Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
8.18.2009
Recent topic of conversation: Einstein's Theory of Relativity
While Chris is re-reading Einstein's Theory of Relativity, I have been delving back into some of my favorite artists' work. One of whom is Salvador Dali. Our latest topic of conversation (being Einstein) reminded me of Dali's paintings: The Persistence of Memory & The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory. Enjoy.
10.16.2008
10.13.2008
My Walking Art Update
As you all know, I'm a big fan of art and especially that done by local artists. Today I have a few pieces to share with you that are being shown at the Patricia Rovzar Gallery in Downtown Seattle. Both of these artists are local and their works are wonderfully pleasing. Lyle Silver's use of color in these landscapes is extraordinary and Pierce Milholland has a spectacular sense of light and color in his fantastic paintings of the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy.
Lyle Silver: Another Trip to the Market
Lyle Silver: Late Afternoon at the Square
Lyle Silver: The Way East
Lyle Silver: Western Avenue
Pierce Milholland: Carnation Flower Farm
Pierce Milholland: Night Lights
Pierce Milholland: Skagit Valley Landscape
10.07.2008
Seattle Events
Fall is here and there are lots of fun events to update you on. Here goes:
Music(als)
October 9th (5:30 - 7:30) @ Seattle Art Museum: Art of Jazz w/ the Jon Hamar Trio
The Jon Hamar Trio has been named Seattle's 2007 Emerging Jazz Artist of the year. This would be a great opportunity to hear them play in an intimate venue just prior to the Earshot Jazz Festival. This event is free with museum admission. Let me know if you're interested as I have a few guest passes.
October 18th - November 9th @ Various Locations in Seattle: Earshot Jazz Festival
It's the 20th annual Earshot Jazz Festival! "Earshot Jazz Festival brings important artists from around the world into creative collaboration with area audiences and Seattle's finest jazz musicians. It celebrates Seattle's place in the world of jazz — from our award-winning high-school jazz programs to our renowned resident jazz masters — in a world-class festival setting that features many of today's most important artists."
October 29th - November 16th @ 5th Avenue Theatre: The Drowsy Chaperone
"Welcome to The Drowsy Chaperone, the new musical comedy that is swooping into town with tons of laughs and the most 2006 Tony Awards of any musical on Broadway! It all begins when a die-hard musical fan plays his favorite cast album, a 1928 smash hit called "The Drowsy Chaperone," and the show magically bursts to life. We are instantly immersed in the glamorous, hilarious tale of a celebrity bride and her uproarious wedding day, complete with thrills and surprises that take both the cast (literally) and the audience (metaphorically) soaring into the rafters."
October 14th - 19th @ Paramount Theatre: Spring Awakening
"Broadway's most talked about new musical is now the biggest Tony Award® Winner in years. SPRING AWAKENING is the groundbreaking fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll that has awakened Broadway like no other musical in years. Winner of eight Tony Awards® including Best Musical, SPRING AWAKENING celebrates the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with a power, a poignancy and a passion you will never forget. We agree with The New York Times that "Broadway may never be the same again!""
The Jon Hamar Trio has been named Seattle's 2007 Emerging Jazz Artist of the year. This would be a great opportunity to hear them play in an intimate venue just prior to the Earshot Jazz Festival. This event is free with museum admission. Let me know if you're interested as I have a few guest passes.
October 18th - November 9th @ Various Locations in Seattle: Earshot Jazz Festival
It's the 20th annual Earshot Jazz Festival! "Earshot Jazz Festival brings important artists from around the world into creative collaboration with area audiences and Seattle's finest jazz musicians. It celebrates Seattle's place in the world of jazz — from our award-winning high-school jazz programs to our renowned resident jazz masters — in a world-class festival setting that features many of today's most important artists."
October 29th - November 16th @ 5th Avenue Theatre: The Drowsy Chaperone
"Welcome to The Drowsy Chaperone, the new musical comedy that is swooping into town with tons of laughs and the most 2006 Tony Awards of any musical on Broadway! It all begins when a die-hard musical fan plays his favorite cast album, a 1928 smash hit called "The Drowsy Chaperone," and the show magically bursts to life. We are instantly immersed in the glamorous, hilarious tale of a celebrity bride and her uproarious wedding day, complete with thrills and surprises that take both the cast (literally) and the audience (metaphorically) soaring into the rafters."
