tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17105586450557693522024-03-13T03:24:19.483-07:00Washington Art - James & Janie Washington FoundationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-38770179965299814442010-10-07T14:18:00.001-07:002010-10-07T14:18:59.442-07:00<embed src="http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/player5.swf?config=http://www.seattlechannel.org/videos/videoConfig.asp?ID=3171006" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="380" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><div style="font-family:arial,verdana;font-size:smaller;"><a href="http://www.seattlechannel.org">Seattle Channel Video</a> can be played in <strong><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">Flash Player 9 and up</a></strong></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-2461359349979766052010-06-16T20:05:00.000-07:002010-06-17T11:07:00.270-07:00Artist at Washington Foundation Creates a Spectacle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/TBpkG2RU9cI/AAAAAAAAAKI/JNhWjl7RZSg/s1600/IMG_1675_.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/TBpkG2RU9cI/AAAAAAAAAKI/JNhWjl7RZSg/s400/IMG_1675_.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483805565087184322" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">During a June 2010 residency at The James and Janie Washington Foundation, artist Garric Simonsen created a project called <i>The Spectacle</i></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">. The project was inspired by a parade where he saw vendors roaming the crowd with carts selling inflatable novelty toys and balloons. What attracted him to these mobile stores was the effort each vendor put into the presentation of their products. What also interested Simonsen were some unique connections these vendors shared with the business of being a self-promoted artist.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:28.0pt 56.0pt 84.0pt 112.0pt 140.0pt 168.0pt 196.0pt 224.0pt 3.5in 280.0pt 308.0pt 336.0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Artists put themselves into the public eye displaying things, trying to be noticed for their ability to produce unique items. Most commonly their art is engaged commercially and in some cases mass-produced to appease high demands from collectors. This project critiques the idea that art is a commodity. It also symbolizes the artist’s ability to withstand public scrutiny, standing as a metaphor that interprets what it’s like to be viewed as a spectacle.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The connections between an artist’s self-promotion and a parade vendor inspired Simonsen. During his one-month residency at the James and Janie Washington Foundation, he created one of these carts and stocked it with his own selection of inflatable novelties. The process began with finding an abandoned shopping cart and getting it back to the studio for modifications. He ordered his <i>products</i></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"> from an online retailer and began outfitting the cart with oversized sunglasses, glow-sticks, balloons shaped like frosty beer mugs, giant crayons, little guitars and even a huge inflatable hammer called the “Big Bopper.” This Saturday, he will set out on a three-mile pilgrimage to the art district in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. <b>Everything on the cart will be given away for free.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The walk will start around 10:00am Saturday, June 19<sup>th</sup> from The James and Janie Washington Foundation (1816 26<sup>th</sup> Ave.) and continue down Capitol Hill jetting back and forth between Pike and Pine Street eventually landing in Westlake Park around 12:30pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>From Westlake Park the cart will make its way through downtown, landing in Occidental Park in Pioneer Square between 3:30pm-4:30pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Finally the artist will head up Jackson through the International District and turn north on 23<sup>rd</sup> , through the Central District.</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-15967640387750902242010-06-15T13:53:00.000-07:002010-06-15T14:16:23.763-07:00The Fountain of Triumph<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/TBftfert-kI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/y5YdDBwKvU0/s1600/105.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/TBftfert-kI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/y5YdDBwKvU0/s400/105.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483112196415027778" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">As a student of the UW Museum Studies Certificate Program I’ve been volunteering at the James and Janie Washington Foundation for about 2 months. With my program now over, I can’t help but think how lucky I am to have found a practicum at a museum that keeps me constantly inspired by its mission, and excited to keep coming back. As a new student in the museum field, it is endlessly encouraging to be surrounded by motivated artists, to be a small part of Mr. Washington’s beautiful legacy, and to be around Tim Detweiler, executive director, for his constant enthusiasm about his museum and his great stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sitting in the living room of the house, one photograph in particular has been grabbing my attention for the past two weeks. It’s a simple picture of Mr. Washington sitting in front of one of his sculptural fountains located in the Central District neighborhood as traffic and life pass by around him. However simple, the photo strikes me every time I enter the house. I think the photo, as well as Mr. Washington’s expression, says so much about who he was and what his foundation continuously strives to accomplish. The sculpture is on the corner of Union and 23<sup>rd</sup>, and was originally made as a meeting place for the community. He sits happily in front of the sculpture with a sweet, and unassuming demeanor. </p><p class="MsoNormal">The community is working to restore the sculpture and to restore the original idea of unity in an ever-changing neighborhood. The beauty and message of struggle and determination that the sculpture still brings to the neighborhood, long after his death, is moving. With the youth programs, exhibit tours, and artist in residency programs, the museum keeps Mr. Washington’s message alive and well and I’ve been honored to be part of it. </p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-39131782765827456332010-05-24T17:13:00.000-07:002010-05-24T17:22:28.536-07:00Philadelphia sculptures found<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/S_sYGqK02oI/AAAAAAAAAJw/wo0w0W2dmDY/s1600/40.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 342px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/S_sYGqK02oI/AAAAAAAAAJw/wo0w0W2dmDY/s400/40.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474996274676947586" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">James Washington was commissioned to sculpt six busts of African American heros in 1968. The sculptures were placed in the Rotunda of Achievement at the Freedom Plaza, the first African American owned outdoor mall. The sculptures at the Rotunda of Achievement were vandalized within a month of their installation in 1969.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Mr. Washington later said, “That’s the way Philadelphia was in the 60s.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It was as if he expected it to happen.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> Later in the 1980s, the sculptures were again vandalized and the management of the Freedom Plaza where the Rotunda was located, decided to take the sculptures off of public display.