LIVE auction - Bellevue Arts Museum

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Luc DeRoo
Endless Kiss #4
European cherry (prunus serotina)
2011; Pair Series • 5" x 3" each
First trained as a furniture maker, Luc DeRoo has
been involved in the fine woodworking field since
the mid 80’s and is now focusing on lathe-turned
sculpture. Beyond the intention of emphasizing
the natural sensuality of the wood material with
smooth shapes and sharp details, DeRoo’s Pair
series allows the artist to play with basic human
instincts and interactions like smiling, laughing
and kissing. DeRoo’s attention to detail is staggering and he is constantly refining and developing his
lathe-turning techniques. DeRoo has had solo exhibitions and received numerous awards in his native
Brussels, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Value:
$750
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Tia Kramer
Sway Series #3
Oxidized recycled sterling silver and handmade Philippine paper
2011
Tia Kramer’s contemporary paper jewelry emerged first as
miniature three-dimensional models for a large permanent
sculpture installed at Macalester College. Her distinctive
jewelry is exhibited and sold in prestigious galleries and
museums nationwide. This year, she was selected for the Artist
in Excellence Award at Bellevue Arts Museum’s INDULGE:
jewelry marketplace and was one of the co-chairs of Exhibition
in Motion: Objects Performed for the Society of North American
Goldsmith’s annual meeting held in collaboration with BAM. Kramer teaches at Seattle’s Pratt Fine Arts
Center and has worked on research and creative projects in Antarctica and West Africa. She handmakes the paper for her jewelry, creating vibrant and sometimes translucent colors, which are durable
and water resistant to withstand daily wear.
Value:
$1,300
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Kenojuak Ashevak
Prismatic Loon
Etching and aquatint, Edition 12/50 • 2008 • 31.5" x 42"
Kenojuak Ashevak’s favorite subjects, birds, are
harbingers of the brief bounty that summer brings to the
harsh climate of the Kinngait area where she makes her
home. Confident dark outlines and joyous use of color
are two of Ashevak’s trademarks. Among many honors,
Ashevak is a Companion in the Order of Canada,
received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at
the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards Ceremony
in Vancouver and was the first Inuit artist inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in Toronto. Ashevak is
now in her eighties and has traveled all over the world as an ambassador for Inuit art. Her stylistic range,
willingness to collaborate and her commitment to her calling have ensured her place as Canada’s most
celebrated Inuit artist. This work is a newly released edition of 50 prints, signed by the artist in her
Inuktitut language. Gift of John & Joyce Price. Framing courtesy of Gallery Frames, Seattle, Washington.
Value:
$3,200
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Julie Mihalisin
Brooch and Necklace
Glass, rhodium plated silver, 18K gold
This brooch, which can also be worn as a pendant necklace, by jewelry and glass
artist Julie Mihalisin questions entrenched notions of beauty and rarity by using
traditional materials in an untraditional way. Mihalisin strives to demonstrate,
through juxtaposition of glass and precious metal, the unique beauty of both
materials. While at London’s Royal College of Art she experimented with the
technique of kiln-slumped glass jewelry, in which a framework that helps shape
the glass is in turn entrapped in the glass. With her husband, artist Philip
Walling, Mihalisin has adapted her technique to larger wall sculptures. An Artist
Trust Fellowship and Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant recipient, Mihalisin’s
work is in private and national collections including the Smithsonian American
Art Museum. This piece is donated by Karen Lorene, owner of Facèré Jewelry
Art Gallery, from her private collection.
Value:
$3,275
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Shelley Muzylowski Allen
Celadon Horse
Blown and hand-sculpted glass, horse hair and steel stand
14" x 10" x 4"
“Civilization has predominately been built using the strength of a horse
— it’s no wonder that we attach to them our own superstition and can
associate them with mythology and even divinity. This work is a meditation
on the archetype, whose presence has had such meaning throughout our
history.” –Shelley Muzylowski Allen
Shelley Muzylowski Allen’s work has been exhibited and collected
internationally, including recent solo shows at the Traver Gallery
(Seattle) and the Blue Rain Gallery (Scottsdale & Santa Fe). Her
work is in the collection of Sir Elton John. Muzylowski Allen has
also exhibited and been a guest artist at the Museum of Northwest Art in LaConner, the Museum of
Glass in Tacoma, the International Festival of Glass in Stourbridge, England, the Toyama Institute of
Glass Arts in Japan and in Nuutajarven, Finland. Muzylowski Allen and her husband, artist Rik Allen,
work from their hot glass studio in Skagit Valley.
