FIRST FRIDAY ARTWALK

8/5/11

A beautiful yet hot evening for August's

First Friday Art Walk. Covered a lot of

ground with my buddies. Here's what captured

my attention this month...

SARANAC ART PROJECTS:

SORT: A tribute to the American Worker.

Performance art by Artist Bernadette

Vielbig. Using various pieces of collected
colorful 'garbage,' Bernadette categorizes

and arranges each into a beautiful

spectrum of color. It's not so much

what the end result is as much as the

process itself, she told us. This work

comes from the artist's experience working

in auto & industry manufacturing.

Items used in the work will be available

for purchase, signed by the artist at the

end of the exhibition. Items will be priced

according to hourly scale wages.

Be sure to go and see the work(er), as the

space will change consistently through the

month.

KOLVA-SULLIVAN GALLERY:

"Persona"

Artist: Austin Stiegemeier

TRACKSIDE STUDIO:

And the walk back...

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Art Walk. It's a great opportunity to get

out and see what kind of art is being

created in our city... and there's some

really excellent stuff. Here are a few

highlights from yesterday evening's walk:

SEXT

Kolva-Sullivan Gallery

SEXT is a text art installation and book

(put on by local artist group 'Boys Who

Like Butterflies')covering the topic of

gender and sexuality.

The words written and pasted in black

Helvetica font by national and regional

artists, speak out loud from the crisp

white walls. I was told that if the text

were in a continual line, it would extend

3 blocks.

Proceeds from the limited edition artist

book will benefit the YMCA Spokane. Live

performance to be held @ The Kolva-Sullivan

Gallery April 16, 6-8pm. $5 donation of bras

or underwear at the door also for the YMCA.

Naaman Cordova-Muenzberg (Creator)

FEED THE ARTIST

FarWest Billiards

Gabriel Vrooman's work on metal

DJ Likes Girls Boombox pulsated a mini

light show triggered by the beats!

Stumbled onto a show hosted by an empty

business space. Am not sure if this

enormous moose head was apart of the

exhibit or not. Did not flow with the vibe.

He was a cute little guy though showing

off his last sweet expression. Sad... and

creepy.

SKIN and EARTH

Saranac Art Projects

One of the last galleries we stopped by

was @ The Saranac. Brilliant show!

Aritst Margot Casstevens draws imagery onto

layers of rice paper from paintings of 15th

century Hieronymus Bosch... laminated

together. She then casts into molds.

AMAZING work.

until next month...