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The Rotunda itself was later raised because it had become a hangout for drug dealers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> I became interested in the whereabouts of the busts when I heard about the story in 2007.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I called a friend in Philly and checked public art websites and called several people in the City Government and found no information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>An Art Historian, Susan Platt, who was going to the East Coast to do some research swung by the Plaza to look at the sight and ask a few questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The spot where the Rotunda had sat was now a vacant lot and no one at the Plaza office even remembered the busts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Susan called the one person that the folks at the Plaza thought might know about the history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The woman that she contacted remembered the sculptures and said that they had been stored away and that was all she knew.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> A year went by and Susan called the woman at the Plaza to ask if she had found out any more information.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The woman was immediately excited when she heard Susans voice on the phone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>She said that they had uncoved the sculptures, literally, when workers sarted on a renovation on the old Plaza building a week before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They removed a wall under a staircase and found the six sculptures underneigth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> Susan was able to visit Philadelphia again shortly after the phone conversation and photograph the busts.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The faces of one of the sculptures had been painted white and the lips of two others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>They are all in good shape otherwise and plans are being discussed to put them perminately on display in the offices of the newly renovated Freedom Plaza.</p> <!--EndFragment-->Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-69691219524838042842010-01-21T16:20:00.000-08:002010-01-21T16:25:01.306-08:00Io Palmer review<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; 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margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); text-decoration: none; clear: both; text-align: left; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">View of “Io Palmer and Modou Dieng,” 2009.</b>From left: Io Palmer, <i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Artstar #4</i>, 2009; Io Palmer,<i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Artstar #3</i>, 2009; Io Palmer, <i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Janitorial Supplies #7</i>, 2009; Io Palmer, <i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Janitorial Supplies #4</i>, 2009.</p></div></div></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; ">Io Palmer’s ongoing work <i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Artstars</i>, 2007–, comprises a team of players represented, in absentia, by a collection of white “uniforms” paired with common cleaning tools (mops, brushes, and brooms) that have been radically accessorized with artificial hair, bobby pins, and barrettes, transforming them into radically hirsute tools. The <i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Artstars</i> are Palmer’s Dream Team—heroic amalgamations of the artist’s friends, family members, and sports heroes––and brilliantly synthesize haute couture, feminist art history, professional sports, and domestic servitude.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; ">In the artists’ hands, a plain maid’s smock is sexed up into a flowing linen gown that opens across the gallery floor in a corona of petal-like teardrops. Palmer references labor and women’s work while raising African-American identity politics to glamorous new heights of Jugendstil panache. In one instance, Palmer exhibits a cape made of leather that is covered in bobby pins and patterned after former Detroit Piston Allen Iverson’s cornrows. The piece reads like a chain-mail cuirass lying in wait for its commander.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.3em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; ">In the Art Gym’s second gallery, Senegalese artist Modou Dieng exhibits a series of new mixed-media wall works inspired by African cloth, African-American musical history, and sexy Blaxploitation graphics. Dieng works the canvas with a rigorous ease, incorporating vinyl LPs into the work and slathering them with iridescent paint and collage elements. In <i style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">hello mom, hello dad</i>, 2009, Dieng overlays silk-screened images of Malcolm X with actual albums (and their covers) by Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, and Isaac Hayes. The albums transmit a vibrant, kinetic energy and hark back to Marcel Duchamp’s Rotorelief devices. Yet Dieng takes on the history of the readymade and Pop art with a fresh attitude and finesse.</p><h4 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); text-align: right; font-style: italic; ">— Stephanie Snyder</h4></div></div></div><div class="Footer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; position: relative; float: left; display: inline; "><div class="Disclaimer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; clear: both; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-transform: lowercase; font-style: italic; ">posted by <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/ArticleArchives?author=26622" target="_self" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; ">JEN GRAVES</a> on <span class="postTime" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; text-transform: uppercase; ">MON, NOV 30, 2009</span> at <span class="postTime" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; text-transform: uppercase; ">4:06 PM</span></h4><div class="postBody" style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><div class="blogImageRight" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: right; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 312px; background-position: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/1259622924-40.jpg" class="zoomable" target="_self" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/thumb-1259622924-40.jpg" alt="James Washington Jr. working on his bust of MLK." title="James Washington Jr. working on his bust of MLK." width="300" height="351" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; " /></a><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><li class="imageCredit" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(99, 99, 99); font-size: 9px; line-height: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; "></li><li class="imageCaption" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; ">James Washington Jr. working on his bust of MLK.</li></ul></div>What do you say we focus on another black man in Seattle for a while?<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Last week, just before Thanksgiving, I met Tim Detweiler <a href="http://www.woodsidebrasethgallery.com/current_big11.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; ">at Woodside/Braseth Gallery</a> to walk through <em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; ">The Spirit in the Stone: A Centennial Celebration & Exhibition Honoring James W. Washington, Jr.</em>Detweiler was practically breathless. He talked for a half-hour before I got a word in, and before we even looked at the late Washington's art. The reason why: Detweiler has been buried in a mountain of fascinating stuff for the last year or so, and it's like he traveled to an undiscovered land and must. get. the. stories. out.