The fence around the former Sunset Bowl property at 14th and Market has become the canvas for two Ballard artists. Anne Baumgartner and Pam Gray started planning the “On the […]
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New Henry mural pops up along 8th Ave overnight
Ryan “Henry” Ward was up late last night painting a mural along 8th Ave NW. Our sister site, PhinneyWood.com received this email from one of their readers: “Henry” painted a […]
Statue installation at Salmon Bay Natural Area
The 16-foot bronze welcome statue is being installed today at the Salmon Bay Natural Area, in time for Saturday’s dedication. The sculpture at the Salmon Bay Natural Area still wrapped […]
Mystery art pops up along Shilshole
A piece of art has been nailed to a couple poles in Ballard. Seattle Art tweets, “Anyone know what this is? Object near Shilshole and 17th in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood.”
‘Unique’ art exhibit opens at Carkeek Park
For the second year, Carkeek Park (950 NW Carkeek Park Rd.) has been transformed into a unique art exhibit. Artist Sylwia Tur, Rungs. Photo courtesy David Fancis Seattle Parks and […]
Street art to brighten Crown Hill
The Crown Hill Business Association has received a $3,000 grant to paint signal control boxes at five intersections in Crown Hill. Signal control boxes are the big gray boxes that […]
Meet Kate Endle and Caspar Babypants Saturday
Kate Endle and Chris Ballew are a very talented couple who you’ll be able to meet at the ArtWalk this weekend. They’re both successful artists using different mediums to express […]
Disappearing Ballard is focus of artist’s collection
As pieces of Ballard’s history began slipping away, artist Lina Raymond had to paint them. “I painted it because ‘it’ wouldn’t let me be until I did,” she tells us. […]
Loyal Heights Elementary Art Walk on Thursday
Loyal Heights Elementary (2511 NW 80th St) will be transformed into an art gallery on Thursday evening for the Loyal Heights Elementary Annual Art Walk. A Loyal Heights student works […]
Art show inspired by ‘accidents’
Disfigured, distorted bodies float underwater. A man is having a bloody dance with a chain saw, an axe, or a bow and arrow, but remains calm despite the gore. A cello wails a hauntingly beautiful song that complements these images, and draws you inside.
The bodies, the gore, this is trauma as Kate Vrijmoet (pronounced “vry-moot”) sees it, as shown through her “Accident Series.” Not the initial impact of trauma, but the scars it leaves behind for the rest of one’s life, whether psychological or physical. This trauma is the subject of her new exhibition at CoCa Ballard Gallery (6413 Seaview Ave NW), “Essential Gestures.”
(Artist in center wearing blue)
“I observe life,” she said simply, when asked about her inspiration. Her paintings depict “people as defined by their bodies, their minds, their self-awareness as well as trauma and scars,” according to an informational card available at the exhibit.
Local designers create art for new Ballard QFC
With the shelves stocked inside the new QFC on 24th Ave NW, final touches are being put on the outside. We met up with Seattle artists Anna Sher of Boulevard […]
Ballard Senior Center selling Taproot tickets
Before the arsonist struck Central Greenwood in October, heavily damaging the Taproot Theatre, the Ballard Senior Center bought the December 1st show of Taproot’s “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live […]
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