The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council and the City of Shoreline Present
Arts Crush
During the Month of October
Various Locations in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park
October is “Arts Crush” month throughout the Puget Sound Region and the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council and the City of Shoreline are joining in the festivities. Come engage your senses and explore new and exciting mediums of artistic expression.
Arts Crush is a month-long festival that connects artists and audiences with invigorating new experiences at hundreds of events across the region. More than 200 arts organizations and innumerable artists from all over the Puget Sound have come together as a united arts community to share arts experiences with people of all kinds. For more information visit the ArtsCrush website.
Monday – Friday, October 4- 8
Shoreline Artists in Action
Shoreline City Hall *
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Ever wondered why artists pick certain colors or need so many brushes? Now is your chance to find out. Stop by and view works in the making, ask questions of the artists and experience the unique Gallery at Shoreline City Hall during this five day event. Artists include Amy Pleasant and Marsha Lippert. Please visit the ArtsCrush website for more information.
Friday, October 8
Culmination of Combinations Exhibit
The Gallery at Towne Centre **
4-6 p.m.
The Gallery at Towne Centre will be presenting a closing reception for this extraordinary exhibit featuring the works of Jennifer Nerad and Hye Young Kim, two exciting Seattle-based mixed media artists who use paint and fiber to create emotional and social statements.
Wednesday, October 20
Reader’s Theater at Shoreline City Hall *
7 p.m.
Join us for a live reading of The Days of Wakefield’s Bar by George Savage and George Savage Jr.
The Days at Wakefield's Bar takes us into the lives of real cowboys, their relationships with each other and the women who love them.
Appropriate for ages 14+
Saturday, October 30th
Clogging - A True American Folk Dance
Featuring the Emerald City Cloggers
Cromwell Park in Shoreline ***
10:00 a.m.
Experience the thrill of clogging -- a true American folk dance! Emerald City Cloggers will perform various routines showcasing this fun form of dance. A short introductory session will be conducted for those wanting to give clog dancing a whirl. RSVP Requested, but Drop-Ins Welcome! Please call 383-4880 to make reservations.
Appropriate for ages 10+
* Shoreline City Hall is located at 17500 Midvale Ave. N, Shoreline, WA 98133. For more information please contact the Arts Council at 206-417-4645 or Ros Bird, City of Shoreline Public Art Coordinator.
** The Gallery at Towne Centre is open Tuesday through Saturday 12-5 and is located on the lower level of the Lake Forest Park Towne Centre. The address is 17171 Bothell Way NE, Suite A-141, Lake Forest Park, WA 98133. For information on the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council call 206-417-4645, see the website or e-mail.
*** Cromwell Park is located at 18030 Meridian Ave N. Shoreline, WA 98155
The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to nurture all of the arts in the community through programs and events, arts education, advocacy, and support for artists and arts organizations.
As far as Galleries go Shoreline really doesn't have one. There is something Shoreline wants to call a Gallery, but it is actually a boutique in a Mall, under some stairs. Not so hot.
ReplyDeleteIts very low profile So bad as to say its not visible. A gallery should be present in the core of a city. Not in a mall again under stairs.
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. This new idea of making a City center on Aurora Between 182nd and 175th is were a Gallery should be put so we can show case our non amateur artist.
NEXT... Artist need to be paid. There is no drop in figurative drawing, no drawing or painting classes available on the civic level. Again this City center on Aurora Between 182nd and 175th is were an artist collective belongs.
Building public art installations really helps one or two artist out a couple times a year and stagnates hope to build a visible art scene from ever starting. Artist need to be paid so that's why Galleries are so important.
Public art installations may look like something in a way of community involved in arts and culture. However involvement in arts and culture means more artist must public higher profile to become established. So what is happening so far without an actual Gallery is merely "busy sounds".
Bottom line put a Gallery in where the new City Center.
Aurora Between 182nd and 175th.