Carve for a Cause

What can you create with an oversized squash and a good, sharp knife? Design within Reach is partnering with the Architects Without Borders (www.awb-seattle.org) and the Seattle Architecture Foundation (www.seattlearchitecture.org) to sponsor a pumpkin-carving contest like none other. Individuals ($20 donation) and firms ($350 donation) are encouraged to submit their vine-ripened masterpieces to be judged by a panel of local design experts at DWR Seattle. Register at www.awb-seattle.org and start carving your pumpkin for one of the five submission categories: Traditional (Scariest/Most Disturbing); Starchitecture (Best Imitation of a Famous Architect/Character); Freestyle (Most Creative/Artistic); Mystery (Judges’ Choice); and People’s Choice. Drop off your completed jack-o'-lantern at Mithun (Pier 56, 1201 Alaskan Way, Suite 200) from 9am to 3pm on the day of the reception, Thursday, October 30th at DWR Seattle. (Carving will not occur during the reception.) Carvers and noncarvers alike are welcome to attend and vote for the People’s Choice Award. All proceeds will benefit AWB’s current and future projects and further its mission to provide an effective, ecologically sensitive and culturally appropriate response to those in need. Snacks, refreshments and, of course, Halloween candy will be served.

RSVP to seattle@dwr.com.

Carve for a Cause

Thursday, October 30, 6–8pm

DWR Seattle Studio

1918 First Avenue

Seattle, WA 98101

Annual Design Review: Accepting applications

Annual Design Review

I.D. is now accepting entries into the 2009 Annual Design Review. Winners will appear in the July/August 2009 issue of I.D. Since 1954, the Annual Design Review has recognized the best in product, furniture, graphic, and environment design, from the iconic to the obscure. Throughout the years, this annual showcase has chronicled the evolution of design, and highlighted its impact on our material and visual culture. Each year, the featured work is chosen by a jury of leading practitioners, who, along with I.D.'s editorial team, focus the abundance of submissions into a clear survey of the state of design. The resulting overview is published in the July/August issue of I.D. magazine — the Annual Design Review issue.
For more info: http://www.id-mag.com/annualdesignreview

Want to get a Chubby?

The Seattle Show recognizes and reward creative excellence in the legitimate, everyday workplace of the design, interactive, and advertising fields.

The Show only wishes to honor real work done for real clients with real marketing objectives. On occasion, work is entered that exists outside those boundaries, created solely for the purpose of winning an award, rather than satisfying a legitimate client’s needs. These types of entries are not permitted in the Seattle Show (except in the specific case of projects entered in special categories for unpublished work), and may be disqualified at the discretion of the judges if they feel the work does not appear to be legitimate.

For more info: http://work.seattleshow.org/

Burlycon: November 7th - 9th 2008

Seattle plays host to Burlycon, a community-oriented convention for Burlesque performers, fans, and aficionados. Held in Seattle the weekend of Nov 7-9, BurlyCon will offer classes, workshops, panels, a vendor fair, and social events.

For more info: http://www.burlyconseattle.com/

Betty Bowen Award winner: Isaac Layman

The Seattle Art Museum and Betty Bowen Award Committee announces the 2008 Betty Bowen Award winner, Isaac Layman. The public is invited to join the award ceremony and reception, taking place this Friday, October 10th at 6pm in the Pletscheeff Auditorium at the Seattle Art Museum. A reception will follow the ceremony in the Arnold Board Room from 7-8pm.

2008 CoCA Annual: Hybrid

Call for Artists

From December 8 – January 30, CoCA will present the 2008 CoCA Annual, a juried exhibition, asking artist to respond to “hybrid”:

The elements of the world we live in are increasingly becoming synthesized, mixed and reorganized. New ideas are being combined with existing ones. From cars to food, politics and religion, biochemistry, new technologies and art, we are all experiencing the “hybrid”.

CoCA has presented the Annual since 1989, each time bringing in an independent juror to select the work from among the entries received. This year’s juror is Riko Nakasone.

Riko Nakasone has been the director and curator of the Bau-Xi Gallery (http://www.bau-xi.com) in Vancouver, British Columbia for over 8 years. The Bau-Xi Gallery represents a broad range of emerging and senior artists creating both representational and abstract work in diverse media.

There will be a reception for the artists, the work, and the juror on Thursday December 11, from 6-9pm, at CoCA’s Ballard Gallery inside the Shilshole Bay Beach Club at 6413 Seaview Ave NW Seattle, WA 98107. Free entry and parking provided.

A $500 first prize and a $250 second prize will be awarded by the juror.

Submissions are by email with the following requirements:

• Up to five digital images of each piece, jpg file format, maximum dimension of 800 pixels in either direction. If the work is multi-media (film, video, electronic media, etc.), tailor your submission appropriately. Links are acceptable in this case.
• A description of the images (artwork title, dimensions, medium and year of creation)
• Artist’s statement (Send as an attachment not in the body of your email).
• Resume/CV (Send as an attachment not in the body of your email)
• Contact info (address, phone, email)
• Artist web site link (if available)
• $25 entry fee for first piece, $10 each additional piece. You may submit up to five images for each piece for the same fee.

