 Our friends at Trekell made us a bunch of beautiful stamp-shaped wood panels... what did we use them for? Find out!
Artists were given free rein to use their stamp panel with no prompts, guidelines, or rules. Did they paint on it? Collage on it? Include it in a 3d sculpture? What will be the subject matters? Mediums? Will the collection of stamps look cohesive? Chaotic? Will there be one you want to take home for yourself? If you remember our puzzle piece show from a few years ago, this is a similar thing... or will it be? 👀 The opening reception of POSTED is August 8, from 6-9 pm. Be the first to check out our stamp collection and enjoy some snacks too!
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 Strange Girls Club features the untamed landscapes of womanhood through a collection of surreal acrylic paintings. Set within dreamlike environments, Summer Clarke's figures take root in imagined worlds that borderline concepts of fantasy, whimsy, and spirituality. These works invite viewers to enter a world where symbolism reaches girlhood in the strangest way. The opening reception is July 11, starting at 6pm! This exhibition also marks the debut of Armstead, an original comic written and illustrated by Clarke. Chapter one introduces Armstead, a spacefaring bunny detective's day-to-day adventures. Enjoy the mature hijinks of his friends and enemies in this 40-page adult comic! Summer Clarke (she/her) is an illustrator whose work focuses on dramatic storytelling through design. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, she works primarily in acrylic painting and pen-and-ink illustration. Her creative practice spans a variety of disciplines, including sewing, drawing, painting, and design, allowing her to bring to life the many ideas and narratives that emerge from her imagination. She currently resides in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, where she can often be found taking walks with her dachshund, Napoleon. Follow her journey through her artist's Instagram @alittlemustard.
 Join Maxx Follis-Goodkind for an evening of collage! Maxx is releasing her newest poetry book, Scraps, on May 30th, and the celebratory release party will be from 6-8pm! Scraps is a full color collection of collage poetry featuring over 20 previously unreleased poems. Each book also features its own one-of-a-kind mini collage poem in the back, so each book is unique! Maxx will be doing a reading of some of the poetry at 6:30pm, so don't be late! And for this event only, we'll have the original pieces from Scraps on display and available for sale. Come enjoy this celebration of collage! Refreshments provided.  After two years with Kaylyn at the helm of The Cats of Ballard, this year the show was opened up to other artists! Over 20 artists will be participating in this year's show, including many who are showing their work for the first time! And beyond the outdoor cats and window cats you might glimpse around the neighbourhood, this year we're also celebrating some of our indoor cat neighbours, too! Join us Saturday, June 13, from 6-9 pm for the opening reception! Meet participating artists, other cat people from around Ballard, and maybe even find art of your favourite Ballard cat on the walls? Participating Artists
 Bits & Pieces opened this past weekend and is our biggest group show ever! Featuring 37 artists, many local, our gallery wall is a full collage of beautiful and diverse collage works! There are so many different approaches to and explorations of collage work here; it's really inspiring! It was great to see so many collage artists come together for our opening reception, too. If you missed the reception, there's still time to come see the show! It will be up for a month, through June 11th! You can also browse the work in our online store. Featured Artists:
 Push/Pull is celebrating the art of collage this May with Bits & Pieces! Opening night of the gallery is May 9th.
Art submissions are due April 1st and notifications will go out by April 5th. You can submit up to three pieces for consideration. Click on the link below and get started on your submission. All collage work is welcome, including poetry collage.  Yes! We're kicking off the year with a Risograph calendar and print series featuring the zodiac!
What's your sign? Come find them all at our ART-STROLOGY show featuring 12 pieces of Riso-printed artwork, available as in a collected calendar or as individual prints. ART-STROLOGY features artwork by Kiriska, Lake Wilson, Vox Dombek, Vladimir Verano, Zaza Vera Luga Audirac, Kaylyn Chileen, Mx. Morgan, Rebecca Ann Jordan, Summer Clarke (featured in poster art above!), Liz Courts, and Maxx FG, and it's showing January 10th through February 13th. Join us for the opening reception Saturday, January 10th, from 6-9 pm!  Get ready for Be Merry, our annual ornament show featuring dozens of handmade hangable art for your walls, trees, fireplace, and other fixtures!
The opening reception is next Saturday, November 15th, from 6-9pm! These pieces will be available for immediate take-home, so come see them (and claim them) before they find homes elsewhere! 🎋  SWORD DANCE is a series by Seattle artist and illustrator Mx. Morgan, themed with wolves and the swords suit from traditional tarot, displayed in Risograph print. Particular to Mx. Morgan's body of work, the viewer is invited to intuitively find oneself in the feral animal— and like in tarot, one may discover inner truths.
The sword suit in traditional tarot typically represents introspective challenges— logic, anxieties, decision-making, traumas, overthinking, and so on. Each card is presented with the wolf as a primary focus, an animal symbolizing untamed nature, power, fear, familial ties. Adorning each card are red, tangled flourishes which can be seen as feathers, vines, or perhaps blood, depending on how one chooses to interpret them. That is the beautiful aspect of tarot— there are hard set meanings rooted in one’s cultural significance, however it is up to the viewer to determine what that card means to them personally. Which card do you find yourself in? Join us for the opening reception, Saturday, September 13, from 6-9 pm. Light refreshments will be provided, so RSVPs are appreciated! |
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