Molly Hueffed: See Molly’s beautiful ceramics–and work from many other ceramicists–at the Jefferson Community Center Ceramics Sale, 1600 South Dakota Street, Seattle (on the east edge of Jefferson Park) at Friday’s preview sale, 5-8:30pm, and on Saturday, 10am-4pm.

Molly is also part of Seward Park Clay Studio Holiday Show, starting with a preview on Friday, 6:30-9:30pm ($10 suggested donation) and continuing through December 24. (Hours: Monday – Friday, noon-7pm; Saturday & Sunday 10am-6pm. Free entry.)

Head to the Phinney Neighborhood Association Winter Festival this weekend where both Christine Stoll Jewelry and Wish Poosh Designs will be Saturday & Sunday, 10am–5pm. Christine will bring her reinvented and repurposed vintage and found object jewelry, and Aiko and Poul will bring their collaborative work, as well as Aiko’s kiln-formed glass garden art, tableware, and home decor items, and Poul’s hand carved masks and bowls created from reclaimed woods and natural fibers. 

Tiarani Studio: In the Redmond Town Center Winter Market , look for Tia Samsi‘s elegant batik scarves and whimsical ceramics in the old Border’s space on the corner of 74th and 166th, Saturday & Sunday, 10am-6pm.

Steph Mader:  For a fun studio experience, check out the North End Arts Tour, Friday 4-9pm; Saturday & Sunday, 10am-5pm. Tour six Seattle homes and studios, each location with multiple artists. Steph will be at Site #1, Seymour Stained Glass Studio, 5415 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle–just off Phinney by the Woodland Park Zoo. She’ll be showing her particle glass landscapes and also offering some great deals on her sgraffito glass!

Theresa Neinas: On Saturday from 2 to 9pm, printmaker Theresa is just one of many talented artists at the South Park Arts 10th Annual Art Under $100, to be held this year at its new location in the Seattle Design Center in Georgetown, 5701 6th Ave S, Seattle. Featuring artists representing a variety of media, along with art raffles, beer & wine, food trucks, live DJs, and the Makery.

Glass Elements: If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, be sure to visit Marja at the Triton Museum of Art‘s Holiday Gift Fair in Santa Clara on Friday, 5:30pm-9pm, and Saturday, 10am-5pm. On Sunday, 12-3pm, Marja will be at the AMS Arts & Crafts Fair in Albany, CA.

Whew! Where are you headed?

Stay tuned for more Flying House artists’ activities and holiday sales!

Head north to the Anacortes Arts Festival, Friday and Saturday, 10am-6pm, and Sunday, 10am-5pm. Marja of Glass Elements (Booth #405W) is back in town for this event! Aiko and Poul of Wish Poosh Designs (Booth #811W) will also be there. All three artists have been taking suggestions from customers and working on new designs, so be sure to take a look at their new creations.

On Friday evening from 6 to 9pm, Tiarani Samsi and Christine Stoll will both be part of  the August Issaquah Art Walk. Tia will be there with her original design batik scarves and whimsical ceramics, and Christine will be showing her latest repurposed and reinvented vintage jewelry. Find them both near the Issaquah Library at the corner of Front and Sunset.

In case you miss the Art Walk, Christine Stoll Jewelry will also be at Common Folk Co. Art in the Street, 325 Parkplace Center, Kirkland (next to Purple Cafe) on Saturday, 10am-6pm. Vintage enthusiasts will appreciate the selection of vintage dishes, silver plate, frames, linens, wall shelves, jewelry, and furniture.

I see many great artists and activities scheduled for these events, so I hope you can make it to at least one of them!

Anything else I should know about?

p.s. Just to add some other interest to this post, here is what I was listening to while I wrote it. Have you seen the film? Here’s more about the soundtrack, and here’s the trailer for the film. It’s a Jim Jarmusch film, so it’s not standard Hollywood fare. Jeff and I loved it.

Jill Green: Brooklyn-based The Sketchbook Project is on tour with a stop this week at the Seattle Central Library. Textile artist Jill Green (you might remember her tiny basket pendants and woven currency at Flying House a few years ago) has a new sketchbook there. “Check out and explore a crowd-sourced collection of artist sketchbooks as The Sketchbook Project’s mobile library stops in Seattle during a national tour.” One more day: Saturday, July 12, 12-3pm. You can also take a look online at Jill’s 2014 sketchbook. See her sketchbooks from past years here: 2011, 2012, and 2013.

