Wallingford Art Walk – December

This Wednesday will be the last Wallingford Art Walk of the year. With temperatures dropping to the low 40’s, it may be tough to get a crowd out, but on the other hand, it’s a great opportunity to do some local holiday shopping and Tara Shuttleworth, the new director, has been hard at working wrangling in new businesses, reviving participation from old and keeping the old standbys on-line (including Wallyhood sponsor School of Oom Yung Doe). She writes:

Please welcome Fainting Goat Gelato, Selena’s Guadalajara, Boulangerie Bakery, Wally Pets, SeaMonster Lounge, The Grizzled Wizard and Irwin’s Bakery and Cafe to the Wallingford Art Walk family.  In January these seven new businesses will be joined by Al’s Tavern, Babalu Lounge, Changes, Kabul Afghan Cuisine, Wallingford House and May Restaurant & Lounge. …

In addition to these 13 new businesses we also have a new Art Walk logo and updated Wallingford Art Walk Map.  Please check out our website www.wallingfordartwalk.org.  The map will be updated again in January and we will have the businesses in numerical order, but for now we thought that this could tide you over for one month.  [Below] is information on the artists that will be showcasing their work for the month of December, as well as musical entertainment. Yes, I said music!  Caffe Appassionato will have Andrew Vait, acoustic singer and songwriter perform from 7:30-8:45 pm and Rain Sushi will have John Terpin and Friends performing from 6:30-7:45pm!  Please come out and enjoy!  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

• Seattle Mosaic Arts: Crystal Thomas
• Wallingford Center: Maggie Schneider creates colorful, multi-medium paintings that reflect her main influences; urban environment, children, and personal experience. Contrary Garden is an exploration of imaginary gardens inspired by forgotten/disregarded wall spaces in a city. At any moment, the artist is always willing to infuse color and life into her environment. Her exploration of visual material does not end in the studio. Perhaps you will find her garden growing in your neighborhood.
• Fuel Coffee: Jamie Jester
• Oasis Art Gallery:  ‘Traversing Realms’ exhibition. We are also kicking off our FREE gift wrapping during the Art Walk!
• Seamonster Lounge: Ryan Henry Ward: Henry hails 109 murals in the city of Seattle.  He is known for his whimsical and often edgy pop-surreal art with psychedelic undertones.
• Grizzled Wizzard:  Dave McKay (The Whiskey Lamp Guy): “I began making “Whiskey Lamps” when I was in graduate school in 1967.  Over the years, friends admired my original efforts but I did not re-start my hobby until I retired from playing games that pay you real money.”
• Blue Star: Carol Hiltner (paintings) has been actively facilitating the shifting of human consciousness towards world peace since the mid-80’s.  She is an artist and writer.
• Irwins Neighborhood Bakery and Cafe:  Angie Heinrich (Mosaic Mirror Art): “We usually close at 8pm on weeknights, but will be happy to stay open until 9pm for Art Walk Wednesdays.  We will definitely provide a platter of mini cookies for any and all who might attend, but welcome people to purchase coffee and other desserts.”
• Fainting Goat Gelato:  Lindsay Astrab Slater (Photography): “I construct lens attachments for my camera that result in my fractal images.  Nothing elaborate and no computer programs needed.  My photos start with an attraction to street art that is borderline obsessive.  My hope is that these graffiti angles give people a new form of beauty to fill their eyes with.”
• Selena’s Guadalajara:  Susan Ciaccio fell in love with the Hispanic culture early on, living in San Salvador as a child, and visiting Mexico often with her family.  She loves the true sense of culture that Mexico holds, and its bright and vibrant celebrations.  She loves using bright colors and adornments such as glitter and rhinestones to make the pieces really pop!
• Boulangerie Bakery:  Starheadboy is a super prolific artist. Born and raised on the gorgeous Pacific Northwest he flows his vibrant art through pure stream of conscious and relies on raw instinct, unlimited imagination and constant inspiration to create his work.
• Wally Pets:  Jesse Link has been many things over the years including a student, soldier at war, a person involved with the reconstruction effort of New Orleans post Hurricane Katrina, and for the past 5 years a Seattle artist.
• Caffé Appassionato: Dana Jonas (photography) time spent studying psychology still plays an important role in her work.  Take a serious, long look at her portraits.  Her connection with her subjects is uncanny. Appassionato will also feature the music of  Andrew Vait from 7:30-8:45pm.
  
• Dandelion Salon: B. Ambrose (photography)
• Fuerte Fitness:  Tamara Nelson: During a semester at Hunter College in New York, she discovered the excitement of painting in color on a large scale.  Particularly impressed with the interactions of the colors and how they excited or reacted with one another, she has since strived to create work that explores the intensity, movement, and placement of color, texture and patterns.
• School of Oom Yung Doe: Matt Ballard: “My curiosity, appreciation and respect of animals has inspired me to create a series of paintings 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 (humans) understand each other as a whole as well as the definitions of these words as we know them.”
• Cornerstone Collective: This will be a great chance to do a little holiday shopping, and kick off the season with a fun and festive get together.  Come celebrate Dotted Line’s FOUR year anniversary, and the first night of Hannukah!  Delicious holiday snacks, tasty spiced beverages, and sweet surprises provided. *MAJOR bonus points for donning an ugly sweater or giant menorah costume (or why not both?).
• Trophy Cupcake: Cakespy’s Jessie Oleson.  She will have an artist reception 6-8pm.
• Rain Sushi: music by  John Terpin and Friends 6:30 – 7:45pm

If you attend, please drop us a note or leave a comment below to let us know how it went!