Visual Art at Centrum

Welcome Counsel Langely to the Visual Arts Blog

Please welcome Counsel Langley to the scene!

Originally from the Port Townsend, Washington, Counsel Langley received her BFA in Metals from Massachusetts College of Art.  Since her return to the Northwest, her work has been exhibited regionally in numerous solo and juried shows.  In 2007, her work was selected for publication in Visual Codec’s One Shot and garnered Best in Show in the 8th annual Art Port Townsend regional juried art exhibition.

Using acrylics, inks and immodest amounts of glitter, her recent paintings explore her memories of urban spaces and are influenced by the look of circuitry, fluid turbulence, weather, outer space, engineering schematics, and architectural drawings. 

Currently she resides in Port Townsend with her husband and two daughters and is involved in several cross-discipline collaborations, including fashion design, music performance, and film making. 

[Pictured: Cityscape 17 (Start Over), acrylic, ink, glitter, 36in x 36in, (c) 2007]

Welcome Martha Carey to the Visual Arts Blog

I hope you'll join me in welcoming Martha H. Carey to Centrum's Visual Art site.

Martha is a visual artist and writer who has lived and worked in the Pacific Northwest for the last 7 years. She was born and raised in Connecticut, earned her BA at Carleton College, her MA at Simmons College, and undertook further graduate study at Temple University in Philadelphia.

She has shown her abstract oils on canvas in the Pacific Northwest at ArtsWest, VAIN studios, Forgotten Works, Patricia Cameron Gallery, PONCHO, Gallery 6311, and Oasis Gallery.

[Pictured: Parthian Shot, oil on canvas, 30in x 30in © Martha Carey, 2007]

Pathways and Echoes

March 14-April 12, visual artist Kim Kopp is presenting an exhibition at the Fetherston Gallery in Seattle entitled "Pathways and Echoes," with an artist reception Friday, March 14, from 5 to 7 pm.

WANTED: Bloggers

When we redesigned this site last year, we had a vision that at some point, we could invite community members to post/write for the site, sharing their passion with other members of the Centrum community.

That time is NOW!

If you are passionate about visual art and would like to share your knowledge and a sense of discovery with others, we want YOU. Please contact Keven Elliff at keven at centrum dot org for more information.

Experience Magazine to Showcase Visual Artists

The March issue of Experience magazine will be hitting mailboxes and P.O boxes in about a week's time. Look for the illustrations of visual artists John Hillmer and Karen Hackenberg in this next issue!

Creative Resident Julie McHugh to Present Open Studio

Port Townsend visual artist Julie McHugh will present an open studio on Saturday, February 9, from 4-6 pm in the upstairs of Building 205. She will show photographs and photo intaglio prints. 

McHugh uses a “simple” film camera, and develops and prints her own work. After taking a photo itaglio workshop taught by Marsha Slomowitz and Jay Haskins of Corvidae Press, she discovered the most satisfying physical form for her work to take: water-based inks on high-quality natural-fiber paper.

“My main artistic interest has been taking black and white portraits, landscapes and still lifes with a special interest in capturing nature’s gifts,” McHugh says, “whether it be a tree, a child, or an artful scene created by someone.”

McHugh has shown her work in multiple solo and group shows, won the Merit Award from the Northwind Arts Alliance, and had her images published in many newspapers and  magazines.

"I strive to capture the essence of moments, individuals, landscapes, objects, and scenes which are beautiful or interesting to me," McHugh says. "I try not to disrupt what occurs naturally or to perfect it, simply to document, the only manipulation being subtracting the color and minimizing the depth of field.  Sometimes, I add color back with pencils. It is interesting to see how things appear in linear time, in print--what shows through and transfers, visible or not, and what is missed or what happy accidents occur. It provides an avenue through which to study myself and the magical, mysterious gift of life and our world."

January 11-13 Art Installation at Fort Worden

Originally artists Sean Edwards, Jim Hobbs, Maria Glyka, Lisa Peachey, Ellie Reid, and Daniel Whibley were drawn together because of their overlapping interest in working with space, place, and site. Be it pragmatic and rational, poetic and futile, or historic, and cultural, they each use their artistic practices to investigate how they relate to, and experience these terms.

For their residency at Centrum, they have created new, individual works, which are either inspired by, or are incorporated into the specific location and architecture at Fort Worden and the surrounding area.

Their works will be shown in Batteries Quarles and Randol, situated along the main gun line, as well as in their studio—Building 205 (upstairs). Quarles and Randol are the bunkers up past Memory's Vault. The installation will be open from 11am-5pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You can access this area through the gate near Copper Canyon Press and bear to the right at the first opportunity. We'll have signs to get you to the gate.

ADA Volunteers will be on hand Saturday from 3-4 pm to guide installation viewers.

There will also be artists in studio in Building 205 on Saturday from 3-5pm to show work in an Open Studio. They will discuss—through dialogue and through the works themselves—how they deal with and are affected by the notions of space, place, and site.

Susie J. Lee to Show Exhibit at Lawrimore Project

Visual artist Susie J. Lee will be showing work at Lawrimore Project (831 Airport Way South, in Seattle) from October 11 to December 1. The Seattle Weekly's Carrie E.A. Scott reviews Lee's newest work here: http://www.seattleweekly.com/2007-10-10/arts/susie-j-lee-s-unromantic-emotions-spill-over-lawrimore.php

Susie J. Lee (pictured working with a Centrum student) is one of the Pacific Northwest's most up-and-coming artists. She received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Washington in 2006, has exhibited at multiple venues, and taught a master class high school artists' workshop at Centrum in the spring of 2007.

EDGE Artist Presentations

 

Artist Trust cordially invites you to the final artist presentations for Cycle C of EDGE Professional Development Program for Visual Artists in Port Townsend. Please join other Artist Trust supporters in getting acquainted with the work of these 16 fascinating Washington State artists, and help us to celebrate their graduation from the EDGE Program.

Cycle C Artist Presentations
When: Saturday, September 22, 2007
Time: 7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Location: Room 204 downstairs North, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend

2007 EDGE Cycle C Artists
Mark Abrahamson - Stanwood
James Brown - Seattle
Jenny Zoe Casey - Seattle
Deborah Francis - Oak Harbor
Karen Hackenberg - Port Townsend
Tracy Lang - Bainbridge Island
Andrea Lawson - Port Hadlock
Margie McDonald - Port Townsend
Pamela Mills - Waldron
Cheri O'Brien - Everett
Amy Reeves - Tacoma
Colleen Sargen - Walla Walla
Susan Sweetwater - Bremerton
Steve Veatch - Seattle
Charles Kent Wiggins - Port Townsend
Martha Worthley - Port Townsend

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Captions from left to right: Margie McDonald, Dragon's Back (Detail), Stainless steel from heat exchange units & copper wire, 24"x84"x11", 2005; Steve Veatch, Spectral Holiday, Movie Stills, water soluable oils, acrylic, glitter, 7"x9.25", 2006; Susan Sweetwater, Regions of Being, Encaustic, illustration board, ink, oils, gold leaf, graphite, 22"x17", 2006; Jenny Zoe Casey, Sitter, Oil, alkyd and wax on paper, 11"x11"x1", 2005.