exPRESSIve Gallery - "All Mixed Up" announcement

"All Mixed Up!" Artist's Reception


Artist's Reception
exPRESSive Arts Studio
DATE: Fri. May 9th, 2008
TIME: 6-9pm
LOCATION: 3710 W Mukilteo Blvd, Everett, WA 98203

Local northwest artists are all mixed up in this mixed media show in 2D and 3D works.

Stop in to meet the artists, mingle with like minded art lovers and enjoy an eclectic

and fun art show.

Tamela Cole

Judith Jackson

Sue Robertson

Patricia B. Seggebruch
Wendy Lee Lynds

Ellen Miffit

Dorothy McGuinness
Tami Walker
Diana Wunderlee
Karon Leigh

exPRESSive Arts Studio & Gallery
www.exPRESSiveArtsStudio.com
3710 W Mukilteo Blvd.
Everett, Washington 98203

What with gas prices I don't think I'll be driving up to the reception....

Tonight's Drawing on th Right Side of the Brain class had 16 participants @ TESC's Extended Ed program. I enjoy teaching and metoring people in the arts.
For a list of my current classes check www.nine-lives-studio.com

Check www.shopthefrontier.org I have some of my art and jewelry listed on their website.

Exhibits - Getting my Art out there

Catching up on my exhibit entries – I shipped my three entries to “All Mixed Up” @ exPRESSive Art Studio and Gallery in Everett WA. Ends up being cheaper to ship than to drive up to drop off and drive up to pick up at the end of the show…. Let alone all that time wasted in the car in heavy traffic. That exhibit hangs for the month of May with the reception on May 9th from 4 to 7 pm which coincides with the Everett Art Walk.

Shipped “Merge” to the New Arts Program annual “Invitational Salon Exhibition of Small Works” in Kutztown, PA. That exhibit hangs from May 23 to July 12th.

I’m still waiting to hear from the Arts Commission of the City of Kent about their juried “Small Works” exhibit with a delivery date of 7/7.

Have my work ready for “Circles in Square Holes” exhibit @ ArtsWest. Just have to frame but the show isn’t until July.

Next week I drop off at the Sidney Museum & Gallery in Port Orchard. I need to whip something up for that show… and prepare some landscapes for an art call by 4Culture for the Harborview Medical Center Collection as well as something for “Art of the Garden” sponsored by the Arts Council of Snohomish County.
Time also to create my pieces for the Equine Art Exhibit @ Emerald Downs in Auburn… that exhibit is hung for a week in July.

So Spring’s a busy time to submit for the summer exhibits, teach my classes and find time to create new pieces… just ignore the dishes in the sink and Corgi fur floating everywhere – that is until I have to frame then I clean like a crazy person to de-fur the house especially the room that I frame in.

Last but not least waiting to hear from a job I interviewed for on Monday. I love teaching but spend a lot of time driving great distances and a part time job would be very helpful to get me back into art production at a higher quantity than what I am doing now. What with gas prices, the teaching at far away venues is just not working out to be a “profit” experience.

E4E

I forgot to post this - I was the feature for the E4E [Enterprise for Equity] Feb. 08 Newsletter:

Entrepreneur of the Month
Ellen Miffitt
Nine Lives Studio
Some people create beautiful art and some people teach art; Ellen Miffitt thrives doing both. Ellen loves the creative process: from the deceptive simplicity of Sumi-e to the complexity of combining various materials in her collage/mixed media and the miniature clay techniques in her Precious Metal Clay jewelry.
She has shifted the emphasis of her business in the last few years to include more art classes for very young artists and senior citizens from Western Washington. One class Ellen enjoys facilitating for groups of 8 or more are her Artist's Way Creativity Workshops. One participant said of this class, "Ellen made it easy for me to explore my talent and my fears around taking time for myself to create art…the class was excellent." Ellen loves to laugh and celebrate the creativity of each participant in her classes, wherever she goes.