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">The exhibition does a solid job of starting things off for him, and it's a generous act by Woodside/Braseth, considering that much of the work on display is not for sale but instead either owned by the James and Janie Washington Foundation (<a href="http://www.jameswashington.org/studio.pl/Contact_Us" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; ">open by appointment at 1816 26th Avenue</a>) or owned by private collectors.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><div class="blogImageLeft" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 212px; background-position: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/1259625079-100_1867.jpg" class="zoomable" target="_self" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/thumb-1259625079-100_1867.jpg" alt="David, 1958. The mount coil could be a ground wire from a battleship; Washington worked as an electrician for ships in Bremerton for years." title="David, 1958. The mount coil could be a ground wire from a battleship; Washington worked as an electrician for ships in Bremerton for years." width="200" height="150" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; " /></a><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><li class="imageCredit" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(99, 99, 99); font-size: 9px; line-height: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; "></li><li class="imageCaption" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; "><em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; ">David</em>, 1958. The mount coil could be a ground wire from a battleship; Washington worked as an electrician for ships in Bremerton for years.</li></ul></div>Raw paintings and collages tell the early story.<em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; ">Making of the United Nation Charter</em>, from 1945, shows hands turning to bone and heads to skulls. The charter was supposed to include an expansion of freedoms for African Americans after the war. But it didn't. Four years later, another painting, with thick impasto sections and also collaged newspaper clippings, drew together Washington's brutal Mississippi past with a not-as-different-as-you'd-like Seattle present (he moved to Seattle in 1944). The painting is called <em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; ">Democracy Challenged</em>, and it pictures the Statue of Liberty, her torch's flame going up into a newspaper headline: "Fiery Cross 'K.K.K.' Note Found Near -- Home" beneath "House Defeats Civil-Rights Part of Housing Bill." On the other side of the painting, balancing Lady Liberty on the scales of justice, are three lynched bodies. A headline, also from the <em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; ">Seattle Times</em>, dated Thursday, September 8, 1949, reads, "Mrs. Roosevelt Says: North as Bad as South in Discrimination." In addition to the daily personal debasements Washington had to endure growing up in small-town Mississippi, his father had been "disappeared" after threats from the KKK. Washington Jr. never figured out what happened to Washington Sr., even after putting a couple of Pinkertons on the case later in his life.<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><div class="blogImageLeft" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 212px; background-position: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/1259624436-100_1863.jpg" class="zoomable" target="_self" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/thumb-1259624436-100_1863.jpg" alt="100_1863.JPG" title="" width="200" height="150" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; " /></a></div><div class="blogImageRight" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: right; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 212px; background-position: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/1259624541-100_1861.jpg" class="zoomable" target="_self" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/thumb-1259624541-100_1861.jpg" alt="Bunny rabbit, 1965" title="Bunny rabbit, 1965" width="200" height="150" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; " /></a><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><li class="imageCredit" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(99, 99, 99); font-size: 9px; line-height: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; "></li><li class="imageCaption" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; ">Bunny rabbit, 1965</li></ul></div><br />What's amazing is that Washington started showing his art pretty much as soon as he got to Seattle, and never really stopped. He wasn't the established, university-based, powerhouse figure that Jacob Lawrence was, but he was a constant presence until his death in 2000. And his greatest medium was stone carving. At Woodside/Braseth are several examples of his irresistible animal carvings (they're almost entirely in the round), as well as a self-portrait bas-relief he made in 1976, the same year he made one of Mark Tobey (it was the year Tobey died). This is his only self-portrait in stone.<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Detweiler is the first first full-time, permanent director of the foundation—housed at the Washington home and studio, where there are still <strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; ">piles of granite awaiting carving</strong>—and he and a small team of helpers have been making discoveries in the archives. They found a letter from Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros inviting him to dinner (he accepted). In the crawl space below the studio they found memos from Washington's work with the Congress of Racial Equality in Seattle in 1960 (they'd demand parity, and if bosses didn't make at least a good-faith effort, they'd picket).</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">In 1968, Washington was commissioned by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Sullivan" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; ">Leon Sullivan</a> to do a series of six busts of African Americans for the rotunda of a black-owned mall in Philadelphia. (The picture above shows Washington working on the MLK bust.) The busts were vandalized by whites—<strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; ">actually given white-face</strong>—until they were finally removed, and then lost. <strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; ">Until now!</strong></p><a name="more" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "></a><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Detweiler and his team (including Susan Platt) called the mall to try to find the busts, and nobody knew where they were, so they started looking. It turns out they'd been <strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; ">hiding for 15 years under a stairwell</strong>, some of the white paint still on them. Thanks to Detweiler and the foundation, they've been found. They're staying in (and owned by) the mall in Philadelphia, which is being renovated.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">See the show, which also includes a room of works by Washington's friends and contemporaries, before it closes December 12. More images...