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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

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

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery’s resident curator Larry Reid will speak at the Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Avenue in Seattle. Reid will present a slide lecture on the topic “WEIRDOS: Seattle’s Alternative Comics Culture in the Context of R. Crumb’s Underground.” If you have yet to see the phenomenal Crumb exhibition at the Frye, this represents one of the last opportunities to view this comprehensive collection and explore Crumb’s considerable influence on comics in the Northwest. Admission is free. Reid assures us that you’ll get your money’s worth. More info at 206.622.9250.

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

Mcleod Residence, the wonderful art space with a lounge formerly open only to members, opens its doors to the public this Friday.

More at http://www.mcleodresidence.com/

The Friends of the Nib are back on the walls at Cafe Racer this Thursday!!! 

Always a treat and especially for Valentine’s…….let your sweetie pick out his/her own Valentine’s present…..one that’s for keeps…… art lasts a lot longer than chocolate and has half the fat!

Grab your sweetheart (or meet a new one) and join us at

Cafe Racer on

Thursday February 14th 7-10pm

Cafe Racer

5828 Roosevelt Way NE

206.523.5282

Check out Jim Woodrings Blog here:

http://jimwoodring.blogspot.com/2006/04/friends-of-nib.html

Rumor has it that Ruby will be on hand producing prolific tattoos all evening a bargain at  “2 cents or a dollar” for unlimited inked original drawings for you and your loved one!

Fabulous supporter of actual artists, arts organization Artist Trust, bring arts patrons, collectors and artists together for one big night to support art at its source.    This rockin’ evening includes a silent and Live auction of over 200 artists, specialty cocktails and a festive buffet.  The live auction features KING 5 Evening Magazine´s John Curley and performances by Artist Trust grant recipients.

For a preview view the Online Catalogue.

Online ticket sales are closed, but call Call 206/467-8734 x18 and speak to Monica if you want to go. I’ll be at the door greeting guests the first few hours, so be sure to say Hello!

For those into art and technology (like me), my friend Joel Kollin has collaborated with Juan Pampin and Ensu Kang to create a sound and sculptural installation that links 911 Media Arts and SOIL. The opening is this Thursday, February 7, 6-9pm at both venues.

Entanglement draws a symbolic acoustic line between two distant locations, SOIL and 911 Media Arts Center in Seattle. A hyper-directional sound beam linearizes the acoustics of the two galleries creating the illusion of a single, infinite line of sound into which both sites get trapped.

…This fragile acoustic construction can be physically disturbed by the participants at each location. Using their body, participants can interfere with the acoustic waveguide, spilling over particles of the linear sound field into the room as they block their transit to the other site. The piece not only provokes the “entanglement” of the participants with their own sonic perception locally but also remotely, as the acoustic shadow of their bodies gets cast onto the other space. In this way, Entanglement explores the concept of “tele-absense” (rather than tele-presence), using a virtual acoustic channel to telematically project the disembodied presence of participants interacting with the acoustic waveguide.

It runs through March 1, and if you miss the opening you should still go–you’ll have some time and space to interact with it. The installation is part of the Ultrasonic Sound Beams in Media Arts research project, supported by the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS), University of Washington.

More info at SOIL.

L.A. visual artist Liz McGrath and her band Miss Derringer will play El Corazon Tuesday, February 5th. 

Liz has shown her work here in Seattle at Roq la Rue Gallery and is featured in Roq la Rue owner Kirsten Anderson’s book “Pop Surrealism“.   She also has a piece featured in the show “A Cabinet of Natural Curiousities” opening this Friday at the gallery.  Other featured artists include Lisa Petrucci, Brian Despain, Jim Woodring and Mark Frauenfelder. 

Liz is an artist who works primarily in the fields of sculpture and animation. Her work is often evocative of the darker side of life, and she has been nicknamed Bloodbath McGrath after the subject matter of her uh….unusual works.  Welcome to Seattle!

Seattle’s colorful, industrial Georgetown neighborhood has drawn a lot of recent attention as the last outpost of a true blue-collar Bohemian arts community. In an effort to showcase the many accomplished artists and creative enterprises based in the neighborhood, the Georgetown Merchants Association is pleased to launch the first Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack. The first of these lively monthly artwalks will take place on Saturday, February 9, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM.

