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Bloom at Childhood's End Gallery
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REVIEW: Bloom at Childhood’s End Gallery

June 23, 2022September 30, 2022

As summer creeps in and as we begin to see hope for an end to the COVID pandemic, Childhood’s End Gallery celebrates rejuvenation with an exhibition called “Bloom.” It features flowers, flowers and more flowers by local artists, plus paintings, etchings, sculptures and a cascading curtain of living flowers by Olympia artist Kathy Gore Fuss.

#Alec Clayton #New This Month #Visual

REVIEW: The 2022 Juror’s Invitational Exhibition

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

By Alec Clayton Every year South Puget Sound Community College presents a juried exhibition of works by southwestern Washington artists, and every year an art professional selects a small group of artists from that show to be included in the Juror’s Invitational. The juror for this year’s invitational was sculptor […]

#Artist Profile #Molly Walsh #New This Month #Other Events #Visual

Olympia Artists Unite to Support Ukraine

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022

By Molly Walsh At 5 a.m. Eastern European Time, Olympia resident Hanna Ilchenko turned on the news. She couldn’t believe the events unfolding onscreen: Russia had launched a full-scale invasion on her home country of Ukraine. Initially, Ilchenko said the reports emerging of explosions and invading forces were difficult to […]

#Alec Clayton #Christian Carvajal #New This Month #Visual

A Painted Response to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022

Artist Becky Knold has released a series of paintings that, intentionally or not, were inspired by or reacted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Imagine Van Gogh at Tacoma Armory
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Immersed in Van Gogh at Tacoma Armory

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

The artistry of Vincent Van Gogh is on moving display at Tacoma Armory thanks to Imagine Van Gogh, a traveling exhibition co-designed by Julien Baron and Annabelle Mauger.

#Alec Clayton #New This Month #Other Events #Visual

REVIEW: Black Love: Community Building Through Mentorship

February 18, 2022February 19, 2022 3

Five experienced artists have been asked to mentor younger artists and exhibit their own work alongside works by the artists they’ve mentored. The resulting exhibition, Black Love, is currently on display at SPSCC’s Leonor R. Fuller Gallery.

#Alec Clayton #New This Month #Other Events #Visual

The Big-Little Show: Evan Horback and Jimmy Ulvenes at Bar Francis

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

By Alec Clayton There’s a new, big-little art exhibit in a tiny coffee shop. It’s Evan Horback and Jimmy Ulvenes at Bar Francis. Local art lovers will remember Horback from his big gorgeous show at Salon Refu (Now LGM Studio) almost a decade ago. Not long after, he moved away […]

#Alec Clayton #New This Month #Visual

The Devil’s in the Details at South Puget Sound Community College Annual Postcard Show

January 6, 2022January 6, 2022

By Alec Clayton The annual postcard show at South Puget Sound Community College is arguably one of the most popular art shows in the South Sound. It’s popular probably because it attracts so many artists working in so many styles and media. The current iteration includes more than 130 works. The […]

#Alec Clayton #New This Month #Other Events #Visual

REVIEW: Childhood’s End 50th-Anniversary Exhibition, Part 2

November 24, 2021December 16, 2021

By Alec Clayton For half a century, Childhood’s End Gallery has been Olympia’s paramount art gallery. Bill and Richenda Richardson opened the gallery and gift shop in 1971. Since then, they’ve introduced many of the region’s best painters, sculptors and craftspersons to our town. Today, they continue to display works, […]

#Alec Clayton #Arts Walk #New This Month #Other Events #The Washington Center for Performing Arts #Visual

“Decades” at The Washington Center Gallery

October 12, 2021December 16, 2021 1

by Alec Clayton Tom Anderson is an iconic presence on Olympia’s art scene. The Park of the Seven Oaks by the roundabout on Harrison Avenue — That’s a Tom Anderson creation. The large, metal art pieces that fill the walls in the emergency room and chapel at Providence St. Peter […]

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