</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 212px; background-position: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/1259624766-100_1862.jpg" class="zoomable" target="_self" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/thumb-1259624766-100_1862.jpg" alt="Bear cub with food, 1966" title="Bear cub with food, 1966" width="200" height="150" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; " /></a><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><li class="imageCredit" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(99, 99, 99); font-size: 9px; line-height: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; "></li><li class="imageCaption" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; ">Bear cub with food, 1966</li></ul></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 212px; background-position: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/1259624089-100_1849.jpg" class="zoomable" target="_self" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/thumb-1259624089-100_1849.jpg" alt="Democracy Challenged, 1949" title="Democracy Challenged, 1949" width="200" height="150" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; " /></a><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><li class="imageCredit" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(99, 99, 99); font-size: 9px; line-height: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; "></li><li class="imageCaption" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; "><em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; ">Democracy Challenged</em>, 1949</li></ul></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 212px; background-position: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/1259626345-100_1865.jpg" class="zoomable" target="_self" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/thumb-1259626345-100_1865.jpg" alt="Dorset lamb reclining, 1979" title="Dorset lamb reclining, 1979" width="200" height="150" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; " /></a><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><li class="imageCredit" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(99, 99, 99); font-size: 9px; line-height: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; "></li><li class="imageCaption" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; ">Dorset lamb reclining, 1979</li></ul></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 212px; background-position: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/1259624045-100_1857.jpg" class="zoomable" target="_self" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/thumb-1259624045-100_1857.jpg" alt="Making of the United Nation Charter, 1945" title="Making of the United Nation Charter, 1945" width="200" height="150" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; " /></a><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><li class="imageCredit" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(99, 99, 99); font-size: 9px; line-height: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; "></li><li class="imageCaption" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; "><em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; ">Making of the United Nation Charter</em>, 1945</li></ul></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 212px; background-position: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/1259624923-100_1858.jpg" class="zoomable" target="_self" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/thumb-1259624923-100_1858.jpg" alt="Self-portrait, 1976" title="Self-portrait, 1976" width="200" height="267" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; " /></a><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><li class="imageCredit" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(99, 99, 99); font-size: 9px; line-height: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; "></li><li class="imageCaption" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; ">Self-portrait, 1976</li></ul></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><div class="blogImageCenter" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 212px; background-position: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/1259624974-100_1855.jpg" class="zoomable" target="_self" style="color: rgb(0, 64, 140); cursor: pointer; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://www.thestranger.com/images/blogimages/2009/11/30/thumb-1259624974-100_1855.jpg" alt="Market in Mexico City, block print, 1953" title="Market in Mexico City, block print, 1953" width="200" height="267" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; " /></a><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: right; "><li class="imageCredit" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(99, 99, 99); font-size: 9px; line-height: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; "></li><li class="imageCaption" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; "><em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; ">Market in Mexico City</em>, block print, 1953</li></ul></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.475em; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "></p><div class="clearfix" style="margin-top: 0px; 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color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><h2 class="date-header" style="margin-top: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 78%/1.4em 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.2em; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2009</h2><div class="post" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-bottom: 1.5em; "><a name="7776372240661479539"></a><h3 class="post-title" style="margin-top: 0.25em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; color: rgb(204, 102, 0); ">Roger Shimomura and other shows</h3><div class="post-body" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; clear: both; "></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/SvYKig3qwqI/AAAAAAAAA9g/IrEkAgIoVYc/s1600-h/shimomura3.jpg" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; "><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401516391132742306" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/SvYKig3qwqI/AAAAAAAAA9g/IrEkAgIoVYc/s320/shimomura3.jpg" border="0" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); width: 200px; height: 163px; cursor: pointer; " /></a><br /><br />I miss my blog so much, I am really tired of editing my book, so here is a quick entry late on Saturday afternoon.<br />The Roger Shimomura show "Yellow Terror" at the Wing Luke Museum is a rare opportunity to see the artists collections of racist kitsch juxtaposed to his paintings. The kitsch collections have been given to the <a href="http://wingluke.org/exhibitions/special.htm" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; ">Wing Luke Museum</a>, but the really urgent reason to go the show several times is to see the way he brilliantly uses these racist stereotypes in his art. He barely transforms them, except in scale. We can hardly believe how well he does it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/Sv2wwR7XwEI/AAAAAAAAA-g/ByWdsT4cWcg/s1600-h/VisArt_YellowTerror-570.jpg" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/Sv2wwR7XwEI/AAAAAAAAA-g/ByWdsT4cWcg/s320/VisArt_YellowTerror-570.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403669471407095874" border="0" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 182px; " /></a>Yellow Terror, the title piece of the exhibition- this is a detail- is a dizzying array of World War II "Japs," crammed against each other, flying through the air, climbing on top of each other At the center is the artist himself calmly self caricaturing himself in the midst of the mass of caricatures. The caricatures sources are all on display next to the paintings, and unbelievably, we find ourselves laughing at Shimomura's humor, at the same time that we know he is deadly serious. Racist stereotyping is so awful, it is hard to believe.<br />As in Different Citizens, 2009, above, a self portrait next to a Japanese stereotype This is a large painting,three feet by almost four feet. There is Roger on the right, he is an understated quiet person, a distinguished professor. There is the stereotype, the big ears, slanted eyes, big mouth, buck teeth, and the officer on the left. But the point here is not old/new, The point is that the World War II stereotypes are still with us. Everyday, everywhere. That is why he has included a collection of salt and pepper shakers. Racism with your salt.