Value:
$4,000
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Sabrina Knowles & Jenny Pohlman
Liberation Spears
Off-hand sculpted glass, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, beads and antique African findings
72" x 10" x 5.5"
Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles, Board of Trustee members of Bellevue Arts
Museum, are in their 19th year of collaboration. They are both inspired by spiritual
beliefs, rituals and artworks of ancient cultures, ancient architecture and by the role
of women in history and pre-history. They have journeyed independently to SubSaharan Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia to meet
people and learn of their traditions. They work primarily with glass and steel, often
incorporating found objects from global sources, such as the antique African beads
and findings in Liberation Spears. Exhibited and collected nationwide, Pohlman
and Knowles have been affiliated with Pratt Fine Arts Center and Pilchuck Glass
School since 1986 and have received awards and grants for their artistic and
teaching efforts. Their work is currently exhibited in a group show, Convergence
Zone, in BAM’s Forum.
Value:
$6,500
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Jared Rue
Beyond the Strait
Oil on panel • 2009 • 36" x 36"
“Being an urban painter does not always mean portraying the
mundane aspects of our habitation. As occupants of largely
populated regions we must not forget that we still live in a
vibrant, natural world that exists despite man’s encroachment.”
–Jared Rue
Decatur Island is the setting and inspiration for Beyond
the Strait. Rue’s oil painting on panel employs a process
of layering glazes to maintain color, lights and depth in
his minimal atmospheric renderings. His work is widely
collected and can be seen at Stoel Rives (Seattle), The
Ritz Carlton (San Francisco & St. Thomas) and The Westin
Bellevue. He is represented by Seattle’s Woodside/
Braseth Gallery.
Value:
$6,500
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8John Grade Studio Tour
for Eight, Conversation and
Cocktails at Klorfine Residence
Join artist John Grade for a tour of his studio in Seattle’s
International District. Observe first-hand the laboratory where
John brings together his artistry, engineering and vision. Get
a sneak preview of his current work in progress, a 60-foot
sculpture for the new Museum of History and Industry, from
the salvaged wood of the Wawona, a large three-masted
schooner built in 1897. Known for creating artworks and then
placing them in the natural world, Grade likes to describe
this process as an “interesting conversation” between the
artwork and the elements. Grade has received dozens of awards, most recently the Arlene Schnitzer
Prize (Portland Art Museum), Contemporary Northwest Art Award (Portland Art Museum), an Artist Trust
Fellowship, Metcalf Award (American Academy of Arts and Letters) and a grant from the Pollock-Krasner
Foundation. Continue the stimulating conversation over cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at the art-filled
Seattle home of your hosts, collectors Norma and Leonard Klorfine. Mutually agreeable date.
Value:
$2,000
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Layne Goldsmith
Janus Runner
Hand knotted wool and silk runner • 2011 • 2' 6" x 10'
“Janus is a term that refers to a guardian figure depicted with two faces so that
it can look forward and back. A runner rug, positioned at the threshold or entry
to the room, seems bound to track both the coming and going within the space.”
–Layne Goldsmith
Layne Goldsmith is trained in weaving and dyeing and is widely known
for her architectural-scale felt work and rug design. Since 1983 she has
been a Professor of Art at the University of Washington. Her interest in
education beyond the classroom has led her to design student driven
projects in Italy, Japan, Colombia, Guatemala and Nepal. She and her
husband maintain their studios near Snohomish, WA.
