Stanza is Push/Pull's annual art & poetry collaboration anthology and gallery show.
The theme for this year is Nonbinary. We are only accepting submissions from poets and artists that identify as nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, or other gender identities outside of male or female. Accepted poems will be paired with an artist to visually interpret the poem. Interested? Please apply by February 15th! We're excited to welcome writer Andrew Villone for a signing of his comic series DAZZLE, in-store on Sunday, January 21st, from noon to 2pm. The first three issues of the comic (or four, if you count issue 0!) will be available for purchase at the event. Each issue features work by a unique roster of artists. Also available will be Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? which features short stories that take place within the Dazzle world but are separate from the main story. This comic was done as a creative experiment with a very talented young teenager from Kyrgyzstan, Mariia Otunchieva, who completed the whole issue without digital tools. ABOUT DAZZLE:
Under the big top of a globe-trotting circus fueled by magic and filled with outcasts, dreamers, assassins, charlatans, monsters and angels, a young orphan girl must find both her dysfunctional family and her true self. ABOUT CREATOR: Andrew Villone, a native Californian who lived most of his adult life in Seattle, has spent the past two decades living, traveling, and guiding others throughout Europe and the Near East. With a keen sense of adventure and a desire to connect with the unfamiliar, he has witnessed a world most have only dreamt of. These lived experiences and connections made have built the foundation for a world of his own, expertly illustrated and told through the vibrant characters of Dazzle. None of the other artists involved in Dazzle are American. They hail from all over the globe: Turkey, Mexico, Croatia, UK, Hong Kong and Central Asia. Dazzle is Andrew’s first and only endeavor in the comic book world. He currently resides along the coast of the Adriatic Sea. We don't know if it'll snow, but we want to be prepared!
SNOW DAY HOURS: 11AM - 6PM. If there's snow or ice on the ground, these are our hours! We may further reduce hours or be closed if conditions are severe enough that even our walking-distance staff aren't able to make it in safely. Keep an eye on our social media for the latest, particularly Instagram Stories and Facebook! CLASSES: May be canceled if travel becomes dangerous and will be rescheduled based on instructor availability. We aim to communicate class cancellations at least 24 hours ahead of time, but may not always be able to depending on how quickly conditions change. Once a class has been rescheduled, we'll let you know ASAP! Online classes may also be affected if power outages affect an instructor. (This has happened in the past, so fingers crossed!) 🤞 ONLINE: As always, you can browse and shop our entire store online, as well as check out upcoming classes. Limited hours and store closures are rough, and we appreciate your support! 💖 Have you marked your calendars for October 8th? We're super stoked to celebrate the best season with an array of skilled local artists and we hope you'll join us! Be sure to follow Bal-Art, Push/Pull's community support and non-profit program, at @balartseattle on Instagram and Facebook, catch all the awesome vendor previews, and make your shopping plans! Upcoming EventsTONIGHT, September 19, 6-9pm: Grab a bite or beer (or both) at Hattie's Hat and join Ballard Sketch Team for a chill evening of sketchin', art jammin', and idea sharin'! September 20, 6-9pm: The weather's cooperating for this month's Shrink n' Drink! We'll make n' bake shrinky dinks in the oven without roasting ourselves! Come partake in everyone's favorite craft night! September 21, 11am-1pm: We miscounted! This is the penultimate Botanical Watercolors of the season! What lovely plant will we paint this week? You gotta come to find out! September 21, 6-9pm: It's the opening reception for Rock the Block! Come see this awesome collection of student and member work in block printing! Monday, September 25, 11am-12:30pm: This is the final session of Botanical Sketching for the year! Join Maxx for the last hurrah at Ballard Locks and greet the week and the fall together! RemindersSubscription Boxes go out around the 20th of each month. Interested in monthly gifts to yourself or a friend? Want to try a one-off box to see if it's for you? Sign up soon so you don't have a wait an entire month! Book Spotlight: Goodbye, Battle Princess Peony
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Next Week!September 25, 11am-12:30pm - Seriously, you don't want to miss the last session of Botanical Sketching! The next one won't be until spring!!
