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You heard it here! News about BAC artistsCongratulations to Barbara Wilson Barbara won first place in Kitsap Arts and Crafts 51st Annual Festival. Barbara's painting, River of Light, placed first in the juried, two-dimensional section. More info here. Kristin Tollefson Works with Students on Environmental Sculpture Kristin worked with seventh and eighth graders from Commodore Options School’s Odyssey program and their teacher, Elizabeth Vroom, to design sculpture made from invasive weeds. The students freed trees and made art out of the results. Kristin says it's "a wonderful project, great kids, and nice coverage to boot. Another example of a project greater than the sum of its parts." The work will be up until 10am on Sunday, June 6. More here in the Kitsap Sun. New Artists at BAC
5/31/2010 Image: Mimi Williams, Stolen Moments, linoleum block print. Image courtesy of the artist.
Karin Schminke's work in group show at St. James Cathedral, Seattle - UPDATED In collaboration with the Song of Songs Music Festival at St. James Cathedral, Seattle, local artist Alice Dubiel has curated an exhibition featuring works especially created for this event in the cathedral’s chapel, and including two works by Karin Schminke. The exhibition runs through May 31, 2010. Image: Karin Schminke, Columbine 2, 2009. Laser etched acrylic on aluminum, 20 x 16 in. More about the Song of Songs exhibition Karin's work was featured in an article about the music festival, May 14, 2010. Seattle Times, May 14, 2010 Victoria Harrison Receives Cash Award for Materials! Congratulations to Victoria Harrison who was recently awarded $1,000 scholarship from Cultural Arts Foundation Northwest to purchase ENCAUSTIC art supplies. Vicky writes, "I can’t wait to get started exploring this new-to-me ancient medium!"
Congratulations to Seth Rolland and Raquel Stanek, who have won 2010 NICHE Awards in the professional division. Seth's Torii Hall Table won the award for furniture, and Raquel won for Mixed and Miscellaneous Media with her mosaic sculpture, Zebra. The NICHE Awards received a total of over 4,000 entries this year. Images: Seth Rolland, Torii Hall Table, 2008. Cherry and ash. Photo: Frank Ross. Raquel Stanek, Zebra, 2009. Mosaic sculpture. Photo: Tami Meader. Award for Carole Barrer In October 2009, Carole Barrer received the Winsor & Newton Award at the American Art Company in Tacoma. This Women Painters of Washington show was curated by Margaret Bullock of the Tacoma Art Museum. Congratulations, Carole! Blogged! Caroline Cooley Browne at the Collective Visions Gallery J.D. Williams, the Kitsap Sun's "Artful Blogger," posted a great piece on Caroline today.
"Caroline Cooley Browne knows how to make red jump out of a chair," he writes, "Her pastels on paper are so full of emotion that she could easily paint the couch in Sigmund Freud’s Vienna office."
Terry Siebert in "Masters" publication Terry is one of 38 artists around the world featured in Masters: Earthenware, Major Works by Leading Artists, Ray Hemachandra, Editor; Matthias Ostermann, Curator.
"Masters: Earthenware reveals the tremendous imagination, innovation, and technical facility that today’s artists bring to the oldest ceramic medium. Curated by Matthias Ostermann, a celebrated ceramist in his own right, this stunning volume gives each featured artist a mini-retrospective of approximately eight pages that showcase 12–14 of his or her best works. Illuminating comments from the creators accompany the images, outlining their development and artistic philosophy." More info here. IMAGE: Terry Siebert, Floral Alhambra Plate. Low-fired ceramic. Deb Casso and Diane Walker featured in online exhibition and color catalogue PhotoPlace Gallery's winter exhibition, FLORAL, includes a total of 75 photographs, chosen from 859 submissions. The Vermont gallery will display some of the works on the walls, some online, and all in a full-color catalogue. BAC congratulates Diane Walker and Deb Casso for being chosen for this exhibition. More information here. BAC Artists in Washington State Juried Art Competition BAC congratulates Collective Visions Gallery on their 2010 exhibition. Exhibition juror Jake Seniuk, Director and Curator of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, chose 128 artworks from nearly 800 works submitted by artists throughout Washington State. Accepted artists will be competing for $6,000 in prizes and purchase awards and will be on display at CVG during the month of February. For a complete schedule of events and list of participating artists visit www.collectivevisions.com. Work by several BAC artists were chosen, including Marilyn Bergstrom (painting), Caroline Cooley Browne (fabric), John Ellefson (ceramics), Larry McCaffrey (sculpture), Shane Miller (sculpture), Diane Walker (photography), and Barbara Wilson, whose oil painting, Vision at 3rd and Pike, is reproduced here. Barbara Wilson Wins Daniel Smith Grand Prize Wow! Congratulations to Barbara Wilson, who won the Grand Prize in Daniel Smith's Customer Artwork Contest. Barbara's oil painting, Travelers, was judged the best work of over three thousand entries. Barbara takes home the $1500 and our enthusiastic applause!
Karin Schminke, together with Dorothy Simpson Krause and Bonny Lhotka, have published an elegant coffeetable book, Digital Atelier. Each of the artists has also used cutting-edge digital printing technologies to create an original work that will be included in a special collector's edition. In October, BAC will offer copies of each version for sale. IMAGE: Karin Schminke, Vortex, 2009. Mixed medium and digital print. Photo courtesy of the artist. From BAC's October exhibition, In the Loop. Hugo Shi Praised in Artdish Elizabeth Bryant reviews the current UW MFA exhibition in Artdish. She singles out BAC artist Hugo Shi for special praise: "The star of the painting program, and perhaps of this year’s MFA program, however, was Hugo Shi. Shi graduated from the China National Academy of Fine Arts in 1984. He worked as an artist, illustrator, and editor in Beijing before immigrating to the United States ten years ago, and has taught and received numerous commissions since. Opting to return to the university for his MFA, Shi has now reached a level of painting that rivals any of his instructors." http://www.artdish.com/post/2009/07/Notes-on-the-Flight-of-the-MFAs.aspx Beverly Shaw Starkovich Juried into National Organization Congratulations to Beverly, a new member of the National Association of Women Artists. Founded in 1889, NAWA is the oldest women's art association in the country, maintaining a permanent collection at Rutgers University, and sponsoring an ongoing series of exhibitions More information here. Beverly is also a longstanding member of the Women Painters of Washington. Diane Walker in Print and Online The Center for Fine Art Photography in Colorado has selected DIANE WALKER's portfolio for publication in its third annual Portfolio Showcase. The exhibit will be online for two years (at this address), and will also be published as a book (containing all 15 winners -- out of a field of 250) this coming fall.
International Award for Deb Casso! BAC artist DEB CASSO reports that one of her photographs, Lone Lily Pad, won first prize in the Plant Portraits category of the 2009 International Garden Photographer of the Year competition. Along with other winning images, it will be on display May 23 - September, 2009 at Kew Gardens in London. The exhibition will then go on to additional locations in England later in the year.
The Arts Council of Snohomish County named MERRILEE MOORE as 2009 artist of the year. Merrilee (that wise person) writes, Most of the time the message is…be happy, enjoy what you have, share with others and lighten up! Don’t take things too seriously and most of all…life ain’t perfect, very interesting, but not at all perfect. More about the Arts Council of Snohomish County and Merrilee Moore here.
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BAC welcomes four new artists this month: 
BAC Artists win 2010 Niche Awards
Karin Schminke's new publication
Artist of the Year!