Value:
$2,500
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Ethan Stern
Red Drop
Blown and engraved glass • 2010 • 12" x 12" x 3"
This piece is blown with layers of colored glasses, then
carved once cold to reveal pattern and texture. The Drop
series is inspired by the patterns and forms found on
Japanese paper fans. Cutting cooled glass removes the
glossy shine and leaves a matte, unpolished surface,
allowing artist Ethan Stern to focus on the surface color and
design. The matte surface absorbs light and causes colors
to become rich and bold. The mark left by each pass of the
cutting wheel is a fingerprint that carries information like the
stroke of a paintbrush. Stern has taught at Pilchuck Glass School and Pratt Fine Arts Center. In 2010,
he received the Best Emerging Artist award by the Museum of Glass in Tacoma.
Value:
$3,800
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àMaurice Winery &
Marcus Whitman Hotel
Walla Walla Wine Immersion for Four
Four lucky wine-lovers will travel to Walla Walla
for a three-day harvest experience. You will spend
one of the days with the award-winning winemaker
for àMaurice, Anna Schafer, who will include you
in winemaking activities during harvest 2011. Wear
comfortable clothes and shoes! This trip includes
a personalized itinerary to selected wineries for
tastings and tours, boxed lunch picnic at àMaurice
on tour day and two nights for two couples at the beautiful Marcus Whitman Hotel in downtown Walla
Walla. Accommodations include a full breakfast served in the hotel dining room. The bidder will also
take home a bottle of àMaurice 2008 Bordeaux Blend Tobey. This vintage wine features the artwork
of treasured artist Mark Tobey on the label. Redeemable in September or October 2011 (mutually
agreeable date). Make reservations at the Marcus Whitman early as harvest season is a very busy time
in Walla Walla. Special thanks to àMaurice Winery owners Kathleen & Tom Schafer and Anna Schafer,
and the Marcus Whitman Hotel.
Value:
$2,000
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George Nelson
Nelson Marshmallow Sofa
Chrome, coated metal, fabric and leather
1956 • 31" x 52" x 29"
Turning heads since it was introduced in 1956, the
Nelson Marshmallow Sofa was described in the
Herman Miller catalog: “Despite its astonishing
appearance, this piece is very comfortable.” The
Marshmallow makes a playful or dramatic statement in
a lobby, lounge or living room. By joining 18 round, comfortable cushions on a steel frame and making
them appear to float on air, designers George Nelson and Irving Harper achieved the Marshmallow’s
unique appearance and eye-catching appeal, which led the way into the pop art style of the 1960s.
The sofa is appropriate for high-traffic areas and the cushions can be detached for easy cleaning,
exchanged completely for a new look or, as the original catalog says, “interchanged to equalize wear.”
Herman Miller has donated this iconic piece in celebration of the upcoming George Nelson: Architect,
Writer, Designer, Teacher exhibition, scheduled to open at Bellevue Arts Museum on October 29, 2011.
Take home tonight’s display model, OR select your choice from among a wide variety of leathers.
Value:
$4,899
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John Cederquist
Tobiuo (Flying Fish)
Birch plywood, various hardwoods, pigmented
epoxy resin, aniline dye and litho inks
2009 • 28" x 19" x 1.5"
John Cederquist created Tobiuo (Flying Fish)
as part of his This is Not Lunch series. This tray
was included in a recent solo show of his work at
Bellevue Arts Museum. Reality and illusion brilliantly merge in Cederquist’s fine art furniture and other
wood objects which are infused with vivid imagery that constantly shifts viewpoints without warning or
logic. A master of deception, the artist’s inspiration comes from diverse sources: Japanese Ukino-e
woodblock prints, Popeye cartoons and popular iconography from the East and West; all adding to
the dreamlike quality of his ingeniously constructed pieces. His works are in the collections of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Smithsonian, among many others.
Cederquist’s honors include two Individual Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, an
American Craft Council Fellowship and an Award of Distinction from The Furniture Society.
Value:
$7,000
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Lino Tagliapietra Dinner
for Ten at Benaroya Home
An extraordinary opportunity to experience Lino Tagliapietra’s other
creative talent: cooking. You and nine guests will savor an exquisite
Italian meal personally prepared by the Muranese maestro himself
and ably assisted by chef-trained Brooke Benaroya Dickson.
