Past Art Exhibits
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
December 12, 2024 - January 24, 2025
Crow Spirit Guide by Sonya Lang
Sonya Lang
Artist Statement: Photography is my Zen, my meditation, my passion. I love textures and shapes and often use the digital darkroom to pull those out to my liking. I like a bit of exaggeration especially in my animal images because to me they are all exotic and surreal. I strive to capture their eyes making an intimate connection, letting us into their world for a brief moment. I love to travel and try to capture the spirit of the land as I see and feel it.
Biography: Sonya Lang began exploring the world through the lens at an early age. Growing up between Woodland Park Zoo and Green Lake in Seattle, she was fascinated by the shapes and textures of both the natural world and the big city. With little formal education in photography, she found many mentors through photo clubs/groups and listened and learned, forming lifelong friendships with kindred spirits. Sonya enjoys the digital darkroom and uses it to complete her vision, pulling out textures and playing with different processing to realize her vision.
I Crumble to Life by Tara Kraft
Tara Kraft
Artist Statement: When I look at rocks, I imagine the eons of geologic movement that created them. It is a huge expanse of time that dwarfs our tiny existence. To lovingly study rocks connects me to the natural world in its immensity, but also in its particulars. It brings life into perspective. It places humanity into a larger, epochal scale of time, one we must consider more as we face the consequences of our impact on the planet.
I think of my painting process as geology in fast-forward. I build up layers, scraping texture back, allowing my materials to express their unique physical properties. I enjoy the endlessly alluring play of paint that creates unexpected and powerful moments.
Biography: Tara Kraft loves paint. And ink. And rocks. These loves draw her alternately out into nature, where she enjoys hiking, skiing, and foraging, and into her studio, where she explores the physical quality of her materials in an ever-alluring play of forces. Her practice is a meditation on time, nature, and our place within them.
Tara spent 10 years working in software before embracing the physicality of artwork full time, much to her relief. She studied painting at Bellevue College and Painting and Illustration at Pacific Northwest College of Art. She was especially gratified to serve as Artist-in-Residence at Capulin Volcano National Monument and Isle Royale National Park in 2022 and 2023, respectively.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
Starts November 18, 2024
Isabella Rhee, "Italian Countryside"
Isabella Rhee
Artist Statement: The idea of these pieces is to create something familiar to everyone. I started the bridge in spring, hence all the green, and an Autumn path seemed appropriate for the fall weather. These are meant to capture the moment, and oil was my chosen medium for no other reason than that I wanted to try it out. I hope to continue season inspired painting in the future.
Biography: My name is Isabella Rhee and I was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. I’m a 18 year old Senior in highschool and I’ve been doing art all my life, but this is my first time trying out oil paint. I enjoy and have done many types of art, but I’m always drawn to landscapes the most. The ability to express the feeling that my surroundings give me is something I strive to achieve, and oil paint is the newest way I’ve found to do that.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
November 4 - December 13, 2024
Operation Art to Heal Flag by Tim Kerley
OPERATION ART TO HEAL
Pacific Northwest Veteran Assistance Program is a 501c3 Nonprofit. Our mission is to support our veteran brothers and sisters who have served our country and are in emotional need.
Operation Art to Heal honors veterans with art created by veterans or family members of veterans.
Our project Operation Art to Heal focuses on art and healing for veterans. Our goal is to assist veterans to combat veteran suicide, to help veterans heal from PTSD, depression and anxiety from war and military sexual trauma.
Operation Art to Heal helps veterans heal by having monthly art events that include painting, drawing and arts and crafts. We have a safe place where veterans can talk to other veterans about their experiences.
We have quarterly art exhibits in the community to share the art that is created by veteran artists and family members to help them heal from trauma. These exhibits bring hundreds of veterans together from all over Washington State. We have partners that share their resources at the events to help veterans that are in need. We also have art exhibits 3 times a year for 2 months in different locations that exhibit the veteran art in community centers and city halls. By displaying the art to the public it gives the community an opportunity to see an outlet that veterans use to heal.
Pacific Northwest Veteran Assistance program
www.pnwveteranassist.org
Jim Armstrong, Army Veteran
Executive Director
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
Starts October 7, 2024
Faith Yang, "The Cat From My Dream"
Faith Yang
Artist Statement: I like to draw colorful things to express different feelings and release my creativity and imagination. My favorite color combination is a mix of rainbow. It is fun to color with rainbow colors together because you can step out of your mind and let your imagination flow without doubt. I also really enjoy drawing cats because of their elegance and their charming nature.