“Nibbles - Year of the Rat”
There are some venues like the Edmonds Art Festival, Shop the Frontier, Puyallup Fair, and the Equine Show where Ellen consistently shows her work because her paintings sell! For those of you who are familiar with Ellen's Sumi-e (East Asian wash painting), she has had beautiful pieces shown in juried art shows and galleries around the Northwest.
Her work is valued by her art peers and an enthusiastic and growing group of collectors. As artist-in-residence at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma she worked with patrons of every age. Since taking Enterprise for Equity's Business Training class Ellen has consistently taken the pulse of her customers and tailored her business to meet those needs.

“Now What Do I Do?”

“My Enterprise for Equity business vision and mission statement and the following bumper stickers are hung over my desk. 'Attitudes are the Real Disability', 'Failure is Impossible' and 'Don't Put Your Dreams on Hold' are constant reminders to stay positive, in the now, and persevere to keep creatively moving forward.”
-- Ellen

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Today I finally got working on collages for an exhibit - "Circles in Square Holes" - that will be hung in July at ArtsWest in Seattle. The other two artists are Deborah Cahn and Jan Koutsky.

Since the end of last year to now I have done very little art mostly due to teaching so many classes but partly discouraged about art sales. How does one keep inspired to create with low sales despite as many as 40 exhibits?
Thankful for the muse to touch my spirit again as I have six collages almost completed.

Here's my next exhibit announcement:

exPRESSive Arts Studio and Gallery
3710 W Mukilteo Blvd
Everett, WA 98203

“All Mixed Up”
Show Event Dates: May 1 – 31, 2008
Reception Date: Friday May 9, 2008 from 6-9pm

The following three pieces have been accepted into All Mixed Up, a mixed media exhibit.

Inaccessible

Finding My Bearings Homage to Eve

Time Flies!

Where has time gone -
So many classes taught and so little time for anything else!
Hope you all avoided the dreaded flu... wow did that put me down for 4+weeks.

Currently I have a solo exhibit at:

Edmonds Public Library Exhibition Space
650 Main Street, Edmonds WA

Vestige

"Art of Collage"
April 1 to April 30
Hours
M-Thurs 10am to 9 pm
Fri 10am-6pm
Sat 10am-5pm
Sun 1-5pm

Current May & June classes include:

Watercolor Pencil Demo - 4/19 at 2 pm for South Sound Art Guild, Tumwater Methodist Church, Tumwater, WA

Artist Trading Cards - May 3 from 9 to 4 pm – Olympia Parks and Recreation – 222 Columbia Street NW, Olympia WA 98501 www.ci.olympia.wa.us/par Call 360.753.8380

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain - May 6, 13, 20, 26 and June 3, 6: 30 to 8: 30 pm The Evergreen State College Extended Education Program - Call for more information 360-867-5515 or extendededucation@evergreen.edu

Introduction to Basic Enameling - May 5, 12, & 19 from 6 to 8:30 pm - Olympia Parks and Recreation – 222 Columbia Street NW, Olympia WA 98501 www.ci.olympia.wa.us/par Call 360.753.8380

Introduction to Basic Enameling - 5/8-6/5 from 1 -3 pm Lakewood Community Center 9112 Lakewood Dr SW, Lakewood, WA 98499 call for class fee and registration (253) 798-4199

Collage: Exploring the Written Word through Art - 5/10 from 9:30 to 3:30 pm The Evergreen State College Extended Education Program - Call for more information 360-867-5515 or extendededucation@evergreen.edu

Collage-inspired Enamels - 5/17 from 9 to 4 pm Olympia Parks and Recreation – 222 Columbia Street NW, Olympia WA 98501 www.ci.olympia.wa.us/par Call 360.753.8380

Painting with Water Soluble Colored Pencils - 5/31 from 9 to 4 pm Olympia Parks and Recreation – 222 Columbia Street NW, Olympia WA 98501 www.ci.olympia.wa.us/par Call 360.753.8380

