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Immerse yourself in the virtual reality experience ‘Welcome to Paradise: ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre!’ then join us for an interactive discussion with the artist Jo Cosme and writer Beverly Aarons, founder of Artists Up Close.  

Saturday, January 18
2:00 – 5:00pm Art and VR viewing
3:00 – 3:45pm: Discussion with Jo Cosme and Beverly Aarons

At The Grocery Studios on North Beacon Hill
3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144

Tickets are sliding scale $5 – $25
All proceeds go to the artist and interviewer
Grab your spot here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/welcome-to-paradise-a-vr-exploration-of-the-worlds-oldest-colony-tickets-1136176166499

Welcome to Paradise is an immersive multimedia installation featuring artworks that juxtapose the opulence enjoyed by some with the stark living conditions of others: lenticular photos contrasting housing inequities, a Discover Puerto Rico tourism campaign sign hand-stitched from hurricane tarps, a ten-foot inflatable Vejigante mask–-a display of cultural identity–-and a virtual reality simulation.

Bios 

Jo Cosme is a Native Boricua and award-winning multimedia artist who was displaced from Borikén to Seattle one year after Hurricane María. Her shock over North Americans’ ignorance of the archipelago inspired her to create works that provoke reflections on U.S. imperialism, disaster capitalism, and neocolonialism in her homeland. Cosme holds a BFA in photography from Puerto Rico’s School of Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited at the Museo de las Américas (PR), the Whatcom Museum, Out of Sight, Photographic Center Northwest, Dab Art Gallery (Los Angeles), and Galerie Rivoli 59 (Paris) among other venues. In 2021, she was granted the Puerto Rican Artist Fellowship at MASS MoCA’s A4A Residency, followed by Northwest Film Forum’s Collective Power Fund grant and Artist Trust’s GAP grant in 2022. Most recently, Cosme was awarded Pratt Fine Arts Center’s Bernie Funk Artist Scholarship, the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture’s City Artist grant, McMillen Foundation’s 2023 Fellowship, and was named one of 4Culture’s 2023 Arc Fellows. She is currently participating in Inscape’s AiR program and plans to attend Anderson Ranch in the fall.

“Showing this project in the continental U.S. serves as an educational experience to raise awareness and as a call to action against imperialism. My goal is to have North American audiences contemplate what it’s like to be a native inhabitant of the places they vacation and take land from.”

With a professional writing career spanning 30+ years, Beverly Aarons is a distinguished storyteller, exploring the intersections of history, current realities, and imagined future worlds. As an award-winning journalist, she has interviewed a diverse range of individuals, from artists and business owners to scientists, for publications such as South Seattle Emerald and The Iranian. And she has facilitated several conversations at Town Hall Seattle.

Recognizing the need for in-depth arts coverage, Beverly Aarons founded Artists Up Close in 2022. Her passion for uncovering the deeper layers of artists’ lives and creative processes drives her to tell stories that transcend superficial hot-takes and soundbites.

In 2023, she began collaborating with Seattle artists and organizations to create unique, transformative artist conversations that are more than just a bunch of talking heads and a silent audience. Her artist gatherings are more than talks, they’re community discussions.

Aarons’ thoughts on founding Artists Up Close:
“I created Artists Up Close because I’m hungry for arts coverage that goes deep. I’m hungry to read it and I’m hungry to write it. We live in an era of quick hot takes, sound bites, and copy/paste press releases. I’m tired of that. I want to dig beneath the surface of artists’ lives and artistic practices. What makes them tick? What is their reason for existing and creating? I want to take a trip deep into the mind of the artist. Come take that journey with me.”

Please join us on Friday October 25, 7 – 9:30p for an evening to raise awareness and support for Creative Justice, at The Grocery Studios.

Creative Justice is a transformative organization that uses art as a tool to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, working with young people to help them become leaders in community and the workplace.

Together we’ll learn more about the work Creative Justice does, have some great food, and do a hands-on letterpress printing workshop with our friends Day Moon Press!

We’ll have catered appetizers, delicious cocktails and beverages, and a chill atmosphere flowing with creative energy and conversation about supporting our youth and building a positive future.

