ARTISTS HELPING ARTISTS AT CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART'S ANNUAL MARATHON AND AUCTION SEPTEMBER 13-18, 2021!

 

ARTISTS HELPING ARTISTS AT CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART'S ANNUAL MARATHON AND AUCTION SEPTEMBER 13-18, 2021 Seattle, Washington. September 2, 2021 - Three prominent Visual Artists step to the front to support the long term arts nonprofit—Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) and its artist members. Lisa Myers Bulmash, David Clay and Jody Joldersma are eminent artists with long standing visual arts practices. They have been invited and accepted opportunities in the 2021 CoCA Marathon and Auction, September 13-18. Learn More In this continuing pandemic they understand that their works represent, individually and collectively, a true signal that ‘art is not cancelled’; that creatives are important to bringing people together and that supporting arts nonprofits takes intense purpose and brilliance. Lisa Myers Bulmash, a pre-eminent Creative, holds and explores untold narratives woven throughout her work in magical terms. “As a visual artist, I am obsessed with joining elements that seem to have no relationship to each other. As an artist parent, I am driven to spotlight the contradictory narratives in American society that marginalize the most vulnerable.” Learn More David Clay, a fierce figurative Artist, reexamines the figure as past, present and possibility. His work harkens to the historical figurative journeys in paint. He says that “The figures, distorted and abstracted with atmospheric textures, define their own identities and boundaries between realized subject and emotional space.” Learn More Jody Joldersma, a consummate Maker of line as delineation of time and space. She  pushes the viewer into a world of feminism and nature. “I create visual narratives inspired by growing up caught between a collapsing conservative steel town and the rural escapism of my grandparents’ farm in the coal mountains of central PA”. Learn More Join these three artists from September 13–18 as they move from a Creative’s ideation to a cognitive consciousness that actually connects new dimensional options to the viewer.  It’s a Marathon for each of us as we chart our journeys in, for, about and through the arts. CoCA serves the Pacific Northwest as a catalyst and forum for the advancement, development, and understanding of contemporary art. CoCA, at 40 years old, is a vital part of the contemporary art community. It has Allyships with BIPoC arts nonprofits that connect underrepresented artists to create sustainable pro-equity spaces for artistic expression. CoCA supports a fully empowered creative life for all people. Learn More ### Download the Press Release PDF Download Press Images: Lisa Myers Bulmash, "Safe/Not Safe," Collage on paper, 11 x 14 x 1 inches; David C Clay, "Idle", Oil on wood panel, 48" x 36" x 3";  Jody Joldersma, "Satyrical Nature" (2011), Acrylic, Pencil, Paper on Wood, 24" x 36”; For more information contact: Center on Contemporary Art, CoCA Sarah Huckaby, Auction Architect  sarah@cocaseattle.org   CoCA serves the Pacific Northwest as a catalyst and forum for the advancement, development, and understanding of contemporary art. CoCA, at 40 years, is a vital part of the contemporary art community. It has Allyships with BIPoC arts nonprofits that connect underrepresented artists to create sustainable pro-equity spaces for artistic expression. CoCA supports a fully empowered creative life for all people. This event is made possible with support of sponsors like Elysian Brewery.  ###

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