Artist in Residence Jite Agbro

Jite Agbro was a Washington Artist in Resident during the coldest part of the winter.  She trudged through the snow, built fires in the wood stove and had to work extra hard to warm up her bee's wax at the beginning of each visit.  Jite has been working on a series of work in encaustic and silkscreen, an unusual combination, with beautiful results.  Her work features scientific schematics, words, letters and bianary sequences of penny sized holes. 

See some of the new work that she created in the Washington Studio at her web site, jiteagbro.com

Photo by Hayley Young

Daniel Minter's Stone Sculptures

Daniel Minter, our first artist in residence, has posted photos of a few of the stone sculptures he made during his residency back in March 2008.   Daniel chose stones from James Washington's back yard to carve. These where stones that Mr. Washington had picked up from around the state to use at a later time.  We call these piles of stones, Mr. Washington's bone yard.  Daniel also used Washington's tools to make these sculptures.

Judges to Pick Artists for 2009

Panelists form the local art community will pick from applicants for this years Washington Call to Artists next week.  Local artists and educators Larry Calkins, Terri Rau and art historian and writer Susan Platt will choose six artists.  The panel will select three for the King County residencies and three for the State residencies.  

Look for the results in early April.

James Washington article in Seattle Magazine

James Washington was featured in Seattle Magazine this month.  A short biography and a full page picture appeared in the February addition of the glossy, urban chronicle.  The photo shows Mr. Washington carving his 1969 bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Seattle Magazine's article Touchstone

Marita Dingus featured by Seattle PI

Artist in Residence, Marita Dingus, was featured in an article by P-I art critic.  

Regina Hackett wrote a warm entry to her blog Art to Go about Marita Dingus working at the Washington Studio.  

Photo by Hayley Young

Since the closing of the Seattle PI, Regina Hackett's new blog is at Artsjournal.com

Artist in Residence Charles Parrish featured on Seattle Channel

Marita Dingus makes shoes at the Washington Foundation

The James & Janie Washington Foundation is pleased to announce that Marita Dingus is currently the Artist in Residence at the Washington House.  During her residency, Dingus is making shoes using some of the tools Mr. Washington used during his time as a shoemaker for the Army during WWII.