Providing paired wines, hosts for this fabulous evening are Larry
and Sherry Benaroya. Drink in the ambience and the view from
their beautifully appointed George Suyama redesigned home in
Bellevue on Lake Washington. Buon Appetito!
Value:
$4,000
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Patti Warashina
Above the Storm
Porcelain, low fire clay, glaze, underglaze
2006 • 12.5" x 22" x 13.5"
Above the Storm is a sake set in the form of a
metaphorical tableau. A response to the tumultuous
events of the last decade, Patti Warashina’s
Drunken Power series depicts political, social and
environmental scenarios that affect the future and
the quality of our lives. The pouring vessel, cups
and tray are the subjects of conversation and act as
conveyance for discourse, in this world that the artist suggests is “drunk with power.” Warashina’s
Gossipmongers was a striking and satirical piece exhibited in BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown!
Her work is in the permanent collections of the American Craft Museum (NYC), Tacoma Art Museum,
Smithsonian, as well as international museums such as the National Museum of Modern Art (Kyoto,
Japan), Australia’s Perth Cultural Center and Korea’s Inchon World Ceramic Center. Her awards include
American Craft Council Honorary Fellow, two National Endowment for the Arts Grants, a Lifetime
Achievement Award by Artist Trust in Seattle and cultural exchange travel grants from the Japanese,
Chinese and Korean governments. Warashina is a Professor Emeritus, University of Washington
School of Art.
Value:
$9,000
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Preston Singletary
Tlingit Berry Baskets
Blown and sandcarved glass
2011 • Five baskets, sizes vary
The art of Preston Singletary has
become synonymous with the relationship between European glassblowing
traditions and Northwest Native art,
featuring themes of transformation, animal spirits and shamanism. The five elegant berry basket
forms of blown glass display his signature mystical sand-carved Tlingit designs. Now recognized
internationally, Singletary’s artworks are included in museum collections such as the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston (MA); the Seattle Art Museum; the Corning Museum of Glass and the Handelsbanken in
Stockholm, Sweden. Recently, the Museum of Glass in Tacoma (WA) launched a major survey of his work.
This exhibition features Clan House, his largest commission to date, and will travel to venues across
North America.
Value:
$10,000
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Julie Speidel
Upao
Bronze with red patina • 2011 • 14" x 12" x 7"
Julie Speidel created Upao (meaning: Creator God of the ocean
& fishers, Polynesia) just for Artful Evening. Speidel’s work
engages an extraordinary array of global cultural influences, at
the intersection between figuration and abstraction, suggesting
the human form through combinations of elegantly simple shapes.
Despite their purely formal properties of color and composition,
they seem inextricably linked to the natural world, their forms
equally influenced by boulders and trees. Speidel’s commissions
include site-specific works for the Seattle Federal Courthouse,
University of Washington, Swedish Hospital, Central Oregon Community College, Tacoma Art Museum,
Museum of Northwest Art, Whatcom Museum, Bellevue Arts Museum, Maryhill Museum, the Downey
Museum in Los Angeles and major corporate collections including Boeing as well as three United
States Embassies. She is currently working on a large sculpture for the new Jewish Family Services
building in Seattle. She works from her studio on Vashon Island, WA.
Value:
$12,000
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Dale Chihuly
Bohemian Blue Basket Set with Jet Lip Wraps
Glass • 2000 • 11" x 10" x 10"
“I had seen some beautiful Indian baskets at the Washington State
Historical Society, and I was struck by the grace of their slumped,
sagging forms. I wanted to capture this in glass. The breakthrough for
me was recognizing that heat and gravity were the tools to be used to
make these forms.... The Baskets was the first series that I did that really
took advantage of the molten properties of the glassblowing process.
Now, for the first time, I really felt I was breaking new ground with an
ancient technique.” –Dale Chihuly
Dale Chihuly co-founded Pilchuck Glass School and has led the
avant-garde in the development of glass as a fine art. His work
is included in over 200 museum collections worldwide. He has been the recipient of many awards,
including eight honorary doctorates and two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. Chihuly is
celebrated for his large architectural installations including Chihuly Over Venice, Chihuly in the Light of
Jerusalem and The Chihuly Bridge of Glass in Tacoma (WA). This is original artwork by Dale Chihuly,
registration number 00.3159.65.
