Here's what's happening:
Dynamic
Dozen:
Fall Art Fête
September
2-30, 2016
Paintings
& Prints: Irene Yesley, Renée Jameson, Karen Chaussabel, Andrea Lawson
Gerardo
Aguayo, Lisa Wederquist
Furniture
& Sculpture: Wendy Dunder, Carl Yurdin, Tom Johnson, Chris Thompson
Textiles:
Mary Jaeger; Ceramics: Delores Fortuna
Introducing
Chiho Kuwayama (Textiles) and Joan Cihak (Ceramic Jewelry)
Reception
with the Artists
First
Friday, September 2nd, 6-8 pm
In Concert on the Plaza:
Ranger and the Re-Arrangers
Bainbridge Island’s Own Gypsy Jazz Band
Art pieces shown above, left to right:
Chris Thompson, Mary Jaeger, Gerardo Aguayo, Delores
Fortuna, Lisa Wederquist, Tom Johnson, Renee Jameson
The Island Gallery is pleased to present new work from twelve of
the artists it represents: Paintings and Prints: Irene Yesley, Renée Jameson,
Karen Chaussabel, Andrea Lawson, Gerardo Aguayo, Lisa Wederquist; Furniture and
Sculpture: Wendy Dunder, Carl Yurdin, Tom
Johnson, Chris Thompson; Textiles: Mary Jaeger; and Ceramics: Delores Fortuna. Also introducing New Artists Chiho Kuwayama (Textiles) and
Joan Cihak (Ceramic Jewelry). As
the summer draws to a close and fall beckons, our artists continue to
experiment and delight.
Here’s
a bird’s eye tour of our September show!
Irene Yesley has created a
geometric minimalist painting of playful vertical stripes upon a horizontal
canvas occupying an entire gallery wall, juxtaposed with Tom Johnson’s sculptures.
Andrea Lawson has rendered her
concept of brain functions, wild and colorful random movements across nine
painted panels, which represent different parts of the brain seen at different
levels of magnification. Andrea has just won a public art competition to create
a larger permanent installation based on this study, called Brain Beauty, Beauty Brain, for the Camano Island Public Library’s
Reading Room. After exploring several
scientific fields for inspiration, in response to the Library’s call for a
hanging work with a scientific theme, Andrea chose to concentrate on the brain.
The brain controls our cognitive processes, our physical movements and even our
memories. On another level, the work relates to the library, reading and brain
development. Both the organ, and the learning process, give us the ability to
think at a high level and to create, functions which distinguish us as human
beings.
Gerardo Aguayo’s work is
reminiscent of the confident color blocs of Manet and Cezanne, and Rivera and Kahlo’s
figurative paintings. The monotypes of Karen
Chaussabel and Renée Jameson are saturated with the color of summer
seascapes, while the minimalist works of Lisa Wederquist remind us of
our environmental fragility.
Carl Yurdin’s long sleek
walnut bench reflects his 40-year background as an industrial designer. His
style can best be described as the “geometry of wood.” Wendy Dunder, well known for her
organic sculptural illuminations created from wood and paper, has created two new
wall and table pieces, Carolina and With a Twist. Chris Thompson’s whimsical functional
furniture pieces are for humans and some for birds! The textiles as wearable art from Mary
Jaeger reflect her background in the Asian textile traditions of shibori, using
natural indigo dyes to create contemporary American fashions.
Delores
Fortuna's work uses basic
wheel thrown shapes as a starting point. The clay wall becomes a fabric, a
diary rich with gestural marks and intent. As a seamstress would cut, fold, and
dart cloth to make a garment, she uses this clay fabric to shape utilitarian
vessels.
Fortuna
divides her time between her studio in Galena, Illinois and teaching at the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Early influences in Fortuna's work were
the simple yet intense forms of Hans Coper, Lucy Rie and Ruth Duckworth and the
color theories of Josef Albers. Fortuna had the honor of studying with Ruth Duckworth
at the University of Chicago for her undergraduate and graduate degrees and
Richard Lafean was pivotal in developing her wheel throwing touch. Fortuna has
always responded to work which is form simple but structurally complex and
derives much visual information from a diverse array of contemporary clay
artists as well as historical ceramics. Her current work is shaped as much by
simple thoughts as by elaborate clay working ideas.
Delores
says:
My
passion is to make pots for people to use. My current work attempts to
synthesize the causal and spontaneous traditions of pottery with a modernist
and contemporary design sensibility. My 30-year journey continues to challenge
and fascinate me with the magic and joy I found when I first touched clay.
And, at our fête, the full complement
of Ranger and the Re-Arrangers will play gypsy jazz on the plaza, with
refreshments from Bainbridge Crêpes.
Come celebrate early fall days among friends, good music and, most of
all, the artistic talents of our Gallery artists!
For more details on the artists,
please contact the Gallery.
About
the Band: Bainbridge Island’s Ranger and the Re-Arrangers play “Gypsy
jazz” or “hot jazz,” an upbeat style created in the 1930s by Django Reinhardt and
other European stringplayers who embraced American jazz. The band’s repertoire
appeals to everyone who enjoys swing standards, traditional Gypsy jazz songs,
and world music originals. The band features young violin phenom Ranger, whose
creative, syncopated leads complement the band’s steady, swinging rhythms.
Ranger
Sciacca’s performances and compositions reflect his extensive studies in
classical, jazz, and folk music. His Suzuki teacher, Alice Kanack, publishes
books and CDs on improvising classical music.
Ranger also studied folk and dance music for seven years with renowned
Seattle fiddler Stuart Williams. Ranger’s
main influences include guitarist Django Reinhardt and jazz violin greats Stuff
Smith, Claude Williams and Stephane Grappelli. Ranger studied jazz theory and
history at Whitman College.
Michael
Sciacca, Ranger’s dad, has been his rhythm guitarist for many years; they
have performed as a swing jazz duo since 2001.
Percussionist Jeffrey
Moose has a 30-year career in both music and fine art. His collaborations
and band projects include work with Joined at the Head, Heliotroupe, Dog
Superior, Stiff Kitty, Atoke, Zayah Emmanuel, and Sam Andrews, founder of Big
Brother and the Holding Company. He is currently director of Jeffrey Moose
Gallery in Seattle.
Mandolin player Dave Stewart is also a classically-trained pianist.
Event Location:
The Island Gallery, 400 Winslow Way E, #120,
Bainbridge Island, Washington.
Underground parking is available at The Winslow
off Ericksen Avenue.
(Parking is monitored; please use Visitor spaces.)
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