Tag Archives: Chris

Bird Week: Tweet Spring! Celebrating Seattle’s Birds

Posted on April 21, 2018 by

The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird. From the oldest of worlds into the … Continue reading →

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Seattle Rep’s FAMILIAR: Beyond the Theatre

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

Seattle Repertory Theatre presents FAMILIAR from April 27- May 27, 2018. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this resource list of books, CDs and DVDs to enhance your experience of the show. We know that a wedding unites more than two people. … Continue reading →

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Click! Photography through the Lens of History

Posted on January 15, 2018 by

Click! A photograph is a precise record of an irretrievable instant, locked within the borders of a frame that transcends time. Did you know that the history of the camera predates the history of photography? Check out 100 Ideas that … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Journey

Posted on December 19, 2017 by

What do January and December have in common? The letter r, as in near or at the end of a journey. From January to December of this year, we have been on an artistic journey with the year-long Begin Bold … Continue reading →

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E(ART)H

Posted on December 11, 2017 by

Humans have been making art of the earth and out of the earth for millennia. In the contemporary world these works are, variously, known as Earthworks, Land Art and Environmental Art. The inspiration found in nature is limitless. For some … Continue reading →

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Activist + Artist = Artivist

Posted on November 20, 2017 by

Artists make things and make things happen. Activists stir the public pot and ignite social change. They agitate, demonstrate, boycott and protest. Artivists react and respond to current and historical events through acts of creation and have been doing so … Continue reading →

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The Artist in Fiction or Creating Your Own Story

Posted on November 7, 2017 by

Sometimes it is hard to separate the two, don’t you think? I mean the hard-baked idea of what an artist is or is not. The journey of an artist becoming an artist may be singular, but it is accompanied by … Continue reading →

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