Venue hosts Anika & Joshua Colvin, Old Salt Merchants in December

Once upon a time a West Coast waterman meets a Midwestern girl and they fall in love. She designs and bakes. He surfs and sails. Together they decided to start an old-fashioned nautical provisions company, selling the kinds of traded goods one might have found in port a century ago: tea, salt and sugar, but with bold flavors inspired by cocktails, trade routes and pipe tobacco.

Now they live a happy life in surrounded by water and trees in the Victorian seaport of Port Townsend, Washington, raising two small children and running two nautical businesses. Consistent with their lifestyle vision, Old Salt Merchants hearkens back to a simpler time and quality natural ingredients.

Venue is delighted to introduce our customers to Old Salt Merchants products this holiday season including salts, sugar and tea in individual and gift packaged sets.

Venue

5408 22nd Avenue NW

Artist in Residence at Sticks and Stones for December is Claudius Phaedrus

Sticks & Stones Seattle is proud to present the works of Claudius Phaedrus along with featured artist Alice Marshall as our artists in residence for the month of December. The many and varied mixed-media creations of Claudius Phaedrus contemplate time, culture, art history and evolution, just to name a few of his themes. We are incredibly excited to be hosting such dynamic artists this month and we hope you join us and discover it for yourself!

Sticks and Stones

5402 NW 22nd Avenue

Blue House Yellow Dog Studio Showcases Woodcut Process

 

Karen Klee-Atlin will be working on her prints at Blue House and Yellow Dog Studio this Saturday. Come and see her latest prints and watch as she demonstrates the woodcut process on her press. Karen will have framed and un-framed prints for sale and there will also be a great selection of book bags, purses and napkins made by designer Sara Kelley.

Karen will be offering art classes at her studio in drawing, painting and printmaking for children, teens and adults starting in January. You can contact her at kaeatlin@gmail.com for more information.

Karen's work can also be seen at BallardWorks for the next two ArtWalks.  Karen was invited by Vicki Platt-Brown, a member of a print studio in BallardWorks, to take part in the "Tenants and Friends" show. The show will run through January.

Blue House Yellow Dog Studio

5406 6th Avenue NW

Last Month for Lina Raymond at Portalis

Painted over a two year time frame, this show features Ballard Avenue in autumn and winter. Portalis is set to close at the end of the year, so catch Lina Raymond's current show now.

Portalis Wine

5205 Ballard Avenue NW

Lina Raymond

Monster Art and Clothing hosts an all female group show in December

This group show is full of colorful and whimsical art for all ages by 3 talented local female artists, Krista Jefferson, Rhodora Jacob and Amanda Hindes
There will be paintings of creatures, cupcakes, animals and more. There will be many original paintings under $50 that are great for gifts too!

Monster Art and Clothing
5000 20th Avenue NW
Krista Jefferson
Rhodora Jacob

"Good Things in Small Packages" Continues at Anima Mundi for December

Artwork by Jon Cooney

Anima Mundi hosts a group show of small original artwork by Jon Cooney, José Montaño, Leah Libow, Claudia Zimmerman and Jessica Weathersby.

Most work is priced between $60 - $300 and will be available for holiday gifting. Pieces will be replaced with new works as they sell, so the show will evolve each week.

Anima Mundi

5410 22nd Avenue NW

December Brings Winter Holiday Gift Show at Blowing Sands

The shop is filled with glass by David Smith, Lon Clark, Sooze bloom deLeon grossman, and Karen Sutherland, jewelry by Marilyn Moore, concrete garden pieces by Linda Thorson, and pottery by Julie deRouche and Larry Halvorsen. Great pieces for holiday gift giving or to add to your personal collection.

Blowing Sands Glass Studio
5805 14th Avenue NW

BallardWorks Exhibits New Works by Tenants and Friends in December

An eclectic display of art by our tenants and art by friends of tenants.
A variety of media, subjects, colors and styles makes for a lively viewing experience. We have some new tenants so we especially want to take this opportunity to welcome visitors to see their work along with the latest work by our continuing tenants.

Three floors of art studios and exhibition spaces open for the Art Walk Saturday, December 13, 2014. Open 6:00-9:00 pm.
Families and kids welcome. Enter through the 1st or 2nd floor doors on 30th Avenue. Includes painting, felting, wood working/sculpture, wearable fiber art, encaustics, print making and more, all under one roof.

BallardWorks
2856 NW Market Street

Factory vs Academy Reprises the Tell-Tale Heart In December

"...and the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

on the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;

and his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,

and the lamp-light o'er him streaming

throws his shadow on the floor;

and my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor"

shall be lifted - Nevermore!