October 14th - 19th @ Paramount Theatre: Spring Awakening
"Broadway's most talked about new musical is now the biggest Tony Award® Winner in years. SPRING AWAKENING is the groundbreaking fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll that has awakened Broadway like no other musical in years. Winner of eight Tony Awards® including Best Musical, SPRING AWAKENING celebrates the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with a power, a poignancy and a passion you will never forget. We agree with The New York Times that "Broadway may never be the same again!""
Art
October 24th - January 11th @ Seattle Art Museum: S'abadeb - The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art & Artists
"S'abadeb—The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists is a major exhibition that explores the unique artistry and culture of Salish First Peoples of Washington State and British Columbia. The exhibition features more than 175 works of art from national and international collections that offer a glimpse into the daily and ceremonial lives of the 39 sovereign Salish Nations. Many of the works have never before been on view and are, for the first time, interpreted by Native voices."
"S'abadeb—The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists is a major exhibition that explores the unique artistry and culture of Salish First Peoples of Washington State and British Columbia. The exhibition features more than 175 works of art from national and international collections that offer a glimpse into the daily and ceremonial lives of the 39 sovereign Salish Nations. Many of the works have never before been on view and are, for the first time, interpreted by Native voices."
(7:00-8:00 on Oct. 24th: Curator Barbara Brotherton is giving an intro and overview of the exhibit)
Books
October 12th (2:00) @ Seattle Central Library: David Macaulay "The Way We Work"
Award-winning author of "The Way Things Work", David Macaulay uses detailed drawings to take us on an entertaining, visual journey through the human body. Macaulay will be talking about and signing his new book "The Way We Work".
October 27th (6:00pm) @ Lark Restaurant: David Tanis: A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes
This is a "Cooks & Books" event where David Tanis will prepare a meal for attendees and will talk about his book in an intimate environment.
"A good cook knows the pleasure of a seasonal kitchen. Eating seasonally is eating sustainably, supporting local farmers, and preserving the land, but it has everything to do with pleasure as well. "A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes" offers simple dishes for easy entertaining that perfectly illustrate the idea of eating with the seasons. Tanis shows readers how to slow down, pay attention and give ingredients their due. He serves up charming, unassuming meals for friends and family. Tanis's essays, personal stories and anecdotes are interesting, friendly and soulful. By the end, readers will have learned the inspiration, techniques and joy of the kitchen that are just as important as the best ingredients."
Award-winning author of "The Way Things Work", David Macaulay uses detailed drawings to take us on an entertaining, visual journey through the human body. Macaulay will be talking about and signing his new book "The Way We Work".
October 27th (6:00pm) @ Lark Restaurant: David Tanis: A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes
This is a "Cooks & Books" event where David Tanis will prepare a meal for attendees and will talk about his book in an intimate environment.
"A good cook knows the pleasure of a seasonal kitchen. Eating seasonally is eating sustainably, supporting local farmers, and preserving the land, but it has everything to do with pleasure as well. "A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes" offers simple dishes for easy entertaining that perfectly illustrate the idea of eating with the seasons. Tanis shows readers how to slow down, pay attention and give ingredients their due. He serves up charming, unassuming meals for friends and family. Tanis's essays, personal stories and anecdotes are interesting, friendly and soulful. By the end, readers will have learned the inspiration, techniques and joy of the kitchen that are just as important as the best ingredients."
9.10.2008
Day of Music & Art Block Party
The city is bustling this weekend! Here's another event for ya:
The Day of Music & Art Block Party @ Benaroya, SAM, Soundbridge & The Triple Door.
Sunday September 14th from 10am - 6pm. FREE ADMISSION
Celebrate good times at Benaroya Hall's 10th Anniversary! The day features free performances and activities for the whole family with Seattle Symphony, Soundbridge, Seattle Art Museum and The Triple Door. Tenth Anniversary attendees also receive free admission to SAM's permanent collection. It's a block party not to be missed! FREE Admission.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium
11am Cascade Symphony
12pm Northwest Mahler Orchestra Festival
1pm Seattle Choral Company (Fauré Requiem featuring the Watjen Concert Organ)
2 & 3:15pm Seattle Symphony
4:15pm Seattle Men’s Chorus, Seattle Women’s Chorus
5:15pm Seattle Symphony’s Pacific Northwest Community Orchestra Plays Mahler
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall
11:15am Members of the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras
12pm Wesito & Friends: Wes Dyring's Classic Latin Music
12:45pm Greenwood Concert Band
1:30pm Seattle Classic Guitar Society
2:15pm The Dave Mesler Trio (musical tribute to Benaroya Hall)
3:15pm Bokréta Hungarian Dance Ensemble
4pm Northwest Sound Men’s Chorus
4:45pm Juliana and Pava (Ancient Russian Song Vocal Ensemble)
5:30pm Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra
Garden of Remembrance
10am Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder Drumline
10:45am Orchestra Zarabanda (Hot Cuban salsa!)
