These entertaining and insightful workshops are designed for artists and art educators to help them protect themselves and their environment from toxic, corrosive and flammable chemicals, while still producing vibrant art.

Three of the workshops are at 4Culture – 101 Prefontaine Place S, Seattle
http://www.4culture.org/contact/index.htm

Thursday, January 10, 12-2 pm
Chemical hazards in jewelry, metalsmithing, and printmaking (especially intaglio)

Thursday, March 14, 6-8 pm
Chemical hazards in painting (aerosol spray paint, oil, water, acrylic), encaustic, pastels and adhesives (fixatives, glues, pastes)

Thursday, May 9, 12-2 pm
Chemical hazards in studio glass (glass blowing, slumping, fusing, grinding, etching and polishing)

One workshop is at Gage Academy of the Art – in the Geo Studio, 3^rd floor.
http://www.gageacademy.org/about/

Thursday, January 24, 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Hidden Hazards in the Studio (painting, drawing and sculpting)

Many of you have attended a Hidden Hazards workshop in the past. If you or a colleague you know are interested in attending one of these workshops, please join in.

RSVPs are welcome but not required.

If you’d like to host a workshop or have a suggestion for a specific topic, please contact Dave Waddell at dave.waddell@kingcounty.gov.

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In the spirit of that goal, we’d like to give a quick shout-out to The Arts of Kenmore organization. This non-profit organization gives out several grants to local schools to support their arts programs.

In their words:

The Arts of Kenmore is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to encourage and promote both passive and active participation in all forms of the arts by the citizens of the area for the enrichment of the community.

Our organization encourages expanded local participation in all forms of the arts—fine arts, music, dance, theater, and public art.

For as little as $15 you can support the Arts of Kenmore. Your contribution is tax deductible and every cent is used to support the local arts in the community.

Learn more about the Arts of Kenmore.

Do you know of a local arts organization that is doing great work in the community? Let us know about them so we can give them a shout-out!

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Here at SeattleArtists.com, quite obviously, we’ve been a long time advocate of buying local art. This website launched in 1999 before there was anything else online for local independent artists. Our mission was always to use the available digital tools to faithfully promote artists and their work.

I think Jen at the Stranger has written a well thought out article and I agree that buying art can be intimidating. We’re always seeking out ways to tear down those barriers and make any art lover, new or experienced, feel comfortable buying art. You don’t have to be a master curator to buy art – you just have to see it, fall in love with it, and buy it.

So, what has your experience been shopping for or buying local Seattle art, whether in a gallery, art walk, or street fair? Comment below and let me know your thoughts! Do you buy local art? No? Yes? Why?

Here is the link to the original article at the Stranger:
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/buy-art/Content?oid=15446392

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Seattle Art Museum Downtown

The Seattle Art Museum invites teenagers to delve into the ground breaking world of Elles: Women Artists from the Centre Pompidou, Paris and Elles:SAM; Singular Works by Seminal Women Artists at Teen Night Out. Teen Night Out will be held at SAM Downtown on December 7, 2012 from 7-10 pm.

This free event features DJs, teen art tours, an open mic and neo drop-in art activities inspired by artists from the exhibits to get the creative juices flowing. Teens pay no entrance fee and have access to Elles: Women Artists from the Centre Pompidou, Paris, Elles: SAM – Singular Works by Seminal Women Artists and other SAM Collection Galleries throughout the evening.

Event Details:

• DJ Sharlese spins pop, hip-hop, soul and local favorites all night long.
  Learn and experience an American Tribal Style Belly Dance from Skin Deep Dance joined by Deep SEEDs
• All night art making activities include: button making, silk screening and henna tattoos.
• Test your geeky metal with the ladies from GeekGirlCon at their “Ten Things I Know About You” trivia game.
• Rock the night away with live performances from Rain City Rock Camp for Girls.
• Embellish your own image a la Frida Cahlo and Cindy Sherman with artist Elizabeth Humphrey.

Registration is not required for Teen Night Out.  For more information visit the SAM Calendar.

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“No matter what age a person is, there is an imaginative side to everyone,” said Stunningly Strange Owner, Kaitlin Phillips Goodey. “I want to show art that is unusual and has a story that resonates with the viewer.”

The goal of the gallery is to bring new and fresh art to an active art community. “I want to expose the community to art that goes beyond the traditional,” Phillips Goodey said. The first show in the gallery will be her own artwork, which is inspired by fairy tales, playful youth, and memories.

Phillips Goodey is a recent Master of Fine Arts graduate from Washington State University, where she explored the stage between youthful imagination and losing one’s innocence through photography and figurative clay sculptures. She was trained in photography at the Art Institute of Seattle where she earned her Bachelor in Fine Art. She is the granddaughter of J. Ward Phillips, a former president of the Edmonds Arts Festival, and original developer of Old Milltown in downtown Edmonds.

Phillips Goodey has shown in the Washington State University Museum of Art, CUB Gallery, Gallery II, Reidenbach Gallery, Art Not Terminal, Twilight Artist Collective, Gallery III, Tasty Delectable Collectables, and internationally at Dollirium Art Doll Emporium, along with showing her work at Seattle art fairs and the Fremont market.

The Stunningly Strange Gallery will open on the night of the Edmonds Third Thursday Art Walk and the annual Edmonds “First Dibs” holiday merchant open house on November 15^th, from 5pm to 8pm.

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