September 28, 11am-1pm - And this is the very last in-store Botanical Watercolors of the year! It's getting chilly out, so come in and paint something in warm colors! September 28, 5-7pm - Spider season has set in, but maybe you can conquer your fears a bit by learning to draw creepy crawlies? Break them down in to harmless shapes and appreciate those weird little forms and maybe they won't be so scary next time you see them? It doesn't hurt to try! Come Draw Bugs! September 29, noon-4pm - Come to the opening of Rock the Block and see what some of our awesome past students have made, then come to our monthly Block Printing class and see what you can make! September 29, 6-9pm - Join us at QU-ART, our monthly meetup for queer artists! Bring a pal and project to work on in a chill environment. This event is free, but contributions are welcome! September 30, 11am-3pm - Bring in some fabric and get ready to get your hands dirty with DIY Screen Printing! Learn how to make your own screens while making a mess in a place where you're not responsible for the clean up... ;) Curious about art made at Push/Pull’s classes? Students from recent block printing classes and artist members of Push/Pull have carved out a variety of work in this all block-print show! Come check out the versatility of the medium and the creativity of our students and members! The opening reception is THUSRDAY, September 21st from 6-9pm! Intimidated by block carving? Don't be! Join us for class every Last Friday of the month! Upcoming Events Thursday, September 14, 11am-1pm: Ready to put some color to those sketches? Bring them to Botanical Watercolors and immortalize those sketches with our watercolors here at the store! Friday, September 15, 6-9pm: Figure Drawing at Rose & Orange Studios! Hang out with your fellow artists and get in a solid few hours of foundations reinforcement, study, and practice. Friday, September 15, 7-9:30pm: Or, pop over to Hattie's Hat and join Lisa Jordan for a cocktail and a crash course in painting that cocktail with Watercolor on the Rocks! Canceled due to instructor illness. :( Saturday, September 16, 10am-noon: Fear putting ink on the page? Feel like it's too permanent? Want to add more techniques to your inking repertoire? Well, this Inking class is for you! Saturday, September 16, 2-5pm: Gouache is a funny word and watercolor's underappreciated cousin. What makes it different? What makes it awesome? Come learn all this and more at All About Gouache! Reminders!Subscription Boxes go out around the 20th of each month. Interested in monthly gifts to yourself or a friend? Want to try a one-off box to see if it's for you? Sign up soon so you don't have a wait an entire month! INNER-SECTIONS by Melissa Daye comes down next week to make room for Rock the Block! Don't miss out on seeing these amazing pieces in person -- they really are stunning! Bal-Art Market: Spooky Edition is October 8th! If you haven't already, mark your calendars and follow @balartseattle on Facebook or Instagram and get ready for some rad vendor previews! Just Scheduled!September and October sessions of Draw Bugs! just got scheduled! Join our resident bug enthusiast RJ in embracing Spider Season, creepy crawlies, and learning something new! Book Spotlight: Godspeed, Mew!This little kitty runs a biker gang! “The Ruffest Stray,” Toranosuke wears a tempura shrimp on his head like a pompadour and is the fierce leader of the Wild Tiger Gang! Can his rivals stand how heckin’ adorable he is?! We've got three issues of adventures in Goodspeed, Mew! by Tony Wetz for you! New & Restocked!
Next Week!Monday, September 11, 11am-12:30pm: It's the last few weeks of Botanical Sketching too! See and document the last vestiges of summer and come sketch in our local treasure of a garden by Ballard Locks!
September 19, 6-9pm: Grab a bite or beer (or both) at Hattie's Hat and join Ballard Sketch Team for a chill evening of sketchin', art jammin', and idea sharin'! September 20, 6-9pm: The weather's cooperating for this month's Shrink n' Drink! We'll make n' bake shrinky dinks in the oven without roasting ourselves! Come partake in everyone's favorite craft night! September 21, 11am-1pm: It's the third to last Botanical Watercolors of the season! What lovely plant will we paint this week? You gotta come to find out! September 21, 6-9pm: It's the opening reception for Rock the Block! Come see this awesome collection of student and member work in block printing! Happy September! It's the last month of Botanical Watercolors for the season, so they're happening every week instead of biweekly! After September, this class disappears until March, so snag one of these last sessions! Join Maxx and come paint beautiful botanicals from real specimens (these change every class!) while learning watercolor techniques you can apply across subject matter! Upcoming EventsWednesday, September 6th, 6-8pm: Need to get in a productive evening working on your fiber project while venting your woes in good company. Stitch n' Bitch is here for you! Thursday, September 7th, 11am-1pm: Botanical Watercolors returns for its last hurrahs of the season! Come paint some beautiful flowers before they wilt! Friday, September 8th, 6-9pm: The first of three weekly sessions that make up Intro to Acrylic Painting! Get the basics you need to explore this fun and versatile medium, with enough time between classes to really get some work in. Just TWO SPOTS LEFT! Saturday, September 9th, 10am-noon: You don't need a fancy digital set up to Design for Risograph! Learn how to approach 2-color designs the old-fashioned way and see your work come together on our in-house machines! Book Spotlight: Blood SugarAfter being out of print a few years, ISSUE ONE of BLOOD SUGAR by local Seattle artist, Rezllen, is BACK in stock, along with brand new issue 5! Join some Halloween loving kids and their pumpkin headed friend for light-hearted holiday fun... until things get not-so-fun.... 🎃 It's the perfect way to celebrate the change of seasons! New & Restocked
New Push/Pull fountain pen inks! We've got 4 new colors of fountain pen ink, made and bottled here in the store! Pick up our two new "standard" colors or our two new fall limited editions! New Sticky Caps!
