Photography students from the Western Washington University’s Department of Art have been commissioned to create a permanent installation entitled "Edifice Complex" which turned 17 cameras on 1 million-square-feet of retail space to explore the relationship between fine art and commercial photography.
The intention of the project was to commemorate the history and architecture of the Macy's store on 3rd Avenue in downtown Seattle.
The Western Gallery will present "Critical Messages: Northwest Artists on the Environment” from April 12 through May 29.
The work of 26 artists from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, Idaho, and California will be showcased in this exhibition that has been organized around eight environmental issues facing the Pacific Northwest: growth, waste management, production and consumption, transportation, wilderness and wetland preservation, biodiversity, climate change, and energy.
Western Washington University’s Department of Art will host a guest lecture by artist Vesna Pavlovic titled “On Photography’s Expanded Field” at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, in Communications Facility Room 105 on the WWU campus.
The event is free and open to the public.
Referencing George Baker’s essay from 2005, “Photography’s Expanded Field,” Pavlovic will discuss her work as a contemporary photographer who constantly questions the medium’s language.
Safeco Insurance Co. recently donated more than 800 works of art to the Washington Art Consortium (WAC), of which Western Washington University’s Western Gallery is a charter member.
“This unprecedented donation from Safeco Insurance is both significant and impressive,” said Sarah Clark-Langager, director of the Western Gallery and a WAC board member. “This recent partnership with Safeco Insurance gives the Consortium the real opportunity to further one of its missions – to foster the appreciation of Northwest Art.”
The submission deadline for the 16th Annual Employee Arts & Crafts Show at Western Washington University is Friday, March 5. The show is open to all faculty and staff members. Entry forms are available online at http://www.wwu.edu/depts/artscraftsshow/Exhibitors.shtml.
"Art and Sustainability" is an added theme for 2010, but submissions do not have to fit into the sustainable category to be accepted in the show.
The exhibit runs March 15 to 19 in Viking Union Rooms 565 and 567.
The Western Libraries at Western Washington University is playing host to an exhibit of original art by 72 illustrators from 30 countries titled “An Imaginary Library: Children’s Books That Do Not (Yet) Exist.”
The participating artists were invited by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany, to create an original book cover for a book that does not yet exist but which someday the artist would love to create. Each book cover is accompanied by a short text that expresses the artist's idea.
If you've ever been stared at, whether it was because of your physical appearance or any other reason, envision walking into an exhibit in which all the photographs are staring at you.
Kevin M. Connolly, 23, was born without legs and grew up in rural Montana and participated in numerous sports, from rock climbing to skiing.
All his life, he encountered stares from people he met in his travels. He decided to photograph the people who were staring at him, and he now has 32,000 photographs.
Photos by art student Michelle Alexis Newman are on display this quarter in the President/Provost offices, Old Main Room 450, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The photos will remain on view until March 11.
The 16th Annual Employee Arts & Crafts Show at Western Washington University is open to all faculty and staff members. Entry forms must be submitted by Friday, March 5. Forms are available online at http://www.wwu.edu/depts/artscraftsshow/Exhibitors.shtml.
"Art and Sustainability" is an added theme for 2010, but submissions do not have to fit into the sustainable category to be accepted in the show.
The exhibit runs March 15 to 19 in Viking Union Rooms 565 and 567.
If you've been curious as to what happened to the dynamic body-based, political artists of the 80s, such as Andre Serrano, Karen Finley, Renee Cox, Kiki Smith, look no further. Western’s Studio Arts Visiting Artist Lecture Series welcomes Keith Boadwee, one of the many artists who achieved fame in the 80s and 90s. Often categorized as a “shock” artist, he continues to make dynamic, thought-provoking work despite the recent repressive political era and fickle art market that would prefer to consume more “palatable” art.
Exhibit of Brilliant, Fun, Evocative Images from 70 Artists from 30 Countries Making Only West Coast Stop at WWU
The Western Libraries at Western Washington University is hosting an exhibit of original art by 72 illustrators from 30 countries titled “An Imaginary Library: Children’s Books That Do Not (Yet) Exist.”