It’s a great opportunity to dream with other like-minded people with backgrounds in art, creative culture, and design.

RSVP to reserve your spot
All funds go directly to Creative Justice

Please carpool, rideshare, or take lightrail (we’re a 7-min walk from Beacon Hill Station) to reduce parking impact on our residential neighborhood.

ABOUT CREATIVE JUSTICE

ART AS A TOOL TO DISMANTLE THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE
Creative Justice builds community with youth most impacted by the school-to-prison-(to-deportation) pipeline. Art makes us think and it feeds our spirit. It is also a conduit towards a more just world. By responding to personal and social issues through the creative process, youth and mentor artists engaged in Creative Justice articulate both the identity and potential of their communities. The program works to increase understanding of the root causes of incarceration, like systemic racism and other forms of oppression, while simultaneously strengthening the protective factors and pro-social behaviors that allow us all to make positive life choices.

CREATIVE JUSTICE USES ART AS A VEHICLE TO

• Prepare young people to be leaders in community and the workplace;
• Amplify youth voice as a source of community transformation;
• Promote teamwork, collaboration, and community engagement;
• Help lift up the power of young people of color, youth from low income-families, and LGBTQA youth;
• Increase youth and community understanding of the histories and conditions that create racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism and other forms of oppression; and
• Enhance skills that help young people reflect on their social position, choices, and personal power so they can stay out of jail.

Creative Justice has established a relationship with the KC Prosecutor’s office and offers this arts instruction for court-involved youth with an agreement that their time and creative work can be used in mitigating any active court case they may be facing.

In this way, Creative Justice asks our justice system to behave differently: to view our youth through a wider lens, to trust the community to address its own needs, and to celebrate the strengths and creativity of young people navigating a complex world.

ABOUT DAY MOON PRESS

Artisan-owned, Family-owned, LGBTQ-owned
Day Moon Press provides custom letterpress printing and consultation services to people excited about their print and design projects, as well as a retail venue for letterpress prints, cards, and various book arts. Using over 40 years of multi-generational experience and our extensive collection of tools and equipment, we have the ability to produce complex and elegant work while collaborating with the project creators. From business cards to stainless steel coffee filters, our craftsmanship and knowledge about printing and project engineering is respected among letterpress printers and designers.

Please join us for the book launch of Hysteresis: A Portrait of Brion Gysin by Roger Knoebber at The Grocey Studios.

Friday October 18 2024
6-9pm

Limited capacity–reserve your spot!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hysteresis-book-launch-tickets-1036487731707

Written between 1986 and 1996 by Roger Knoebber, Hysteresis includes first-hand recollections of Brion Gysin (1916-1986) by many of his closest friends and associates. This is the first time that this work has been published – a cooperative effort between Inkblot Publications and The Grocery Studios.

Program for the evening:
6:00 doors open

6:30-7:30pm
Theo Green of Inkblot Publications and Cosmo Knoebber, son of Roger Knoebber, will be joining us to celebrate this publication, with free but limited seating between 6:30 and 7:30pm for talks about Brion Gysin, Roger Knoebber, their history together, and the history of this unusual biography.

Copies of the book, both in softcover and in a limited lettered hardcover edition will be available for purchase. Theo Green will also have small quantities of Inkblot titles available for purchase.

We will have video, art, and photographs of Brion Gysin up for viewing during this event, which ends at 9 PM.

Saturday Launch event at Long Brothers

The next day, on Saturday, October 19th between 5 PM and 8 PM, Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books will be hosting a second launch event for Hysteresis. Theo Green, Cosmo Knoebber, and demi and janet from the Grocery will be in attendance to sell and sign copies of the book. This is open to the public, unticketed.

Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books is at 400 Occidental Street in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle. Learn more at https://www.longbrosbooks.com/about.php

About Brion Gysin, briefly
Brion Gysin (19 January 1916 – 13 July 1986) is best known for his literary collaborations with the author William S. Burroughs (directly in The Third Mind, Minutes To Go, The Exterminator, and others, but also through his contributions to Burroughs’ Cut-Up method of writing. Brion wrote non-fiction (To Master a Long Goodnight: The Story of Uncle Tom – for which he received one of the first Fulbright Fellowships), fiction (The Process, The Beat Museum, et al), interview (Here To Go: Planet R-101 with Terry Wilson), short stories (Stories), and more.

