Lots of getting out to be done this month: tonight (Tuesday) is Seattle Night Out, this Sunday is the Wallingford Music Festival, next Saturday is The Goddess Festival and tomorrow (Wednesday) is Art Walk! From 6 – 9 pm, take a stroll through Wallingford, take in some art, listen to some music, nibble on some nibblables, chat with your neighbors. If you need a map, you can grab one from the Wallingford Art Walk web site.
We’re asked to remind you that there may or may not be art at the other Art Walk participating stores, but they haven’t provided information to the coordinators about which artists will be displaying.
- Blue Star Café: Printmaker Marcia Douglas – “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. ”
- 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.”
- Fuel Coffee: Patrick Perkins (plus live music starting at 8 pm, see below)
- Irwin’s Coffee Shop: Photography Artist, James Perkins
- 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.” Refreshments to be provided.
- 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!).
Oasis Art Gallery: ‘Beneath the Surface’ Exhibition – 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.- RAIN Sushi: “RAIN Employees” artwork
- 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, plus photography from Wallingford Art Walk’s very own Beat Walk Coordinator, Suzanna Wheeler. It will be her birthday that day as well! Kickoff party featuring free stencil art and drink specials 6 – 9 pm.
- Seattle Mosaic Arts: 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wally Pets: Photographer – Paul Brown- owner of Wally Pets, Photos of Orangutangs from his trip to Borneo.
- Wine World: Miska, Nina Mikhailenko, Kristen Winn, Erik Andrew (free wine tasting from 6 – 8 pm)
Below is Music for the Art Walk, which has been branded “Wallingford’s Beat Walk” by the coordinators.
- Wallingford Center: Haiku-Chi (6:30 – 7:30)
- SeaMonster Lounge: Blue Monster (6:00-8:30)
- Fuel Coffee: Kevin Long & Dane Ueland (8:00pm)
- May Thai: Kimo Muraki
(Pictured art by Nancy “Lorax” Merrill, on display at Oasis)
Could we clarify..
TONIGHT is TUESDAY
TUESDAY is NOGHT OUT
Arent the art walks on WED?
Did something change?
@sew, it is listed correctly. Tomorrow (Wednesday) is Art Walk, nothing has changed. I’ll add the days in parentheses to see if that helps reduce any confusion.
Thank you for posting an image of a new piece of mine, Eucalyptus House. What a nice surprise!
Where is Stu Stu Studio? Thx Mimi
Closing the street: what joy… to sit with friends, chat, have wine, coffee, and goodies, catch-up, discover the feathers in a neighbor’s hair (!) and decide with several others to do it as well (oboy), and cap the evening off with snagging the runaway dog (our’s, with chagrin) before he could land on the happily very-fast cat!
And … I think we can get the street closed more often, should we contact the city. Anyone know if this is true, and if so, who to contact?
Sunnysiders Rule!
Sorry, i’ve just been told that my previous note is in the wrong section!! drat. apologies …