<br />It permeates, it sits there. Even at the opening, he pointed out an account of a new racist film The Goods, Live Hard Sell Hard" which has a mob beating up a Japanese American. Nothing has really changed except the surface..<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/SvYKrkeGWYI/AAAAAAAAA9o/DWFFp6D8u1Y/s1600-h/Shimomura1.jpg" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; "><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401516546718062978" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/SvYKrkeGWYI/AAAAAAAAA9o/DWFFp6D8u1Y/s320/Shimomura1.jpg" border="0" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); width: 269px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer; " /></a><br />Roger's artistic facility with different vocabularies is also astonishingAs seen in the other painting here, American Portrait no 2, 2002, Shimomura can play with tradition Japanese images, straight cartoon, Walt Disney cartoon types, and all arranged in amazing compositions that are far more complex than they appear to be. This composition with its boxes within boxes and the idea of a may different types of stereotypes juxtaposed to the Kibuki actor playing a warrior from Ukiyo e prints ( is this an "authentic" stereotype?), is all by itself worth a long analysis.<br /><br />I highly recommend <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/what-are-you-yellow/Content?oid=2243211" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; ">Jen Graves </a>article in the Stranger as a great review.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/SvYP01U68XI/AAAAAAAAA94/WGkfF_mbq90/s1600-h/Installationsm.jpg" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; "><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401522203419930994" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/SvYP01U68XI/AAAAAAAAA94/WGkfF_mbq90/s320/Installationsm.jpg" border="0" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer; " /></a>On the subject of opposing racism, a different perspective is offered by the <a href="http://www.jameswashington.org/studio.pl" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; ">James Washington House e</a>xhibition of artists who have had residencies there which is currently on view at the Pratt Gallery. The opening itself was a delight. Tim Detweiller has brilliantly brought together a wonderful mix of artists from different backgrounds, all of them making provocative work inspired by the studio and left -behind materials of the sculptor James Washington. In this installation shot you see Joe Max Emmenger well- known Seattle artist next to Charles Parrish work known only to some communities.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/SvYQvBMZthI/AAAAAAAAA-A/FDJyy96FWHw/s1600-h/7smMinterNew+Path+revealed.jpg" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; "><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401523203037836818" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/SvYQvBMZthI/AAAAAAAAA-A/FDJyy96FWHw/s320/7smMinterNew+Path+revealed.jpg" border="0" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); width: 240px; height: 320px; cursor: pointer; " /></a>This is Daniel Minter's work New Path Revealed. It is a subtle work, a broom, with beading and a silk shower cap like top that becomes a ceramic okra plant. In the background are prints of various African American figures in traditional types of work.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/SvYRc1kNz_I/AAAAAAAAA-I/dmxdWs1stgQ/s1600-h/10+RomsonsmA+spell+to+Remember+or+forget+2009.jpg" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; "><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401523990190477298" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/SvYRc1kNz_I/AAAAAAAAA-I/dmxdWs1stgQ/s320/10+RomsonsmA+spell+to+Remember+or+forget+2009.jpg" border="0" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer; " /></a>Then there is the wooden sculpture by Romson Bustillo called A spell to remember or forget. Bustillo is a brilliant artist and community activist. He is from Mindanao, Philippines. He draws on abstract patterns from textiles here, and other sources to create evocative pieces that contain magical energy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/SvYSHW7ctcI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/CVe6lPbcsjc/s1600-h/5+Ervin+smPipe+Dreams.jpg" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; "><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401524720700798402" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S-krpzUuA50/SvYSHW7ctcI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/CVe6lPbcsjc/s320/5+Ervin+smPipe+Dreams.jpg" border="0" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-right-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); width: 320px; height: 240px; cursor: pointer; " /></a>Esther Ervin's Pipe Dreams is self contained, elegant, and dreamlike. Ervin is an artist with a subtle sensuality that plays out in different media. At the James Washington House she worked with the wax thread on spools from old recording devices.<br />Other artists in the exhibition included Marita Dingus, and Jite Agbro, but I am out of time for now.<br />The point is that each of these artists is approaching the inspiration of James Washington from their own perspectives and different backgrounds. And the opening was a truly mixed group of artists and audience. Bravo James Washington Foundation.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; clear: both; padding-bottom: 0.25em; "></div><p class="blogger-labels">Labels: <a rel="tag" href="http://artandpoliticsnow.blogspot.com/search/label/Esther%20Ervin" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; ">Esther Ervin</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://artandpoliticsnow.blogspot.com/search/label/James%20Washington%20Foundation" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; ">James Washington Foundation</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://artandpoliticsnow.blogspot.com/search/label/Joe%20Max%20Emminger" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; ">Joe Max Emminger</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://artandpoliticsnow.blogspot.com/search/label/Roger%20Shimomura" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; ">Roger Shimomura</a>, <a rel="tag" href="http://artandpoliticsnow.blogspot.com/search/label/Romson%20Bustillo" style="color: rgb(85, 136, 170); text-decoration: none; ">Romson Bustillo</a></p></div></div></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-39563634253083440652009-12-06T14:00:00.001-08:002009-12-06T14:16:55.461-08:00James Washington Jr. - spiritual matter - Another Bouncing Ball<a href=http://www.artsjournal.com/anotherbb/2009/11/james-washington.html><br /><br /> James Washington Jr. - spiritual matter - Another Bouncing Ball<br /><br /> </a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com">ShareThis</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-18219606909458662572009-11-16T19:27:00.000-08:002009-11-16T19:31:34.755-08:00100th Birthday Celebration<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SwIZEGQJdvI/AAAAAAAAAJk/62BrFwLKvZM/s1600/DSC_9730.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SwIZEGQJdvI/AAAAAAAAAJk/62BrFwLKvZM/s400/DSC_9730.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404910060986529522" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SwIYpL_LP7I/AAAAAAAAAJc/OJD1S4T5Ixw/s1600/DSC_9693.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SwIYpL_LP7I/AAAAAAAAAJc/OJD1S4T5Ixw/s400/DSC_9693.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404909598669488050" /></a><br />James W. Wash<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;">ington, Jr. 100th Birthday Celebration. A wonderful, intimate evening. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-89955923641701653732009-10-26T12:55:00.000-07:002009-12-06T14:16:55.474-08:00Daniel MinterUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-31869228281462625472009-10-26T12:29:00.000-07:002009-10-26T12:54:52.368-07:00Daniel Minter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SuX-WU_NbyI/AAAAAAAAAJU/JoEEs4O5lCc/s1600-h/ThingsLeftBehind_Page_3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SuX-WU_NbyI/AAAAAAAAAJU/JoEEs4O5lCc/s400/ThingsLeftBehind_Page_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396999388017815330" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-29527654845111039502009-10-16T11:07:00.000-07:002009-10-16T11:18:34.633-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sti460dsqjI/AAAAAAAAAJM/oP5lJkJcRKQ/s1600-h/JWF_Invite.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 188px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sti460dsqjI/AAAAAAAAAJM/oP5lJkJcRKQ/s400/JWF_Invite.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393263874431298098" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-36001232059817722232009-10-13T10:30:00.000-07:002009-10-14T23:39:43.885-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 51); font-family:Arial;"><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 0.1em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2ex; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.5em; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-weight: 900; "><a id="HERE.1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; font-weight: 900; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; ">City Wide 100th Birthday Celebration of Artist James W. Washington, Jr.</a></h2><p style="line-height: 1.23em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 51); "><a href="http://www.jameswashington.org/">The James and Janie Washington Foundation</a> will take part in a citywide 100th birthday celebration of James Washington. Mr. Washington moved to Seattle in 1944 from the Deep South. Upon reaching the Northwest, he began to use his artwork to express his social concerns and devoted his entire life to representing the African American community through public service. His work is included in major collections around the country including the Smithsonian, the Whitney, SFMOMA and the Seattle Art Museum.</p><p style="line-height: 1.23em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 51); ">After his passing in 2000, his legacy is carried on by the James and Janie Washington Foundation through community programs and exhibitions. The Foundation is located in the artist’s historic home and studio in the Central District of Seattle. It is a cultural center that serves as an educational tool, an artist’s refuge, and a historic landmark. It is a forward-looking institution based on the life of an African American pioneer in the visual arts and social justice.</p><p style="line-height: 1.23em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 51); ">This year, Mr. Washington would have turned 100 years old and the Foundation is celebrating his contributions to the Seattle Community with events and exhibitions throughout the city.</p><p style="line-height: 1.23em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 51); ">There are several institutions that have partnered with the Foundation to commemorate the life and legacy of Mr. Washington.</p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 0.1em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2ex; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.5em; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-weight: 900; "><a href="http://www.mountzion.net/index.php?l=142">Sunday Afternoon Celebration at Mount Zion Baptist Chur</a><a id="HERE.2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-weight: 900; ">ch</a></h2><p style="line-height: 1.23em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 51); ">Where: 1634 19th Avenue, Seattle, WA<br />When: November 1, 2009</p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 0.1em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2ex; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.5em; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-weight: 900; "><a href="http://pratt.org/happenings/tkgallery.html">Exhibition at Pratt Fine Arts Center</a></h2><p style="line-height: 1.23em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 51); ">Continuing the Legacy, an exhibition showcasing work from recipients of the James & Janie Washington Foundation Artist-in-Residence Program, including Jite Agbro, Romson Bustillo, Marita Dingus, Joe Max Emminger, Daniel Minter and Esther Ervin.<br />Where: Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan Studios,<br />306 S Washington St, Suite 102, Seattle<br />When: November 5 - 27, 2009<br />Opening: First Thursday, November 5, 6 - 8pm<br />Gallery Hours: Fridays and Saturdays, 12 - 5pm and by appointment</p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 0.1em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2ex; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.5em; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-weight: 900; "><a href="http://www.jameswashington.org/studio.pl/download/invited/">100th Birthday Celebration– party, entertainment, and art</a></h2><p style="line-height: 1.23em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 51); ">Where: <a href="http://www.theruins.net/">The Ruins</a>, 570 Roy Street, Seattle, WA 98109<br />When: November 8, 2009, 6 pm<br />Contact the Foundation for tickets: 206-709-4241</p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 0.1em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2ex; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.5em; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-weight: 900; "><a href="http://www.woodsidebrasethgallery.com/space.html">Woodside/Braseth Gallery</a></h2><p style="line-height: 1.23em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 51); ">James W. Washington, Jr: Looking Back <br />Where: 2101 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121<br />When: November 12, 6pm</p><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 0.1em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.2ex; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.5em; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-weight: 900; "><a href="http://www.jameswashington.org/studio.pl/JWF_videos">The James & Janie Washington Foundation</a></h2><p style="line-height: 1.23em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 51); ">Discovering the Spirit in the Stone – A dynamic permanent exhibition about art, Social Justice and the African American migration, set in the context of Mr. and Mrs. Washington’s historic home.<br />Where: 1816 26th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122<br />Opening: November 12, 2009<br />Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 12-4 and by appointment</p><p style="line-height: 1.23em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 51); ">Contact: Tim Detweiler @ 709-4241 or tdetweiler@jameswashington.org</p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-13966438390506461482009-08-11T15:19:00.000-07:002009-08-11T15:26:24.100-07:00Io Palmer's Work in Steel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SoHvsD8FGYI/AAAAAAAAAJE/C1f69Gvpfow/s1600-h/Io+Palmer+Pages.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SoHvsD8FGYI/AAAAAAAAAJE/C1f69Gvpfow/s400/Io+Palmer+Pages.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368835771052923266" /></a><br />Here is one of the drawings that Io Palmer brought with her when she came to the James & Janie Washington Foundation. The drawings from her notebook guided her as she began the process of making the work. Here is a page on her website that describes a bit about <a href="http://iopalmer.com/section/114922_Linen_and_Steel_Drawings.html">her time here</a>. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-3668940966033260272009-08-08T21:47:00.000-07:002009-08-08T22:52:57.793-07:00Iron Artist Competition<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sn5WbOQCRPI/AAAAAAAAAIk/dVKC8g2gV78/s1600-h/3791979531_f0660d96af.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sn5WbOQCRPI/AAAAAAAAAIk/dVKC8g2gV78/s400/3791979531_f0660d96af.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367822831554020594" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a>This year at the Iron Artist Competition the James & Janie Washington Foundation sent its best people. Artists Esther Ervin, Romson Bustillo and Marita Dingus made us very proud. They won the critics award and brought home first prize, $200. They promptly donated the prize money to the Foundation. Aren't they great?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sn5aMxoZC-I/AAAAAAAAAI8/gMnhl1IYRuo/s1600-h/3792004059_46a432ce9e.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sn5aMxoZC-I/AAAAAAAAAI8/gMnhl1IYRuo/s400/3792004059_46a432ce9e.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367826981399890914" /></a><div>This was a huge competition... 23 teams representing many non-profits near and far.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sn5aF3vk-dI/AAAAAAAAAI0/yZq9nuKdrTk/s1600-h/3791979483_1d939ede93.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sn5aF3vk-dI/AAAAAAAAAI0/yZq9nuKdrTk/s400/3791979483_1d939ede93.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367826862781561298" /></a><br />Romson and Esther celebrate while purple and blue haired angels applaud...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sn5Z62Fog9I/AAAAAAAAAIs/Lva-gxZ8aLg/s1600-h/3791934707_1b36e271bb.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sn5Z62Fog9I/AAAAAAAAAIs/Lva-gxZ8aLg/s400/3791934707_1b36e271bb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367826673358635986" /></a><br /><div><div>Romson consoles the other artist teams.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Iron Artist Competition Rules:</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:12px;"><p style="padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; ">All materials will be provided by Tacoma Art Museum and unveiled at the beginning of the event. A list of acceptable supplies that you may bring with you to the Iron Artist Challenge will be provided upon registration. The Iron Artist Challege will begin at 6 pm and last for 60 minutes. Judging will take place after the contest, during the fashion show.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; ">The materials to be used will be presented at the beginning of the event, meaning everyone will have exactly the same 60 minutes to plan and execute his or her piece. Each piece must be wearable and ready to wear by a live model that will display the work on the catwalk during the fashion show. At the end of the allotted time, the artwork will be handed in, finished or not, to be judged by our panel. The panel of judges will meet to select the winning pieces during the fashion show, while the artists are given a post-event interview by the host.</p></span></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-67481509512661946612009-08-03T20:07:00.000-07:002009-08-03T20:13:29.700-07:00nice photo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Snem9mBejoI/AAAAAAAAAH8/5Ql06wJkEQc/s1600-h/DSC_0081.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Snem9mBejoI/AAAAAAAAAH8/5Ql06wJkEQc/s400/DSC_0081.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365941058144210562" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Photographer <a href="http://jamesharnois.com/">James </a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="http://jamesharnois.com/">Harnois</a> has been taking pictures at the James & Janie Washington Foundation for the past couple weeks. Here is a pleasant picture of the house that James Washington bought in 1944. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:9px;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-89420637183851312012009-07-28T08:36:00.000-07:002009-07-28T08:57:34.699-07:00Io Palmer Bends Steel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sm8fUe_5bII/AAAAAAAAAH0/Mo3hOx7-WAo/s1600-h/DSC_0031.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sm8fUe_5bII/AAAAAAAAAH0/Mo3hOx7-WAo/s400/DSC_0031.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363540118000462978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sm8betcZ3QI/AAAAAAAAAHs/w-JI1fig8yU/s1600-h/DSC_0310.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sm8betcZ3QI/AAAAAAAAAHs/w-JI1fig8yU/s400/DSC_0310.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363535895630306562" /></a>The new Artist in Residence at the James & Janie Washington Foundation, <a href="http://iopalmer.com/">Io Palmer</a>, is bending steel and she likes it. Palmer's newest series of sculptures incorporate steel. This is a new material for the artist. <div><br /></div><div>The new sculptures will combine handmade dresses and metal structures meant to represent abstracted and elongated bustles. The sculptures are on wheels and will be incorporated into a performance piece that will be staged sometime later this year. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-89025555910184250172009-07-22T12:42:00.000-07:002009-07-22T13:11:18.682-07:00Teen Neighborhood Sculpture Tours<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SmdxRReVygI/AAAAAAAAAHk/0eJ3sieyJoY/s1600-h/Odessa+blog+pic.jpg"></a>The Seattle Art Museum's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://designyourhood.blogspot.com/">Design Your Hood</a></span> students came to the Washington House & Studio last week. This Thursday a group from the Wing Luke Museum, named <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.wingluke.org/youthcan/contest.html">YouthCAN</a></span><a href="http://www.wingluke.org/youthcan/contest.html">,</a> will tour the Foundation. This is all part of a Neighborhood Tour that the Foundation created to highlight some of James Washington's public sculpture that is located in the Central District.<div><br /></div><div>The students walk through the streets of the CD from piece to piece following a map. Information on a worksheet gives them history of the community and art. They finish up at the Washington House & Studio for a tour and lunch.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SmdxRReVygI/AAAAAAAAAHk/0eJ3sieyJoY/s1600-h/Odessa+blog+pic.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SmdxRReVygI/AAAAAAAAAHk/0eJ3sieyJoY/s400/Odessa+blog+pic.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361378422970239490" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 358px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>James Washington standing next to his sculpture, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">My Testimony in Stone,</span> in 1981.</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-64376786084521442272009-06-23T16:05:00.000-07:002009-06-29T10:13:22.171-07:00Channel 7 show filmed at the Foundation<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SkFjliIxiMI/AAAAAAAAAHE/VR9dht3SGdc/s1600-h/IMG_0053.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SkFjliIxiMI/AAAAAAAAAHE/VR9dht3SGdc/s400/IMG_0053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350667328762775746" /></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Deborah Horne hosted the show KIRO InColor from the Washington house and studio on Monday. </span></span><a href="http://www.kirotv.com/station/1875139/detail.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">KIRO InColor</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> is a public affairs show about the diversity of the Pacific Northwest. The show has been honored with four Emmy awards and received national recognition. Since 1994, the show has explored issues important to the Northwest, specifically the region's minority communities. The series profiles a variety of fascinating people from artists to activists. </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SkFjz5WyuuI/AAAAAAAAAHM/1pIv-hKV9ZA/s1600-h/1871533.