Brion was also a painter, photographer, performing artist, sound poet, and mystic. Brion was briefly in the Paris Surrealist group, he performed with the sound poetry group Domaine Poétique in Paris, ran a restaurant in Tangier, Morocco, lived in the “Beat Hotel” with William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Harold Norse and others, was briefly associated with Fluxus, invented the Dreamachine, performed with Steve Lacy and Ramuntcho Matta, collaborated with Keith Haring, and much much more – a very full and dynamic life.

About Roger Knoebber, briefly
Roger Knoebber (3 July 1939 – 15 September 2004) moved to Paris in 1959 entranced by the vibrant bohemian culture and found his way to the “Beat Hotel” at 9 rue Gît-le-Cœur, where he lived until 1962 along with many of the foundational figures of the Beat Generation, including William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Harold Norse, Brion Gysin, and others. He quickly became close with Brion Gysin during that period, and corresponded with Gysin from 1962 through 1984 – through a long period in California raising a family and returned to Paris in 1984, living near to Brion Gysin in Brion’s final years.

Following Brion Gysin’s death in 1986, after an attempt to edit an anthology of Brion Gysin’s writings, Roger focused on developing a “profile” of Brion Gysin which became Hysteresis. Roger solicited first hand recollections of Brion Gysin for this work – which incorporates “the voice of Brion” – completing it in 1996. Sadly, Roger was unable to publish the creative biography prior to his death in 2004.
Roger Knoebber is also the author of many yet-to-be-published novels and short stories – such as Rupert & Beatrice and WOO.

TYPONEXUS interdisciplinary, international, collaborative, creative suite turns 10 this year, and redux ILLUMINATA Nocturna soirée has arrived! This event series was launched a decade ago, so let’s celebrate our accomplishments tenfold! Join us for this marvelous, one-of-a-kind happening and help fundraise for our impactful, dynamic, multifaceted projects at the nexus of arts, culture, tech, science, education and community!

Saturday, October 5, 2024 · 6 – 10pm

Extremely limited capacity: 50 participants
All proceeds go toward TYPONEXUS projects – support our hard work, as you’re able!

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/illuminata-nocturna-masquerade-registration-1004826221277

Can’t attend, but wish to contribute to the cause?
Gift tickets to several good friends, or donate via Eventbrite, or here: https://square.link/u/DMG3a43G

Please spread the word, invite and bring along fine folx.

// EVENT THESIS //

The enigma of secret societies unfolds again – festally, beneath lunar umbrage of nocturnal hours. Some rites only gain in flavor with age: this year, the affair unfolds at a nearly century-old establishment, The Grocery. Intimately – in the company of only 50 – deeper we immerse, cascading our way into a vast, interactive multimedia milieu of art and revelry…

Dress your quaintest, wear that ceremonial headdress, mask or veil your eyes, and swoon into the bizarre underworld of illuminati – the masterminds lurking in the dark, lightsomely pulling the strings of power. Flaunt your shadow persona – Vampire Elite? Victorian Sorceress? Psychedelic Shaman?.. Let your imagination guide you.

Get smitten by risqué vaudeville, sublime sonic and visual atmosphere, exhilarating, participatory flow of performance disciplines, fusion of the classical and hi-tech, interactive art media, and more! Tonight, we, free spirits, eccentrics, creatives, thinkers, doers and makers, convene for a vivacious tribute to life’s grand mysteries. Let us co-create, dance, play, make this earth reverberate far and wide with our zany, savory, fantabulous vibes!

E Tenebris Lux!

// PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS //

This happening is an avant-garde, immersive, interdisciplinary, at times improvisational, cornucopia of diverse, immediate experiences. We’ll pull out of the magic hat however many surprises we can weave into the eve. Reading tea leaves, we glean quite an intriguing melange of potential possibilities…

~ Opera
~ Burlesque / striptease
~ Aerials / acro
~ Butoh
~ Kinbaku-bi / shibari
~ Instrumental, experimental, world music (bandura, oud, guitar, synth, electro cello)
~ DJ set
~ Interactive light, audiovisual, motion-responsive installations
~ Visuals
~ Artisan workshop (pysanky)
~ Live painting
~ Art exhibit
~ Silent auction / raffle

// IMPORTANT NOTES //

Costume & mask required
Fog machine, strobe lights in use
Mature content
TYPONEXUS Conduct Policy in force
21+, COVID compliance with current mandates

// ABOUT TYPONEXUS //

TYPONEXUS is founded and spearheaded by O – a Ukrainian, US-based, socially engaged artist, curator, producer and educator. This multidisciplinary syndicate includes artists, culture bearers, scientists, technologists, scholars and community builders, operating under the motto “Think Global, Act Local.”

// WORK HIGHLIGHTS //

We presented hundreds of interdisciplinary events, festivals, exhibits, workshops, lectures and seminars. Amidst event series are ILLUMINATA Nocturna, [Voyager] Golden Record, Globalist, [Tibetan] Losar, Silent Film Nouveau, Unicornucopia, Avant-garde Out & About. Notable collaborators: musicians Filastine & Nova, Morgan Sorne, bvdub, artist Boris Indrikov. Select locations: nuclear facility, turn-of-the-century landmark mansion, century-old warehouse, Taoist sanctuary, Seattle Center, Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement, UW.

Select Projects:

Nuclear Recitals – Site-specific, creative climate justice project. Vol. I ft. Lubomyr Melnyk, world’s fastest pianist, neoclassical composer, pioneer of Continuous Music.

Sunflower on Fire, Ukraine – Decade-long, documentary, multimedia project on life and war in Ukraine. Notable collaborators: photojournalists Maks Levin (executed on frontlines); Anastasia Vlasova, Mykhaylo Palinchak, Yan Dobronosov; sister org MAP (Make Art with Purpose).

Rise, Come to Light, and Sing Forth, Anima – Interactive, public art installation uplifting the feminine and advocating gender equity. Headlined “Censorship” coverage in American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom.

Symbiotic Cadence – Eco-focused, interactive, multimedia installation and community space; performances; workshops. Mostly upcycled materials. Solar farm powered. Electric Sky art-tech-sci-edu retreat advocating sustainability and renewables.

Join us in a celebration of the release of “Substratum,” guitarist Bill Horist’s latest recording of idiosyncratic solo prepared guitar improvisations, courtesy of Right Brain Records.

For this special event, select photographs of Bill’s work will be on display and available for purchase, as will the Subtratum CD. Bill will play a live set, immersed in projections of many more of his underwater photographs.

Joining Bill for this evening is Undular Bore, the solo vehicle of electronicist, inventor and roboticist Troy Swanson. It is extremely fitting for these two to team up as Troy was one of Bill’s first friends and collaborators when he moved here in the mid-nineties – Troy appeared on Bill’s first solo record “Soylent Radio” (1996). Additionally Troy has his own vast experience in the sea as a designer and operator of underwater robots all over the blue world.

Saturday, September 21, 2024
At The Grocery Studios
3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-horist-cd-release-party-underwater-photography-immersion-tickets-997292417467

Doors at 7:00p, show at 8:00p
Please carpool or take lightrail (5 min walk to The Grocery Studios), as street parking is limited.

About Sustratum
Released on both CD and digital formats with Seattle’s Right Brain Records, “Substratum” is Bill’s tenth solo recording and almost 100th overall. Recorded live at Jack Straw Cultural Center, this album highlights Bill’s distinctive approach to prepared guitar. Using an array of objects and effects, he takes the familiar 6-stringed instrument to entirely new sonic worlds. Inspired by Bill’s recent and profound captivation by the ocean environment, “Substratum” serves as a soundtrack for exploration of deep, hidden layers of reality. Bill is an internationally acclaimed experimental musician, and this album captures him at the top of his craft.

