Give to the Henry today and be part of something BIG

Today’s GiveBIG event is an exciting way to support the Henry and become part of an extraordinary day of giving in our city.

When you make your online donation today through Seattle Foundation’s website, the Henry receives a portion of the $800,000 GiveBIG Stretch Pool, growing your gift through a prorated match. The more donations we receive, the greater the match from The Seattle Foundation.

Click the orange Donate Now button on the Henry’s Seattle Foundation page to make a big impact on the Henry’s contemporary art programs, including open studios with today’s artists, lectures and performances by international figures, and new work produced by creative leaders close to home and from around the world.

And, your gift makes you eligible to win a Golden Ticket – adding $1,000 to your donation, a round trip plane ticket from Alaska Airlines, and a $100 Starbucks gift card!

Please consider making a donation today. Your gift helps us to inspire audiences of all ages with the discovery, wonder, and surprise that contemporary art provides.

GiveBIG to the Henry today and share your commitment to the art, artists, and ideas of our time!

Thank you!

Henry Art Gallery Proudly Announces Six Finalists for the 2013 Brink Award

The Henry is delighted to announce the finalists for The Brink Award, an award for emerging artists age 35 and under in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia on the “brink” of a professional career. The Award provides financial support, increased exposure, and critical validation from an internationally recognized arts institution, with the aim of fostering the artistic and professional development of emerging artists in the region.

The 2013 finalists are:

Raymond Boisjoly, Vancouver, B.C.

Anne Fenton, Seattle, WA

Rob Halverson, Portland, OR

Sylvain Sailly, Vancouver, B.C.

Blair Saxon-Hill, Portland, OR

Nell Warren, Washougal, WA

For the 2013 award, 47 nominations were received from a group of art professionals across the Pacific Northwest. The 2013 Jury is comprised of Vancouver artist Althea Thauberger, Pacific Northwest College of Art MFA Program Chair Arnold Kemp, and Henry Deputy Director of Art and Education Luis Croquer. The jury completed the review of artist submissions in early May.

Jurors will conduct studio visits with the finalists late this spring. The winner will be announced on June 7, 2013.

The Brink Award was established with the generous support of longtime Henry benefactors and Seattle philanthropists John and Shari Behnke. In partnership with the Behnkes, the Henry will confer this biennial prize of $12,500 to one of the above artists. The recipient will also be given a solo exhibition at the Henry, a publication, and a work of his/her art will be acquired for the museum’s permanent collection.

The Brink is in its third biennial cycle. In 2009, the Brink was awarded to Isabelle Pauwels, Vancouver, B.C. and in 2011, to Andrew Dadson, also of Vancouver, B.C. The Brink Award complements the Henry’s role as a catalyst for the creation of new work, while simultaneously demonstrating the museum’s commitment to artists working in our region.

In honor of the six finalists, the Henry Contemporaries, in partnership with the Behnkes and the Henry, are hosting The Brink Bash on Friday, May 17 from 6-9 pm at Hilliard’s Beer Tap Room. The public is invited. Tickets are available for a suggested donation of $15 online or at the door.

 

 

Last Chance: Now Here Part II & The Dowsing

Now Here is Also Nowhere: Part II ends this Sunday, May 5th. This exhibition is the second part in a two-part meditation and non-linear account of how—in making artworks about ideas and intangible concepts— artists continually question and destabilize the nature of the art object. The artworks in Now Here is also Nowhere are ephemeral, immaterial, and embrace contingency; many of them are the result of orchestrated private and/or public actions. The works in the exhibition act as a reminder that the desire to pose questions and address issues related to mind, body and soul are central to artistic practice.Featured artists include: Jason Dodge, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Elliman,  Agnes Martin, Pablo Helguera, Robert Indiana, and NASA. This is your last chance to see it before it vanishes into nowhere.

Photo courtesy of Dan Bennett

Vanguard Seattle wrote a review about the exhibition when the show first opened:

“Now Here is Nowhere: Part 1” began a conversation about how we look at and qualify objects, including artwork. The second part of this builds on the concepts presented in the original (what is familiar, but largely intangible), but further delves into the fundamental power of media to convey what is intangible with what is familiar. Just as artists “continually question and destabilize the nature of the art object,” we as viewers investigate and excavate each piece for a deeper meaning—though perhaps the intent all along was to be indecipherable.”

Read the entire article here.

The Dowsing will close NEXT Sunday, May 12th. Using fashion as point of departure, Anna Telcs’ work explores the liminal space between form, fashion, presentation and performance. The works made for the Dowsing 2013 were presented and activated in the University of Washington’s Red Square through three performances shown in one day on March 22nd. Perhaps you caught that performance while walking through Red Square that day.

In an interview with Interview Magazine’s Ryann Donnelly, Telcs articulated that:

“The goal is to explore silhouette, color, and materiality of objects. Emotional resonance is the leading factor in retention and use of an item, so by placing the garments in the realm of the art object, they can be perceived as worthwhile.”

The Week Ahead @ the Henry

Here’s what’s happening this week at the Henry!

Wednesday, May 1st
12-12:30 pm - Staff Spotlight Tour – Join Feney Perez, our Museum Education Coordinator, as she leads you on a tour to celebrate public art on the UW campus and at the Henry  by looking at the work of James Luna, found in University of Washington’s new Kane Hall Collection to explore “Imagined Identity,” a theme prevalent in our current exhibition Out [o] Fashion Photography: Embracing Beauty.

Installation Image: Mark Woods. Out [o] Fashion Photography: Embracing Beauty.