Introduction to Precious Metal Clay - 6/ 2, 9, 16, & 23 from 9:30 to noon Mason County Senior Center, 826 Railroad Avenue, Shelton, WA http://www.mcsaa.org

Design Principles: An Introduction - 6/ 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 & 7/7 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Olympia Parks and Recreation – 222 Columbia Street NW, Olympia WA 98501 www.ci.olympia.wa.us/par Call 360.753.8380

Travel Sketching/Watercolor Pencil Workshop - 6/7 from 9 to 4 pm Olympia Parks and Recreation – 222 Columbia Street NW, Olympia WA 98501 www.ci.olympia.wa.us/par Call 360.753.8380

Art of Papermaking - 6/12-7/3 from 1-3 pm Lakewood Community Center 9112 Lakewood Dr SW, Lakewood, WA 98499 call for class fee and registration (253) 798-4199

Design Principles - 6/18-7/23 Wednesdays 6:00pm-8:00pm Shelton Parks & Recreation - Shelton Civic Center, 525 West Cota Street, Shelton, WA 98584 - 360-426-9731

Art of Papermaking - 6/21st from 10 to 4 Burien Recreation & Cultural Services, 425 SW 144th Street, Burien, WA 98166-1545 - 260-988-3703 www.burienparks.net

Relief Printing: Lino Cut - 6/28 from 9-4 pm Olympia Parks and Recreation – 222 Columbia Street NW, Olympia WA 98501 www.ci.olympia.wa.us/par Call 360.753.8380

Exhibits for 2008

Pragmatic - collage for EnviroHouse Exhibit

Researching and submitting to various venues for exhibits for 2008 takes a fair amount of studious commitment and investigatory skills. The Internet certainly makes the research easier. I am a member of http://www.artdeadline.com/ which has many listings and I subscribe to http://www.artcalendar.com/ which has relevant articles on art business plus listings. I also am a member of WA www.ArtistTrust.org that has good resources, possibilities, employment listings etc... So I’ve selected twenty venues and sent submission forms/applications to Pacific NW locations over the last several weeks.

So here are my upcoming exhibits till the end of the year…
Sept 5 – October 15 – Banned Book Display [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone] , Kirkland Library, 308 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland, WA
Sept 28 to Nov 15th – Orange Crush, 2007 Themed Exhibit – Lynnwood Arts Commission Art Gallery, Lynnwood, WA
Nov 2-4 – Enso Center’s 5th Annual Art Exhibit, 9215 185th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98053
Nov 4/07-Jan/06/08 Good Taste, Group Exhibit, The Sisters Restaurant, [Curator Lyussy Hyder, Solovei Art Gallery], Everett, WA

And here are my first two for 2008:

June 16 – September 16/2008 – EnviroHouse # 3, Tacoma EnviroHouse, 3510 South Mullen Street, Tacoma, WA

July20 – August 23/2008 Circles in Square Holes, Arts West Gallery, 4711 California Ave. SW, West Seattle, WA www.artswest.org

Class Correction

This class has been changed from Oct 13th to Dec 8th due to classroom scheduling problems.

Dec 8 Watercolor: Textures and Techniques
Saturday one day workshop - 9am to 4 pm - Supply list sent upon enrollment.
The Evergreen State College Extended Education Program - Call for more information 360-867-5515 or extendededucation@evergreen.edu

Hint – Always update your paper and PC calendar. Duh – Luckily I’m good about checking in with a venue as it gets close to a scheduled class. Most venues let me know a week before if the class has full enrollment and will run as scheduled but some leave it up to the instructor to check the class status.

Lakewood Senior Activity Center and Lakewood Parks and Recreation will offer some of my classes Winter Quarter. Just waiting for confirmations from TCC and TESC Extended Ed. Tomorrow I contact Lacey and Shelton Community Centers to try to schedule a few more classes. Better to overbook in case some classes don’t get full enrollment but of course I will be out flat if they all run but that’s earning a living as a self employed artist and art instructor.