11:30am Beverly Graham (guitar)
12:15pm Neil Hubbard (bagpipe)
1pm Bonnie Whiting Smith (percussion)
1:45pm Mariachi Juvenil- Voces de Mexico
2:30pm The Miho and Diego Duo (marimba and Andean flute)
3:15pm New Age Flamenco (guitar trio)
4pm Shumba Youth Marimba Ensemble
4:45pm JUBILEE (indie garden jazz)
Soundbridge
10:30am Kindermusik Demo Class
11:30am Percussion Explosion!
12:30pm Let’s Write a Song! (with David Mesler)
1:30pm Sin Fronteras: Live and Listen without Borders
2:30pm Russian Folk For Kids
3:30pm American Minimalism (intended for older audiences)
4:30pm Seattle International Film Festival (intended for older audiences)
Seattle Art Museum South Hall
12pm The Raggedy Anns (stripped down acoustic skiffle)
1pm Andre Feriante (guitar)
2pm Red Eye Flight (Experimental music)
3pm Das Vibenbass (crushing the borders of jazz)
The Triple Door Musicquarium
4pm Tor Dietrichson/ Paul Benoit Duo (roots rock & more)
5pm James Baumgart (contemporary jazz guitar)
6pm The Jelly Rollers (blues/Americana)
7pm The Boogilistics (nu-soul/funk)
9pm Salsa Dancing
KIDS WELCOME!
Visit the Samuel and Althea Stroum Grand Lobby in Benaroya Hall between 11am and 5pm for a host of activities for the whole family. Grab your library card and check out books with the Seattle Public Library, put your artistic side to work coloring with SAM, explore instruments with KING FM, Music Center of the Northwest and Hammond Ashley Violins, create crafts with ParentMap and stick around for performances by local student musicians!
Visit Soundbridge between 10am and 6pm to try out instruments and learn fun facts about symphonic music. Also, pick up your scavenger hunt list anytime and find clues throughout the day to win great prizes!
FAMILY ACTIVITIES AT BENAROYA HALL
Outdoor Activities at the Maestro Gerard Schwarz Artists Entrance at Benaroya Hall
10am Make Your Own Marching Band
10am-4pm Artist Autographs
11:15am Musical Games
12:30pm Animal Imperssions with Musical Instruments
3pm Northwest Opera in the Schools: Meet an Opera Singer
3:45pm Musical Games
FAMILY ACTIVITIES AT SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
12-1:30pm Hip Hop Kids (WaMu Open Studio Mezzanine)
DJ B-Girl gets you moving and grooving with the five element of hip hop. Spaces are limited, so come early!
12-4pm Seattle International Film Festival Family Shorts (Knudsen Family Room, 3rd Floor)
Check out SIFF's fantastic kid-inspired film shorts and explore the Family Room
8.28.2008
Back at the 5th
Musical Season has started again and I'm back working at the 5th Avenue Theatre part time in Ticketing. Give me a call if you want or need tickets to any of the shows this year! It's going to be a great season. Most the shows are upbeat and energetic in contrast to last season.
Here's the lineup:
Here's the lineup:
7 Brides for 7 Brothers Dec 3 - Dec 28
The classic roof-raisin' musical hit.
Learn More | On Sale: September 19
Memphis Jan 27 - Feb 15
A new musical about the birth of rock 'n' roll.
Learn More | On Sale: September 19
Sunday in the Park with George Apr 21 - May 10
Sondheim's Pulitzer Prize-winning love story.
Learn More | On Sale: January 9
8.04.2008
Seattle Arts & Lectures
I received a brochure in the mail the other day from Seattle Arts & Lectures. I hadn't heard of this organization or their events prior to receiving this brochure and I'm very impressed by the topics covered, the speakers, poets, etc. they're bringing in to town for series' of lectures, poems, and special events. I highly recommend checking it out: www. lectures.org
Lectures by:
* Richard Russo - Pulitzer Prise winning author of Empire Falls & Bridge of Sighs
* Terry Tempest Williams - Naturalist and author of the environmental classic: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
* John Updike - One of America's most celebrated authors of fiction and criticism
* Michael Pollan - Best selling journalist and environmentalist
* Junot Diaz - 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
* Mira Nair - Noted film director of Salaam Bombay!, The Namesake; Shantaram
Special Event Series:
* Annie Leibovitz - Celebrity photographer for Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Rolling Stone
* Scott Simon - Journalist, novelist, and longtime host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday
* Shirin Ebadi - Iranian lawyer, judge, and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Poetry Series:
* W.S. Merwin - Pulitzer Prise winning poet, translator, Buddhist, environmentalist, living legend
* Gary Snyder - Poet/essayist of history, wilderness, and wild mind; meditator on memory; Pulitzer Prize and 2008 Lilly Prize winner