Here is a show dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe's classic horror tale. Featuring paintings and assemblages by local legend Joe Reno and papier mache object's d'art by Michael Matewauk.

Factory vs. Academy is a series of collaborations between artists and writers. Exhibitions revolve around a theme and feature the work of local artists and indie authors.

Factory vs Academy

2220 NW Market Street Suite B01

(below Bop Street Records)

His Word Found Here features Vona's Band for December ArtWalk

Join the folks at His Word Found Here for live Christmas music brought to you by Vona's Band on Saturday, December 13.

His Word Found Here
5404 22nd Avenue NW
Vona's Band

November 8, 2014 Second Saturday ArtWalk

Winter Market by Lina Raymond

Lina Raymond is back with a new show "On The Avenue", showcased at Portalis.
Painted over a two year time frame, this show features Ballard Avenue in autumn and winter.

A little off the beaten track, but just around the corner from Market Street is the Robert Madsen Design Gallery, featuring Jan Kipling Anderson and her grouping "Mostly Black and White: Street Photgraphy.

Grab a latte and explore the Second Saturday ArtWalk.

Laurette Chasse and Bill Kaeter showing at Scoop at Walter's for November

Stop by The Scoop at Walter's and see the photography of Bill Kaeter and the collage work of Laurette Chase utilizing historical pieces.

The Scoop at Walter's

6408 32nd Avenue NW

Market Street Shoes Hosts Tom Koontz in November

Stop by Market Street Shoes on November 8 and see paintings by Tom Koontz. Tom is a former college professor who moved to Seattle after retirement, and is known for his poetry as well as his paintings.

Market Street Shoes
2232 NW Market Street

Bloom Restaurant Shows Paintings by Xavier Lopez Jr. in November

Bloom Restaurant is displaying paintings by Xavier Lopez Jr. at the November ArtWalk.
His spooky images complement this dark, blustery, witching season.
Chef Jason Harris serves seasonal Japanese fare, with a changing menu.

Bloom Restaurant
5410 17th Avenue NW
Xavier Lopez Jr.

Sticks and Stones Seattle Hosting Seattle Artist Kate Tesch in November

Sticks & Stones Seattle is hosting an installation and series of works by renowned Seattle artist Kate Tesch. Titled "Falling Down", these works explore the nature of paint as both a liquid and an aesthetic device. The works and installations can be found all over the gallery, from the stairs themselves to the shelves, walls and windows.

Sticks and Stones Seattle
5402 22nd Avenue NW

Mostly Black and White Street Photography at Robert Madsen Gallery in November

Robert Madsen Gallery is a little off the beaten path, but well worth the trip. For November, they are featuring the photography of Jan Kipling Anderson,
"Mostly Black and White: Street Photography" featuring limited edition prints.

Robert Madsen Gallery
5448 Shilshole Avenue NW

Blue House Yellow Dog Studio Demonstrates How to Print a Woodcut in November

Artist Karen Klee-Atlin will be demonstrating how to print a woodcut at the Blue House Yellow Dog Studio. Prints will be available for sale, as well as prints by Carmi Weingrod.
There will also be book bags, purses and napkins by Sara Kelley.

Blue House Yellow Dog Studio
5406 6th Avenue NW

November brings "Great Things in Small Packages" at Anima Mundi

Artwork by Jon Cooney

Anima Mundi hosts a group show of small original artwork by Jon Cooney, José Montaño, Leah Libow, Claudia Zimmerman and Jessica Weathersby.

Most work is priced between $60 - $300 and will be available for holiday gifting. Pieces will be replaced with new works as they sell, so the show will evolve each week!

Anima Mundi
5410 22nd Avenue NW

His Word Found Here Hosts Furniture by Designer Jeremy Avraham

Jeremy Avraham designs beautifully built rustic furniture. See many of his designs at the November ArtWalk at His Word Found Here.

His Word Found Here
5404 22nd Avenue NW

Jeremy Avraham

BallardWorks Exhibits "Fragments" in November

Eight local printmaker's explored the theme of "Fragments" using a variety of unique printmaking techniques for this exhibit. Enjoy the multitude of colors and textures in this fascinating display of their latest work.

Original prints by printmakers Becky Birinyi, Leslee Currie, Marcia Douglas, Ann Hunstiger, 

June Ireland, Marguerite Langlois, Lu McBride and Becky Prokop.