Biography: My name is Faith. I am eleven years old, and I go to Einstein Middle School. I enjoy playing soccer, piano, drums and drawing after school. My favorite types of cats are Maine coons and tigers. I started my art career around age 7, and from then on, I have really enjoyed drawing as a hobby.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
September 23 to November 1, 2024
brazen bra-dazzle
An exhibit of Bras decorated by community members for Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October).
You are invited to a FREE artist reception for the ART BRA exhibit on Tuesday, October 15, 6:30-8pm.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
Starts august 26, 2024
Maya Park-Weber, "Wrinkle"
Maya Park-Weber
Artist Statement: My artwork fosters a connection between the viewer and the piece through narrative visuals. I am inspired by the stories behind everyday actions--like cleaning and cooking--that may seem mundane but are in fact the underappreciated foundation of family and society. As an artist, I have the incredible power to bring to light the value and beauty of every simple task and every happy moment, and I hope to continue to do so.
Biography: Maya Park-Weber is a high school student and young artist from Kirkland, WA. For the past few years, she has experimented with watercolor, acrylics, and digital painting. She loves bright colors and storytelling and aims to create an emotional connection between her audience and her work. She is also a Youth Commissioner on the Kirkland Cultural Arts Commission, a volunteer group dedicated to bringing art to the public.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
August 12 to September 20, 2024
"The Fisherman" by Drew Mortenson
Drew Mortenson
I am a painter based in Seattle, Washington. I decided I was going to become a professional artist at age 9 and began to spend all my time drawing, finding inspiration in Hip-Hop music and street art. In high school I took every visual arts class offered--drawing, panting, sculpture, graphic design, 3d modeling, and animation--to broaden my skills. After high school I majored in graphic design with a minor in fine arts at the University of San Francisco. Post graduation I decided to return to my analogue roots and began working in a style titled the "Blue Meanies Series". My work now merges street art, pop art, and cubism to tell relatable stories and bring vibrancy to my message.
The characters in my paintings are extreme representations of facets of my personality and experiences. My goal is to present the characters in a way that the viewer can understand my story while also relating to their personality and experiences. For me these paintings are conversation and therapy. As I create characters whose backstory reflects a caricature of me, I internally converse with the viewers. This allows me to compartmentalize various tiles of my own mosaic and present them on the canvas. I can then reflect in the third person on myself while simultaneously conversing and relating to the viewer about the human perspective and what ails each of us personally and what ails humanity on a societal level.
"Hare of the Dogs" by Lindsay Breidenthal
Lindsay Breidenthal
Lindsay Breidenthal is a painter living in Wenatchee, WA. She graduated from Central Washington University with a BA in Studio Arts. Her multi-layered pieces focus on a sense of place and connection to the living world outside of built or perceived walls using plants and pattern, animals, landforms, and images of domestic labor. Her work has been exhibited throughout the state and she has recently been accepted to the ArtsWa Public Artist Roster. In addition to a studio practice, she is a founding and active board member for NCW Arts Alliance, teaches on call for the Wenatchee Arts Education Consortium, and loves roaming the hills and coulees with loved ones.
I grew up on the edge of town in Wenatchee, WA, where the intersection of the wild and the domestic provided a vantage point that shapes how I see the world. Studying biology and painting at Wenatchee Valley College, Central Washington University, and working for the Forest Service, my paintings began to reflect the overlap (or intersection) of modern domestic habits and the natural cycles that define our animal natures. At some point I began paintings by sketching out patterns to overcome the blank canvas, but this practice has become an integral part of my process. Designs inspired by personally significant plants and other forms create symbolic bridges between interior and exterior scenes, and between the earth and our animal bodies. I also connect with my community as a Wenatchee Art Education Consortium teaching artist and a founding board member of the NCW Arts Alliance.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
Yuran He, "Hello"
Yuran He
Artist Statement: I hoped to express the beauty of the world around us and how our imaginations multiply that beauty ten-fold.
Biography: I’m someone who’s loved art since I was a young child have explored it ever since.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
July 1 to August 9, 2024
"Summer is Falling" by Meghan Crandall
Meghan Crandall
Born in 1971 in Seattle, WA, Meghan Starr Crandall studied Graphic Design, Photography and Fine Art at Central Washington University, earning a BFA in Graphic Design. She currently lives in Seattle, WA and is the co-owner of Kick Spark Creative. Photography and design have been at the center of her practice for more than 25 years. In recent years, she has branched out to explore mixed media and painting, and has participated in seven intensive art retreats at JTHAR in Joshua Tree, CA. At these yearly retreats she spends several weeks taking photographs and creating art in the high desert. In the spaces between, she can be found hiking in the nearby hills, kayaking or venturing to destinations further afield.
Wherever my wanderlust takes me, I'm always on the lookout for odd and unnoticed flora and flotsam to compose with. I’m drawn to how the simple pieces we can find on a daily walk tell stories about our culture and environment. Discarded human-made objects encroaching and inevitably integrating with the graceful creations of nature. During the Pandemic, I shifted my focus to botanical details and transformations in my own backyard, creating a series of assemblage photographs that is especially reflective of the changing seasons. I craft each background in a variety of mediums, often with hand-painted canvas or fabric cyanotypes. My hope is that these ephemeral compositions will encourage people to appreciate the power of nature, slow down and notice the little things, and contemplate the enormous importance of maintaining balance in all areas of life.
"Dog Park Picnic II" by Christina Jensen
Christina Jensen
My art story began when I was a young girl and wanted to color in coloring books, having a hard time staying in the lines. When I realized I didn’t necessarily need to stay within the lines and it was okay to exaggerate or minimize shapes, that gave me the capacity to explore stretching lines and colors and see what happens. I discovered it is okay to carry lines off a page, to use colors that are not ‘typical’ such as a blue sun, purple pears, orange mountains. From there I just kept going and what you see is a result of my coloring book journey. I like to paint on panel board or canvas using oil pastel, acrylic or oil paint.
My work reflects how I am seeing and feeling the world. I like to create art that conveys fun energy and movement woven with playfulness. There is a swirl and flow to life, and I try to capture both of these movements with lines, shapes, textures and colors that unite and interest the observer. I currently paint on panel board or canvas using oil pastel, acrylic or oil paint. I find a lot of inspiration from observing my garden and traveling.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
STARTS JUNE 3, 2024
Emily Hardy-Riles, "Poor Little Dead Bird"
Emily Hardy-Riles
Artist Statement: My grandma says that I’ve been drawing ever since I could hold something in my hand. I like to draw people, and I like trying to get their proportions right. When I was younger, I also liked to draw fairies, flowers, and cats. The most fun thing to draw is funny comics. I’ve been drawing a lot of manga lately. I also like to draw because I’m proud that I’m good at something others find so hard.
Biography: I’m 11 years old, and I live in Seattle with my mom, my dad, two sisters, and two adorable cats. I go to McDonald Elementary School.
Other than drawing, I like to read, eat yummy food, play The Legend of Zelda, Tears of the Kingdom, and other Nintendo games. I play with my friends, make flower bouquets, and play musical instruments with my friends.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
May 20 to June 25, 2024
Night Reflections by Patty McNamee
PATTY MCNAMEE
Patty is a realistic painter who has a distinctive perspective in how she defines her art. She is always observing the environment around her and loves to find an interesting composition to paint. Patty’s quirky personality is expressed through her paintings.
Patty graduated with a degree in Art with an emphasis in illustration. After graduation Patty worked with a number of graphic design firms and an ad agency, transitioning out of commercial art in the 1990’s. In the past decade has renewed her love for producing her own art. Patty works in oils, watercolor and relief printmaking. She is in a mentorship program with Liana Bennett in Bothell and has taken additional classes and workshops with Jennifer Diehl, Andy Eccleshall, Pam Ingalls, Karen Klee-Atlin, Stan Kurth and Peggy Kroll Roberts. Patty has won several awards for her paintings and has been in a number of art shows, juried exhibitions and the Edmonds Art Studio Tour.
Cloud Flower Trio by Lynn Hanson
LYNN HANSON
I have recently started using cold wax and oil paint in my artistic practice. I am loving the way it works with the direction I am going with my paintings. Layers of color are built up, carved into and built upon again. It is like excavating to find what is hidden beneath the surface, and then rebuilding. The colors are rich with the oil paint added to the cold wax medium. The texture is somewhat like frosting a cake. Squeegies, scrapers, brayers and carving tools are used in this process. There is an element of surprise that I really enjoy in the process.
Lynn Hanson has been an artist for over 30 years. She moved to the Northwest from San Diego, after graduating with a BFA from San Francisco Art Institute in 2005. After working in several galleries in the area, Lynn decided to open her own gallery in Pioneer Square, Lynn Hanson Gallery. The gallery has been up and running for 13 years in 3 different spaces in the Tashiro Kaplan Building. Lynn loves working with artists in this very creative city. Another of her favorite things to do is to hang new shows monthly in her gallery and being part of First Thursday Art Walk in Pioneer Square which is the oldest art walk in the United States. Her gallery has been a part of the Seattle Art Fair for 3 years.
Lynn is also on the Lynnwood Arts Commission as well as the Art Walk Edmonds Board and the Events and Mural Committees for AWE.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
STARTS APRIL 15, 2024
Cindy Dou, "Slumbering Mountains"
Cindy Dou
Artist Statement: I like drawing different style art works, such as cartoon, landscape etc. I use color pencil, oil painting to create my art works. Drawing is an expression for myself and record of my daily life.
Biography: I’m Cindy Dou, a 12-year-old girl, living in Redmond Washington with my family. I love drawing and playing piano. I also play volleyball and tennis.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
STARTS April 8, 2024
Works by Cameron Decker, Raniere, Shirley Robles-Slyusar
LYNNWOOD ARTISTS SHOW
This exhibit features Lynnwood artists Cameron Decker, Jennifer Lange, Jennifer Steeves, Jose Castro, Lewis Cowan, Peggy Curtis, Raniere, Shirley Robles-Slyusar, Val Clarkson.
We invite you to visit, and to vote for your favorite pieces. We will give a People’s Choice Award at our Artist Reception.
The Artist Reception is on Wednesday, May 8, from 5:30-7:30pm. It is free and open to the public. Please join us.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
STARTS February 26, 2024
Long Gao, "The Holy Peak"
LONG GAO
Artist Statement: My feelings.
Biography: Long Gao is a multi-media talent with very few peers. Jerome Silbergeld, Professor of Chinese Art History at the University of California, Berkeley declares that "...of the Chinese artists who have come to the U.S. in the last fifteen years, some of whom represent the highest level found in China, ... I would rank Gao's work among the best."
Long Gao works in many media: oil paintings, traditional Chinese landscape paintings, abstract sculpture in metals, wood carving, Image Seal Cuttings, and even large scale public art. His reputation in China is legendary. He received widespread international recognition for his book of "Image Seal Cuttings", an art form based on the ancient of Chinese art forms, Seal Cutting, which marries imagery and poetry.
His work is in numerous international public and private collections. He is represented by Jeffrey Moose Gallery of Seattle.
Kayla Cochran, "Folded"
KAYLA COCHRAN
Artist Statement: The representational drawings, paintings, and sculptures I create in my practice are explorations in the subjectivity of objects. I see myself as an investigator of human artifacts and domestic environments. Using this human paraphernalia as a subject matter has allowed me to explore the relationships between time and the inanimate, value and waste, and privacy and intimacy. In looking at objects subjectively, my work deconstructs the utility of the object, questions stereotypes, and relates specificity with universality. Each piece carries a sense of mystery and narrative, whether it be through the anonymity of a found grocery list or the stories told by its contents. I attempt to pose questions about the people and stories that surround a still moment or a discarded thought.
Biography: Kayla Cochran is a Massachusetts born artist currently living and working in Seattle, WA. She received her BFA from Montserrat College of Art in 2015 where she was awarded the Painting Award and the Art Education Award. She recently completed her MFA at the University of Washington in 2023, where she received the di Cillia Teaching with Excellence Award. Drawing in charcoal is the mainstay of her practice, but she is ultimately an interdisciplinary artist working in paint and other 2D media, photography, sculpture, ceramics, and installation.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
STARTS MARCH 4, 2024
Katherine Mao, "After the Storm"
KATHERINE MAO
Artist Statement: A burst of color on a canvas, a palette dusty in color yet rich in stories. In my paintings, I try to express the world in a variety of different brushstrokes and perspectives. I hope to evoke powerful feelings in each of my works while making them open to a variety of views so that each viewer can take away something unique based on their individual experiences.
Biography: Katherine Mao is 16 years old and has been learning art since she was 6. She started oil painting a little more than a year ago, and before that, she explored other mediums like watercolor and colored pencil. Art has always been a sanctuary for her to explore the pockets of creativity in her mind. She has admired and been influenced by a variety of artists like Monet, hoping to create a meaningful difference in the world through her imagination.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
STARTS JANUARY 8, 2024
Adina Wei, "Whispering Poppies Along the Meadow Path"
ADINA WEI
Artist Statement: My artwork captures my perception of the world's natural beauty and the emotions it stirs in individuals. Whether portraying a somber landscape or an optimistic seascape, I aspire for my art to resonate with viewers, evoking distinct sensations. As I progress in my artistic journey, my aim is to inspire more people to recognize the intricacies and allure of the world that surrounds us.
Biography: My name is Adina Wei. I am a 14-year-old 9th grade student at University Prep in Seattle. I got interested in drawing when I was 4 at Little Anchor Childcare. I went to Thrive Art School for three years when I was 5 to 7. After that, I started learning from my current art teacher, Mr. Long Gao. I mostly work with oil on canvas. I also enjoy doing digital paintings on my iPad.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
STARTS JANUARY 16, 2024
Gillian Duenas, "i kåten kulo’ | the call of the conch"
GILLIAN DUENAS
Artist Statement: Guahu si Gillian Duenas and I tell my stories through visual art. By painting, weaving, carving, and jewelry making, I explore my identity as a mixed-race Indigenous Pacific Islander woman born and raised in the diaspora. My art is an act of reclamation, decolonization, and healing. I take inspiration from traditional motifs, legends, and jewelry and reimagine them in a modern context. Overall, I use my art to amplify my stories as well as the stories of my community.
Biography: Gillian is a mixed-race CHamoru woman who was born and raised in Bremerton, WA. Self-taught, she began acrylic painting when she started college as a means of healing and connecting to her cultural identity. Her art centers her stories and perspectives as an Indigenous woman told through traditional legends, motifs, and aesthetics brought into a modern context. In addition to acrylic painting, Gillian practices traditional artforms of her culture such as weaving with pandanus leaves and jewelry making/carving with clam and spondylus shells. As her art journey progressed, Gillian saw how art could be used to connect with her ancestors and homeland while in the diaspora as well as practice storytelling and relationality with her community.
Johanna Porter, "Confluence"
JOHANNA PORTER
Artist Statement: My art practice mimics the processes of creation and destruction discovered during deep immersion in nature. A repository of color, form, pattern, texture and quality of light are imprinted upon my subconscious and my emotional state drives the artistic journey forward. I make digital and analog mixed-media assemblages combining my drawings, prints and paintings with salvaged fabrics, papers and found objects. No longer deemed useful to their owners, Ireclaim these discards and enter a process where they are re-paired in the present tense as objects of joy and contemplation. The process of re-use connects me with a long legacy of human ancestors who understood that nature never wastes anything.
Biography: Born and raised in Miami, Johanna’s career includes three decades working as a graphic artist, illustrator and art director. In 2019 she moved her studio, PicturesWithin, to the Pacific Northwest. She now creates digital and mixed-media art inspired by the cycles of nature. Her artworks have been exhibited nationally in group shows and published in contemporary art journals. Johanna has received multiple commissions for public art installations, in Washington and Arizona. She is on the ArtsWa 2023 Public Arts Roster and a member of Center on Contemporary Art Seattle.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
Dec 2023
VETERANS ART EXHIBIT
Pacific Northwest Veteran Assistance Program (PNW Vet Assist, www.pnwveteranassist.org) is a 501c3 Nonprofit whose purpose is to support Veterans who are in emotional need. PNW Vet Assist is operated by Executive Director, Jim Armstrong, Army Veteran.
PNW Vet Assist collaborated with featured artist Jake Powell Marine Veteran and Jordan Powell Marine Veteran in 2023.. Together they hold monthly painting events for Veterans and Military Families to build a community of healing with art.
The paintings that are being presented were painted by Featured Artist Jake Powell and Micheal Reagan, Veterans and Military Family Members.
Meet the artist at an in-person art reception at City Hall on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, from 5:30-7pm. It is free and open to the public.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
KAREN KAHN-RICE, VERA G. KAHN, NOAH RICE
Karen Kahn-Rice (formerly K. Schneider) (1943-present)
BFA from Alfred University in pottery and sculpture. Worked in Baltimore in the arts. Continued pottery at Pottery Northwest in Seattle selling in fairs while raising 2 sons. Spent 1988 in Australia joining an art group working and selling paintings (pastels). After returning to Seattle, studied painting with Ned Mueller and Nana Bagdavadze.
I have shown my work in various venues and have done commissions. Noah and I have painted together since he was seven years old. We showed together in Edmonds at Gallery North’s loft in 2011, 2012, and 2013. My work has strong drawing and composition, free painting style, saturated color, monumental presence and whimsy combine in acrylic canvases.
Vera G. Kahn (1918-2011) Mother of Karen, great-grandmother of Noah Rice
Degree from Cornell University, then M.F.A. from American University. Vera loved the ocean and did many paintings of Atlantic beaches, as well as figures and portraits.
Noah Rice
I just graduated from North Seattle College with an AA in art, mainly focused in acrylic painting. I have worked in a number of other art forms including digital, charcoal, and animation. I grew up painting with my grandma (Karen Kahn-Rice) and have shown with her before.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
THROUGH september 16, 2023
VANGIE ALVAREZ-CUPAT
Artist Statement: My goal is to have photographs that evoke feelings and emotions from the viewers. I derive great satisfaction in a physical product that is meant to grace a big wall of someone else's house. Feel free to contact me and somehow be a part of my wanderings. Website: www.shoestringwanderer.com
Biography: Vangie Alvarez-Cupat is a landscape photographer who grew up in the Philippines and immigrated to the US at 20 years old. She enjoys capturing photos of the mountains, desert and nature sceneries while hiking and exploring both here in the US and abroad. She is also an assistant wedding photographer to her husband, Gerald, who has been her mentor. She has two kids and a dog.
She currently also works as an operating room nurse. Photography allows her to explore her creative side and how she breaks free from the daily grind. Her photography journey started when she won Best in Show three years in a row at the Swedish Art Walk. She also won the People's Choice Award by the City of Lynnwood Arts Commission for her Mount Rainier image in metal print.
THROUGH APRIL 30, 2023
LYNNWOOD ARTISTS SHOW
This exhibit features over a dozen Lynnwood artists, Anase' Frazier, Blythe Harrington, Christina Hanson, Evangeline Alvarez-Cupat , Jose Castro, Kaiqing Ye, Kyung Lee, Long Gao 髙龍, Michael Lanka, Olga Sanchez, Peg Simmons, Sunny (Margaret) Brown, Taylor Newman, who work in drawing, painting, photography, collage, and 3D.
We invite you to visit, and to vote for your favorite pieces. We will give a People’s Choice Award at our Artist Reception.
The Artist Reception is on Wednesday, March 8, from 5:30-7:30pm. It is free and open to the public. Please join us.
Portraits by 5th graders at Hazelwood Elementary
NOW ON VIEW
"Mayor Christine Frizzell" by Willow Massruha
AT HALLWAY TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Portraits of the Mayor and City Council members by 5th grade students of Barbara Bromley at Hazelwood Elementary. They worked with teaching artist Melissa Hudson to hone their art skills. Their project was partially supported by an Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation Community Grant.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
JANUARY 2023
"Spirit Speaks" by Anastasia Rose
EMPOWERED HeARTS
Artist Statement: This exhibit from Heart Art Healing includes artwork completed by 8 participants in free Art Journaling Workshops. Participants express and process a variety of personal experiences in a meaningful and creative way.
Biography: Heart Art Healing is a non-profit whose mission is to provide a supportive environment for individuals to REFLECT, EXPRESS, and EMPOWER self, while building resilience and exploring the intuitive art process.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
THROUGH FEB 10, 2023
PERUVIAN CHILD AND LLAMA
FRESIA VALDIVIA
Artist Statement: My name is Fresia Libertad and “Libertad” is the Spanish word for “freedom” or “liberty”. One day I decided to use my freedom and since then I have expressed myself with the artistic passion that was born within me by writing, painting, modeling, and creating arts and crafts. I realized that the more I learned, the more I dove into the artistic world, the more I became an everlasting fountain of the energy of ideas. I am an Arts and Crafts teacher with more than 30 years of experience giving art classes to children, adults, and the elderly. I also promote recycling by doing artworks, and enjoy my students' quality time creating, innovating and developing their own skills.
Biography: Fresia was born in 1959 in Lima, Peru, where she has grown up. She has been expressing herself with the artistic passion she has born with through writing, painting, modeling and creating artworks.
She has studied journalism and has trained in a wide range of arts specialties in Peru, Chile. Mexico and USA. She is an Arts and Crafts teacher with more than 30 years of experience teaching art classes to children, adults and the elderly. She also has a few books published about cold porcelain and recycling as well as two poem books.
She has been living in Washington state for 10 years and recently moved to Lynnwood and continues to create art while sharing her passion with others.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
JANUARY 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER 2022
TORI SHAO
Artist Statement: Pantry items tell us a lot about who we are, and where we come from. They are some of the most accessible everyday items that help us understand our identities from the food we make to the people we feed. They are also some of the most relevant objects for recycling. While we are very adept at reusing packaging, the connection between a packages final use, and disposal can be emphasized. Focusing on culturally relevant pantry items packaged in paper, plastic, metal, and glass we can begin to connect these items to proper recycling processes that Waste Management provides.
This piece was created as a continuation of an existing Waste Management campaign. Utilizing existing conceptual and visual assets of the previous campaign, this painted panel brings them into the 3rd dimension.
Biography: Tori Shao (she/her/hers) is a Seattle-based illustrator and landscape architect. Her work is inspired by our cultural and ecological relationships to objects, plants, and one another. Her identity as a second-generation Chinese American especially informs her creative work.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
END OF SEPTEMBER THROUGH OCTOBER 2022
ROBERTO ARTEMIO IGLESIAS GIZ
"EXPRESIONES DEL FOLKLORE GUERRERENSE"
Drawing from Artemio's series "De Tigres y Porrazos", this exhibit celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month 2022, which is from September 15 to October 15. It also celebrates Lynnwood’s friendship city, Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico. Lynnwood has an art wrap on the traffic signal box at Alderwood Mall Parkway and Alderwood Mall Boulevard, which also features the Artemio's artwork.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
AUGUST 2021. REC CENTER IS OPEN.
UNDER THE MOONLIGHT
NIHALEE PATEL
Artist Statement: Nihalee enjoys making artworks which combine elements of fluid abstract art and traditional representational art. On canvas, she seeks out the beauty in nature and has a keen eye for creating bright and inviting color schemes. Her works explore diverse themes within abstraction, fantasy, nature, and storytelling. Having fun is at the heart of Nihalee’s creative exploration and this continues to be her motivating drive.
Biography: Nihalee Patel is a 9-year old artist based out of Bothell, WA. She loves creating art by herself and with her family. In addition to drawing and painting, she has participated in the Children Business Fair and started a signature booth named creARTivity. She also sells handmade bracelets and teaches others how to make their own fluid abstract art. Nihalee is excited to continue her artistic studies across new mediums and grow her skills as a budding artist.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
JUNE 2021.
DAWN VOYAGE
KATHIE WU
Artist Statement: In my art, I strive to capture the beauty of nature and add vibrance to everyday objects and food. I’ve always loved looking at pictures or drawings of incredible, majestic landscapes and through my art I try to reflect the wonder of such places.
Biography: My name is Kathie Wu. I love writing fiction, and art is something equally unique to me, a way to express things without the use of words or explanation, but still with the same impact. Art is photography from the mind’s eye, one of the most free and creative ways in the world to tell a story, be it your own or the story of someone or something else. The limit is one’s own imagination in both art and writing, in both reality and fiction.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood Rec Center
SPRING 2021. REC CENTER IS OPEN.
SWIRL
ALISHA ROSE MCDOWELL RAUNIYAR
Artist Statement: I wanted to make art so I did. That's about all. I used to do all my art on paper or canvas, but over time I've gotten used to digital art, so painting on canvas is kind of a struggle now. But, I like the results that came out. These are all new pieces made in March 2021.
Biography: I'm 12 and in 7th grade. I like doing digital art and am currently writing and illustrating a comic.
Spring, 2020
LONELY TOWN
JINGZHOU (MIKE) MA
Artist Statement: My work records the world that we live in. In everyday, every year, too many joys and sorrows things happen in the world. Therefore, this world is like movies, yet it is more interesting than movies.
Biography: Jingzhou Ma, or Mike Ma is a student in Issaquah High School and the author of Project. Idun. Every time when he shares his finished art work, his friends and family members will enjoy the art work. This is because Ma records his true feelings when he is drawing. Moreover, Ma are never conceited or arrogant; he just want to show the best and true self.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
MARCH 24 - MAY 5, 2020
PERUVIAN CHILD AND LLAMA
FRESIA VALDIVIA
Artist Statement: My name is Fresia Libertad and “Libertad” is the Spanish word for “freedom” or “liberty”. One day I decided to use my freedom and since then I have expressed myself with the artistic passion that was born within me by writing, painting, modeling, and creating arts and crafts. I realized that the more I learned, the more I dove into the artistic world, the more I became an everlasting fountain of the energy of ideas. I am an Arts and Crafts teacher with more than 30 years of experience giving art classes to children, adults, and the elderly. I also promote recycling by doing artworks, and enjoy my students' quality time creating, innovating and developing their own skills.
Biography: Fresia was born in 1959 in Lima, Peru, where she has grown up. She has been expressing herself with the artistic passion she has born with through writing, painting, modeling and creating artworks.
She has studied journalism and has trained in a wide range of arts specialties in Peru, Chile. Mexico and USA. She is an Arts and Crafts teacher with more than 30 years of experience teaching art classes to children, adults and the elderly. She also has a few books published about cold porcelain and recycling as well as two poem books.
She has been living in Washington state for 10 years and recently moved to Lynnwood and continues to create art while sharing her passion with others.
LOVE IN LAS VEGAS
ELIZABETH MCDOWELL
Artist Statement: For the last few years, I have been working to express story and movement through painting. My recent work seeks to do that through light, detail, and angle, mainly in portraits. Some of my work also makes political and social commentary.
Biography: I have worked in sculpture, writing, painting, and drawing at different times in my life. Right now, I am focused on acrylic painting. I was born in and continue to live in Seattle. My BA is in Creative Writing and Environmental Studies from St Lawrence University and my MS is in Environmentalist Literature from the University of Oregon. In 2018, I co-created one of the art eggs for the Eggsplore Lynnwood event and auction. In 1989, I created a welded bronze sculpture, “Sea,” in Hekinan, Japan, which is currently at the aquarium there. In 1988, a clay sculpture of mine won the Edmonds Art Festival and the Museum Purchase Award. For the last nineteen years, I have managed the importing business Evergreen Guardian Imports.
Art Gallery at Lynnwood City Hall
FEBRUARY 11, 2020 - MARCH 24, 2020
A GOLDEN BOY
Sandra Pressley
Artist Statement: I have always loved teaching; I knew that I wanted to be a teacher when I was a kid! I used to set up tables in my backyard and invited other kids over to do projects. I started teaching summer classes when I was a teenager. I love seeing how somebody will take what I show them and then makes it personal, melding it with their personal experiences, and sharing it with others in an artistic way. As you get older, you tend to fall back on what you learned when you were little - it stays with you your whole life - and so I love to share my love of learning and discovery with others.
Biography: Sandra Pressley has a Bachelor's of Science in Education with a Minor in Art, and she has been teaching for 30 years -- beginning with Kindergarten in public schools in New Jersey, where she taught for 15 years. Besides that, she has also offered art classes as a volunteer during the summer for both kids and adults.
She comes from a teaching family - my grandmothers, cousins, and sister are all teachers, too. She has been teaching collage painting, watercolor, acrylics, drawing, and mixed media collage art classes. She encourages her students to go outside of the standard paint-and-paint-brush medium and to begin incorporating mixed media into their works of art.
SERENE
Katherine Wright
Artist Statement: Every day there is a story to be found. The simplest things can be majestic. When I moved to southern Italy, so much beauty surrounded me: the quite street, the magnificence raging storm, and serenity of the mountains. Then, like today, I set about to connect with my surroundings though painting. No idea in particular guides me other than the joy of expressing how I see the world. My voice for telling these stories is through my observations, sketchpad and watercolors.
Biography: I’m a licensed Architect in Washington State, an architectural illustrator, and an artist. My life changed when our family moved to Italy in 2005. There, I found myself free to explore, my new world through art. I showed my work at a local gallery, and I soon became involved in the Italian art world. By 2011, I was a partner in the same gallery and was teaching watercolors to my local Italian community. I've shown my watercolor works throughout Italy, from Bari and Trani (Puglia) to Florence and Montisi in Tuscany, to Forte de Marme in province of Lucca.
Since returning to the Pacific Northwest in 2013, I've pursued my Muses of Art, Travel and Skiing with equal passion, striving to interact with community, increase cultural understanding and raise environmental awareness.
You can see some of my works at www.klwright.com.