For more than a decade, woodworker Cecil Ross and mosaic artist Raquel Stanek have been part of the Bainbridge Island Studio Tour. But now, even though Ross was one of the founders of the summer portion of the annual event, the two artists are parting company with the Tour and embarking on a new venture:…
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Two Well-Known Local Artists Split from the Studio Tour, Start Their Own
Posted on 14 March 2013.
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For Amy-Winning Island Artist Raquel Stanek Life Is a Mosaic of Change
Posted on 10 March 2013.
The past year has been as colorful for local artist Raquel Stanek as one of her mosaics. The latest event of note in her life is receiving an Amy Award, the $3,000 unattached monetary prize given by the Bainbridge Arts and Humanities Council to an emerging local artist under the age of 35. But she…
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Winners of the 2013 Bainbridge Student Art Contest
Posted on 06 March 2013.
The 13th annual Bainbridge Island Metro Parks and Recreation District (BIMPRD) art contest for local students drew out talent from 150 kids in kindergarten through high school. The entires were put on display at the Pavilion on Sunday. Entrants competed for first, second, and third place awards in eight different categories. A sophomore nabbed Best…
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A History of Bainbridge’s Beloved Frog Rock
Posted on 05 March 2013.
Appropriately, the creators of our own Bainbridge landmark Frog Rock are the Greens. Bob and Ellen Green painted the larger-than-life frog back in 1971 when they were high school sweethearts. Bob Green told me that when he and Ellen decided to try their hands at adorning the rock, which is actually two rocks, one on…
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Go Frog Wild: Artists and Sponsors Needed for Community Project
Posted on 04 March 2013.
Ever the trend setter, Bainbridge Island’s own amphibian darling “Frog Rock” has inspired the upcoming Frogs on the Rock community art project. Organized by the Bainbridge Island Downtown Association (BIDA), the project invites individuals and businesses to sponsor local artists to paint and otherwise embellish large fiberglass frogs. These big specimens are 41 inches long…
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Young Artists, Enter the Bainbridge Student Art Contest
Posted on 13 February 2013.
Whether you’re in kindergarten, a high school senior, or anywhere in between, you’re invited to enter the 13th annual Bainbridge Island Student Art Contest. Open to Bainbridge students and/or residents, the contest is Sunday, March 3, at the Pavilion. The categories are as follows: K-2nd, 3rd & 4th, 5th & 6th, 7th & 8th, 9th-12th. Each…
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A Sneak Peek at the Bainbridge Island Art Museum in Progress
Posted on 10 February 2013.
Friday night, the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, still under construction, glowed orange from its choice spot at the intersection of Winslow Way and 305, like a happy, grinning jack-o-lantern. Inside about a hundred people milled around over the course of the evening, privy to a nonpublic sneak peek at what is to come. Architect…
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BAC Celebrates 10 Years of Susan Jackson’s Successful Stewardship
Posted on 02 February 2013.
For the last ten of its 65-year history, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts has been piloted by Susan Jackson. In January, Jackson and BAC celebrated the decade of her work. Despite troubled economic times and the turmoil of the 2011 Winslow Way reconstruction, BAC has thrived under Jackson’s leadership. Need proof? The best evidence is that,…
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Thanksgiving Cranberry-Eucalyptus Bouquet
Posted on 18 November 2012.
10:10 a.m. I picked up the idea for this festive Thanksgiving bouquet from some creative soul at Central Market a few years ago. S/he had put cranberries in a big glass vase with water and created a striking bouquet with seasonal flowers, next to that big tub of soaking cranberries they put in the produce…
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The Suquamish Museum a New Local Treasure
Posted on 14 November 2012.
by Peggy Musselwhite November 14, 2012 2 p.m. This weekend I just happened onto the brand new Suquamish Museum while driving around with my visiting mother, looking for Chief Sealth’s grave. The museum, which just opened in September, is wonderful—a little jewel. I grew up in the Northwest and have seen many other Indian exhibits,…
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Inspired Chalk Art at Battle Point Park, by Anonymous
Posted on 18 July 2012.