BallardWorks

2856 NW Market Street

Blowing Sands hosts a Pre-Holiday Ornament Sale for November ArtWalk

Wings by Lon Clark

A pre-holiday display of lovely pieces for your tree---glass wings, cherubs, fish , humming birds, umbrellas and traditional glass spheres in all the colors of the rainbow.

Blowing Sands
5805 14th Avenue NW

Join Vikram Madan at Monster Art and Clothing in November

Seattle-area artist and author Vikram Madan likes to create fun, humorous and whimsical experiences that invite embracing a more innocent view of the world. A former award-winning cartoonist, Vikram paints in traditional and digital media, and writes and illustrates humorous-poetry, including the award-winning book, The Bubble Collector.

Vikram hopes that, through his work, he can help make the world a better place one shared moment of levity at a time.  

Monster Art and Clothing
5000 20th Avenue NW
Vikram Madan

Photographer Marlin Greene Showcases the Kiger Mustang Refuge at Horseshoe in November

Join Horseshoe this Artwalk and meet Nature & Landscape Photographer, Marlin Greene.  Artist reception from 6:00-9:00.

Marlin will be featuring his most recent collection of photographs of the Kiger Mustangs. These beautiful mustangs are the oldest horses in North America--brought to our country over 400 years ago by the Spanish. Their story is as compelling as the images that Marlin has captured.  Come pay witness to an American Legend.

Horseshoe will donate a percentage of Saturdays sales to the Kiger Mustang Refuge.

The story of the Kiger Mustangs:

The band of twenty-seven horses discovered by the BLM(bureau of land management) in the Beatys Butte wilderness of eastern Oregon in 1977 was the last group to be found that are so true to type -- the last of the Spanish "special forces horses" that had come to the Americas in the 1600s. When the BLM moved the herd to two management areas -- Kiger Creek and Riddle Mountain -- where they could be protected and developed, they insured short-term that the Kigers would survive. Now there are precious few of these unique, pure and top class examples of the Spanish origin horses left. There are less than 200 in the wild in the BLM areas. Maybe twice that number that are viable breeders, pure and top class, exist in captivity (excluding the geldings). These horses are endangered by situation if not by government designation. 

Donations can be made to www.kigerrefuge.org

Trilby Hainstock and OLIOTTO at Venue for November ArtWalk

After receiving her fine art degree from CCA, San Francisco, Trilby Hainstock worked as a scenic artist and properties artisan here in Seattle creating large sets for the theater. Collaboration taught her to find beauty in re-purposing materials and to find new ways to combine technology and craft.

Her current collection under the company name OLIOTTO includes silkscreened designs on paper, cotton tea towels and canvas totes, as well as reversible leather bracelets. She often finds that limited resources and humble materials are her biggest inspiration and aspires to make objects that are uniquely modern, utilitarian, and affordable.  Her work has been featured in Seattle Met, Seattle Magazine, Ecoterre, and Lark Books.

This month Trilby will be featuring a new Wallingford tea towel to join her previous Seattle neighborhood designs (Ballard, Greenlake, Seattle Center, West Seattle) as well as Seattle Neighborhood greeting cards and an expanded collection of reversible leather bracelets.

Venue
5408 22nd Avenue NW

Lina Raymond Show at Portalis for November

Night Begins (16 x 20, acrylic on canvas board)

Not since her epic 2010 show Bearing Witness / adaption have we had such a collection of Lina Raymond paintings. That show featured lost landmarks of Ballard: Sunset Bowl, Denny's, Ballard Camera, Abraxis Books and the like.

This show, Lina Raymond: On The Avenue, showcases the spirit of Ballard Avenue.

In the artist's words:

In a series that will take 2 more years to complete, this show presents the first paintings in which I attempt to capture this old fishing village that I have lovingly come to call home. Although my approach was initially inspired from impressionistic works such as Pierre Bonnard’s paintings of Monmarte (painted not long after these Ballard buildings were built), my affection for this spot at this moment in time has led me to producing more tediously detailed (and more contemporary) results. They are all acrylic on canvas &/or hardboard, and depict Ballard Avenue in Fall and Winter. The next round of pieces will be of the Avenue in Spring and Summer.

Portalis

5205 Ballard Avenue
Lina Raymond

Lewis LaBrash Acrylics at Ballard Beer Company in November

labrashe' original acrylic on canvas Size 18 x 18

Early in his career as an artist most of the work Lewis LaBrash did was through music and painting, after which he went on to a 30 year career in custom design of textiles. 

In recent years he has returned to painting.  

The goal of these new pieces is to have a more organic fluid flow to them. This is to soften the overall texture of a given space. 

