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Jan 1 - Jan 31
Skagit County Historical Museum - Annual January Closure
We will be closed the month of January to clean and prepare the museum for 2017!
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Date:January 1, 2017
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Website:http://www.skagitcounty.net/Departments/HistoricalSociety/main.htm
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Location:Skagit County Historical Museum
501 4th St.
La Conner, WA -
Contact:360.466.3365
Jan 4 - Mar 26
La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum: Abstract Quilts in Solids
In the mid 70’s I saw an exhibit of fine antique quilts at my local art museum which spirited me on my way to becoming a quiltmaker. I began as most quilters do, by learning how to make quilts from traditional designs passed down through the generations. I soon turned a corner and since then have designed my own work.
When making contemporary, abstract quilts, I work almost exclusively with solid fabrics. I prefer solids for a host of reasons, none more important than the fact the line and form are more clearly defined: solids emphasize the delineation between shapes whereas prints can blur the edges of adjoining shapes.
With much of my work I first decide on the basic form I’m going to use to construct the piece (such as working in rows, or beginning in the center and working outward). Then I think about color and scale and once I have worked out those general ideas, I start building the parts and designing the quilt as I am constructing it in an improvisational way.
Sometimes I use rough pencil sketches as a way to test initial ideas. In 2010 I developed another way to make sketches. Instead of pencil sketches I made fabric sketches. I found that making sketches with the actual fabric I intended to use was a great way to work out composition and color. Because these Small Studies are completely developed, they take on added significance as small works of art, and indeed made up the featured exhibition at the Taupo Art Museum during the 2013 New Zealand Symposium. The first thirty-seven are shown in my book 37 Sketches.
When making contemporary, abstract quilts, I work almost exclusively with solid fabrics. I prefer solids for a host of reasons, none more important than the fact the line and form are more clearly defined: solids emphasize the delineation between shapes whereas prints can blur the edges of adjoining shapes.
With much of my work I first decide on the basic form I’m going to use to construct the piece (such as working in rows, or beginning in the center and working outward). Then I think about color and scale and once I have worked out those general ideas, I start building the parts and designing the quilt as I am constructing it in an improvisational way.
Sometimes I use rough pencil sketches as a way to test initial ideas. In 2010 I developed another way to make sketches. Instead of pencil sketches I made fabric sketches. I found that making sketches with the actual fabric I intended to use was a great way to work out composition and color. Because these Small Studies are completely developed, they take on added significance as small works of art, and indeed made up the featured exhibition at the Taupo Art Museum during the 2013 New Zealand Symposium. The first thirty-seven are shown in my book 37 Sketches.
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Date:January 4, 2017
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Website:http://www.laconnerquilts.org
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Location:La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum
703 S Second St.
La Conner, WA -
Contact:360.466.4288
Jan 13
Jazzuary w. TimE3 at La Conner Sips
Celebrate Jazzuary at Sips with a special Friday night set with TimE3 trio, heating up a cold night with some hot jazz in the channel room like only Tim, Andy and Todd can do!!! This will be the last time the boys will play at Sips until Tulip festival. Don't miss this!
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Date:January 13, 2017
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Time:6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Website:https://www.facebook.com/events/934177516684488/
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Location:La Conner Sips
608 S First St.
La Conner, WA -
Contact:360.610.9773
Jan 14 - Mar 26
Museum of Northwest Art: Paul Havas - A Life of Painting
Paul Havas: A Life of Painting honors the forty-year career of an artist known for his large-scale landscapes and cityscapes. Born, raised, and educated on the East Coast, Paul Havas (1940-2012) came to the Northwest for graduate school at the University of Washington and ultimately became one of the major painters of the region. A studio in the Collins Building in Seattle in the 1970s introduced Havas to a community of artists and inspiration that stayed with him throughout his prolific career. For a decade, he had a studio and home on Fir Island in Skagit Valley, and his paintings reflected the wide expanses of farmland, river, and sky distinct to that area. After he moved back to Seattle in 1983, Havas created a series of paintings set in the city: night scenes of buildings and empty streets; daytime panoramas that incorporated the angles and geometry of the city plan; and tall, narrow paintings capturing glimpses of urban vistas. Nature was always an inspiration, and Havas made many trips into the mountains to fish, hike, and climb. Additionally, Havas and fellow artist Clayton James made numerous extended trips, searching out painting sites along the back roads of eastern Washington, Oregon, and the Pacific Coast. Beneath it all, Havas had a deep knowledge of European and American art, and his travels outside of the Northwest and early teaching positions informed his painting as much as his immediate surroundings. His final series of paintings, set in the coastal area near Willapa Bay, distill the essence of land and water and architecture, a culmination of decades-long devotion to painting, to capturing light, and to conveying a sense of place.
In conjunction with MoNA's exhibition, the book titled Paul Havas has been published by Lucia|Marquand and is being distributed by University of Washington Press. With an introduction by longtime former Seattle gallery owner Francine Seders and a comprehensive essay by art critic Matthew Kangas, the book informs our exhibition, with groupings of paintings by theme: farmland, city, geology, wetlands, islands, and coast. Early works, sketches, and notebooks augment the paintings on view, and provide a closer, deeper look at a painter whose work transcended the landscapes he portrayed.
In conjunction with MoNA's exhibition, the book titled Paul Havas has been published by Lucia|Marquand and is being distributed by University of Washington Press. With an introduction by longtime former Seattle gallery owner Francine Seders and a comprehensive essay by art critic Matthew Kangas, the book informs our exhibition, with groupings of paintings by theme: farmland, city, geology, wetlands, islands, and coast. Early works, sketches, and notebooks augment the paintings on view, and provide a closer, deeper look at a painter whose work transcended the landscapes he portrayed.
