White Center Now: The blog about White Center

Next White Center Art Walk, organizers are going beyond the usual “walk around and look at stuff” plan – they’re organizing programs with films and videos, and they’re putting out an URGENT call for contributors. From Amanda:

Every month the White Center Art Walk is trying to “theme” our artwalk, and June’s theme is Film. We are trying to get together (3) film programs to show at (3) locations in White Center. One is the Southgate Skating Rink (a family-friendly program), Big Al’s Brewery (more edgy program) and Full Tilt (more music-filled program).

We are trying to put together this program wabi sabi, DIY style, without a lot of time to do it. What we are looking for are short films. Animation, music videos, power pieces, light pieces, dark pieces, etc. We are trying to get three 20 – 30 minute programs together. We can take each piece on a variety of formats, and will put it together at a location post production house in Seattle. The art walk is Saturday, June 18th.

This is an open call to locals, film organizations, film programs and schools. If interested, please send us an e-mail to whitecenterartwalk@gmail.com by next Friday, June 3rd, with your name, length of piece, subject matter and contact info. Unfortunately, there is no compensation for the use of the pieces, but there will be great exposure in Seattle’s coolest enclave.

(Work by Jimmy Gersen, who’s showing at Salvadorean Bakery)
Tonight! Here’s the announcement of the highlights:

White Center 3rd Saturday Art Walk
May 21st, 2011 6 PM to 9 PM

Company (9608 16th SW): Eric Edwards -Collages from found material. This man-rocks-the-k(c)asbah! While we would never outlaw his goods or wall him in, he definitely pushes the envelope in an awe-inspiring package. Using found goods to make inventive, funky creatures; Eric takes collage to a higher level. Never uninteresting, never underwhelming, his art is much like his personality. Come check out his creations and enjoy wine specials until 10pm!

Dubsea (9910 8th Ave SW): Eric Edwards– – Collage out of found material—the family friendly version. Didn’t see enough of Eric at Company? Oh, good- me either. Dubsea will be sporting his animal-esque goodies for the May Art Walk.

Big Al Brewing (9832 14th Avenue SW): Christina Thomas- Acrylic paintings on Toilet Paper. Must see. You may not recognize the mediums for what they are. Christina takes a super fragile item and manipulates into something bold and unrecognizable. Come in and enjoy the new Summer Ale on tap and un-doubt your doubting eyes.

Salvadorean Bakery (1719 SW Roxbury): Jimmy Gersen–Reproductions of large scale paintings. Loud, bright, bold-lined figures that are mainly made during live-painting performances. These edgy prints are well balanced and will definitely draw you in for another take. Take down some pastry goodness while you’re there.

Café Rozella (9434 Delridge Way SW): Renee Bazino – Landscape Photography & Paintings. Re-visit the beautiful places you’ve never been. Perhaps you do it over a hot cup of delicious coffee while sitting in a cozy café place. Repeat from last month stop in if you haven’t had a chance to see what’s gracing their walls.

Dzul Tattoo (9622-B 16th Ave SW): Katie & Alex- Black & White Photography. Drop in for funky grooves and an eye-full of new body ink. Updated B&W photos of the newest generation of ink, dripping with permanence. This shop has spirit and enough eye-candy to chew on for days.

3.14 Bakery (9602 16th Ave SW): Anna Hoychuck– . Anna does the three P’s: People, Pet and Product photography and she’s good at it. She pulls together relevant colors and subject matter into a crisp well-lit photo. Anna volunteers at the Seattle Humane Society taking photos of the newbies looking for homes, so she definitely scores in the cute-pup-photo-taking department. Come on down for a dollar ‘cakeball’ and some scrumptious photos!

Full Tilt Ice Cream (9629 16th Ave SW): Megan Thorberg- Prints. Boldlined B&W prints with an interesting twist. Blast from last month! This bold lined goddess will be gracing our visual ‘ceptors for another month. If you missed her last month, stop by for a waffle cone of Mexican Chocolate and a pint of delicious bubbly beer and soak in her graphic awesomeness.

Proletariat Pizza – (9622-A 16th Ave SW)- Mike Hipple. Pictures with a story. I’m not usually one for portrait photography but I have to say, Mike makes even me enjoy looking at pictures of strangers. He manages to make it all about the people, and not about the people at all. Each photo pulls you in through its composition and intense lighting. It’s almost like a free ticket out of here for as long as you wish to gaze. Oh, and do yourself a favor and order the ‘Ham and Egg’ Pie. It will make your life better.