Ballard Beer Company

Lewis LaBrash

The Tell-Tale Heart Glow-In-The-Dark Art Exhibition at Factory vs. Academy for November ArtWalk

Joe Reno and one of his "mystic" eyes

"...and the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting

on the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;

and his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,

and the lamp-light o'er him streaming

throws his shadow on the floor;

and my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor"

shall be lifted - Nevermore!

Here is a show dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe's classic horror tale. Featuring paintings and assemblages by local legend Joe Reno and papier mache object's d'art by Michael Matewauk.

The companion The Tell -Tale Heart audiobook, narrated by Reno, is available on iTunes.

Factory vs. Academy is a series of collaborations between artists and writers. Exhibitions revolve around a theme and feature the work of local artists and indie authors.

Factory vs. Academy

2220 NW Market Street, Suite B01

(below Bop Street Records)

Join the New York Fashion Academy for their Annual Silent Auction during the November ArtWalk

Five New Venues For October 2nd Saturday ArtWalk

Get some comfy shoes on Saturday night, and head on out to Ballard's 2nd Saturday ArtWalk.
We welcome five new venues for the fourth quarter:

Ballard Beer Company

Blue House Yellow Dog Studio

His Word Found Here

Robert Madsen Design Studio

Sticks & Stones Seattle

Saturday, October 11, 2014 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

Sticks&Stones Seattle Hosts 4 Artists and Foraged Jewelry for October

New to Ballard is Sticks&Stones Seattle, located on 22nd and Ballard Avenue. They have jewelry made from natural elements found in the environment, and a beautiful gallery upstairs.

For October, they are featuring Baso Fibonacci, Christian Lucas, Mike Wagner and Claudius Phaedrus.

Sticks&Stones Seattle 5402 22nd Avenue NW

Hidden Talents/Famous at Blowing Sands Glass for October

Hidden Talents/Famous

An exhibition of works by local quiltmakers & artisans.

Currated by Laurette Chasse. Featuring artists Nan Wonderly, Debra Hedeen, Meredith Crichton, Maggie Miller, Jordan Hotchkiss, Jackie Lamont, Heather Swoin, and Laurette Chasse.
Work in metal, fabric, wood, paper, mosiac, and clay.

Opening reception Saturday, October 11th 6pm-9pm.
Show continues through November 5th.

Blowing Sands Glass Studio 5805 14th Avenue NW

Blue House Yellow Dog Studio and Karen Klee -Atlin in October

Red-Wing Blackbird by Karen Klee - Atlin,  woodcut

New to the 2nd Saturday Artwalk is Karen Klee - Atlin of the Blue House Yellow Dog Studio.

Karen Klee-Atlin was born in Toronto, where she studied at the Ontario College of Art. She did graduate work in painting and printmaking and received her MFA in painting from the University of Calgary. She has lived in many parts of Canada and the US as well as in Peru, the Philippines and Mexico, teaching art in schools and universities as well as pursuing her own studio work.

Much of her life has been spent overseas and these periods of time have contributed richly to her work. Karen gathers images from a range of sources, including folk religious sculpture, industrial training manuals, and scarecrows, and renders them in woodcuts, acrylic, and oil. She has shown her work internationally, and her images can be found as the covers of two plays, Bone Cage and It Is Solved By Walking, by Canadian playwright and two-time Governor-General`s Award winner, Catherine Banks.

Blue House Yellow Dog Studio 5406 6th Avenue NW

New To 2nd Saturday ArtWalk for October - Ballard Beer Company Hosts Lewis LaBrash

New to the Ballard 2nd Saturday ArtWalk is the Ballard Beer Company, located at 2050 NW Market Street (formerly La Tienda). With wonderful wall space, they are hosting Lewis LaBrash and his original acrylic on canvas paintings. Come by and meet the artist from 6-9pm, and sample a few brews.

Ballard Beer Company 2050 NW Market Street

Lewis LaBrash

Market Street Shoes Features the Photography of Tom Deering for October

A Northwest native, Tom was first attracted to the folklore of the Balkans, and Bulgaria in particular, during high school in 1968. A founding member of Seattle's Radost Folk Ensemble, Tom has made several trips to Bulgaria to dance, photograph, and study folklore, most recently with his family in 2010.
Most of the photographs in this show were taken at the Bulgaria's National Folklore Festival, held every five years since 1966 in the town of Koprivshtitsa.

