You heard it here! News about BAC artists

UNRAVEL, exhibition of work by Kristin Tollefson at Skagit Valley College

Kristin's new exhibition at Skagit Valley College's Campus Center Gallery runs through January 11. Monday - Friday, 9:30 - 4. 2405 East College Way, Mount Vernon.

Karen Hackenberg goes to Washington

Karen has been invited to show her Watershed paintings in Washington DC in Beneath the Surface: Rediscovering a World Worth Conserving at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, opening Nov. 17th. For more information about the show, see here: Exhibition information. Karen has also won a 2011 GAP Award from Artist Trust. Big congratulations, Karen!

IMAGE: Karen Hackenberg, Fish Farm. Gouache on paper.

Congratulations to Carole Barrer!

Carole is serving as President of Women Painters of Washington for the 2011-2012 year.

Steven Rock - All Over Town!

Michael Upchurch in the Seattle Times, remarks on Steven's "marvelous meditation on informational overload." Read more here. Steven also has work in CoCA's Heaven and Earth Exhibition, at Carkeek Park.

Art Teachers  Linford and Hrushka Begin Work on Their Third Book

MJ Linford and Robin Hruska, art teachers at Sakai and Blakely Schools, are two of a four-member collaborative artist book group, collectively known as Full Plate Press. They have been granted their second residency at Centrum, the nonprofit center for the arts in Port Townsend, where they'll begin the prints for their third book. More info here.

Barbara Zander Commissioned by Evergreen Medical Center

Barbara just installed two silk constructions for Evergreen Medical Center’s new buildings in Woodinville and Redmond. The large 70” x 36” constructions focus on the idea of Hope. Staff and the public were encouraged to write messages of hope on hand-dyed silk that was then woven into the piece.

Barbara Zander, Threads of Hope, 2011.

Evergreen Medical Center, Redmond, WA

John McCuistion Wins Fellowship for Study in Germany
John writes, " I have been awarded the University of Puget Sound’s Passau Faculty Exchange for 2011. This fellowship enables me to travel to Passau, Germany to conduct research on German salt glaze pottery and to visit museums in the region that house important ceramic collections." We want to hear all about it when he gets back! John's work will be featured in our July exhibitions, July 1 - August 1.

Linnea Lundmark in House Beautiful (you read it here!)
Check out page 91 in the June issue of House Beautiful! We hear that it includes a photo of a print by Linnea Lundmark, Three Whales (YAY!!), but not her name (regrettable!). So here's another original block print by Linnea which we can all enjoy, "Fred, Eve, and Walter."

P.S. Three Whales is available for sale at BAC.

Congratulations to Irene Yesley!
Irene has had a piece accepted into the  14th Annual Open ISAP International Exhibtion (International Society of Acrylic Painters).  The show is in Santa Cruz, California in July.

BAC Scholarship Winner at Seattle Art Museum!
BHS 2010 grad Julia Chamberlain now has work at Seattle Art Museum. Last year Jula won nine Gold Key regional awards, and those pieces were forwarded to New York for national adjudication. There she won two national Gold Medals, one in painting and the other in photography. Julia received her awards at Carnegie Hall, where Mary Rowland and Linda Holsman were also recognized as outstanding art teachers!

A sampling of work by the national winners was selected for a touring exhibition to U.S. art museums in 2011. The show, Art Write Now, is at The Seattle Art Museum March 8 - April 24 in the Community Corridor gallery on the first floor. (free to the public). Julia won BAC's Rosalyn Gale Powell Scholarship in 2010.

Yay, Julia!

Garth Edwards in Norfolk, Virginia
Garth gets commissions from all over the country. Here's a recent piece done for an elementary school.

Pam Galvani in Bellevue
Pam Galvani's work is included in Seven: A Collection of Prints and Works on Paper, at Bellevue College, January 5-25. Congratulations, Pam!

More info here.

BAC Artists in CVG 2011 Show
Congratulations to BAC artists Brian Berman, Mary McInnis, Karin Schminke, Kay Walsh, and Irene Yesley, whose work is in the Annual Washington State Juried Competition at Collective Visions Gallery, in Bremerton. February 1-26. Exhibition information.

IMAGE: Irene Yesley, Tally 5, 2010. Pencil.

New Gallery Baby!
Congratulations to Anna von Rosenstiel and David Lizaola on the birth of Eliana Rose Lizaola, born November 30. Everybody doing fine!

Irene Yesley commissioned by Swedish Hospital
Swedish Hospital has commissioned Irene Yesley to do two large paintings (5' x 4') for the new branches of the hospital opening in the next couple of months in Redmond and Mill Creek. Irene's work is in BAC's exhibition, Patterns, up through November 29.

Karin Schminke in print
Karin Schminke's art is featured in a very interesting article in the October/ November Issue of After Capture magazine. The feature article, "Dynamnic Tension," written by Barbara Smith, includes nine color plates of Schminke's work. The magazine is available on newstands and the article (PDF) can also be viewed online at: www.rangefindermag.com/storage/articles/AC1010_Schminke_Smith.pdf>>.

YAY, MJ Linford!
MJ Linford has won Best of Show, Editioned Book at Pop-Up Now! This international exhibition of pop-up books is at the 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland, Oregon, in conjunction with the bienniel conference of the Movable Book Society. Great big super-loud congratulations to M.J.!!!! See here for MJ's Tool Box Book.

IMAGE: MJ Linford, Tool Box. Accordion fold book bound in hard cover.  Fabriano Artistico hotpress paper, pochoir, aluminum and electronics. 7 pages. 9 x 10 x 1.75 inches. 2010. Edition of 10.

Article about Tracy Lang in the Bemis Community Artlog
Story and pictures about Tracy Lang and how she gathers her friends together to become the "press" for her huge woodblock prints. We're talking about a six-foot square, $150 sheet of paper, here, so they've got to get it right the first time. Story and pictures here.

BAC Artists Win Awards in
Women Painters of Washingtion Exhibition
Congratulations to Irene Yesley for her First Place award in the Women Painters of Washington Gallery Fall Members Show, and to  Cathy Woo, who won Second Place. Victoria Harrison won the Winsor & Newton/Colart America AwardSuzy Kueckelhan won the Canson Award, Kari Bergstrom MacKenzie won the West Seattle Art Club Award, and Barbara Wilson won the Teresa Asia Award. Other BAC artists had work in the exhibition, including Gillian Bull, Jeannie Grisham, Gretchen Hancock, Beverly Shaw-Starkovich, and Elizabeth Smith. The Juror was Barbara Shaiman, Director of Seattle Art Museum Sales and Rental Gallery.

The exhibition is on display until October 29 at the WPW Gallery, Columbia Center Bldg., 701 - 5th Ave, Suite 310, Seattle, 98104.

IMAGE: Irene Yesley, Polar Noon. Drawing.

Congratulations 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.