ALSO! Please Welcome the Southgate Roller Rink to White Center!! (9646 17th Ave SW). They will soon be rolling into our growing artwalk family with rotating shows and a possibility for projected visual scrumptiousness! Stay tuned to see how they keep us groovy…

From Devrim – the list of who’s where on this Saturday night’s White Center Art Walk:

White Center 3rd Saturday Art Walk – April 16th, 2011 6 PM to 9 PM

Big Al Brewing (9832 14th Avenue SW): Carlos Aguilar- Paint and Ink- -Animated, vibrant & twisted paintings that will make you double-take, every time. Come have a pint of Local Hero #9, play some Wii and absorb a room full of enthusiastic awesome!

Dubsea Coffee (9910 8th Ave SW): Martijn Caspar Swart- New Varied Paintings. http://martijncswart.blogspot.com/- Same artist, more mind blowing. Martin will be rotating new work into Dubsea this month. If you missed last month, stop punishing yourself and go experience his gift. His vibrant colors are married seamlessly in a perfect mixture of abstraction and realism. Guaranteed to drive you to drink more delicious Dubsea coffee so your eyelids keep from wavering during the onslaught of creativity. I purchased a piece from his last show and have absolutely NO buyers remorse! Can’t wait to see it in my house!

Salvadorean Bakery (1719 SW Roxbury): Andrew Miller– MantisArt-Photography. Andrew Miller will blow your righteous eye with his hand painted original photographs. His application of oil on B&W photographs creates a dreamscape of color with biting realism for the hints of pure photo that push through. If you’re lucky, he’ll sweeten the deal with a couple of illustrative line drawings. ‘Vibration’ may be the only go-to word. Don’t forget the Salvadorean Quesadilla to fill your tummy once your artistic desires have been satiated.

Café Rozella (9434 Delridge Way SW): Erik Hoogan- Timeless Portraits. Spot on portraiture of faces we all know and love. Bold, bright and hard to miss- these are worth a stop in and some coffee. They will be sharing wall space with landscape photographer and painter, Renee Bazino who will be showing through May. Just enough time to lounge in the café and slurp down some liquid gold.

Dzul Tattoo (9622-B 16th Ave SW): Katie & Alex- Black & White Photography. Drop in for funky grooves and an eye-full of new body ink. Updated B&W photos of the newest generation of ink, dripping with permanence. This shop has spirit and enough eye-candy to chew on for days.

Company (9608 16th SW): Toshi-?? All we know is that the last batch of artists were awesome. We’re guessing that Toshi won’t disappoint. Drop in, have the beet salad and find out the last name of the artist or just look at the pretty(?) pictures.

3.14 Bakery (9602 16th Ave SW): Rob Johnson- Photography. A Black and White series of landscape photography will be up for ogling. Stop by, grab something on a stick and walk the walls of 3.14.

Full Tilt Ice Cream (9629 16th Ave SW): Megan Thorberg- Prints. Bold lined B&W prints with an interesting twist. Dark & Peppy anyone? Perhaps a scoop of Mexican Chocolate ice cream and a pint of Big Al’ Hop Villain while you inhale the chaos and creativeness?

Proletariat Pizza – (9622-A 16th Ave SW)-Ryann Morris- Painting, Photography & Ceramics-Drop by for a Ham & Egg and see what Rybuy has for you this month. An eclectic mix of craft- meets-form, she finds art in the little things and makes little things into art.

ALSO! Please Welcome the Southgate Roller Rink to White Center!! (9646 17th Ave SW). They will soon be rolling into our growing art walk family with rotating shows and a possibility for projected visual scrumptiousness! Stay tuned to see how they keep us groovy…

From the White Center Art Walk‘s organizers – tonight’s lineup, 6-9 pm:

Dubsea Coffee (9910 8th Ave SW): Martijn Caspar Swart – Varied Paintings. Beautiful interpretations of the human form; bold, cutting colors blended with dynamic compositions. Do not miss this.

Salvadorean Bakery (1719 SW Roxbury): S.M. Selby– photography. http://www.artdykes.com/ Psychedelic, kaleidoscopic modifications of photographs. High contrast, abstract images. Well worth a visit for a pastry and a peek see.