* Donald Hall
* Jane Hirshfield
* Yusef Komunyakaa - Pulitzer Prize Winner
* Simon Armitage
* Naomi Shihab Nye
**** If you're 25 or younger or a student, they have incredible discounts.
Lectures by:
* Richard Russo - Pulitzer Prise winning author of Empire Falls & Bridge of Sighs
* Terry Tempest Williams - Naturalist and author of the environmental classic: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
* John Updike - One of America's most celebrated authors of fiction and criticism
* Michael Pollan - Best selling journalist and environmentalist
* Junot Diaz - 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
* Mira Nair - Noted film director of Salaam Bombay!, The Namesake; Shantaram
Special Event Series:
* Annie Leibovitz - Celebrity photographer for Vanity Fair, Vogue, and Rolling Stone
* Scott Simon - Journalist, novelist, and longtime host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday
* Shirin Ebadi - Iranian lawyer, judge, and 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Poetry Series:
* W.S. Merwin - Pulitzer Prise winning poet, translator, Buddhist, environmentalist, living legend
* Gary Snyder - Poet/essayist of history, wilderness, and wild mind; meditator on memory; Pulitzer Prize and 2008 Lilly Prize winner
* Donald Hall
* Jane Hirshfield
* Yusef Komunyakaa - Pulitzer Prize Winner
* Simon Armitage
* Naomi Shihab Nye
**** If you're 25 or younger or a student, they have incredible discounts.
7.16.2008
Patricia Rovzar Gallery
I walk by the Patricia Rovzar Gallery on 2nd & University everyday and everyday I find myself taking an extra minute or two to stop and admire the work in this gallery. Here I've posted a few pieces from my favorite artists shown at this gallery.
Barry Masteller
Jerri Lisk
Barry Masteller
Z.Z. Wei
6.25.2008
6.19.2008
Inspiring Impressionists....
I went over to the Seattle Art Museum last night to visit the new exhibition: Inspiring Impressionists.
It was fantastic! The SAM has brought in an amazing collection from these artists. They've done a wonderful job at grouping/pairing the paintings. You'll be in for a real treat.
Here's the press release.
Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past will shed new light on one of art history’s most important movements when it opens at the Seattle Art Museum on June 19, 2008. The first comprehensive survey to explore the influence of Old Master artists on Impressionist painters, this groundbreaking exhibition will pair masterpieces by Impressionists such as Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Édouard Manet, Pierre Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas with those by artists Frans Hals, Francisco Goya and Jean-Honoré Fragonard, among others.
Inspiring Impressionism features nearly 100 works, including paintings and works on paper, drawn from more than 70 museums and private collections, some of which have never traveled to the United States. Organized by the Denver Art Museum, Inspiring Impressionism opened in Atlanta at the High Museum of Art (Oct. 16, 2007 through January 13, 2008) and subsequently traveled to the Denver Art Museum (February 23 through May 25, 2008), before its last stop at SAM. The national tour of Inspiring Impressionism is made possible by Northern Trust.
“Inspiring Impressionism offers audiences a fresh viewpoint on the Impressionist painters,” says Mimi Gates, Director of the Seattle Art Museum. “It reveals exciting new scholarship about the origins of this important period in art history.”
Inspiring Impressionism explores the ways in which these late 19th-century artists carried on a dialogue with their predecessors, while simultaneously creating the innovative style depicting modern life that came to be known as “Impressionism”. Exhibition highlights include traditional landscapes, still lifes and portraits by Old Masters such as Jean-Antoine Watteau, François Boucher, and Claude Lorrain that are shown with Impressionist works such as Monet’s Summer (1874) and Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Confidences (ca. 1873).
Pairings like Mary Cassatt’s The Family (1893) and Bernardino Luini’s Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John (ca. 1515-20) will show an Impressionist updating and secularization of traditional religious subject matter. The examination of Édouard Manet’s The Little Cavaliers, (copy after the original in the Louvre by the workshop of Velázquez) (ca.1859-1860) and Degas’ Visit to a Museum (ca.1879-90) will present a direct working dialogue between the Impressionists and Old Masters—a relationship often developed through artists’ study at the Musée du Louvre.