Value:
$20,000
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You
Raise the Paddle 2011
100% tax-deductible donation:
$50,000; $25,000; $10,000; $5,000; $2,500; $1,000; $500; $250
RAISE YOUR PADDLE and donate generously to BAM now!
Your gift helps make it possible for Bellevue Arts Museum to
continue as a place that ignites the mind and fuels creativity.
Value:
Unlimited!
Photo: Team Photogenic
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Amy Weiks
Honeyruffle
Linen and brass • 30" x 16" x 1"
Honeyruffle is a collapsible neckpiece that takes structural and
aesthetic inspiration from one of nature’s most accomplished designerengineers, the honeybee. The personification of the ‘busy bee’ runs
parallel to our own contemporary conception of craft, where an object
is created by meticulous and repetitive task execution. Honeyruffle was
one of the artworks shown in the recent Exhibition in Motion: Objects
Performed for the Society of North American Goldsmiths annual
meeting performance held in collaboration with Bellevue Arts Museum.
Amy Weiks is an artist who takes an interdisciplinary approach to her
studio craft practice, pulling from a diverse background in photography,
printmaking, metalsmithing and domestic crafts. Her work has been
exhibited in prominent national venues: Society for Contemporary
Craft, Pittsburgh; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Bellevue Arts Museum; The Orange County
Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana and the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids.
Value:
$500
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Nicholas Brown
Underbrush 26
Linocut; edition of 15 • 2010 • 24" x 36"
Part of Nicholas Brown’s intention with the
Underbrush series is to explore human perception of
the natural world and how it is changed by our manmade, digital tools. Brown creates complex images
that rely only on solid black ink on white paper, much
the way a computer would see the world in 1s and
0s. Brown’s work has been shown at the Tacoma Art
Museum, Maryhill Museum of Art (Goldendale, WA),
Eiteljorg Museum (Indianapolis), International Print Center New York, the Los Angeles Municipal Art
Gallery and a solo show at Gallery 4Culture in Seattle. His prints are included in the collections of the
Tacoma Art Museum, the New York Public Library and the City of Seattle’s Public Works Collection.
Value:
$750
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Michael Peterson
Coastal Object Series
Carved madrone burl, sandblasted and pigmented (2)
elements • 2009 • 10.5" x 23.5" x 10"
Lopez Island artist Michael Peterson’s work
has always been grounded in the natural world.
This piece continues to explore the potential of
process and material through the transformative
qualities found working with “green” madrone burl.
Surface, texture and organic form are aimed at evoking a sense of naturalness. Michael Peterson’s
work has been exhibited nationally and is in over 25 museum collections including Museum of Art
and Design, New York, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Philadelphia Museum of Art. In 2009, Bellevue
Arts Museum’s Michael Monroe and Stefano Catalani organized the exhibition Evolution | Revolution
tracing 20 years of Peterson’s work to his present-day wood sculptures. This exhibition has now traveled
to six museums in the US.
Value:
$6,500
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Steve Klein
Balance 47 Three’s Company
Kiln formed and blown glass • 2006 • 14.5" x 16" x 11"
Steve Klein’s Balance series explores and appreciates
memories, consequences and the happy and challenging
times of childhood when we innocently struggled with
learning to live in a divergent and complicated society.
Klein has taught his unique approach to glass kiln
working at Pilchuck, Corning, Northlands Creative Glass
and Bullseye Glass, and his work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Art and Design (New
York City), the Museo del Vidrio (Spain), The Eretz Israel Museum (Tel Aviv), The Museum of Scotland
(Edinburgh), Tsinghua University Museum (Beijing) and Bullseye Glass Company.
Value:
$5,300
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Chris Antemann
Dovetail
Porcelain, china paint, decals • 10" x 9" x 11"
Inspired by 18th-century porcelain figurines, Chris
Antemann’s work simultaneously examines and parodies
male and female relationship roles and speaks about
domestic rites, social etiquette and taboos. Themes from
bygone eras set the stage for her twisted tales to unfold.