Market Street Shoes 2232 NW Market Street

Monster Art and Clothing features Ariel Millihart

Muertos By Ariel Millihart

Artist Airy Fairy Ariel

AiryFairyArt is Ariel Millihart, a Seattle based artist who creates for all your third eyes.  She paints her true selves, a bounty of psychedelic immortal beauties, enticing and entrancing all that pass her by.  Come dance on the fringes of a melting wonderland. Take one of her sirens home and you may find yourself a part of the art.  She lives to be visually stunning, beckoning to you through her brush strokes and painted fingertips.  Adorn yourself in her mystical world of sacred ultraviolet style and bask in the love and fun she longs to create with you.  Find more of her work at AiryFairyArt.com, and see the accessories that accompany the paintings on her Etsy store entitled DnAExperience.

Monster Art and Clothing  5000 20th Avenue NW (corner with Ballard Avenue)

AiryFairyArt

BallardWorks Hosts "Fragments" in October

BallardWorks Exhibits "Fragments", Original Prints by Eight Printmakers, Becky Birinyi, Leslee Currie, Marcia Douglas, Ann Hunstiger, June Ireland, Marguerite Langlois, Lu McBride and Becky Prokop.

Eight local printmaker's explored the theme of "Fragments" using a variety of unique printmaking techniques for this exhibit. Enjoy the multitude of colors and textures in this fascinating display of their latest work.

BallardWorks  2856 NW Market Street

printmaking

Welcome New Venue "His Word Found Here" to October ArtWalk

2nd Saturday ArtWalk welcomes new venue His Word Found Here. Instead of a few copies of hundreds of titles, they have hundreds of titles all relating to one best seller: The Bible.

For the ArtWalk they will be featuring metalworker Sam Heitzenroder, who specializes in sculptire and wall hangings.

His Word Found Here 5404 22nd Avenue NW

metalwork

Venue Hosts Kathleen McCarty in October

Kathleen McCarty’s vivid paintings and prints showcase her love of color and the wild beauty of nature.  After studying at the Art Institute of Chicago, and in Florence, Italy, this Wisconsin native now calls the Pacific Northwest home. Currently, Kathleen’s work involves drawing on mulberry paper that is then affixed to birch panels. This is a contrast to her first love which is large acrylic on canvas paintings.  Her silkscreen drawings are equally as vibrant with her color choices and design.

Venue 5408 22nd Avenue NW

paintings, silkscreen

BallardWorks Hosts Relish, Record, Report in September

"Relish Record Report"

Introducing a show featuring three photographers: Pete Bustanoby, Michael Mooney, and Irv Mortensen.

From jazz divas to landscape and nature, the Intertribal Canoe Journey, architecture, and series of surreptitious instants captured with humor, this exhibit brings together three photographers who have relocated from our Seattle metropolis to quieter surroundings on the Olympic peninsula. All three artists have spent years developing large bodies of work, and they have selected their favorite photographs for this show.

The display will also include several of Dionne Haroutunian's sketches, vignettes of life in China during her latest visit to that country in April 2014.

Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, September 13, 6-9 PM as part of the Ballard ARTwalk, at BallardWorks.

BallardWorks 2856 NW Market Street
photography

Nina Zubal's H.I. cards at Venue in September

Nina Zubal's creative outlet is called H.I. CARDS - a line of pop-up greeting cards created to inspire and encourage H.uman I.nteraction.

Nina has been making cards since she was introduced to paper art at the age of 10.  She carefully crafts all of her cards by hand using an X-acto knife to create different pop up styles, and sometimes incorporates her own photos into the design. 

Venue  5408 22nd Avenue NW

Nina Zubal

papercraft

Solo Lofts Hosts Chris Pardo Design for September ArtWalk

Solo Lofts Hosts Chris Pardo Design: Elemental Architecture During the Ballard Artwalk

Local architect Peter Greaves will join us for this month’s installment of the Ballard ArtWalk. Peter is the architect of Solo Lofts and a member of award-winning firm Chris Pardo Design: Elemental Architecture. He will show architectural sketches and drawings that beautifully depict the design evolution of Solo Lofts.

Chris Pardo Design is located in the heart of Capitol Hill. The firm’s local expertise and Scandinavian aesthetic were a perfect combination to design Solo Lofts in line with Ballard’s special blend of Scandinavian and industrial heritages. With function driving its elegant form, Solo Lofts’ exposed ceiling ducts and concrete-inspired floors add height and volume to its spaces and nod to Ballard’s industrial past. The building’s white facade and swath of orange coloring embody classic elements of Scandinavian design, which traditionally places emphasis and value on light during dark Nordic winters.

Please join us for wine and snacks and meet the architect who gave shape to Solo Lofts.

When: Saturday, September 13th 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Chris Pardo Design
Solo Lofts 2041 NW 57th St, Loft 103