Tonight is the First Wednesday Wallingford ArtWalk and the newly named Beat Walk – the music for the evening. Below is information on the businesses participating and their respective artists.
Irwin’s Coffee Shop: Photography Artist, James Perkins
RAIN Sushi: “RAIN Employees” artwork
Wally Pets: Photographer – Paul Brown- owner of Wally Pets, Photos of Orangutangs from his trip to Borneo.
Seamonster Lounge: Anthony Warner presents photos of PUBLIC ART from around the world. An expo of public art, murals, stencils, and graffiti pieces from Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Rome, Mexico City, New York, Havana, And Los Angeles. With Photography from Wallingford Art Walks very own Beat Walk Coordinator, Suzanna Wheeler. It will be her birthday that day as well! There will be a kickoff party at the Seamonster Lounge featuring free stencil art and drink specials- Wed. August 3rd, 2011 6-9pm.
Teahouse Kuan Yin: Jan Viney, a local nature photographer. We will be displaying a collection of beautiful bird and landscape photos, all shot here in the Northwest.
Wine World: Featuring four artists this month for Art Walk!Miska, Nina Mikhailenko, Kristen Winn and Erik Andrew. We will also be offering a free wine tasting from 6-8 pm!
Oasis Art Gallery: ‘Beneath the Surface’ Exhibition – August 3-October15
Reception, August 3 6-9pm. Featuring: Abstract textured photographs on canvas by Josh Martin, found object art and mixed-media by Wallingford resident Nancy Merrill, hand painted silk by Miranda Roberts, photographs by Forrest Sargent who is a young man with autism, and fun-loving mixed media art by Gwendolyn Worthy. Images and more info here.
Stu Stu Studio: Summer Sale art, accessories,apparel, tasty treats and more! Hand bags by Crystalyn Kae, screen printed apparel by Gavin Carrol of Lunch Design, collage masterpieces by Marty Gordon, bathroom magic by Ugly Baby Shower Art, gorgeous vintage finds brought to you by The Pretty Parlor, one-of-a-kind jewelry by Dotted Line, and fresh baked pie by local poet and pie baking wonder, Kate Lebo. 6 to 9 pm
Blue Star Café: Marcia Douglas – Seattle–based artist/printmaker
“I print for the joy of it. I like to work with layers of color and imagery and with Solarplate etchings, which give me a way to integrate my photographs into monoprints for fresh interpretations. I enjoy applying a variety of techniques to let the story of each piece reveal itself as the work and I go along in the creative process. My inspirations come from visual memories of moments in time, shapes and colors playing with and against each other, and the simple pleasure of making marks on the plate. My prints are relief and intaglio, sometimes including both in the same monoprint. I make monotypes and also editions. My processes involve various ways of creating plates, depending on my mood and what a piece seems to want. I often incorporate collage elements in my work. I began working in oil-based printing inks but have switched to Akua inks, which are non-toxic, soy-based and produce rich colors. For etchings, I use the Solarplate process which is also non-toxic.”
Studio #8 at Gasworks Gallery, 3815 4th Avenue, NE. Open Studio first Friday in September and December.
Key Bank: “Ms. Iris Jaffee is KeyBank’s Featured Artist. She is a self-taught artist and long-time resident of Wallingford. Her career was in the sciences and you can see that in the unique detail of her work. She enjoys using the blending of water colors for most of her work. Her works come from all corners of the world. We welcome you to meet Ms. Jaffee and see her work. Refreshments to be provided.”
Seattle Mosaic Arts presents the work of Gretchen Fuller. Traditional art form meets pop-culture iconography in Gretchen’s intricate and whimsical mosaics. This skilled mosaic artist creates functional and decorative pieces that are both playful and challenging. All of it makes you smile–don’t miss it!
Fuel Coffee
– Patrick Perkins. We will have live music in our store (Kevin Long & Dane Ueland) starting at 8pm on Art Walk night.
Xon’s Bakery (Boulangerie Bakery)
– Matt Ballard. “Recent changes in my life and awareness have brought me to my current work with perception. My curiosity, appreciation and respect of animals has inspired me to create a series of paintings (virtually
endless) of animal silhouettes surrounded by a plane of swirling colors representing one plane of
perception, being emotion and growth. The words in several languages are a metaphor for how well we understand each other as a whole as well as the definitions of these words as we know them.”
Not A Number regularly features local artists, especially in various types of locally-made greeting cards (local photography, poets, painters, graphic artists, even from Wallingford!).
Below is Music for the Art Walk. We will now start calling musical entertainment Wallingford’s Beat Walk
Wallingford Beat Walk in August
Wallingford Center 6:30-7:30p
Haiku-Chi !
SeaMonster Lounge 6:00-8:30
Blue Monster
Fuel Coffee 8:00pm
Kevin Long & Dane Ueland