More than two dozen galleries, studios, nightclubs, boutiques, and cafes will participate in the inaugural event. The work of countless local artists in a variety of media will be presented. As the delicate social ecology of the historic Georgetown district faces challenges posed by gentrification, it is hoped that featuring Georgetown’s delightful creative diversity will generate public sentiment favoring the preservation of this regional asset.

Among the many highlights of the Second Saturday Georgetown Art Attack:
The lively “Art Jam” at 9 Lb. Hammer where a dozen Georgetown artists create modern masterpieces live onstage to a pulsating urban sound mix; Open artists studios at the newly developed Equinox Studios, housing more than three dozen artists and craftsmen; Art exhibition and book launch party for cartoonist Ellen Forney’s provocative new title “Lust” at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery; New works by the incomparable Rick Klu at Georgetown Tile Works; Open house celebration at the newly expanded Belle & Wissell studio gallery; Improvisational theater by Real Moment Players at Calamity Jane’s; A sneak peek at soon-to-open Full Throttle Bottles; A multimedia installation about the Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival at Bolte Creative and an opening at  the rechristened MIX (formerly Christoff Gallery); Exotic shopping, diverse dining, thirst quenching fun and limitless entertainment in the charming and challenging Georgetown industrial arts quarter.

Opens Saturday January 12 at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle.

The youth rebellion of the 1960s produced some of the most stunning artwork and graphics of the 20th century. Four decades later, this imagery still resonates. The artists of this era will be featured prominently in Seattle at the dawn of 2008. The Frye Art Museum will host “R. Crumb’s Underground” opening January 26. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery will endeavor to place Crumb’s work in historical context with the exhibition “Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution” opening January 12, continuing through February 6, 2008.

Based on the book of the same title by comix historian and archivist Patrick Rosenkranz, in association with Fantagraphics resident curator Larry Reid, “Rebel Visions” will feature relics, artwork and artifacts by an impressive array of Underground era cartoonists: Justin Green, Rick Griffin, Greg Irons, Robert Williams and S. Clay Wilson, among others.

Patrick Rosenkranz is the author of two books on Underground Comix. In addition to Rebel Vision (Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, 2003), he wrote You Call This Art?!: A Greg Irons Retrospective (Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, 2006). The book chronicles the career of this influential, though largely unheralded, underground artist. Following his experience as a cartoonist, Irons moved to Seattle where he became an accomplished tattoo artist working at the storied Seattle Tattoo Emporium on First Avenue. Several works by Greg Irons from this period will be on display. Rosenkranz will lecture on R. Crumb and his compatriots at the Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Avenue, on Saturday, January 26 at 2:00 PM.

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is located at 1201 S. Vale Street at the corner of Airport Way S., in the heart of Georgetown’s lively business district. The space is open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone 206.658.0110.

Seattle-area artist Ries Niemi presents a vision of cell phones as a life form, manipulating humanity for their own purposes. Ries says he purchased, sight unseen, this collection of objects from a mini-storage auction. In this new exhibit, Niemi examines just how exactly that cell phone got into his pocket, and who is really in charge.

Niemi cuts and pastes pop culture in a variety of mediums, including: digital imaging, embroidery, wood, paper, textiles and metal. In his installation, pages from old books, fossils, textiles, metallic objects, even furniture and clothing document the surprising centuries long attempts by cell phones to take over the world.

Ries loves his phone. Ries hates his phone.

Working in a wide range of media, Niemi has shown widely around the country, and works extensively in public art, including a new piece on Pine Street adjacent to the Paramount Theater, “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry.”

Located next to the Paramount Theater on Pine Street, the sculptures are 3 totem poles for the 21’st Century, collaged from images of contemporary culture, food and drink.

Ranging in height from 16 to 18 feet, and 8 feet in diameter, these glittering stainless steel figures are anthrophomorpic but not human. They are made from different textures of forged and fabricated stainless steel.

The site is a small urban park whose reason for existance is the Vent Shaft for the Sound Transit tunnel under Capitol Hill.

Ries’s new show is at Punch Gallery January 3 – February 3, 2008

Opening Reception: 5-8pm
First Thursday, January 3, 2008

Artist will be in attendance the first and final Saturdays of the month.