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Here are a few biographical details pertaining to Tim Marsden and his work(The cunning plan here is he can add and subtract these “facts” as he wishes.)

I was born in England but spent most of my formative years in Canada and the U.S.

I am still surprised when I utter the sentence “I went to High School in Cleveland.”

Later I moved back to England and lived in London and Glasgow, where I enjoyed the benefit of grants for education and the security of a national health system.

I had my first show in London in 1991 and have never looked back.

Over the years I have shown in London, Glasgow, Barcelona and Seattle.

I have lived in Seattle since 1997 where I have worked as an artist and also part time art schlepper for the Seattle Art Museum and various independent firms.

I live in Seattle with my wife and daughter.

http://etmarsden.com/

Cafe Racer is located at 5828 Roosevelt Way NE Seattle WA

206-523-5282

Show Opening May 8th through June 12th

Jordan Crane on May 10, Peter Bagge on May 17, and SHAG on May 24

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery springs into action in May with a succession of events featuring three of the country’s most celebrated cartoonists and remarkable illustrators. The public of all ages is invited to join us in an exciting series of exhibitions featuring Jordan Crane on May 10, Peter Bagge on May 17, and SHAG on May 24.

For this coming Saturday:
 
Los Angles artist Jordan Crane’s evocative and bittersweet meditations on the human condition in comics and illustration have gained him an enthusiastic following among art aficionados of all ages. His economical narrative observations have been published by Seattle-based Fantagraphics Books, including two issues of the comic book series Uptight, and graphic novels The Last Lonely Saturday and The Clouds Above, recently issued in trade paperback. His exhibition opening Saturday, May 10 includes exquisite limited edition prints and original artwork from his comics.

The reception, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM, serves as the after-party for exhibitors and guests of the Emerald City Comicon, where Crane is among the featured artists. The opening also coincides with the lively Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack, featuring art, music and more at over 30 locations throughout the enchanting Georgetown neighborhood.

 Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is located at 1201 S. Vale Street in Seattle’s Georgetown district. Open daily, 11:30 – 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone: 206.658.0110.

www.fantagraphics.com

Look for posts regarding the next two shows over the next two weeks

“Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack” Spring Offensive Continues with a Blast on Saturday, May10 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM

Seattle’s liveliest cultural adventure continues with the May 10 installment of the Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack. This monthly event, a production of the Georgetown Merchants’ Association, is intended to draw attention to the creative industrial arts district of Georgetown in an effort to foment public sentiment in favor of preserving this historic civic asset. More than 50 galleries, nightclubs, boutiques, studios, and individual artists participate in this colorful celebration of aesthetic diversity.

Coinciding with the Art Attack is the first exhibition of Georgetown Independent Artists in the Engine Room of the enchanting old brewery building. Organized by painter John Ohannesian, the show features recent work by Augie Pagan, Doug Parry, Diana Pharoah, Angielena Chamberlain, Dave Mazak, Steve Wright, Mike Poetzel, Dave McGranaghan, Lance Mercer and many others. While these artists frequently exhibit throughout the region, this exhibition acknowledges the fierce independence of Georgetown’s working artists, who largely reject the stifling restrictions imposed by traditional gallery representation. Other highlights include: “We Make Our Own Luck,” mixed media encaustic paintings by Joseph Wackerman at Georgetown Tile Works; an exhibition of illustrations and prints by Los Angeles artist Jordan Crane at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery; Georgetown artist Sherri Scott at George; musician Anna Coogan performing at Full Throttle Bottles; free musical performances at neighborhood n
ightclubs; exotic dining, drinking and shopping experiences in the charming Bohemian enclave of Georgetown.

www.georgetownartattack.com

The post office is becoming obsolete.  That sucks.  Bring the ponies back.  Right? 

“Ouch My Eye” has figured they should give them some business or better yet, have you give them some.  So here is the deal.  They have an installation show.  It’s called Ship It!  Whatever you send to their  gallery will be displayed.  In its box, unopened, in all its glory.  What won’t they show?  Uhmmm, nothing the post office would be willing to deliver.   So all bets are off.  EVERYTHING submitted with be shown.  On pedestals, with their new fancy track lighting.  So yeah.  Make a box, envelope, poster tube, and decorate whatever you want and Ship It!

Opening 1st Thursday May 1st, Opening Party Friday May 2nd.

www.OuchMyEye.com

May 1, 2008
Harbor Steps in Downtown Seattle
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

On May 1, get swept off your feet with Ooo La La, a free interactive public performance spectacular!