In BAM Biennial 2010: Clay Throwdown!, Antemann’s
full room of stunning work contained an elaborate dining
scene of porcelain figures in amorous and racy poses
which were echoed and enlarged in detail photographs
on the surrounding walls. She has exhibited extensively
in the United States and China. Her work can be found in many collections, including the Museum of
Art and Design, The 21 C. Hotel Museum, The KAMM Teapot Foundation and the Foshan Ceramic
Museum in China. Her artist residencies include The Archie Bray Foundation and The John Michael
Kohler Arts Center, and she is the 2010 First Place Winner of the Virginia A. Groot Grant.
Value:
$4,500
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“Design” Your Own
Cruise & Dinner for Ten
You choose your cruise! May we suggest a
cruise to Bainbridge and a walk into town for
shopping, gallery visits and dinner? Cruising the
Thea Foss waterway to Tacoma’s Art District
for a gallery tour and dinner? Choose your
destination in the Central or South Puget Sound
(between Seattle and Olympia), and you and
nine friends will enjoy all the comforts of home
on the Anne Elise, a 55' Fleming, while seeing the world from the water. The cruise will include a dinner
for the whole party at a mutually agreed on restaurant, compliments of Lee and Anne Kilcup. The Anne
Elise is moored in Gig Harbor; however, a Seattle departure can be arranged. Three-hour cruise &
dinner to take place by August 31, 2012 on a mutually agreeable date.
Value:
$2,500
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Gina Pankowski
Sphere #3
22K gold and sterling silver, fiber optic glass and patina • 28"
A keen eye for detail and pattern comes naturally for Gina
Pankowski. The Northwest’s water, lush landscapes and
cutting edge technology are reflected in her work, and the
sculptural forms of Pankowski’s jewelry gleam with movement.
Pankowski’s award-winning jewelry has been widely published
and exhibited internationally, including BAM’s INDULGE: jewelry
marketplace. Her work has been collected by the Renwick
Gallery of the National Museum of American Art; Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, DC; Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art,
New Paltz, New York and Tacoma Art Museum.
Value:
$5,000
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Jamie Bennett
Mineralia 5
Brooch, enamel, silver and copper • 2011 • 5" x 3.25"
Jamie Bennett is noted for his influential works in enamel and jewelry.
Bennett’s work was the subject of a museum retrospective that traveled
the US from 2008–2010. His drawings, jewelry and wall reliefs are in over
twenty museum collections internationally, including the Victoria and Albert
Museum in London, Hiko Misuno School of Jewelry Collection in Tokyo,
the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Metropolitan Museum of Art in
NYC and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. Bennett is
the recipient of numerous awards and honors including Fellowships from
the NEA, New York Foundation for the Arts, Massachusetts Council for
the Arts and American Crafts Council. He is currently a Professor of Art
in the Metal Program at the State University at New Paltz, NY.
Value:
$4,200
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C. Miguel Unson
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
Flameworked, kilnformed Bullseye glass • 18.5" x .75"
Flameworking and kilnforming are two glassworking techniques
which predate blown glass by centuries. The black-and-white
“ropes” are individually crafted by melting and twisting thin
strands of glass in a flame. Arranged on a bed of crushed
glass and heated in a kiln, the ropes collapse and collide under
the influence of gravity, fusing together to create dynamic,
dimensional silhouettes. After eight years in New York, artist C.
Miguel Unson now works from his flameworking and kilnforming
studio in his home state of Texas. A finalist in the 2010 e-merge
exhibition at Bullseye Gallery, Unson recently completed an eightweek Emerging Artist Residency at Pilchuck Glass School.
Value:
$4,900
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April Surgent
City Speak
Cameo engraved glass panel • 15" x 15"
This glass engraving is inspired by the urban landscape and
depicts a lone figure amid the words of social provocateurs.