Regarding Bill’s fascination with the marine underworld, over the past decade he has become an avid scuba diver, award-winning underwater photographer, volunteer interpreter at the Seattle Aquarium and overall student of the sea. Reflecting this devotion to the ocean and its myriad strange and fascinating environments and denizens, all the photographs presented on “Substratum” were taken by Bill and represent but a few of the strange and surreal animals found in our local waters, the Salish Sea.
https://www.rightbrainrecords.com

About Bill Horist

Seattle guitarist, Bill Horist is an improviser/composer/performer in a wide array of genres including rock, jazz, contemporary chamber, avant garde, folk, new music and several subgenres within each. He has appeared on almost 100 recordings and has performed well over 1000 concerts throughout North and Central America, Europe, and Japan. Over the past three decades, Bill has collaborated with a long list of notable musicians from around the world including John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz, Stuart Dempster, KK Null, Matt Chamberlain, Chris Cutler (Henry Cow/Art Bears), Vidushi Sumitra Guha, Julie Slick (Adrian Belew Power Trio), William Hooker, Secret Chiefs 3, Eugene Chadbourne, Bill Rieflin (Ministry/Nine Inch Nails), Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins), Shazaad Ismaily, Six Organs of Admittance, Joe Morris, Climax Golden Twins, Haco, Illusion of Safety, Amy Denio, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Steve Fisk, Marron, Reggie Watts, Anla Courtis (Reynols), Eyvind Kang, Paul Rucker, Wally Shoup, and Jessica Lurie as well as members of King Crimson, Can, Pearl Jam, Bad Brains, Acid Mothers Temple, Earth, The Boredoms, The Accused, Sunn0))) and many more.

His varied sound has earned him either full-time or periodic membership in bands as diverse as Master Musicians of Bukkake, Kinski, Afrocop, Nobodaddy, Phineas Gage, Axolotl, UnFolkUs, Zahir, Tablet (with DJ J Justice), Nervewheel, Siamese Fonz (with Plastiq Phantom), Ghidra, Rollerball and the Paul Rucker Ensemble in addition to extensive solo activity.

Horist has played in just about every type of venue from caves to arenas and his unusual approach to music has found him in equally unusual scenarios – from composing music using transatlantic freighters as instruments to appearing on “America’s Got Talent.” He also creates music for film, modern dance and video games (notably contributing sound to Warner Brothers hit “Lord of the Rings” game, “The Shadow of Mordor”).

Bill has received critical praise from dozens of both local and international periodicals including The Wire, Guitar Player Magazine and Alternative Press. He has also been the recipient of several local and regional grants for his work. In 2012, Bill was quoted and mentioned in a “short list of…individuals who have made notable contributions” to prepared guitar in the book “Nice Noise: Modifications and Preparations for Guitar” by Bart Hopkin and Yuri Landman. In 2005 and 2006, he was nominated for Jazz Artist of the Year and Guitarist of the Year respectively by the Seattle Weekly.

Bill lives in Ballard and teaches both conventional and unconventional guitar to all ages and levels of experience both privately and in schools from elementary- to college-level. He also teaches guitar/music at the Seattle World School, Seattle JazzEd and conducts an annual blind youth audio workshop.

Please join us for “Collage Connections” in the windows of WUG — recent collage work by Mark Sullo. See more at the WUG webpage: https://www.walkupgallery.com/mark-sullo

Opening reception Saturday September 14, 6:00 – 9:00p FREE!
At The Grocery – 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144

At the opening, Mark’s work will be accompanied by sound collage, music mixes, and multimedia projections provided by Jesse Paul Miller, Climax Golden Twins and Sublime Frequencies. The theme will be visual collections and sonic connections.

Mark’s process for creating this work is with an intricate blend of printed media from a variety of source materials. His technique is unusual, utilizing adhesive tape to lift the top layer of ink and paper substrate. Each resulting tissue thin paper piece brings an unpredictable shape which he then pastes in gradual succession as the composition unfolds until completion. Working with this chance aspect of weaving connections, an abstract and improvised visual unity ensues, suggestive of order within chaos.

This show is on view at WUG Sep 14 – Oct 20.

This opening is in conjunction with the opening reception of “Doll Party” at Fresh Mochi, across the street, same date and time!

Seattle cellist Lori Goldston and NYC-turned-Portland guitarist Mike Gamble have been periodic collaborators since making friends on a 2011 Europe tour Earth and Sabbath Assembly. They share a blurry sense of genre and a breadth of interests and professional experiences.