Entry deadline is October 23, and winners will be notified by November 20. Selected work must be shipped to the gallery by December 1. Artists are responsible for packing, shipping & transit insurance costs to & from CoCA.

Call (206) 728-1980 or visit http://www.cocaseattle.org/2008annual.html for more information.

Send proposals to: submissions@cocaseattle.org

Check may be made out to Center on Contemporary Art, and sent to:

Center on Contemporary Art
6413 Seaview Ave. N.W. Seattle, WA 98107

Note: Two-dimensional, three-dimensional and multi-media work will be considered. If there are special requirements associated with the display of your work (including budgetary and/or time constraints), please indicate these in your email submission.

LitFuse: A Poet’s Workshop in Tieton

Additional information and online registration: mightytieton.com/litfuse2008.html

LitFuse 2008 is proud to feature American Book Award winner Lorna Dee Cervantes, author of Emplumada (1981), From the Cables of Genocide: Poems on Love and Hunger (1991), and Drive: the First Quartet (2006).

Mark Halperin, Central Washington University Professor Emeritus in Creative Writing, author of many titles including Falling Through the Music and Accent on Meter

Sam Green, Washington State Poet Laureate, publisher of Brooding Heron Press, teacher at Seattle University, author of ten poetry collections including The Grace of Necessity

David Ossman, political poet and irrational fraction of Firesign Theater, author of The Sullen Art,
and Dr. Firesign’s Follies

Elizabeth Austen, 2007 Washington Roadshow poet and KUOW poetry commentator

Carol Trenga, certified instructor in yoga, meditation & Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement®

Dan Peters, Yakima Valley Community College creative writing instructor, author of The Reservoir

AK Allin, Poetess of Green Lake, curator of poetry/performance series Untitled (Intersection)

Jim Bodeen, publisher of Blue Begonia Press, author of many titles including Impulse to Love

Felicia Gonzalez, 2007 Artist Trust fellow

Amy Rabas, Marquand Editions | Tieton, letterpress printer and binder

Additional information and online registration: mightytieton.com/litfuse2008.html

Questions? litfuse@mightytieton.com

Project Obama: Call for submissions

Hello friends and friends of friends and like-minded strangers,

I need your help with a documentary project.

There has been a scarcity of Obama yard signs available in Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina. Consequently, people are getting creative and making their own. (I've lived through a solid ten presidential elections and have no recollection of people doing this before.) Friends in other communities across the country are also doing this. If you haven't already, encourage your kids to make a sign, or make one yourself, and send me photographs. In your email, please include your name, age, city and state (and if comfortable, your ethnicity).

I will post the images on my website (http://www.liisaogburn.com/Site/Home.html) as I receive them. In two weeks, if I receive enough, I will also make a short movie accompanied by music of selected signs. This will be posted here, on YouTube, and submitted to a variety of online media.

Be a part of the change. Send your signs. Send your friends' signs. Have hope, Liisa

liisaogburn@earthlink.net

Columbia City Cabaret: HALLOWEEN HAUNT

Where: Columbia City Cabaret Columbia City Theater, 4916 Rainier Ave S.
When: Saturday, October 25th 2008


The "HALLOWEEN HAUNT" will get you shaking in your boots, hooves, wheels or whatever is at the lower end of the fabulous costume you'll surely be wearing! Your hostess TAMARA THE TRAPEZE LADY will be sporting a 1972 award winning costume stolen from her little sister; Seattle's original chocolate glamazon SYDNI DEVERAUX is frighteningly fantastic; the OPERADESIAC divas keep us screaming for more; aerialist MADAME QUYNBI is our favorite floating apparition; ARIADNE THE SPIDER weaves her magic from on high; and the sexy new TRIBELLA belly dancers take the stage in a campy glittery storm!

Kinky craft vendors for this night include TWIRLY GIRL pasties and Shana's erotic jewelry.

All in all, a clear and eerie prediction of impending FUN!!

Admission
$20 brownpapertickets.com
$25 at the door

The Henry introduces the "Brink"

The Brink

A new award for early-career artists in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia

The Brink award is a $12,500 non-restricted biennial award established by John and Shari Behnke, longtime Henry Art Gallery benefactors and Seattle arts supporters, to be given to an emerging visual artist working in Washington, Oregon, or British Columbia. The award is intended to recognize and encourage visual artists whose early work shows unusual creativity and originality and holds clear promise of expressing new ideas and perspectives over the long term. The recipient will be given a solo exhibition at the Henry, and a work of his or her art will be acquired for the museum's collection.

For more info: http://www.henryart.org/news.html

Arts Corps: Call to Artists

Arts Corps is seeking graphic artists to help us raise awareness of every child's right to "Make Art Anyway" by creating serious swag for our online store. Here's the deal: we're gearing up to create new t-shirts, tote bags and bumper stickers for our fast-growing community of arts advocates, and we want to engage YOU to design an amazing centerpiece for each. The public will vote on submitted designs in an online, democratic process. Winners in each category will receive a cash prize of $400 while receiving recognition on the Arts Corps website and in our e-newsletters.

For more info: http://www.artscorps.org/call-to-artists.html