Art
April 23, 2013 | by Amanda Manitach

Honey, please!

Remember back when Regina wrote? Though I liked her sharp-witted, purple prose, one of the things I didn’t especially like about her reviews was the side-by-side, sweeping comparisons she’d often throw out. “Look how this artist’s thing looks like this other artist’s thing! They both put a rabbit...

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April 9, 2013 | by Amanda Manitach

Encountering the Sublime in a Dive Bar & Other Tales of First Thursday

I wasn’t really feeling it Thursday afternoon. Going to the art walk, that is. It was so dreary, overcast....raining. On top of that, my date for the evening had...
April 2, 2013 | by Amanda Manitach

Curator Couture (and a few notes on style)

Last Friday I was hanging out on a couch at the Sorrento with a pen and a yellow legal pad. I never use these things. For Gen Moleskine, that shade of yellow is...
April 1, 2013 | by Erin King

Ellen Dicola’s Arborealis at Gallery4Culture

The mountains pulled Ellen Dicola to Seattle. The video/fiber artist and writer fell in love with the rough coast of the Pacific Northwest on a cross-country trip...
March 26, 2013 | by Rachel Shimp

Stunning Seattle's Mural Project

I once took a walking tour of Manhattan with street art aficionados the Wooster Collective. The guide pointed out a wheatpasted rat by Banksy, a tile mosaic from...
March 26, 2013 | by Mark Baumgarten

Ships in the Night

Under the cover of night, artist Kyler Martz stencils one of his whale boats for a mural at The Whale Wins in Wallingford. When he finishes, a fleet of five ships...
March 25, 2013 | by Jonathan Zwickel

Creative Class

Whether or not you have a kid in school, the future depends on arts education. The morning bell at Northgate Elementary cuts through the din of 250 students...
March 25, 2013 | by Bess Bieluczyk

Waterlogged

Waterlogged Archival inkjet print from the series Subtle Hysteria, 20 x 20 inches, 2009 On view through May 28 at Photo Center NW as part of the group show...