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Currently on display at Gallery4Culture is an exhibition of new photographs by Seattle artist
Adam Satushek.

These large scale photographs arise from the artist wandering the landscape and discovering oddities. The found arrangement of houses and trees, two major elements of the modern domestic landscape, is isolated and preserved.

Houses shelter us from the elements; they are vessels that enable us to live comfortably in the landscape and represent our occupation of the world. Trees live among us and exist in various forms and permutations: as thriving organisms, as raw materials, and in images. In these various forms, trees manifest nature in the landscape. Houses and trees intermingle across the landscape, and exemplify the knitting of humans with nature. As we look closer, these houses and trees become transitory, illusory, and ultimately, our ideas of them become disconnected from their functions.

July 3 - August 1, 2008
4Culture Gallery
For more information, visit 4culture.org

The Latvians: Fifty Years in the State of Washington
Friday, June 6, 2008 to Sunday, July 27, 2008

In the years following World War II, immigrants from the Baltic State of Latvia found home and work in the state of Washington. Photographs, textiles, folk costumes and and fine art tell the story of the 50-year history of their daily lives, work, and accomplishments, and the cultural traditions they have kept alive in their new home.

Nordic Heritage Museum
3014 NW 67th Street
Seattle, WA 98117

With your Husky Card: $5.00/person

Erin Frost is erotica made hazy by surrealism. So lovely.

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Showing June 2nd - 28th, 2008
Captive Creatures by Erin Frost           

Erin Frost presents new photographs that explore reconstruction and transformation through self-portraits, pursuing ideas of myth and ephemeral moments, as well as ideas of power possessed and given in to. Frost’s erotic and surreal traditional black and white photographs are influenced by the decadent and dangerous tales of dreams and memory. Through the intuitive process of self-portraits, often using mirrors to distort and transform, she works with the concept of reinvention fueled by creative desire.             

Some Space Gallery
625 Ist Ave @ Cherry St
Seattle, WA 98104
PH: 206 718.3104
info(at)somespacegallery.com

What sets “Captive Creatures” apart from your past shows?

“Captive Creatures” is more a continuation than a departure. However, it does strive for a beauty that insinuates something uncomfortable and even dangerous at times. The realization that transformation occurs within — and because of — the restrictions involved, captive in mortality, consciousness and body. It stems from ideas of power, restraint and possession. (From nwsource.com)

Red Cross- From Solferino to Baghdad: 145 Years of Red Cross Photography
Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs

Curated by the Red Crescent Museum in Geneva these arresting images depict more than a century of humanitarian efforts by the International Red Cross.

Monday-Friday 7:00am-6:00pm
06/11/2008 through 07/02/2008
Presented at: Seattle City Hall and Gallery
600 Fourth Avenue, L2 Level, Seattle
(206) 684-2489

After seeing such great art work on display at the ArtsExpo(sed) event this Friday, I know a few UW photographers would be viable competitors in this competition.

My favorite photo I saw on sale was this larger print of a young girl with a brunette bob-cut– she was almost out of the frame, walking to the right of the viewer. You couldn’t even see her face. In her hands were a bundle of the purest red balloons, also floating out of the frame. The beautiful colors of both her dark hair and the balloons subdued by the high grass that blurred the majority of the image.

So puzzling, yet enchanting.

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CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Photographic Center Northwest’s 13th Annual Photographic Competition Exhibition , Please Ring Bell, will be chosen by Rod Slemmons. Selected entries will be exhibited at the Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle from July 11 – August 28, 2008. First, second, and third prize winners will take home $1000, $750, and $500 respectively. PCNW gratefully acknowledges Getty Images for sponsoring the cash awards. The competition is open to all photographers, all photographic processes, and all themes. PCNW Faculty, Board Members and staff are allowed to submit entries, but are not eligible for the cash awards. The juror is looking for work that represents a larger, cohesive body of work and will be selecting a short series from each photographer chosen. A short artist statement is required. The entry fee is $40 for four jpegs. Additional jpegs will be accepted if accompanied by a seven dollar per jpeg fee, up to ten jpegs total. Entry fees are non-refundable. All entries must be received by Friday, May 9th, 2008 at 9:00 pm.

