news Get Ready for Bumbershoot's Visual Arts!
The 2009 Bumbershoot Visual Arts Program (happening in Seattle Center’s Northwest Rooms) welcomes back the Gage Drawing Jam, offering your hands an artistic outlet on the Festival grounds. Due to the popularity of the Jam in the past, it’s moved to a bigger space and has added sculpture to the artistic mix!
If you can’t wait ‘til Bumbershoot to get involved in art, don’t miss out on this summer’s series of Arbitrary Art Grants, inspiring many to get engaged in random acts of art and creative expression (with grant winners’ work on display in a unique Dada Economics exhibit created for Bumbershoot by Greg Lundgren and Vital 5 Productions).
What’s more? Bumbershoot welcomes The Seattle-Moscow Poster Show, the culmination of a three-year exploration of graphic art as bridge between cultures, curated by Daniel R. Smith. The show is a selection of over 70 posters, half from each city, sharing cultural themes such as music, film, theatre, and contemporary art.
In addition, the Northwest Rooms will be host to Kerfuffle (or The Uneasy Relationship Between Humanity and the Environment), a multi-faceted multimedia show with works that explore waste, regrowth, and sustainability including work from Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky), Seattle’s Chris Jordan and many, many others.
Beyond the Northwest Rooms, Bumbershoot will be a lively setting for unique spectacles and random acts of artistic performance. In 2009, these site-specific attractions will feature Wise Fool New Mexicoâs “Flexion” set on the Fountain Lawn, a show that will stretch your perception of the human body. In addition, you might encounter a parade led by Jason Webley, sculptural installations specifically created for Bumbershoot by Julie Lindell, captivating fountain performances from DASSdance, appearances by mobile hedge All-Terrain, performance from Portland’s Woolly Mammoth Comes To Dinner dance company, Amy Steel’s Snack Bar, hand-made midway games by artists Chris McMullen and Steve Withycombe, a flea circus (!), and much more!
Arts programs at Bumbershoot are made possible with the support of the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Boeing, the National Endowment for the Arts, 4Culture and Washington State Arts Commission.
posted June 10 '09 at 05:30PM by Aubbie in arbitrary art grant, dada economics, dance, dassdance, dj spooky, gage drawing jam, jason webley, kerfuffle, seattle moscow poster show, snack bar, soaca, spectacle, visual arts, wise fool new mexico
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Elmore Williams, Jr. said…
Could you please email me an application in order that I may participate in the visual arts show during Bumbershoot.
Thank you,
Elmore Williams, Jr.
206.369.5304
on Jun 12, 08:49 AM