We've also got 4 new standard Sticky Cap colors! These are our in-house, handmade watercolors, made with love and set in bottle caps collected from the community! Applications are now open for our FREE school year programs for teens! For middle school students, we offer a weekly after school program on Wednesdays, 3:30pm - 5pm, starting September 27th. There are no classes during Seattle school district breaks. High school students can now apply for an internship with Push/Pull. Want to make the process go faster? Have your school advisor or counselor contact us as soon as you get your application submitted. Upcoming EventsWednesday, August 30, 6-9pm: Join Gayle at Ballard Beer Co for a chill evening working on a fun painting and sippin' on a rad local brew. This month's theme is SUCCULENTS! 🌵 Thursday, August 31, 6-8pm: Drawing creepy crawlies is all the rage! Learn about how cool bugs are and how to draw all their weird fiddly bits with local bug enthusiast RJ at Draw Bugs! 🪲 Saturday, September 2, 2:30-4pm: Bookbinding can level up your handmade zine game or empower you to make the perfect sketchbook for yourself with your perfect hand-select papers! Learn different binding techniques and more at this fun workshop! 🪡 Saturday, September 2, 6-8pm: Get inspired by all the nature around you with Botanical Watercolors at Peace, Love, and Happiness Club's Collector Plant store! 🪴 Labor Day HoursWe are open for regular hours (10am - 8pm) on Labor Day! ☀️ Swing by for your back-to-school needs~ New & Restocked!
Next Week!Tuesday, September 5th, 6-9pm: Ballard Sketch Team meets at Hattie's Hat for a fun evening of drawing together. Bring your sketchbook and join us at this FREE meetup! All welcome!
Wednesday, September 6th, 6-8pm: Need to get in a productive evening working on your fiber project while venting your woes in good company. Stitch n' Bitch is here for you! Thursday, September 7th, 11am-1pm: Botanical Watercolors returns for its last hurrahs of the season! Come paint some beautiful flowers before they wilt! Friday, September 8th, 6-9pm: The first of three weekly sessions that make up Intro to Acrylic Painting! Get the basics you need to explore this fun and versatile medium, with enough time between classes to really get some work in. Saturday, September 9th, 10am-noon: You don't need a fancy digital set up to Design for Risograph! Learn how to approach 2-color designs the old-fashioned way and see your work come together on our in-house machines! Did you catch the opening reception of Inner-Sections last week? If not, be sure to stop by in the next coupla weeks to check out this STUNNING collection of work by Melissa Daye! "I never really had much interest in working in actual medicine, but I was sort of intrigued by the clinical nature of the imagery and working with bodies. The detachment of medical illustration from its subject can sometimes leave you feeling almost as if you're looking at an alien. Reconciling that strange interiority, especially with your conscious awareness of self, is fascinating, and sometimes frightening to me." Book Spotlight: DIY Screen PrintingOur class of the same name is SOLD OUT this week, but whether you missed out or just want some extra reference material, you can get the education in comic form with this in-depth and ultra-thorough volume by John Issacson. Upcoming EventsFriday-Sunday, August 25-27, 11am-6pm: We're participating in the Ballard Sidewalk Sale! Take a stroll around our beautiful neighborhood and patronise local businesses right there in the shady breeze~ (of course, you can still come in and see the full store and all we've crammed inside!) Friday, August 25, noon-4pm: We have ONE SPOT left for our Block Printing Workshop this week! Think about negative space in a new way learn how to carve your own block, and print something cool! Friday, August 25, 6-9pm: Join us for our monthly QUeer ARTist meetup, QU-ART! Bring your own project and get some work done in good company. :) This is a free meetup, but contributions are welcome! Saturday, August 26, 11am-3pm: This session of DIY Screen Printing is SOLD OUT, but you can sign up for next month's! Learn how to DIY your screen printing setup and see how it works with a provided wee screen! Sunday, August 27, noon-2pm: Let your creative teen explore new mediums and get answers to their art questions at our Summer Open Studio! Also, in case you missed it, registration is now up for our Teen Program school year sessions and internships. New & Restocked!