Tonight, July 11, 6-9pm, is Issaquah Art Walk! Look for Christine Stoll, who will be making as well as selling her reinvented and repurposed vintage and found object jewelry at So, There! Clever Handmade Gifts and More. And be sure to visit the artEAST Art Center, where there is work by a number of Flying House artists in the retail gallery and the last chance to see the “Crow/Raven: Magic & Mystery” exhibit. It’s also a kickoff for the “Art Outside” Art Festival.

Heather Pasqualino: Heather’s abstract series is currently on view at Northwest Cellars in the Totem Lake area of Kirkland through the second week of August. Also note that tonight, Friday, July 11, 5-8pm, Heather will be participating in the Kirkland Art Walk, where she will be painting and showing her new abstract/landscape series at Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty, 15 Lake Street in downtown Kirkland.

Don’t miss Urban Craft Uprising in Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Saturday & Sunday, July 12 & 13, 11am-5pm! Sweet Coconut Bakery and This Charming Candy–and many other wonderful artist and crafters–will be at this fun semi-annual show. An air-conditioned venue full of unique handmade items might be just what you need this weekend. Also note that this will be the last opportunity to get Sweet Coconut Bakery treats locally in person before Hazel’s move to California.

Marilyn Rank: By Marilyn handbags will be at the Redmond Saturday Market, Saturday, 9am-3pm. You can see weekly booth assignments here.

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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.

“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. “

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?

Christine Stoll Jewelry: Christine will be debuting her newest line of jewelry (re:circuit) at Art on the Fly!, a dance and arts street fair on the Amazon campus in South Lake Union on Friday the 13th, 4:30-7:30pm, and on Saturday the 14th, 12-6pm. 

Glass Elements: If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend, you will find Marja and her latest glass jewelry designs at the Novato Festival of Art, Wine, & Music on Saturday, 10am-7pm,  and Sunday, 10am- 6pm.

Heather Pasqualino: At the Kirkland Art Walk on Friday the 13th, 5-8pm, Heather will be demonstrating a new abstract oil painting, while showcasing smaller works, at Simplicity ABC, 107 Park Lane. Heather encourages you to bring your kids!

Heather also is a featured artist at Rocco’s (2228 Second Ave, Seattle), where she currently has ten of her abstracts on view through July 5th via representation by Ghost Gallery.

Sweet Coconut Bakery: Hazel will be at the Des Moines Waterfront Farmers Market with her signature cookies and candies, and probably a few new creations, this Saturday, 10am-2pm. It will be her last market appearance this season. (Stay tuned for festivals.)

Theresa Neinas: TONIGHT, Thursday, June 12, 6-9pm, block printmaker Theresa will be in TWO places for the West Seattle Art Walk:

West Seattle Cellars, 6026 California Ave SW, Seattle
[Here will be "loose prints at affordable prices."]
AND
Windermere, 4526 California Ave SW, Seattle
[Here will be her artwork that was awarded honorary mention in the West Seattle Garden Tour poster contest.]

Wish Poosh Designs: Aiko and Poul will be at the Edmonds Arts Festival with Poul’s hand carved masks and bowls created from reclaimed woods and natural fibers, along with Aiko’s kiln-formed glass garden art, tableware, and home decor items, as well as  their collaborative work. The festival runs Saturday, 10am-8pm, and Sunday, 10am-6pm.

And finally, do check out 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.

Whew! Anything else I should know about?

A number of Flying House artists will be in the June Issaquah Art Walk, the first of the season, continuing every first Friday of the month through September. As many of you know, there are plenty of restaurant choices in downtown Issaquah, and there will be live music to entertain as you visit each of the art venues between 6 and 9pm. More information about the Art Walks here.

Tiarani Samsi, who has been part of Flying House Art & Craft Sale since its beginning, will be at Painted Ladies Art Studio, 485 Front Street North (Mercantile Building), with both her elegant batik scarves and whimsical ceramics.

Christine Stoll, who first joined us last year, will have her fabulous reinvented and repurposed vintage and found object jewelry at So, There! Clever Handmade Gifts and More, 195 Front Street North (next to Art By Fire Glass Studios). Be sure to check out Christine’s upcoming schedule here.

Ellen Borison, talented figurist whom I featured in one of the Art & Sustainability shows I curated at Sightline Institute as well as had a few pieces (and some delicious plum jam!) at Flying House a few years ago, will be part of the Figure Art Show & Sale this weekend at artEAST. During Art Walk, Ellen and other artists will be drawing a costumed model  in the artEAST studio classroom. Selected drawings will be displayed as they are completed, and offered for sale.

It should be a wonderful night for an art walk, so enjoy!