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SkFjz5WyuuI/AAAAAAAAAHM/1pIv-hKV9ZA/s320/1871533.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350667575513758434" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /> </a></span>Ms. Horne interviewed Tim Detweiler, the Foundation's Executive Director, about James and Janie Washington and their role in the Central District. She also explored the property, narrating from the front porch, garden and the house and studio. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; line-height: normal; "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Skj2Cm8P0nI/AAAAAAAAAHU/Ws_uw74q0tc/s1600-h/DSC05322.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Skj2Cm8P0nI/AAAAAAAAAHU/Ws_uw74q0tc/s200/DSC05322.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352798681803248242" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The show aires on Sunday, July 12th at 5:30. Don't miss it.</span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-56740647609364348402009-06-16T16:24:00.000-07:002009-06-17T10:26:53.207-07:00Joe and his DogJoe Max Emminger, Resident Artist Spring 2009, wrote us a nice note about his time in the Washington Studio. Joe often brought his dog Lily along for company. <div><br /></div><div>James Washington had a dog named Shemp and it seemed that Lily was always looking to find him...</div><div><br /></div><div>Joe's Letter:</div><div><br /></div><div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">James Washington House Thoughts </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Joe Max Emminger</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Spring 2009</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I had a residency at the James Washington House for a month in spring 2009.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Mr. Washington was still there too. His garden is there, and his tools, his studio and his books. His clothes are in the closet, and the little bed he slept on for 50 years is still there. It was like he just stepped out for a cup of coffee and I stepped in.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It was a privilege to be there in the very same studio where he had worked for so many years. I am a painter and I don’t know much about sculpture. I tried something new at Washington House. Everyone was helpful and as a result I made four pieces of sculpture that I like. I started in a new direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thank-you for the opportunity – it was wonderful.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Joe Max Emmiger</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SjgqrCvcU2I/AAAAAAAAAG0/vuF5Wh_msFI/s1600-h/Joe1.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SjgqrCvcU2I/AAAAAAAAAG0/vuF5Wh_msFI/s400/Joe1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348071476461065058" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">Joe</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SjgqrCvcU2I/AAAAAAAAAG0/vuF5Wh_msFI/s1600-h/Joe1.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sjgq9mijQlI/AAAAAAAAAG8/iLx4umZ2BBU/s1600-h/lily5.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Sjgq9mijQlI/AAAAAAAAAG8/iLx4umZ2BBU/s400/lily5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348071795308315218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Lily</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-90272538621791754432009-06-09T09:29:00.000-07:002009-06-09T09:57:00.695-07:00Artist in Residence 2009-2010This year the Foundation put out a call to artists throughout Washington State. We asked artists to propose a project that they would like to accomplish during their one month residency. <div><br /></div><div>We received a $5,000 gift from <a href="http://www.artisttrust.org/">Artist Trust</a> to host three artists from the State at James Washington's home and studio. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Foundation awarded the residencies to three artists from Pullman, Washington. There will be more on these talented folks in the coming weeks...</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://iopalmer.com/home.html">Io Palmer</a></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Si6RrvU8rPI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ShAj_bhsRR8/s400/Io+Palmer+Art.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345369988360088818" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://simonsenartstudio.com/home.html">Garric Simonsen</a></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Si6R5M2BlhI/AAAAAAAAAGk/GqQQU86_qao/s400/1400x720-Wf5C6E6h.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345370219621750290" /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.nickolusmeisel.com/Site/welcome.html">Nickolus Meisel</a></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/Si6SMnbcpZI/AAAAAAAAAGs/QN2RjCwPMLc/s400/meisel_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345370553175549330" /><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-79449937459209994732009-06-05T13:18:00.000-07:002009-06-05T13:32:53.566-07:00Northwest African American Museum's Brian Carter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SimA6DTYT8I/AAAAAAAAAGU/0IyZ5qNhu-o/s1600-h/NAAMstaff.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 330px; height: 239px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/SimA6DTYT8I/AAAAAAAAAGU/0IyZ5qNhu-o/s400/NAAMstaff.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343944167659163586" /></a><br />This is a great article about Northwest African American Museum's Brian Carter. Brian has done a great job at the Museum. His energy makes the Museum Hum.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.artsci.washington.edu/newsletter/summer08/NAAM.asp">University of Washington Alumni News</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-1003749473611015202009-05-22T13:26:00.001-07:002009-05-22T13:32:47.853-07:002009 Newsletter<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/ShcLqtvoR4I/AAAAAAAAAGE/PN3aobxiVyw/s400/Winter2009news_Page_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338748711732791170" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/ShcLznL1Q2I/AAAAAAAAAGM/l_V25OJoGuA/s1600-h/Winter2009news_Page_2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/ShcLznL1Q2I/AAAAAAAAAGM/l_V25OJoGuA/s400/Winter2009news_Page_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338748864590857058" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710558645055769352.post-77225937097645914862009-05-19T16:39:00.000-07:002009-05-19T16:56:38.546-07:00James Washington Sculpture Tour<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/ShNGRz2ujCI/AAAAAAAAAF8/oKaaDkEwmP4/s1600-h/Sculpture+Map.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LWehHDUYD2s/ShNGRz2ujCI/AAAAAAAAAF8/oKaaDkEwmP4/s400/Sculpture+Map.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337687255155641378" /></a><br />The James & Janie Washington Foundation has created a walking/driving tour of Public Sculpture by James Washington. The map covers the Central District in Seattle. <div><br /></div><div>It starts at the Odessa Brown Children's Clinic and ends at the Washington House.</div><div><br /></div><div>It can also be found on <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=2101+E+Yesler+Way+%23+100,+Seattle,+WA+98122+(Odessa+Brown+Children's+Clinic:+Feldman+Kenneth+W+MD)&daddr=23rd+Ave+to:23rd+and+East+Union+to:1634+19th+Ave+Seattle+to:301+21st+Ave+E+Seattle,+WA+98112+to:21st+Ave+E+to:1816+26th+Ave,+Seattle,+WA+98122&hl=en&geocode=FepX1gIdC8a1-CEHgTgvsWCrKg%3BFQxe1gIdLNC1-A%3B%3B%3B%3BFU-i1gIdFse1-A%3B&mra=ls&via=1,5&dirflg=w&sll=47.61195,-122.303066&sspn=0.034775,0.078278&ie=UTF8&ll=47.616087,-122.307401&spn=0.035062,0.078278&z=14">Google Maps.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0