Created by Lucia Neare & coinciding with First Thursday ArtWalk, Ooo La La creates a grand corridor of whimsy throughtout downtown. Follow the parade from Occidental Square, or board the Queen May at 6 pm on the Harbor Steps as she sets sail to Whimsy.
Music, dancing and suprises await throughout the evening.

Come dance the night away!

GGLO is proud to sponsor this May Day extravaganza with 4Cultue’s Site Specific Performance Network. This public performance art event celebrates GGLO’s commitment and ongoing work to create great civic places for public art and community.
Theatrical direction by Cathy Madden, musical direction by Matt Goodrich, technical direction by David Verkade, and choreography by Jessica Jobaris.

Theatrical Wonders

Tomorrow night, Monday April 21st, have dinner or a few drinks at Spitfire in Belltown, and support Arts Corps at the same time (they get a cut of the night’s proceeds).

Arts Corps is a non-profit youth development program that partners with schools and community organizations to bring free arts classes to low-income youth. It’s an amazing group of teaching artists who encourage kids to take risks, be creative, and collaborate.

Also: this is a chance to see some wonderful paintings by Curtis Taylor!

Wine and dine for Arts Corps at Spitfire
Monday April 21, 5 - 10pm
2219 4th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
206.441.7966

I wrote an article for this months issue of MAKE Magazine (http://www.makezine.com/) about folk artist Martin Sanchez and the environment he created out of found objects (including a beer-bottle chapel) and I’m going to be featuring some of those photos with commentary this Thursday 4/10 at See Sound Lounge on 1st and Blanchard in Belltown at 6pm. 

Pecha Kucha Night was conceived in 2003 as a place for designers, architects and artists to meet, network, and show their work in public, and it has spread virally to over 100 cities across the world.

Give a mic to an architect or an artist and you may be trapped for hours.  The key to Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each - giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.

Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown, without having to rent a gallery or chat up a magazine editor.

http://www.pecha-kuchaorg/cities/seattle

http://www.UnusualLife.com

Artists and presenters for the evening are Marlow Harris, Alex Steffen, Cameron Hall, Sage Saskill, Elizabeth Buschmann, Karen Lorene, Jesse Harris, Dawn Clark, Ross Leventhal and Michael Franz Horner

A Call to Action: Make Room for Arts & Entertainment in Urban Planning

Art venues and artist’s housing is disappearing around the city, especially on Capitol Hill.  Come and make your concerns known to your city representatives and hear ideas about how we can help stem the tide of arts and artists from our city core.

* WHEN: April 2, City Hall (600 4th Avenue)

* WHERE: Bertha Knight Landes Room, 5p-6:30p

On April 2nd, leaders from business, culture, arts, entertainment, real estate development, public policy and residents of Capitol Hill will converge on City Hall to collaboratively envision a City that maintains, nurtures, and creates arts and entertainment facilities as the backbone to neighborhood livability and economic sustainability.

Sponsor: Councilmember Nick Licata

Organizers: 4Culture, Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, Capitol Hill Arts Center

Co-Sponsors: Councilmembers Clark, Rasmussen, Harrell, Godden

City Partners: Mayor’s Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Mayor’s Office of Economic Development

Supporters:

4Culture, Annex Theatre, Barrientos LLC, Capitol Hill Arts Center, Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, Capitol Hill Community Council, Century Ballroom, the Dubois Apartments, Emerging Arts Leaders King County, Grove Land Productions, Heartland LLC, Image Productions, Mithun, Northwest Film Forum, the Pork Filled Players, Save Odd Fellows Hall Coalition, Seattle Theatre Group, Rainier Valley Cultural Center (SEED Arts), Shunpike, Sustainable Capitol Hill, Youngstown Cultural Arts Center (Delridge Neighborhood Development Association).