The San Juan Islands Museum of Art & Sculpture Park (IMA), at 28 First St. in Friday Harbor, will open “A Retrospective of Helen Loggie, 1917-1952,” Jan. 29, 5-8 p.m.
Helen Loggie, a nationally recognized artist, lived most of her life in Bellingham and on Orcas Island. This exhibition links San Juan Island and Orcas Island in a unique manner, for The Lambiel Museum on Orcas is loaning part of its Helen Loggie Collection of more than 100 pieces, the largest private collection in existence, to IMA for an exhibit that will run through March 7.
The Associated Students Social Issues Resource Center and AS Productions VU Gallery will play host to "The Rolling Exhibition" Monday, Feb. 1, to Friday, Feb. 19.
"The Rolling Exhibit" is a series of photographs taken by Kevin Connolly, 24, who was born without legs.
Victoria Calabro, whose work “Yo-yos on Yellow Hill” is included in the Western Gallery winter exhibition “Transformations 6: Contemporary Works in Glass,” spoke on campus Tuesday, Jan. 19, as part of the Western Washington University Department of Art’s Studio Speaker Series.
Victoria Calabro, whose work “Yo-yos on Yellow Hill” is included in the Western Gallery winter exhibition “Transformations 6: Contemporary Works in Glass,” will speak from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, in Room 238 of the Fine Arts building on the WWU campus.
The lecture is part of the Western Washington University Department of Art’s Studio Speaker Series.
Eliza Jane Schneider, a former voice actress on the TV show "South Park" and current member of the musical group "Eliza Jane and the Barnyard Gypsies" will make an appearance on the Western Washington University campus on Friday, Jan. 22, to perform a staged reading of her 30-plus-character solo play "Freedom of Speech."
The Associated Students Viking Union Gallery will play host to “Down the Rabbit Hole,” an art show in co-hosted with the Drug Information Center, which is celebrating its 40th Anniversary.
“Down the Rabbit Hole was originally conceived by the DIC's coordinator for their 40th anniversary,” VU Gallery Assistant Coordinator Colleen Barry said. “We wanted to do something new for the DIC, something that would really show the campus involvement and impact the DIC has had in the last 40 years.”
Up and coming artists, Marney Fuller and Matthew Kreher will have their works on display in the McLanahan and Sheetz Galleries of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts January 14 - February 13, 2010. A reception is scheduled for Thursday, January 14, from 3 – 5 p.m., in the center’s Titelman Study.
Marney Fuller received her B.A. from the Western Washington University and an M.F.A. at Pratt Institute. She has been working as an artist-in-residence at colleges across New York.
The Western Gallery will present “Transformations 6: Contemporary Works in Glass,” an exhibit that unites the work of 28 internationally recognized and emerging artists, from Jan. 19 through March 13.
Fourteen Western Washington University Art students will present their work in an exhibition titled “Temporal Drift” from Friday, Dec. 4, through Sunday, Dec. 6, at The Ground Floor, 1105 N. State St., in Bellingham.
An opening reception in conjunction with the Downtown Bellingham Partnership’s Downtown Art Walk will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 4, at The Ground Floor.
The reception is free and open to the public, and is a chance to talk with each of the artists regarding their work.
Photography students from the Western Washington University (WWU) Department of Art have created a project entitled “Winterscapes” that is on display through Nov. 27 at the historic downtown Seattle Macy’s department store Skybridge over Third Avenue.
Western Washington University’s Sebastian Mendes will present “There is a Black Mirror in My Heart: An Oral History and the Legacy of a Holocaust Rescuer,” the first installment this academic year in WWU’s Turning Points faculty lecture series, at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Communications Facility room 110 on the WWU campus.
Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, Department of Art, and the WWU Cold Beverage Fund will co-host renowned Native American artist James Luna for a lecture from 5-6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16 in the Fairhaven College Auditorium on the WWU campus.
The event is free and open to the public; parking in the south gravel lots, just in front of Fairhaven College, is free after 5 p.m. each day.
The Seattle Opera’s Young Artists Program will perform Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” at 7:30 p.m. today, Nov. 13, in the Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theater.
