COLLECT: see • appreciate • own. Thursday, February 12, 2015. 6-8pm.

This month we are going to  Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle Art Museum's Rental Gallery, and Ghost Gallery. We start at VERMILLION (1508 11th Ave). Please arrive by 5:45 - the bus leaves at 6pm SHARP! If you are late you will miss your ride. Please plan for traffic and parking as needed.

FULL EVENT DESCRIPTION:

Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar

On February 12th, John will have an art show at the Vermillion Art & Gallery Bar showcasing his pieces that make light of woo girls, dudebros, and hoity-toity Bellevue Wives. 

Photographic Center Northwest

Terminal: On Mortality and Beauty is an exhibition curated by Michelle Dunn Marsh, on view January 8–April 5, 2015.

Terminal contends with mortality in the natural world and in the passage of human life as ongoing concerns in their work. These photographs provoke the viewer to confront death while also making room for beauty and remembrance.

Participating Artists: Robert Adams, Keith Carter, Catherine Chalmers, Larry Fink, Eikoh Hosoe, Bill Jacobson, Isaac Layman, Nancy LeVine, Richard Misrach, Nicholas Nixon, Sylvia Plachy, Eugene Richards, Hank Willis Thomas, Phillip Toledano, Joel-Peter Witkin, and David Wojnarowicz. 

SAM Gallery

PURCHASE OR RENT

SAM Gallery has artwork available in all price ranges for purchase or three-month rentals. This unique "rent-before-you-buy" approach is exclusively for SAM members and allows you to live with a favorite piece before you make a purchase. Half of your rental fee goes toward your purchase if you keep the work; easy 16-month interest-free payment plans are available for SAM members. If you don't have a membership, you can sign up on the spot to enjoy all of these member benefits.

Also, Kate Sweeney at SAM's Taste Restaurant.

Ghost Gallery

Jason Lajeunesse: "Echoes is a collection of paintings that have been inspired by my decision to pursue a life lived in sobriety. It also chronicles my exploration with painting as an expressive medium. Creative thinking and painting has become a renewed form of catharsis for me. Here in this space, I have spent a great deal of time trying to better understand and accept my personal history, while at the same time exploring the medium as an extension of a 
constant inner dialogue."

All artist proceeds are to benefit MusiCares, a non-profit that has helped countless musicians struggling with drug and alcohol addiction among other things.