4:25 p.m. Someone got creative with chalk on the cement path around the duck pond on the north end of Battle Point Park yesterday. Bainbridge Island photographer Paul Brians snapped these photographs of the ocean-inspired work before the rain washes it away. . . . Click to enlarge photos. …
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Iconic Red Pipe/Blue Dot Is Moved from Island Gateway
Posted on 29 May 2012.
The Bret Price Sculpture Red Pipe/Blue Dot, which has welcomed people driving and walking off the ferry for the last nine years, is no longer planted in front of Daigle Designs, behind the police station on 305. Tuesday morning at around 10:30, Daigle Design owners Candace and Geoff Daigle had it moved, under the direction…
Letter to the Editor: Healing Our Village Through the Arts
Posted on 14 May 2012.
by Ann Warman, Founder of VillageSpeak, Bainbridge Island May 14, 2012 Artists are, perhaps, less frightened by change than the rest of us, or maybe it’s that they are just less resistant to it, less prone to buckle under the potential terrors of risk-taking. Or, maybe it’s that they are more agitated by the status…
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Gloves Are Off: Artist Peggy Vanbianchi Reaches out to the Birds
Posted on 02 May 2012.
In a new exhibit opening at The Gallery this week and running through May 28th, artist Peggy Vanbianchi tackles the problematic relationship between humans and birds by painting birds and migratory bird patterns on gloves. Vanbianchi is an amateur ornithologist, recording the species and behaviors of feathered visitors to her feeders for the Cornell Lab…
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Bainbridge Island’s “Happy Chicken Sign” Lady Brings Style to Urban Farming
Posted on 26 April 2012.
These days it seems anyone with a plot of dirt in their yard or a local park ripe for planting is doing the r/urban farming thing. From raising chickens and goats, to replacing lawn with edible vegetable gardens, to growing fruit trees, people are getting back to life with fresh eggs, home-baked strawberry-rhubarb pie, and…
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Bainbridge Island’s New VillageSpeak Is Getting the Town Talking
Posted on 10 April 2012.
Besides trees and water, one thing Bainbridge Island has in plentiful supply is good ideas. VillageSpeak is a new Island good idea that seeks to spark community-building by fostering meaningful nonpartisan public discourse. Inspired by Seattle’s CityClub, VillageSpeak aims to connect community members through dialogue on a wide range of topics for the purpose of…
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Scott Allen: Bainbridge Artist and Architect’s Work in SAM and Seattle Tour of Architects
Posted on 06 March 2012.
March is a big month for Bainbridge Island architect and artist Scott Allen. His paintings will appear in the Seattle Art Museum Gallery’s Annual Introductions Show starting March 8 (and running through April 7). And On March 17 and 25, two of his homes will be featured on the Seattle Tour of Architects. Architecture One…
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George Shannon and Michele Van Slyke Honored with Island Treasure Awards
Posted on 27 February 2012.
The sold-out 13th Annual Island Treasure Awards hosted at IslandWood by the Bainbridge Arts and Humanities Council was a festive event Saturday night, February 25, 2012. Artists, art patrons, previous Treasure Award winners, and friends and family gathered from the Island and beyond to pay tribute to the latest Treasure Award recipients, metal artist Michele…
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Happy Heart Day!
Posted on 14 February 2012.
Port Townsend-based artist Max Grover graciously extended his Valentine to Inside Bainbridge readers. We heart it! Thanks Max! Max Grover’s paintings and illustrations are displayed in his Port Townsend gallery and online at http://www.maxgrover.com/. Image courtesy of Max Grover.
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The Heart and Mind Behind Bainbridge Arts
Posted on 16 January 2012.
Cats and their inscrutable thoughts—as imagined by humans—are possibly the most abiding sources of humorous fascination on the Internet to date. Before I met the creator of the Facebook phenomenon Bainbridge Arts, I admit I half expected her to be a cat. Friends of Bainbridge Arts and its creator Ann Warman know what I’m talking…
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