What might appear like a photographic imprint onto glass
is instead a masterfully hand-carved surface. April Surgent
starts by fusing together three layers of glass in a color
gradation. In the ancient technique of cameo engraving,
Surgent then carves her intricate imagery in relief into
the lightest of the surfaces, exposing the darker color as
the drill goes deeper. With the encouragement of Artistic
Director Stefano Catalani, Surgent created a large-scale
work, spanning 14 feet and composed of more than one
hundred glass panels, for her recent first solo museum show at Bellevue Arts Museum. Surgent is
based in Seattle and exhibits, teaches and lectures internationally. In 2009, she was awarded one
of the two Neddy Fellowships, through the generosity of the Behnke Foundation, along with the New
Talent award, through Urban Glass in New York.
Value:
$4,000
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Art Liestman
Three Pillars of Correct Homophone Usage
Lathe turned and hollowed, split, textured and burned big leaf maple
22.6" x 3 .5" x 2 .25"
This series is evocative of old, decaying buildings, ancient ruins
and eroding geological formations. The title of this piece points out
that many of us have lost the ability to correctly use homophones
(such as “their,” “there” and “they’re”). Art Liestman has been a
woodworker for 30 years. Originally, his interest was in designing
and making experimental musical instruments, and he first
stumbled into woodturning when he needed some turned parts for
an automated programmable xylophone. Known particularly for
his puzzling illusions that resemble jigsaw puzzles, his work often
involves surface enhancements using pyrography and coloring,
and in breaking the symmetry of traditional turned forms. Leistman lives near Vancouver, BC and his
work has been widely exhibited in museums and is in the permanent collection of the AAW Gallery of
Wood Art (St. Paul, MN).
Value:
$4,000
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Ian Boyden
Field of the Sky
Meteorite and carbon on paper • 2010 • 48" x 32"
Ian Boyden’s practice displays a fundamental drive to link the
literary, material and visual imagination. He makes his own paints
and inks from unusual materials such as shark teeth and freshwater
pearls — Field of the Sky is painted in meteorite dust and carbon.
In his hands, these materials become means for giving voice to
the marvelous. Boyden is a painter and bookmaker in Walla Walla,
WA. His work has been exhibited widely and is found in many
public collections including Reed College, Stanford University,
the Portland Art Museum and the Rare Book Room of Suzhou
University.
Value:
$2,800
eligible for Golden Ticket selection
artful evening
begins at 7:30pm
LIVE
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Arline Fisch
Pink Ruffle Necklace
Machine knit coated copper wire and sterling clasp
2010 • 6" inner diameter, 10" outer diameter
For almost forty years, world-renowned jeweler
Arline Fisch has pioneered the application of
textile techniques in the creation of jewelry.
Her work melds jewelry, sculpture and clothing,
and she incorporates the structure of textiles
and fiber craft into metal-based pieces that are
often inspired by ancient cultures and the natural world. In 2010, Bellevue Arts Museum exhibited her
Creatures from the Deep show, organized by Racine Art Museum, for which she created families of
jellyfish using knitting and crocheting in her signature color-coated copper wire. Fisch holds an honorary
doctorate from Skidmore, a gold medal from the American Craft Council, the Lifetime Achievement
Award in Crafts from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and has received multiple Fulbright
fellowships to travel to Uruguay, Vienna and Denmark. Fisch lives and works in San Diego and is
represented in numerous collections and exhibitions around the world.
Value:
$700
eligible for Golden Ticket selection
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Karen Willenbrink-
Johnsen
Spring Flower Bouquet
Hot sculpted glass • Various sizes
Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen is known for
her signature techniques of sculpting hot
glass into forms inspired by nature. Spring
Flower Bouquet is a prime example of
Willenbrink-Johnsen’s unmatched technical mastery, unprecedented detail and realism, and profound love for her medium. Her work had a
recent solo show at the Museum of Northwest Art, is currently on exhibition in the Convergence Zone
exhibition at BAM and is represented at galleries across the nation. BAM extends a special thanks to
the artist for mentoring the Sammamish High School students who created the glass centerpieces for
Artful Evening.
Value:
$2,700
eligible for Golden Ticket selection
begins at 7:30pm
benefiting bellevue arts museum