Sci-Fi Artist Zeuf Showing at Full Tilt For December Artwalk

Full Tilt is showing the work of Zeuf for the December Artwalk. Zeuf is an internationally recognized Sci-Fi and Pop artist.

Known for his unique style of mashing up classic icons and old school Star Wars imagery, he is now exploring other galaxies with Firefly, Doctor Who and Star Trek inspired art.  Zeuf shows regularly in the Pacific Northwest. To see more work, visit omakase-ltd.squarespace.com

Full Tilt Ice Cream
5453 Leary Ave NW

BallardWorks Presents Group Show For December Artwalk

December marks the semi-annual Tenants & Friends group show at BallardWorks, the studio building located at 30th and NW Market. This diverse body of work include encaustic paintings incorporating vintage printed handkerchiefs, a quilt assembled with materials acquired in Yemen. abstract watercolor, oil paintings and photographs to name a few. The show is hung in the halls and galleries of the three story building floors, with many studio artists opening their doors for a peek into their creative world. 

Inmate Quilt

Karla Freiheit

Prescience

Joan Stuart Ross

"How can I see the bark of tree without asking: who has passed this way before me?

did they make marks, or maps of the landscape?"

Phil Stoiber, 2013

Ivory's Rock: Arbitrary Meridian

Paper litho and chine-collé

Sheet size : 22 x 16 in (HxW)

In addition to the fine art and jewelry on display upstairs, don't miss out on the first floor holiday sale. The tenants of Spark Studio and the printmakers formerly known as Sev Shoon will have gifts small and large for sale. 

BallardWorks

2856 NW Market St

Cupcake Monster Storming Cupcake Royale in December

Cupcake Royale has a new artist in their cafe for the December Artwalk: Jaime Temairik, an illustrator based in Ballard.

Her first book, How To Negotiate Everything by Lisa Lutz, is available wherever fine books are sold, like at Secret Garden Books down the block! Jaime’s next book by Annie Baker, Troll Two... Three... Four... will be out in spring 2014. Check out more of her art and paper goods at cocoastomp.com. Everyone at Cupcake Royale hopes the good people of Ballard have a monster of a good holiday.

Cupcake Royale
2052 NW Market St

Umpqua Bank Presents Misleading Maxims For December Artwalk

In the month of December, Umpqua Bank is showing the work of photographer Laura Gehring. This show is titled "Misleading Maxims", exploring caricatures of the 1930’s, inviting comparison to times of loss, distrust, tumult, and uncertainty.  Each character’s story of loss, gain, or greed brings forth a projection of history onto today’s ideologies, unearthing contemporary affects in the process. The melting pot that is America is able to obtain a rendering of the highly sought after “American Dream,” yet within the realities of past and present it proves to be fleeting.

Growing up in rural Idaho with the urge to document the small town culture, beauty of the prairie, and mountain life, Laura followed in her grandfather's footsteps as a photojournalist. After moving to Seattle 4 years ago, she needed to find her own voice in storytelling. Moving into the fashion industry, she was able to tell any story through light, set, and mood. Now she uses that same aesthetic to work closely with clients to learn their story and produce imagery that clearly defines their business as a whole.

Umpqua Bank
2032 NW Market St

Artists' Showcase at Blowing Sands For December Artwalk

An arts show that showcases the sparkle of glass in the winter—with glasswork by David Smith, Lon Clark, and Karen Sutherland.  The warmth of hand built pottery has been shaped by local artists Larry Halvorsen, with his high contrast black and white ceramics, and work in nature’s green in pottery by Julie deRouche. 

For a bit of brightness outdoors we can thank artist sooze bloom deLeon grossman for her fused glass garden pieces.  And glittering jewelry--wire work by Marilyn Moore!  All local artists!

Blowing Sands Glass Studio
5805 14th Ave NW

Baylie Peplow Brings Playfully Elegant Designs to Venue for December Artwalk

This December, Venue is happy to introduce designer Baylie Peplow to Ballard. Creating under the company name Red Umbrella Designs – Baylie describes her company as a small creative studio that strives to be playfully elegant and elegantly playful in all things. Founded on the belief that we are all children at heart, Red Umbrella Designs prefers hand-made, human-centered, and simple in an increasingly high-tech, fancy-pants world.

With a degree in architecture, a background in Montessori education, and a belief that there is beauty all around us - Baylie creates handmade cards, gifts, toys, and paper goods. Her Alphabet Cards and Monster Blocks are already a big hit for holiday gifts at Venue and her simple holiday cards with whimsical lettering are a perfect reminder that sometimes elegant simplicity is all you need.

Venue

5408 22nd Ave NW

Knutzen's Surrealist Landscapes Return to BalMar for December Artwalk

Paul Knutzen is a local artist who currently lives in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of South Seattle. Paul attributes his interest in art to his father, a painter himself, who exposed Paul to a wide range of art as a child. He graduated from Seattle Central Community College with a degree in graphic art and soon found a home in the video game industry, where he spent over a decade creating 3D environments.

Much of Paul’s artwork reflects his strong affection for architecture and the organic elements found in man-made structures. He enjoys experimenting with different mediums and surfaces in order to create subtle and unpredictable textures in his artwork. When he is not working in his garage studio, Paul can often be found wandering the city streets with a camera looking for inspiration in unusual buildings, trains, colorful signage, or local street art.

Chicago native and NOW a Seattle resident, Super DJ Johnny  Price, aka Battle/ Turntablist DJ "J.P. GUNNz" is definitely a "master" in the game of making you dance. For over 20 years as a high-level, party-rocking DJ, Johnny has filled the dance floors of various music festivals, fraternity and sorority parties and nightclubs not only in Seattle, but in Chicago and surrounding areas and in other parts of the world as well, leaving the same, successful results. He is a 2013 Pacific NW DMC Vice Champion scratch DJ, a 2009 West Coast Hip-Hop Awards Turntablist DJ Battle Champion, A 2008 DMC U.S.A. National Finalist (check out the video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obN3lcAnnbk&feature=share ), A 2007 Skribble-Jam National Finalist, a 2007 Hott Mixx Chicago Turntablist DJ Battle Champion. He is also a 2006 DMC N.W. Regional Finalist/Runner-Up {SECOND PLACE} (Seattle, Washington), A 2005 Cincinatti DMC Regional Runner-Up, a 2004 Oregon "turntablist-DJ" champion and a 2003 Chicago Air Jamaica Airlines "Mix-Master / Turntablist-DJ" champion, and one of the top turntablist DJs in the U.S. Johnny is pushing his turntable skills to a whole new level. He also rocked the dance floors and had resident DJ positions in various nightclubs in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan. Johnny is pushing his top-notch cutting, scratching, and trick-mixing skills to the highest level as he combines his varsity-level party-rocking skills with the precision, timing, and creativity of a high-level battle-mix-master turntablist dj on the ones and twos. Johnny's funky, unique, and technical "Busy Skillz Style" make him, on the same level, as much fun to watch as to listen to. If you're not dancing, just chill back and watch him spin and have your mind blown. Don't blink, he's incredibly, rhythmically fast with his hands and body. His mixing style and cuttin' and scratchin' are all razor-sharp and great to listen to. If you like cutting-edge dance music (House and Hip-Hop) with cutting-edge, varsity dj skills & energy to match then come & check out DJ Johnny Price AKA DJ J.P. GUNNz.  Here's an idea on how Johnny gets down live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCmeF2eyi8s&feature=youtu.be Come say, "Hi" & have your mind blown by the many forms of House music he spins.

BalMar
5449 Ballard Ave NW