Pottery Northwest Residents Showcase 2011 - April 30

Pottery Northwest Residents

Showcase 2011

April 30 - May 20, 2011

KOBO Gallery at Higo
Japantown/International District

604 South Jackson Street

Seattle, Washington 98104

(206) 381-3000

Pottery Northwest Residents

Showcase 2011

April 30 - May 20

Opening reception: Saturday, April 30, 6-8pm

Pottery Northwest Residents:

Adam Helenske
Alya Khan
Deborah Schwartzkopf
Drew Nicklas
George Rodriguez
James Lobb
Jessi Li
Wally Bivins

Pottery Northwest was established in the mid sixties but the formal
artist-in-residence program is five years young. In that time people have applied from across the country to come to Seattle and participate in the studio community.

Often the residents are recent graduates of MFA programs, but just as often they have arrived in the ceramic field through force of will and perseverance.

The current group of residents reflects that same diversity in their work which is architectural, figurative and vessel oriented, and constructed or fired with a similar variety of methods. The showing at KOBO will reflect the breadth and depth of the studio program at Pottery Northwest which is also indicative of the contemporary ceramic field in the US today.

www.potterynorthwest.org

Ikebana Workshop with Megumi

April 17, Sunday, 1-3pm

"A refreshing Spring arrangement using the tall cylinder vase"

Advanced registration and payment required.

$35/session.

Please call (206) 381-3000 or email: info@koboseattle.com

"Sendai/Tohoku Prayer Flags MAKING Gathering"

Japan

Join us to make personalized Japan "prayer flags" for the people/children of Sendai/Tohuku area. Similar to the colorful sacred Tibetan Prayer Flags often hung outside for the wind to carry prayers & blessings to all those in the area with our wishes of HOPE, LOVE & Renewal/Gambare Spirit.
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Event: "Sendai/Tohoku Prayer Flags MAKING Gathering"
Date:    Sunday, April 17th
Time:    3:30pm - 6pm (anytime between these hours, come by!)
Place:   Kobo at Higo (6th & Jackson, Int'l District) - everyone welcome!
Questions: Linda Ando: lindaando@gmail.com

GOAL: Create four or more 8 to 10 feet Sendai/Tohoku Prayer Flags for a few of our friends family in Sendai area. Linda Ando will be traveling to Japan beginning of May and will deliver or mail to the families in Sendai area, so they can distribute to locations of the most need - i.e. children's school, hospital, senior center, shelters.

THANK YOU!

KOBO Gallery at Higo Upcoming events and current exhibits

Through April . . .

Junko Yamamoto, Paintings

Originally from Japan, Junko graduated with an Arts Degree from Cornish College of the Arts and has established her studio in Seattle. " . . . often alluding to popular culture and Japanese decorative textile patterns. Her background colors stem from nature - blue, green, yellow, brown and are juxtaposed with brighter overlays of Pop images like comic-strip thought bubbles and pillow shapes in red, pink, and orange." Matthew Kangas, Artltd. Magazine. July 2008

www.junkoyamamoto.com

April 17, Sunday, 1-3pm

Ikebana Workshop with Megumi

"A refreshing Spring arrangement using the tall cylinder vase"
Advanced registration and payment required.
$35/session. Please call (206) 381-3000 or email: info@koboseattle.com

April 30 - May 20

Pottery Northwest Residents Showcase 2011

The current group of resident artists at Pottery Northwest is representative of the range of work in the ceramic field in the 21st Century. Their work is figurative, functional, wood fired, hand built, wheel thrown, sculptural and more.

www.potterynorthwest.org

May 26 - June 25

Opening reception: Saturday, May 26, 5 - 8pm

Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG Exhibit at Kobo)

"Art by Attrition" curated by Julia Harrison

Subtractive processes have a particular dynamic. When using these techniques, all of the material that an artist will have to work with is present from the beginning and, once removed, cannot be replaced. This exhibition will call attention to this unseen tension by including images or examples of raw materials or works in progress.

www.snagmetalsmith.org

July 9 - July 30

Etsuko Ichikawa

New work

Etsuko is joined by her mother and father in a special family exhibition.

July 24 - August 9

Momoko and Tetsuya Ootani
Shigaraki, Japan

Ceramic artists and also husband and wife, work from their studio in Shigaraki, Japan, creating work independently and also collaboratively. They have participated in the Simple Cup Show for several years and now prepare for their first solo showing of their work in the United States.

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