The Sev Shoon Arts Center participates in
the Ballard ARTWalk every 2nd Saturday, 6-9PM, May through December. Gallery Hours are May through December by appointment only.
Reception: Saturday August 14th, 4 - 6pm (new date)
Zhang Guanghui is one of China’s emerging artists whose work attracts international recognition. Working in Beijing, he is also Dean of Printmaking and Painting at the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts in Wuhan.
Zhang’s remarkable facility with traditional wood cuts is combined with a distinctly modern approach to digital media. This merge of traditionalism with technology parallels other thematic dualities in his work: continuity and change; intimacy and publicity; documentation and interpretation. The tensions between these pairings informs a sensitivity and perception about larger social themes in China today, but are made relevant in relationship to an increasingly global sense of culture.
For more of his work, please visit his website: zhangguanghui.com. Although the site is in Chinese, a click on any image reveals the date and size, as well as its place in the continuum of his work via a timeline.
North China, colored woodcut, 7.5" x 11", 2010
South China, colored woodcut, 6" x 11", 2010
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Long time Sev Shoon member Phil Stoiber honors self-expression and self-discovery, and has the highest regard for rigorous honesty.
Please join us for a demonstration by Phil Saturday, August 14th from 6 - 9pm.
Phil’s prints currently use mark-making, photocopy and written word combined with torn paper to produce etchings with the chine-colle process.
In September, Mike McGovern, an instructor at Sev Shoon , will be "painting with screens", a collaborative screen-printing experience.
Viewers and walk-ins are encouraged to participate in this hands-on collaborative printing experience using screen-printing. We will be layering and experimenting with different images and colors printing onto large sheets of paper and other alternative surfaces.
September 11th, from 6 - 9pm
Theresa Neinas will be demonstrating Lino Block Printing on Saturday, October 9, 6 - 9pm
Theresa will be printing a current work of art and carving a new block to add to the large body of work on which she will have on hand. Many framed and on display. Close to 200 images will be available to view and purchase, many at reduced prices. Feel free to ask her questions about her work. Take advantage of the story's behind the images as many come from personal experience. Of course, many storys just come from an active imagination that has been cut loose !
November 2010
Long time Sev Shoon Arts Center member Bobbi Pearce will be giving demonstrations on Collagraph Printing. Her collage techiniques uses such materials as textured paper, fabric, and plant matter.
Saturday, November 13th, 6 - 9pm
December 2010
In December, Sev Shoon instructor Kelda Martensen will be demonstrating using “shaped plates” to create a coherent narrative between prints.
This is a wonderful technique for creating a large body of work in a limited amount of time. Also perfect for holiday cards, gifts and wrapping paper - each print is unique but it won’t take you all year to make them all! Viewers and walk-ins are welcome to join-in and print with these “moving” parts.
See you at the Ballard ARTwalk! December 11th, 2010, 6 - 9pm
Please join us for the ARTwalk Opening Reception, on May 8, 6-9PM for an exhibit of prints by students from GAGE.
David Dwyer, Untitled, etching, 2009
Jordan Parinetti, After Whistler's "Balcony", 2009, etching, 16x20
June 2010
NIGERIA MONTH
Opening Reception Saturday, June 12, 6 - 9PM
Feature article in the Ballard News Tribune
Highlights:
- A traditional tie dye demonstration by Professor Uka and his wife Ola.
- Artwork by Sev Shoon artist in residence Ngozi Omeje.
In May 2009, Dionne Haroutunian traveled to Nigeria as a U.S. State Department Cultural Envoy. Her mission was to teach printmaking at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN); give lectures at universities in Nsukka, Enugu and Lagos; teach a workshop to children on issues of AIDS and child abuse in Africa; and meet many dignitaries.
NIGERIA MONTH showcases over 150 prints created during the four-day UNN workshop; pictures of her trip; artwork produced by Haroutunian in response to her experience; beautiful Nigerian textiles.
We are excited to welcome Professor Uka and his wife Ola, and Ngozi Omeje. Ngozi is the Sev Shoon artist in residence (from mid May to mid June). She will share the work she produces during her residency at the opening reception.
Ngozi Omeje, Imagine Jona, recycled material and clay installation, 16ft x 8ft, 2009
Group shot in front of the printmaking studio (NNOO means "Welcome!")
Professor Uka and Dionne Haroutunian on UNN grounds
Printmaking students in the studio with their instructor, Sev Shoon owner Dionne Haroutunian
Family Photograph #1, by Somtoo Mekowulu, Drypoint, 2009
Sev Shoon member Julie Russell demonstrates Etching and Silkscreen printing.
Saturday, July 10th, 6-9pm
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