There are lots of ways to make a puppet! You can make friends big or small, simple or complex! It can be an intimidating art since there are so many ways to go about it, but that's why a multi-class series is a perfect introduction! Join Maxx THIS WEEK for four days of puppet-making goodness and learn something new! Inner-Sections 🫀Opening this Thursday, August 17th is INNER-SECTIONS, a solo show featuring Seattle artist, Melissa Daye. Join us for the reception from 6-9 PM! Melissa was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, the daughter of two medical professionals, but, while medicine remained an influence, her love for drawing and painting led her to art. INNER-SECTIONS explores her dual interests of visual expression and anatomy. Psst, this also means that time's running short for you to come see our MIND OF PLANTS and NATIVE MOTHS OF SEATTLE shows! Stop in by Wednesday to see them and maybe take a piece home! Book Spotlight: The Twin BladesWe've got SIGNED copies of the first two issues of The Twin Blades, an action comic that blends sci-fi and Aztec mythology into a story about family, believing in yourself, and magical swords. The Twin Blades is a latine story and is proudly produced by an entirely latine team of creators: Jarred Luján (writer), Julio Suarez (art), Rocco Langg (colors), Gabriela Downie (letterer). We don't carry a lot of superhero-type comics, but if that's your genre, you should definitely give this one a shot! Upcoming EventsTuesday, August 15-18, 1-4pm daily: Come make puppets! We work hard to keep quality classes affordable while providing fair pay for our artist-instructors, but that means we gotta hit registration minimums! We hate having to cancel classes -- signing up early when possible helps a ton, but if you're a last minute spur-of-the-moment kinda person, this is your sign to go for it! 💖 Tuesday, August 15, 6pm: Join us at Hattie's Hat for Ballard Sketch Team, a FREE bimonthly drawing social! Doodle in your sketchbook and see what everyone else is doodling! Wednesday, August 16, 6pm: Shrinky dinks are a fun project for kids, but they can also be fun for adults! Crack open a drinky drink and make something cool with your shrinky dink at Shrink n' Drink! Thursday, August 17, 11am: This is the last Botanical Watercolors until September! Don't wait until the last minute -- commit to come paint something beautiful! Friday, August 18, 6pm: Relax with fellow artists and refresh those anatomy skills with Figure Drawing at Rose & Orange Studios! Friday, August 18, 7pm: If getting drinky with shrinky dinks wasn't enough for you, you can get drinky with watercolors at Watercolor on the Rocks. Join Lisa Jordan at Hattie's Hat for a fun cocktail while you paint that cocktail! Saturday, August 19, 10am: Learn how to use paintbrushes in a whole new way and add depth and richness to your drawings with only a single bottle of ink with Inking: Brush, Washes, and White Space! Saturday, August 19, 2pm: Still don't know how to pronounce gouache? Don't go another week without knowing -- come to All About Gouache! Aside from the all important knowledge of how to say the word, you'll also learn lots of great ways to use it! New & Restocked
There are lots of zine fests coming up, including Small Press Expo! We won't be there, but if you will, and you want something printed cool printed on riso in time for it, you can get free shipping for orders over $50! Just mention SPX in the comments of the quote form. Not going to be at SPX? Want free shipping anyway? You can mention it anyway. ;) Shhh. If your deadline is sooner than SPX though, there might be rush fees involved! Upcoming ClassesThursday, August 10th, 11am: The seasons are slowly shifting, so if you haven't yet, come to a session of Botanical Watercolors to immortalize some colorful blooms! These classes will be done for the year before you know it! f🌸 Friday & Saturday, August 11th & 12th, 6pm: Have you already taken our Block Printing Workshop? Ready to level up and make some truly limited edition prints? Reduction Block Printing This 2-day class will teach you how to think about multi-layered block prints to add another dimension to your printmaking! 🐾 Saturday, August 12th, 10am: Not quite sure what designing for risograph entails? Use Procreate on your iPad? Well then, it sounds like Riso Design for Procreate is the class for you! :O 🖊️ Monday, August 14th, 11am: Botanical Sketching at Ballard Locks is here to help you start your week with nature and art, rain or shine! 🌿 Tuesday-Friday, August 15th-18th, 1pm: Have you always thought puppets were cool? Ever been fascinated by puppetry and practical effects in movies? Puppet Craft Summer Camp is a great opportunity to learn the basics and create a new friend! 2023-24 School Year Teen ProgramsApplications and registration for our FREE middle school teen program is now live! Our high school program is now an internship, and we encourage you to create a proposal and apply! Art Educator DiscountsSpeaking of school, did you know we offer supply discounts for arts educators and mission-aligned organizations? New & Restocked!
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