel, creating “Depends on the Month.” The second piece, “Healthy Tension,” was created from the remaining pieces along with a few unifying elements.

Five other past Flying House artists have artwork in the auction, all of them collaborations with other artists. Click on the name to go to their auction item: Sue Danielson, Molly Hueffed, Jamie McKay, Gretchen Van Dyke, and Rickie Wolfe.

The auction ends Saturday night, May 17, so if you can, be sure to go see the display in person at 95 Front Street North in downtown Issaquah and get your bids in! All proceeds benefit artEAST.