Tag: portable works collection
Happy Valentine’s Day, art lovers! Here’s Katherine Aoki’s print Truckin’ (ed. 9 of 20) from 2001, part of a themed series entitled The Construction of Modern Girlhood. The print is multiple-plate linoleum cut with watercolor detail. The allegorical series addresses the idea of “girl power.” Aoki received her M.F.A. in printmaking at
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Posted: February 14th, 2013 under Art Beat, Public Art, Weekly Art Hit.
Tags: artwork, Katherine Aoki, portable works collection, Public Art, Truckin
With the rains clearing up and the sun breaking through, here’s Eric Eley’s Untitled artwork from 2007 -- part of a series of artworks by Eley creating atmospheric moments. By layering simple marks, Eley creates dimension by repeatedly covering each layer of
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Posted: January 31st, 2013 under Art Beat, Public Art, Weekly Art Hit.
Tags: artwork, Eric Eley, portable works collection, Public Art
Women's Stories, on view through April 1 at Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, features 20 artworks by 11 female artists in a variety of media, including watercolor, paper batik, oil on canvas, collograph, fabric appliqué and quilting, gouache on silk, acrylic on paper, photography and mixed media. Shefrin's Food Drops in Afghanistan depicts
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Posted: January 9th, 2013 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: artworks, portable works collection, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Women's Stories
Artist Gary Groves created a series of prints related to the glacial erratic rocks of Eastern Washington and how they impact the landscape. As we teeter on the brink of a new year, these images recall other cliffs that linger in our collective psyches. In describing this particular artwork, Untitled Woodcut #10
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Posted: December 26th, 2012 under Art Beat, Weekly Art Hit.
Tags: artwork, cliff, Gary Groves, portable works collection, rocks
We're seeking two-dimensional or three-dimensional artworks depicting weather-related or atmospheric phenomena for a competitive, direct purchase for Seattle Public Utilities' Portable Works Collection. Artwork should reference air, water, temperature or light and may or may not be representational. All types of media will be considered. Artists working in color are encouraged to
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Posted: December 19th, 2012 under Art Beat, Calls for Artists, Public Art.
Tags: atmosphere, Calls for artists, portable works collection, purchase, Seattle Public Utilities, weather
Congratulations to all the same-sex couples who married at City Hall on Dec. 9, and to all the couples now able to marry in the future. To celebrate, here’s Cecilia Cooney-Wickett’s charcoal drawing Pat (Vivian) and Sue (Woehrli). Cooney-Wickett was commissioned in 1986 to create a series of drawings of Seattle area
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Posted: December 12th, 2012 under Art Beat, Weekly Art Hit.
Tags: Cecilia Cooney-Wickett, Pat (Vivian) and Sue (Woehrli), portable works collection, same-sex couple, same-sex marriage
In honor of Election Day, here’s Richard Marquis’ patriotically-themed blown glass Retro Stuff - Stars and Stripes Tea Pot #10 (or coffee pot, however you want to see it...) from 1997. “His teapots are the one body of work that continues throughout Marquis’ career beginning in the mid-1960s when he was working
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Posted: November 6th, 2012 under Art Beat, Public Art, Weekly Art Hit.
Tags: artwork, Election Day, portable works collection, Public Art, Retro Stuff - Stars and Stripes Tea Pot #10, Richard Marquis, Weekly Art Hit
In the spirit of Halloween, here’s a spooky artwork in the Seattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection. The acrylic-on-paper painting The Devil as a Joker (1982) by Ted Wiprud can hardly be labeled as minimal in approach or statement. The devil figure visually consumes the surface of the painting
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Posted: October 30th, 2012 under Art Beat, Arts Education, Public Art, Weekly Art Hit.
Tags: artwork, portable works collection, Public Art, Ted Wiprud, The Devil as Joker, Weekly Art Hit
Does bigger artwork make for better artwork? BIG AND BOLD: An Exhibition of Sizable Artworks examines many of the city’s larger artworks in its Portable Works Collection. BIG AND BOLD is on view through Sept. 28 at the Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery. BIG AND BOLD highlights 11 artworks by 10 artists, including
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Posted: June 4th, 2012 under Art Beat, Public Art.
Tags: BIG AND BOLD: An Exhibition of Sizable Artworks, exhibition, portable works collection, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery
Ever wonder what happens to old pull tabs from aluminum cans, the wire off champagne corks, or that old lathe from a room remodel? Well, wonder no more. You’ll find these and many other objects reclaimed by several artists and put to good use in the exhibition Reclaimed: Artists Working with
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Posted: April 5th, 2012 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: artworks, exhibition, portable works collection, Reclaimed: Artists Working with Recycled or Repurposed Materials, Recycled materials, repurposed materials, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery