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Date:January 14, 2017
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Website:http://www.monamuseum.org
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Location:Museum of Northwest Art
121 S. First St
La Conner, WA -
Contact:360.466.4446
Jan 14 - Mar 26
Museum of Northwest Art: Indigenous Influences
In the second floor galleries this winter, Indigenous Influences is an exhibition curated by Regan Shrumm, through the Dana and Toni Ann Rust Curatorial Fellowship at MoNA. The exhibition looks at works from MoNA’s permanent collection that are influenced by Pacific Northwest Indigenous communities.
Known as the ‘Mystics,’ Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson sought to create art that consciously responded to the world around them, including referencing the local regional landscape and cultures. These artists began to collect Native American art, visit local Indigenous ceremonies, and befriend anthropologists, all of which made a major impact on the artists’ styles, colors, and spiritual outlooks. However, the influence of style came at a cost to the local Indigenous nations. The exhibition examines the problematics and complexities of the artworks adopting Indigenous styles.
Known as the ‘Mystics,’ Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson sought to create art that consciously responded to the world around them, including referencing the local regional landscape and cultures. These artists began to collect Native American art, visit local Indigenous ceremonies, and befriend anthropologists, all of which made a major impact on the artists’ styles, colors, and spiritual outlooks. However, the influence of style came at a cost to the local Indigenous nations. The exhibition examines the problematics and complexities of the artworks adopting Indigenous styles.
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Date:January 14, 2017
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Website:http://www.monamuseum.org
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Location:Museum of Northwest Art
121 S First St.
La Conner, WA -
Contact:360.466.4446
Jan 14 - Mar 26
Museum of Northwest Art: Continuum - Glass from the Permanent Collection
This winter in the Benaroya Glass Gallery, we feature selections of glass from the permanent collection with an emphasis on continuum – of the medium of glass, of the continuity of forms, and of tradition through to innovation. The exhibit, titled Continuum: Glass from the Permanent Collection, will feature a variety of techniques for working with the medium of glass, including lampworking and stained glass. Artists exhibited include Dale Chihuly, Doris Chase, James Minson, Rick Decker, and Lisa Zerkowitz. Visitors will be able to observe themes that have persisted in glass as well as the transformation of the medium through innovation and new techniques.
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Date:January 14, 2017
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Website:http://www.monamuseum.org
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Location:Museum of Northwest Art
121 S First St.
La Conner, WA -
Contact:360.466.4446
Jan 21
Music and Stories at Sips - w. Steve Padilla
Steven Padilla is a local folk / country recording artist and performer. His unique style of country fusion music includes folkrock, bluegrass, jazz, and blues including manyoriginal songs as well as music from B.B. King, America, James Taylor, Nancy Griffith, John Denver, Simon & Garfunkle & more!
ALWAYS A CROWD PLEASER
No cover, tips appreciated!
ALWAYS A CROWD PLEASER
No cover, tips appreciated!
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Date:January 21, 2017
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Time:6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Website:https://www.facebook.com/events/619865808215104/
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Location:La Conner Sips
608 S First St
La Conner, WA -
Contact:360.610.9773
Jan 28 - Jan 29
Mid-Winter Dream Tending & SoulCollage Retreat
A Deep Delicious Conversation with Yourself...
Slow Down, relax and snuggle in for an intimate weekend with your soul and the lovely community of La Conner!
Slow Down, relax and snuggle in for an intimate weekend with your soul and the lovely community of La Conner!
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Date:January 28, 2017
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Website:http://www.experiencedeeplistening.com
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Location:La Conner Garden Club
La Conner, WA -
EMail:underwood.anacortes@gmail.com
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Date/Time Details:La Conner Lodging Options:
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Fees/Admission:Register by January 7th for $177.00, after $188.00
Excludes meals and lodging
Jan 28
Winter Warming Sustainable Soups
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Date:January 28, 2017
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Time:11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Website:http://www.christiansonsnursery.com/whats-happening/classes-events/
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Location:Christianson's Nursery
15806 Best Rd
Mount Vernon, WA 98273 -
Contact:360.466.3821
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Fees/Admission:Reservations and a small fee are required for most classes.
Feb 1 - Apr 30
La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum: It's Not Easy Being Green
What comes to your mind when you read this title? Do you struggle living "green" enough in such a green state? Do you battle a green-eyed monster? Are you obsessed with having more greenbacks? Such are the questions given in a call that went out to members of High Fiber Diet to create a piece of work based on the title "It's Not Easy Being Green." Each piece needed to include a minimum of 25% or more of recycled, re-purposed, or organic material on the visual side of the artwork. The color green could be used to any extent that the artist chose.
High Fiber Diet is a group of fiber artists committed to advancing their art professionally. HFD actively searches for exhibit venues, and members have the opportunity to submit work for juried group exhibitions. High Fiber Diet members challenge themselves to become more educated about art and design principles and to improve creatively on an individual basis. The group meets 7 times per year; meetings usually include a discussion topic, updates on current and upcoming exhibits, and sharing of members' current work.
High Fiber Diet is a group of fiber artists committed to advancing their art professionally. HFD actively searches for exhibit venues, and members have the opportunity to submit work for juried group exhibitions. High Fiber Diet members challenge themselves to become more educated about art and design principles and to improve creatively on an individual basis. The group meets 7 times per year; meetings usually include a discussion topic, updates on current and upcoming exhibits, and sharing of members' current work.
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Date:February 1, 2017
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Website:http://www.laconnerquilts.org
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Location:La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum
703 S Second St
La Conner, WA -
Contact:360.466.4288