Speakers:

Jim Reinhardsen, Heartland LLC
Angela Luechtefeld, Freehold Theatre Lab
Josh LaBelle, Seattle Theatre Group, Paramount , Moore
Maria Barrientos, Barrientos LLC, Cap Hill Developer
Ann Donovan, Save Oddfellows Hall Coalition, CH Arts Council, former Velocity BOD member
Evan Johnson, Image Productions, Film Production Company
Jim Kelly, Director, 4Culture, King County ’s Cultural Development Authority

INTERMISSION: Youth Speaks Poet

Michael Seiwerath, Northwest Film Forum
Laura Curry, Mithun, Cultural Research Specialist, Artist
Liz Dunn, Dunn & Hobbes, Capitol Hill Developer
Hallie Kuperman, Century Ballroom
Lesley Bain, AIA Urban Design Committee
Richard Muhlebach, Kennedy Wilson, Cap Hill Developer
Randy Engstrom, Youngstown Arts Center/DNDA and Seattle Arts Commission
Matthew Kwatinetz, Capitol Hill Arts Center , Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, Sponsor

The V.I., long know for its support of local artists, is having a reception to celebrate it’s reopening after being closed for several months for remodeling.

The show is curated by Rolon Garner.  The very first art exhibit was curated by Rolon in 1981, so its perfect that he’s back with this group of Seattle artists.

Some of the artists in the show this Sunday will be Charles Krafft, Bill Whipple, Lisa Buchanan, Buster Simpson, Randy Hayes, Jeffrey Bishop, Art Aubrey, Bill Hoppe, Paul Heald, Lynn Votaw, Bob Seng, Don Scott, Frank Samuelson, Dyan Ray, Mary Ann Peters, Jacques Moitoret, Suzanne Lamon, Gordon Lambert, Billy King, Andrew Keating, Chuck Iffland, Bill Hoppe, Paul Heald, Eduardo Calderon, MikeHascall, Rolon Garner, T. Michael Gardiner, Diane Dickman, Drake Deknatel, Gloria DeArchangelis, David Kane and Charlie Cunniff.

Art Show at the Virginia Inn

The theme of the Seattle Times Peeps contest was “Newsmakers” and this year’s competition proves that scandal and marshmallow Peeps go together like Easter and bunnies.  View Britney Speeps. Amy Winepeep. Larry Craig Peep and more on the Seattle Times website.

Obama was a favorite with this depiction by Seattle artist Mike Leavitt.

Click HERE to view a slide show of 22 winners.

Another favorite is The Jesus of Peeps (JoP), created by SeattleTwist contributor and artist Janet Galore, is 4.5 ft tall x 3.5 ft wide, from 6 colors of Peeps. What a lovely way to commemorate the death and resurrection of Christ.

t e l e m e t r y: Transmissions from the Galores

The public is invited to join a stellar group of accomplished cartoonists in the “Friends of the Nib Comics Jam” at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, March 8 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Celebrated cartoonist and visual artist Jim Woodring will preside over the activities, which will include a guest appearance by New York underground comix legend Kim Deitch. Aspiring cartoonists of all ages are encouraged to participate in this lively session, which will include a rare screening of Deitch’s 1960 short film “Dial M for Monster.”

Friends of the Nib is an informal cartoonists’ solon formed by Woodring that meets weekly at Café Racer in Seattle’s Ravenna neighborhood. Acclaimed artists such as Ellen Forney, David Lasky and animator Bruce Bickford regularly attend to mentor emerging cartoonists and network with their peers. The “Comics Jam” on March 8 will feature more than a dozen artists cartooning on-site while offering casual encouragement to public participants.

Kim Deitch is among America’s most prominent and influential alternative cartoonists. The astonishingly sophisticated animated and live-action film short “Dial M for Monster” he created as a teenager with his friend Tony Eastman has become legendary among Deitch fans; it was never released, and has only been shown a handful of times in small venues. Prior to the 7:30 screening, he will introduce the film with a brief media presentation. Deitch’s work has been featured in Art Spiegelman’s RAW and R. Crumb’s Weirdo anthologies. In a recent review of Deitch’s Shadowland graphic novel, New York Times book critic John Hodgman observed, “Few underground cartoonists deserve that subterranean title so fully as Kim Deitch. He was there at the beginning of the movement, drawing for The East Village Other in 1967, and his work retains much of that psychedelic, R. Crumb-like earthiness.” In addition to Shadowland, Fantagraphics Books has collected Deitch’s work in Beyond the Pale and published
comic book series including The Stuff of Dreams, Mishkin File, and Waldo World.

Admission is free to the public of all ages. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is located at 1201 S. Vale St. in Seattle’s Georgetown industrial arts district. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone 206.658.0110. The “Comics Jam” coincides with the monthly “Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack.” Over twenty-five galleries, studios, nightclubs, boutiques, and cafes participate in this lively showcase of Georgetown’s creative diversity.