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October’s Art Walk – The Final Art Walk of 2011

Seattle Mosaic Arts is thrilled to have Kelley Knickerbocker as both our featured artist this month and our visiting instructor, teaching a great workshop on her signature glass stacking.  Kelley is a critically acclaimed and sought after mosaic artist that lives and creates her gorgeous work right here in her Wallingford studio, Rivenworks Mosaics. Kelley designs, fabricates and installs custom fine are and architectural mosaics for residential, commercial and public art clients around the country.

KeyBank’s featured artist for October is Drew Nicklas.

DREW NICKLAS holds an MFA from Montana State University in ceramics. He specializes in large wood and soda fired vessels and utilitarian pottery.   He has been a resident artist at Pottery Northwest for the last two years and has just opened a ceramic gallery and studio in Fremont.  Along with a national ceramic show record, he has taught ceramics at the college level as well as led community classes and workshops throughout the Northwest.  www.drewnicklas.com.  KeyBank will provide refreshments.

Oasis Art Gallery- ‘Beneath the Surface’ Exhibition – August 3-October15

Featuring: Abstract textured photographs on canvas by Josh Martin, found object art and mixed-media by Wallingford resident Nancy Merrill, hand painted silk by Miranda Roberts, photographs by Forrest Sargent who is a young man with autism, and fun-loving mixed media art by Gwendolyn Worthy.

Images and more info at www.oasisinseattle.com/exhibitionsevents.html

Seattle Assistance League Thrift Shop- Tamara Nelson

56th Street Market:  Andrew Young

Zoka: (Photography) Graham Clark

Fainting Goat: (Painter) Lynn Armede DeBeal

Julia’s In Wallingford:  Artist: Sultana A. Kaba
“An enchanted life has many moments when the heart is overwhelmed with beauty and the imagination is electrified by some haunting quality in the world or by a spirit or voice speaking from deep within a thing, a place, or a person. Enchantment may be”
– Henry Louis Mencken

Sultana A. Kaba graduated from Loyola University of Chicago with a degree in Fine Arts. She resides with her family in Bothell, Washington. Her passion is painting with her heart and she hopes that her paintings will evoke emotion in all who see it.

Wine World: Jeff Hengst.   Our display of Jeff’s work will include some of his lush landscape/abstract paintings inspired by the verdant colors and pearlescent skies of Autumn in the Northwest.  These works are lush and now grace many beautiful homes and businesses in the Seattle area including the Board Room for the Space Needle. We will also feature some of Jeff’s unique depictions of the fall harvest.  Ever since Van Gogh’s sunflowers became famous, it has become a challenge for artists to invent their own particular vision of how to paint flowers, fruits and vegetables.  Come see what Jeff has come up with.  And come see how much the atmosphere of art can enhance the quality and experience of enjoying good wine.