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Dec 17, 2009 0

Seattle, WA – 12/17/09 – Third Place Books – Ravenna – Ed Roth

Who
Ed Roth
When
Thursday, December 17, 2009
7:00pm - All Ages
Where
Third Place Books - Ravenna (map)
6504 20th Ave. NE
Seattle, WA, USA 98115

Sociologist Ray Oldenberg's book The Great Good Place suggests that to lead a rewarding life, each of us needs three places. First is the home. Second is the workplace or school. Beyond lies the place where people from all walks of life and all social levels interact, experiencing and celebrating their commonality as well as their diversity. It is a third place. Third Place Books is the deliberate and intentional creation of a community of booklovers, a fun, comfortable and safe place to browse, linger, lounge, relax, read, eat, laugh, play, talk, listen and just watch the world go by.
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Customization is king. With this awesome, entirely original stencil collection anyone can learn to make their mark. Our handy portfolio format includes 25 reusable stencils along with tips and tricks for stenciling on all sorts of surfaces from walls and furniture to T-shirts, cards, and even cake! Stencil maverick Ed Roth has chosen his favorite designs, ranging from urban-cool boom boxes and power lines to naturally fanciful sparrows and branches. Simple instructions take readers step-by-step through the process while photographs provide ample inspiration. Best of all, these stencils can be used over and over again. Simply clean, dry, and store them in the pocket glued at back!

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Dec 16, 2009 0

Seattle, WA – 12/16/09 – Seattle Public Library – Ballard – Kitty Harmon

Who
Kitty Harmon
When
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
6:30pm - All Ages
Where
Seattle Public Library - Ballard (map)
5614 22nd Ave. N.W.
Seattle, WA, USA 98107

The new Ballard Branch, 5614 22nd Ave. N.W., opened May 14, 2005. The $10.6 million branch has an updated collection and the capacity to hold 66,700 books and materials. Highlights include materials related to the local maritime and fishing industry, and a world languages collection that contains books, tapes, newspapers and magazines in languages other than English.
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Katharine “Kitty” Harmon knows the territory of the map as art. As the author of best-selling You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination, she has inspired legions of new devotees of imaginative maps. She is also principal of Tributary Books, and was the instigator of the original Northwest Book Fest, In The Map as Art, Harmon collects 360 colorful, map-related artistic visions by well-known artists such as Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, Maira Kalman, William Kentridge and many more less-familiar artists for whom maps are the inspiration for creating art. Essays by Gayle Clemans bring an in-depth look into the artists' maps of Joyce Kozloff, Landon Mackenzie, Ingrid Calame, Guillermo Kuitca, and Maya Lin. Together, the beautiful reproductions and telling commentary make this an essential volume for anyone open to exploring new paths.

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Nov 24, 2009 0

Seattle, WA – 11/24/09 – Elliott Bay Book Company – Kitty Harmon

Who
Kitty Harmon
When
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
7:00pm - All Ages
Where
Elliott Bay Book Company (map)
101 South Main Street
Seattle, WA, USA 98104

Located in the heart of the historic Pioneer Square District, Seattle's original business neighborhood, The Elliott Bay Book Company is home to over 150,000 titles, set on cedar shelves in a series of inviting, exposed-brick walled rooms.
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Seattle's Katharine "Kitty" Harmon makes a most welcome return visit to Elliott Bay tonight with a stunning new book of maps of territories both strange and familiar—produced by artists working in paint, salt, old magazines, gloves, found items, and on the artists' own bodies. The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography (Princeton Architectural Press) includes photographs of maps by 350 artists, including Ed Rushka, Julian Schnabel, Maya Lin, Guillermo Kuitca, and Gale Jamieson, and features essays on some of the artists by art historian Gayle Clemans. Kitty Harmon, the author of over a dozen books, was her more recently with You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination.

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Nov 21, 2009 0

Seattle, WA – 11/21/09 – Elliott Bay Book Company – Tony Angell

Who
Tony Angell
When
Saturday, November 21, 2009
2:00pm - All Ages
Where
Elliott Bay Book Company (map)
101 South Main Street
Seattle, WA, USA 98104

Located in the heart of the historic Pioneer Square District, Seattle's original business neighborhood, The Elliott Bay Book Company is home to over 150,000 titles, set on cedar shelves in a series of inviting, exposed-brick walled rooms.
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Renowned artist, illustrator, sculptor, educator, and author Tony Angell makes this welcome Saturday afternoon visit with his gorgeous new book, Puget Sound Through an Artist's Eye (University of Washington Press). "A wonderful book, as Angell's superlative sculpture and exquisite drawings demonstrate how fine art can build a bridge of understanding to an extraordinary and still wild area ..." - Paul Ehrlich. "To encounter Tony and the plenteous generation of sculptures that have come to cold yet fiery life is literally to see a world in the making ... And so we have, in the mighty circle of work that Tony Angell has bestowed on us across the past four decades, an orb of double importance. An everlasting sense of the Puget Sound country that is nature's blessedly varied kingdom and within that a brilliantly preserved wingdom." - Ivan Doig, from the Foreword. Among Tony Angell's numerous honors are the 2006 International Victoria and Albert Museum Illustration Grant Award and The Nature Conservancy's Oak Leaf Award.

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Nov 12, 2009 0

Seattle, WA – 11/12/09 – Henry Art Gallery – Gary Hill

Who
Gary Hill
When
Thursday, November 12, 2009
7:00pm - All Ages
Where
Henry Art Gallery (map)
15th Ave NE & 41st St
Seattle, WA, 98195 USA

The Henry Art Gallery delivers a direct experience of the art of our time. !!!
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Seattle-based, internationally-renown artist Gary Hill investigates relationships between words and electronic images. His inquiries into linguistics and consciousness offer resonant philosophical and poetic insights, as he explores the formal conjunctions of electronic visual and audio elements with the body and the self. With experimental rigor, conceptual precision and imaginative leaps of discovery, Hill’s work in video is about, and is, a new form of writing. Join Gary Hill at the Henry where he will show three short works, followed by an informal discussion. Henry Members Free, $5 General Admission

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Nov 7, 2009 0

Greenbank, WA – 11/07/09 – Rob Schouten Gallery – Bill Bissett and John Burgess

Who
Bill Bissett and John Burgess
When
Saturday, November 7, 2009
7:00pm - All Ages
Where
Rob Schouten Gallery (map)
Greenbank Farm
765 Wonn Road C-103
Greenbank, WA, USA 98253

Rob Schouten Gallery is located at Greenbank Farm on Whidbey Island, At the corner of State Highway 525 & Wonn Road in Greenbank, WA, 18 miles north of the Mukilteo/Clinton Ferry dock.

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John Burgess reads as part of opening show for Canadian poet and artist Bill Bissett.

Bissett is known for his use of a unique orthography and incorporating visual elements in his printed poetry, and his performance of "concrete sound" poetry, sound effects, chanting, and barefoot dancing during his poetry readings. He has also had large exhibits of his paintings and made audio recordings. He was the lyricist and vocalist in the Ontario band, Luddites. His work typically ranges from the mystical to the mundane, incorporating humor, a sense of wonder and sentimentality, and political commentary.

John Burgess wrote a book called "Punk Poems."

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