This latest incarnation draws a wiggly line between corny old songs and jagged, psychedelic improvisation. 

At The Grocery Studios
3001 21st Ave S 98144 on North Beacon Hill
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Doors: 7:00p, show: 7:30p

Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/abstract-yet-narrative-tickets-964548810457

About Lori Goldston

Classically trained and rigorously de-trained, possessor of a restless, semi-feral spirit, Lori Goldston is a cellist, composer, improvisor, producer, writer and teacher from  Seattle. Her voice as a cellist, amplified or acoustic, is full, textured, committed and original. A relentless inquirer, her work drifts freely across borders that separate genre, discipline, time and geography.

https://www.lorigoldston.com

About Mike Gamble

Mike Gamble is an adventurous guitarist and multi-instrumentalist whose work with electronic modes of composition are integrated endlessly into his setup. Gamble has spent the last 15 years immersed in the creative jazz, experimental rock and improvised music scene primarily in NYC, with close ties to New Orleans, Burlington, Boston, San Francisco and now in Portland OR, where he currently lives.

https://mikegamble.bandcamp.com

Join The Seattle Art Fair at The Grocery Studios for an immersive art experience with visuals and audio in a spacious private art studio on Beacon Hill. You’ll have the opportunity to hear artist talks and engage with artists Kim Collmer and Saya Moriyasu while enjoying light appetizers and beverages.

Saturday, July 27, 2024
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

https://seattleartfair.com/events/artist-event-an-evening-of-art-with-the-grocery-studios-and-kim-collmer

Kim Collmer is an interdisciplinary artist working with animation, film and visual arts. Currently living in Cologne, she grew up in both the US and Germany. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Sculpture, where she developed her first animations combined with installation. Since then, she has expanded her work to include experimental video, collage and painting. Prior to receiving her MFA she earned two Bachelor of Arts degrees at the University of Washington in Art History and German Area Studies. Collmer has taught at the School of the Art Institute, the University of Arts Berlin and the University of Arts Bremen, and was Guest Professor at the University of Applied Arts Schwäbisch Hall, and has taught and lectured at various other schools. She has screened her films worldwide including the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the Arsenal Cinema in Berlin, Tricky Women Animation Festival in Vienna, Lausanne Underground Film Festival, Glastonbury Festival, Haus der Kultur der Welt, Berlin and many more. She curated screenings at the Directors Lounge Film Festival in Berlin for many years. Her animations have been described as having “an epic sweep” by the New York Times and she has been compared to Alexander Calder for her films’ childlike charm by the New Yorker.

Saya Moriyasu has exhibited at venues including the Deitch Art Parade (New York), Aqua Art Miami (Florida), Montserrat College of Art (Massachusetts), Henry Art Gallery Gift Shop Project, Bellevue Arts Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, and Wing Luke Museum for the Asian American Experience. After graduating with a BFA from the University of Washington, Moriyasu was awarded residencies at Skowhegan and at Pilchuck Glass School. An alumnus member of SOIL Artist-Run Gallery and represented by J. Rinehart Gallery in Seattle, Washington. Moriyasu’s Inspirations include Americana, consumerism, humor, the decorative arts, class, history, Buddhism and a love of beauty.  Her work is often comprised of many small pieces that make up a larger piece, in clay, wood, prints, and other materials. Saya Moriyasu’s works can be found in the collections of the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Wing Luke Museum, Whatcom Museum, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, NW Museum of Arts and Culture, and Washington State University and more.

The Grocery Studios is the private home and art studio of Demi Raven and Janet Galore on North Beacon Hill in Seattle. The studio is a creative space where they host occasional pop-up art exhibitions, workshops, lectures, music performances, and other creative activities. Demi Raven is an oil painter, literature scholar, and firmware engineer. Janet Galore is an interdisciplinary artist, creative director, and user experience design leader working on AI at Google.

Street parking is limited: consider public transit or a ride share. The Grocery is a 7-minute walk from the Beacon Ave bus lines and Beacon Hill light rail station.