 

Thursday, May 2nd
7-7:30 pm - First Thursday Guided Tours – Join a Henry Student Exhibition Guide for a 30-minute tour.

Sunday, May 5th
11:30 am -3:30 pm – Arty Party! – Join us here at the Henry for our first Arty Party. LOOK * LISTEN * EXPLORE * LAUGH. Caspar Babypants will perform two first-come, first-served sets at 11:30 and 12:30. Bring the whole family for a day of fun at the Henry. Doors open at 11 am.

The Henry Announces VIEWPOINTS

“The dress, its work on behalf of the body, is everything. Note how it elongates the leg, lengthens the arms. That those might in fact be arms, and not simply sleeves, slowly liquefying under the weight of fabric, congealing in bands, like poured, cold molasses? Well, try not to notice.”

-  Caroline Chung Simpson, excerpted from her VIEWPOINTS wall text

Image: Elizabeth Jameson. Yellow Droplet Dress. 2000. Charcoal and oil pastel on paper. Henry Art Gallery, gift of Aileen and Ben Krohn, 2003.9.

VIEWPOINTS highlights select works from our permanent collection and offers diverse perspectives of University of Washington faculty members. Multiple voices can help expand our understanding of a work of art, cast a new light on overlooked details, and open our minds to new ideas.

This first iteration of VIEWPOINTS features the drawings and performance documentation of Elizabeth Jameson. Born in Germany, raised in Japan, and currently living in Seattle, Jameson received a B.A. in art from Western Washington University and an M.F.A. in sculpture from Mills College. Since 1996, her work has been exhibited regularly in solo, group and juried exhibitions in the United States and has recently gained notice in Europe. In 1999, Jameson was artist-in-residence at the Society of Austrian Women Artists, in Vienna, Austria.

Jameson’s work is displayed alongside the voices of UW faculty Caroline Chung Simpson, Associate Professor, Humanities; Sarah Nash Gates, Executive Director of the School of Drama and Professor of Costume Design; and Jessica Burstein, Associate Professor, Department of English and Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies. Each faculty member contributed a short statement sharing her perspective about Jameson’s works.

Over time, VIEWPOINTS will present new combinations of artworks and voices, inspiring and provoking new dialogues and thoughts on works in our permanent collection. VIEWPOINTS featuring Elizabeth Jameson can be seen on the Henry’s mezzanine through June 16.

VIEWPOINTS: Elizabeth Jameson (installation view). 2013. Henry Art Gallery. Photo credit: R.J. Sanchez

 

 

The Dowsing, 2013

If you haven’t yet herd about this Friday’s triple play presentation of The Dowsing, it’s time you had! Using fashion as point of departure, Anna Telcs’ work explores the liminal space between form, fashion, presentation and performance. The works made for the Dowsing 2013 will be presented and activated in the University of Washington’s Red Square through three performances shown in one day. After their public presentation they will be returned to the Test Site for further examination and discussion, completing a full cycle including a prologue of research and construction, The Dowsing at the Henryperformance in Red Square and an epilogue in the Test Site where the pieces will be placed on armature as artifacts.

Presentations will take place in The UW’s Red Square at 3:00pm, 4:30pm, 6:00pm. 
RSVP to the reception to follow at the Henry Art Gallery 7-8:30pm HERE.

The Dowsing in the News:

• Anna Rose Telcs and the Art of Invention // Vanguard 
• THE MANY LAYERS OF ANNA TELCS // Interview Magazine 
• The Dowsing: The Art of Fashion & Manufacturing with Strath Shepard and Anna Telcs // The Sun Break
• The Dowsing: Dickeys and Fabergé

Immersive Video and Public Dialogue

Join Wynne Greenwood and Molly Mac this Saturday, February 23 for a Workshop on Immersive Video and Public Dialogue.

The clever folks at Reel Grrls have teamed up with the Henry to bring you an afternoon of interactive video exploration! This full day workshop and conversation will focus on immersive video and the variable role of art in facilitating conversation. Using the work of Pipilotti Rist’s A la belle étoile as a point of departure, this workshop will feature a tour and demonstration of form, play, and narrative that will explore the ways in which interactive media can facilitate dialogue and new ways of seeing. Following this introduction attendees will then participate in a series of immersive dialogues and making opportunities led by the artists using a new pop-up video installation created by Molly Mac. Register here, there are still a few spaces available.

Reel Grrls is the premier year-round media-training program that teaches production skills through hands-on workshops and classes taught by female media professionals and educators. While Reel Grrls programming focuses on women ages 9 – 21, this one day workshop at the Henry will be open to all!

and into the woods we go…

As I write this post North Galleries are being transformed into a mythical northwest wilderness by none other than Joey Veltkamp and exhibiting artist Jeffry Mitchell  for the Henry’s annual Gala. Here are a few photos of the transformation, though the trees won’t arrive till Friday, its starting to look pretty woodsy up in here…

Kinda reminds me of…

Molly’s Closed This Sunday

Molly’s will be closed this Sunday (the 27th) for staff barista training. Better coffee is worth the wait!

Guest Blog: Molly Mac

Molly Mac  is a moving image and sound artist who lives and works in Seattle, has worked with the UW’s Center for DXARTS and has been exhibited on both coasts as well as internationally. Next month, Molly and Wynne Greenwood will be leading a workshop on Immersive Video and Public Dialogue at the Henry with Reel Grrls. 

Without further ado, I give you Molly Mac:

Five Alarms Greenwood Lit Crawl…I’m excited.

Five Alarms Greenwood Lit Crawl curators Greg Bem, Aaron Kokorowski & Graham Isaac have created a really important platform at a really important time.