Other highlights of Inspiring Impressionism include Cézanne’s large-scale Still Life with Statuette (1894-5), a painting whose focal point is a reproduction of a 17th-century plaster sculpture of a putto. The sculpture will also be on view along with Cézanne drawings featuring the same subject. Several exquisite drawings by Degas were copied from drawings by Raphael and other Renaissance masters, reinforcing Degas’ assertion that “No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the Old Masters.”
It was fantastic! The SAM has brought in an amazing collection from these artists. They've done a wonderful job at grouping/pairing the paintings. You'll be in for a real treat.
Here's the press release.
Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past will shed new light on one of art history’s most important movements when it opens at the Seattle Art Museum on June 19, 2008. The first comprehensive survey to explore the influence of Old Master artists on Impressionist painters, this groundbreaking exhibition will pair masterpieces by Impressionists such as Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Édouard Manet, Pierre Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas with those by artists Frans Hals, Francisco Goya and Jean-Honoré Fragonard, among others.
Inspiring Impressionism features nearly 100 works, including paintings and works on paper, drawn from more than 70 museums and private collections, some of which have never traveled to the United States. Organized by the Denver Art Museum, Inspiring Impressionism opened in Atlanta at the High Museum of Art (Oct. 16, 2007 through January 13, 2008) and subsequently traveled to the Denver Art Museum (February 23 through May 25, 2008), before its last stop at SAM. The national tour of Inspiring Impressionism is made possible by Northern Trust.
“Inspiring Impressionism offers audiences a fresh viewpoint on the Impressionist painters,” says Mimi Gates, Director of the Seattle Art Museum. “It reveals exciting new scholarship about the origins of this important period in art history.”
Inspiring Impressionism explores the ways in which these late 19th-century artists carried on a dialogue with their predecessors, while simultaneously creating the innovative style depicting modern life that came to be known as “Impressionism”. Exhibition highlights include traditional landscapes, still lifes and portraits by Old Masters such as Jean-Antoine Watteau, François Boucher, and Claude Lorrain that are shown with Impressionist works such as Monet’s Summer (1874) and Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Confidences (ca. 1873).
Pairings like Mary Cassatt’s The Family (1893) and Bernardino Luini’s Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John (ca. 1515-20) will show an Impressionist updating and secularization of traditional religious subject matter. The examination of Édouard Manet’s The Little Cavaliers, (copy after the original in the Louvre by the workshop of Velázquez) (ca.1859-1860) and Degas’ Visit to a Museum (ca.1879-90) will present a direct working dialogue between the Impressionists and Old Masters—a relationship often developed through artists’ study at the Musée du Louvre.
Other highlights of Inspiring Impressionism include Cézanne’s large-scale Still Life with Statuette (1894-5), a painting whose focal point is a reproduction of a 17th-century plaster sculpture of a putto. The sculpture will also be on view along with Cézanne drawings featuring the same subject. Several exquisite drawings by Degas were copied from drawings by Raphael and other Renaissance masters, reinforcing Degas’ assertion that “No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the Old Masters.”
6.17.2008
New Installation: Seattle Art Museum
Inspiring Impressionism is at the SAM!
Members preview tomorrow, Premier Members event on Saturday, and open to the public starting Thursday.
Let me know if you'd like to go see it....
Members preview tomorrow, Premier Members event on Saturday, and open to the public starting Thursday.
Let me know if you'd like to go see it....
This Saturday: West Edge Chalk Walk
If you haven't been to the Chalk Walk, you're missing out. And the weather is supposed to be nice this weekend!
This Saturday from 11:00-4:00 in the West Edge neighborhood is the annual West Edge Chalk Walk. There's live music, chalk competitions for kids and adults, discounts at local stores, etc.
http://www.downtownsummer.org/chalkwalk/
Here are some pics from last year and a map:
This Saturday from 11:00-4:00 in the West Edge neighborhood is the annual West Edge Chalk Walk. There's live music, chalk competitions for kids and adults, discounts at local stores, etc.
http://www.downtownsummer.org/chalkwalk/
Here are some pics from last year and a map:
3.17.2008
through the eye of the Holga
These photos struck my fancy. They're interesting and unassuming. They're taken by a toy camera called a Holga. Apparently there are many folks who fell in love with the light leaks and discolorations. I'd love to get my hands on one of these toy cameras and see what the world looks like through one of Holga's lenses.
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