Curator to Artist: A Conversation is the second installment of Ramona Lee’s thoughtful gathering of creative minds building a creative ecosystem.

The evening brings together curators, artists, and community to talk about the roles of curator and artist, what curators look for in choosing artists to work with, the business of selling artworks in a gallery, connecting with potential buyers. Walk away with a toolkit on how to build a sustainable art practice.

Panelists include Ramona Lee, Beverly Aarons, Jinji Amen, and Nick Ferderer.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artist-access-2-curator-to-artist-tickets-923819929277

Monday, June 24 2024
7 – 9:30pm
The Grocery Studios, 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144

Light refreshments provided

Please consider using light rail, ride share, or carpool

About Ramona Lee
Ramona Lee is an American artist, working in Afro expression and surrealism. She is also a curator, art agent, advocate, and culture maker based in Seattle, founder of Differ Studios and Gallery. She has shown and curated work at Base Camp Studios, Onyx Finearts, and The Grocery Studios, among other venues.

My disciplines range as do my projects. I have been an illustrator since I could hold a pen, and I often create conceptual works using paint, collage, and digital media. I employ the Afro Surrealism movement to connect and encourage my peers and clients as an Artist/ Art Agent/ Advocate/ Curator/ Public Arts Coordinator. To know more about me please schedule a visit to my @differ_studio_gallery at the 5555 Outpost in Sodo District and follow me on Instagram @ramonalee.us

About Beverly Aarons
Beverly Aarons is a writer, artist, and game developer. She works across disciplines exploring the intersections of history, hidden current realities, and imagined future worlds. She specializes in making unseen perspectives visible and aims to infuse all of her creative work with a deep sense of emotionality. She’s won the Guy A. Hanks, Marvin H. Miller Screenwriting Award, Community 4Culture Fellowship, Artist Trust GAP Award, 4Culture Creative Consultancies Award, and the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture smART Ventures grant. She’s currently publishing in-depth artist profiles at Artists Up Close on Substack.

https://beverlyaarons.com
IG: @beverlyaarons
IG: @artistsupclose

About Jinji Amen
I am a creative and financial professional. One day I might be designing a new recipe, the next day I’m moving across the city to meet with clients. Through my artistic journey, I’ve learned where there are gaps in support and knowledge for artists, families and entrepreneurs in the practice of financial literacy. I specialize in the cultivation and distribution of wealth in BIPOC communities, families, and businesses. Therefore, it is my mission to fuse the worlds of art, community and finance, and most importantly erase the idea of scarcity mindset or “starving artist” mentality.

New York Life website
LinkedIn
Original Studios Website
Youtube
IG: @jinji.amen

About Nick Ferderer
Nick Ferderer is the Founder and Creative Director of Base Camp Studios, which at capacity is the creative home to over 45 artists-in-residence and boasts over 6000 square feet of exhibit space across two galleries in Belltown. Nick’s current creative practice primarily involves framing walls, pounding nails, and generally renovating the formerly vacant Bergman Luggage building to accommodate 30 affordable artists studios. Though, lately, he has also been enjoying ripe Pike Place Market plums, blooming lavender, and shades of fading sunsets. He invites you to ponder the hues at his Purple Table.

Learn how Base Camp Studios is revitalizing downtown and join in on the journey at www.basecamp206.com and on IG: @base.camp.studios or IG: @njferderer

We are overjoyed to present animated paintings by the fabulous Stefan Gruber @stefangruber in the windows of Walk Up Gallery, with large works on view inside during the opening reception and film night.

Animated Paintings features artworks that have embedded animations. When activated, the animations bring the artwork to life. The hidden animations extend the implied looping nature of the images into time

Come see Stefan’s paintings come to life before your eyes, while listening to their immersive soundscapes in the studio.

The exhibition is on view May 18 – June 21, 2024.

Opening reception: Sat May 18, 6-9p – FREE
Also on view during the opening: Installation by Hana Shiozaki !

Experimental Animation Film Night: Sat June 15, 7-10p
Curated by Stefan Gruber and The Sprocket Society

Closing reception at Fresh Mochi only: Fri June 21, 6-9p
Fresh Mochi is at 2900 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144