anti-war Emotional Numbness: curators after my own heart I am so in awe of the curators Atefeh Khas and Minoosh Zomorodinia of this exhibition. Their thoroughness and dedication to accessibility of these works deserves all of our gratitude and appreciation.
feminist Statement for exhibition, Emotional Numbness JBLM, one of several US military installations surrounding my home in Puget Sound, Salish Sea, dominates the landscape in Western Washington state: there are always traffic jams on Interstate 5 and the social costs of war are constantly present.
climate change Planet Art in the region Glacier Peak, The Lay of The Land installation shown in La Conner, WA, part of MoNA SURGE in 2018.... upcoming in the WEAD exhibition, Feat to Fire, Sanchez Art Gallery, 1220 Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifica, CA
collagraph Layers of Ancient Texts: mixed media printmaking for a new landscape language Opening today in downtown Seattle, I'm showing 10 prints at Columbia Tower in "Fresh Pressed" WPW Gallery, 701 5th Avenue, Suite 310, Seattle 98104
climate change The Lay of the Land: Glacial Biocenosis--intellectual resources Some resources to support Surge and The Lay of the Land: Glacial Biocenosis are updated in this post which includes my bibliography/sources, link to a Soundcloud podcast of a museum arts panel discussion on November 17.
Planet Art Texts for Lay of the Land: Glacial Biocenosis Heading photo: installation process with the assistance of Rachel Long. Installation view: The Lay of the Land: Glacial Biocenosis, 2018
Planet Art The Lay of the Land: Glacial Biocenosis [update] Encased in ice are secrets, minerals: mica, iron, phosphorus fossilized bodies of ferns and microbes, megafauna, mysteries of life, the living planet. We read these as charts, maps and stories to guide us
printmaking Sandow Birk in Seattle at Prographica Gallery There is a terrific exhibition up until Saturday 2.24 at Prographica Gallery in Pioneer Square (same doors as Davidson Gallery on Occidental. Sandow Birk is a Los Angeles artist who works large and small using art historical drawing and printmaking techniques to comment
printmaking Thunder and Lightning Press Fall events In studio workshop: Introduction to digital photograph manipulation for printmaking: chine collé and polyester lithograph applications $65, includes materials; one day October 22, 12:30-3:30pm Alice Dubiel Open Studio,
climate change Survival skills: Climate is Changing Late August 2017 Summer has been dry and hot in the Pacific northwest: we have had 55 consecutive days without rain, and the land is dry. The overly wet springs,
Museum of Northwest Art The Lay of the Land: A Tale of Skagit Marshes The Lay of The Land: A Tale of Skagit Marshes, installation view, Museum of Northwest Art, Surge, September 17-25, 2016 acrylic and mixed media on paper, wood, glass, water (from
coal trains Living in mudslide country Since Fall 2006 when I did a residency in North Cascades National Park, I've realized how powerful, in an especially visceral way, water works on erosion. The Skagit River was powerfully surging in early November and washed out Highway 20 east of Marblemount, effectively