Juror: Rod Slemmons

Rod Slemmons has been the Director of the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago since 2002 where he has curated several exhibitions and teaches undergraduate photo history and graduate theory seminars. Slemmons previously taught at the U.W. in Seattle for 12 years. He was the National Chair of the Society for Photographic Education from 1990 - 1994. Slemmons was the Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Seattle Art Museum for 14 years, producing 35 exhibitions and numerous catalogs.

How To Enter

1. Submissions accepted via CD only. Must be readable on a PC. Jpegs only.
2. Images must be no larger than 720 pixels (or 10 inches) at 72 dpi in the longest dimension, and saved as jpegs.
3. Each jpeg must be titled with the correlating letter to match the entry form, the photographer’s name and the title of the image (for example: A_John Doe_Untitled.jpg)
4. An artist statement must be submitted on the CD in a word document file or pdf statement no longer than two pages. (do not send hard copy of the statement-it will not be used)
5. The CD and CD case must be labeled with the photographer’s name.
6. Notification: A list of accepted artists will be posted on our website: by June 2008, www.pcnw.org
7. Acceptance notice & materials will be sent only if a SASE with sufficient postage accompanies your entry.
8. Work submitted may not have been previously exhibited at the Photographic Center Northwest Gallery.

Submission information here: http://www.pcnw.org/gallery/entries.php

Top of the Dalai Lama’s ‘Seeds of Compassion’ Seattle, WA tour with this breathtaking slideshow held by the Vajrajana Dharma Foundation. This group’s mission is to build housing with electricity and plumbing for children and their families in Baiyu, a remote village just miles from the Chinese border. Amazing people doing amazing things– support, donate, volunteer, or just enjoy the slideshow spectacle!

More information at: http://www.vdfus.org/home.htm

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The People, Culture, and Lifestyles of Tibet – Slide Show

The slideshow will cover a wide range of interesting activities, from Potala Palace at the city of Lhasa, to trekking around the holy mountain, Mt. Kalashi; from exploring the Tibetan yak-hair tent, to spinning prayer wheels at the temple. From traveling on paved road in the city to riding on 4WD on dangerous, rocky hill roads at the country side. You will be trilled by the mix of adventure, hiking, spiritual experience and cultural exposure all in the same afternoon.

When: April 27, 2008 (Sunday)
Time: 2 pm (door opens at 1:45 pm)
Where: Redmond Regional Library
15990 N.E. 85th, Redmond, 98052 WA

Cost: FREE. Refreshments & Special Give-A-Ways

In Focus: Burt Glinn
April 3–May 3, 2008
Seattle Tower Building

A show of photographs by legendary photojournalist Burt Glinn, an early member of Magnum Photos in New York, will be on view April 3–May 3, 2008 at SAM Gallery. Glinn lived and worked in Seattle during the 1950s and 1960s. The exhibit will feature historical images of life in Seattle, including the travels of the Seattle Tubing Society; evocative photographs of Castro’s entrance into Havana, Cuba; and photos of art stars such as Helen Frankenthaler, David Smith and Andy Warhol.

SAM Gallery
Seattle Tower
1220 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Phone: 206.343.1101

Grey Gallery and Lounge is a gallery and cocktail bar in one, featuring some bold, innovative works. Pair some art with your favorite drink (upside-down-pineapple-cake for me) and check out the opening reception of Amy-Ellen’s ‘Urban Beach Scenes’ on April 10th.

Reception:
April 10th, 6pm-10pm
Hip-hop and drinks!

Grey Gallery and Lounge
1512 11th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122
email: info@greygalleryandlounge.com
phone: 206-0325-5204

Check out Amy-Ellen’s website at: http://www.flatchestedmama.com/2008/2008.html

Well, while we are on the subject of spicing things up….  NC-17 warning label applied. Save this date night for the third or fourth date.

SAKE Erotic Art Show

The group show SAKE, is 38 fine artists showing their erotic works. SAKE has invited these artists to explore what erotic is to them. With a variety of mixed media, the SAKE artists will show their abstract collages, fine art photography and paintings; as well we will plumb into the erotic performances from many local performing artists. FREE (donations are accepted).

April 3, 2008 6pm-11pm,

Mnemonic Gallery 619 Western Ave. Seattle WA.

–information provided by ‘The Stranger’

www.mnemonicgallery.com/sake2.php