Seattle and Beyond--Art & Culture

artist name: Joline El-Hai work name: Sweet Justice illuminated suitcase artist website: https://bellaluz.com/ artist location: Seattle Austin, TX (Nov. 18, 2021) — Supply chain issues are affecting the availability of goods across the country this holiday season. But there is no need to panic. Local artisans, including artists, creators, makers, and performers are stepping up to meet the demand for quality gifts with handmade, creative items and experiences perfect for the holiday season. More than  500 communities across the country  are championing their local artists this holiday season, celebrating the second annual Artists Sunday, the national art-shopping day taking place the Sunday after Thanksgiving – November 28 th  this year. Additionally, 4,200  individual artists are participating  directly. It’s like Black Friday but for art. “The supply chain shortages have affected everything from electronics, furniture, appliances, sporting goods and more,” ...

  Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist James Kirby Rogers and corps de ballet dancer Christopher D’Ariano in Ulysses Dove’s  Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven , which PNB is presenting on a triple-bill with works by Alonzo King and Jessica Lang, onstage at Seattle Center’s McCaw Hall November 5 – 7, and streaming digitally November 18 – 22. For tickets contact the PNB Box Office, 206.441.2424 or PNB.org. Photo © Angela Sterling. To be completely honest, something happened to me at Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Beyond Ballet that very rarely occurs. Yes, ladies, gentlemen, boys, girls (and all of you with much more interesting and infinitely more deconstructive gendered positions,) your hard-boiled, absolutely aloof and distant art critic/ballet reviewer, just might have been moved to the point of tears during one of the night’s dances.   But, in order to also set the record straight—I’m not really all that hard-boiled or at all aloof, actually—but y’all already knew that, I’...

It's that time of year again! Christmas is coming and that means that its time for shopping!  But as you may have heard supply lines and UPS are so messed up that you can't even count on things getting to you by Christmas.  So what is a person to do! Shop smart, shop small! Buy Art, all your kajillionaire friends are doing it!  You can't let Grime's ex-boyfriend have all the fun--after all! This week I once again had the awesome opportunity to speak to Cynthia Freese, whose goal is to help every artist in the world to make a living off of their art--or, at least to have an excellent holiday season! And there ain't nothing wrong with that!   Xavier: Can you tell us all about this amazing Sunday Service that is going into it’s second year? That's a play on words, you see!   Cynthia Freese: Lol! Artist Sunday was started last year as a way to help Artists increase sales during the biggest shopping season of the year!   We provide a digital tool k...

  Opening Thursday, November 4, 2021 5-9pm Sally Hall - Absolute Artist Show runs through 11/27/21 Sally Hall "Absolute Artist" Mixed media on Plexiglas 11/4-11/27/21 Opens 11/4/21 5-9pm co-curated by Alex Hupp " The passion and love of painting is the meaningful pursuit of joyful creativity and happiness for pure pleasure and entertainment." — Sally Hall "When I asked my art teacher whether I should get a degree in art or math or something, he looked at me like I was crazy!" He said, "You're an artist! Why would you do something like that?" "It never came up again and I never doubted what I was doing." Sally Hall was born in Seattle May 27, 1942, and spent her childhood in Broadmoor where she lived above the railroad tracks and could walk down to the beach every day. Her mother drove her to watercolor classes in Queen Anne and she's considered her life to be fully immersed in and shaped by art. She successfully ran a couple of ...