Café Rozella (9434 Delridge Way SW): Nancy Rich- Mixed Media- Celestial flow with and earthy base. Fitting for the worldly feel of Café Rozella. Stop by for some warm ambiance, delicious coffee, and sinuous art. Re-run from last month.

Dzul Tattoo (9622-B 16th Ave SW): The Dzul Family – Tattoo, airbrush, cool urban art. Check out the shop, get that long-desired tattoo!

The Company (9608 16th SW): Group Show – oil, acrylic, encaustic, illustration. Eight artists work graces the walls of this fine establishment, new to the Art Walk. The perfect spot for a scrumptious cocktail, out of this world noshes and some rock and roll! Did we mention the GORGEOUS artwork??

3.14 Bakery (9602 16th Ave SW): Robin Jordan-Oil on Canvas. Jacob Lawrence would be proud- Figurative, African, expressionist paintings that keep the eye moving. Come on in for a coffee and a look around, very family-friendly.

Full Tilt Ice Cream (9629 16th Ave Sw): Angelina Villalobos- 179– Illustrations. Native art meets Art Nouveau meets bold-graphic-lined interpretations of awesome. I can’t stop flipping through the images. The world has delivered us the perfect trifecta: Full Tilt Ice Cream, Beer and Angelina.

Big Al Brewing (9832 14th Avenue SW): Dave Bloomfield- STARHEADBOY- Mixed Media. . Always a crowd pleaser, fun-Fun-FUN pieces that make you feel floaty and free. Creatures from a happy land invade your eyeballs. Stop by for a pint of Winter Warmer and float upstairs for some darts, Atari and Starheadboy. You will not be disappointed.

Proletariat Pizza – (9622-A 16th Ave SW)-Aaron Loidhamer- Hand carved wood/lino-block prints, acrylic ink on paper- A variety of different print styles on found paper. Stop by- drool on top of the Ham&Egg pizza (with arugula), and absorb Aaron’s work. This will be a flash-back from last month for those that missed it.

Uncle Mike’s BBQ– (9640 16th Ave SW)- Pop in to see their house artwork. Don’t forget to taste the Pulled Pork Sammich- it’s delicious!

More of Gabi Campanario‘s “Seattle Sketcher” work from Wednesday in White Center and South Delridge is now up on SeattleTimes.com (WCN partner). Check out the top sketch – that’s WCN contributor Deanie Schwarz in her trademark beret, as she was sending iPhone photos of Gabi to your editor here (including the ones in this story), hanging out with him at Café Rozella (and beyond).

Noticed a guy hunched over a sketchpad around South Delridge/White Center today? That’s Gabi Campanario, the Seattle Sketcher, whose work is showcased by the Seattle Times (WCN partner) as well as on his own website. WCN contributor Deanie Schwarz caught up with him by the building that’s home to Café Rozella:

From there, he was heading south into White Center proper. Whatever he comes up with, you’ll see it online this Saturday, Deanie tells us.

THURSDAY UPDATE: Gabi has posted the first of his sketches – this one is from 3.14 Bakery.

Just in from Nancy:

WRITERS & TELLERS NITE at 2 Venues:

Venue #1:

DubSea Coffee and Cultural Art Projects hold “Open Mike” on Tuesday, February 22nd
5pm to 6pm Youth Writers & Tellers
6pm to 7pm Adult Writers & Tellers

Location: 9910 8th Avenue Southwest (at Greenbridge)
(206) 708-6806

Family-friendly and cozy atmosphere for those who want to share their written work.
Open to all genres! Come down and sign up. Inbetween segments – there will be writing exercises and prompts

Featured at the end of the evening: The Big Fat Liars Club
Participants will utilize the presented artwork in the place; 10 minutes to formulate a story – then present it. Best storyteller is voted on, by the audience. Winner comes back the following month to defend his/her title. Prize for the big fat liar.

Venue #2:

Triangle Pub and Cultural Art Projects hold Open Mike on Tuesday, February 22nd at 8pm
Sign up!!! Open to All Genres!!!

Triangle Pub – 9454 Delridge Way SW & Roxbury (206) 763-0714

Featured at the end of the evening: The Big Fat Liars Club
Participants will utilize the presented artwork in the place; 10 minutes to formulate a story – then present it. Best storyteller is voted on, by the audience. Winner comes back the following month to defend his/her title. Prize for the big fat liar.

Any information, please call: Nancy 795.0833 or email: culturalart@msn.com

From Amanda:

Calling all White Center Now and West Seattle Blog-reading artists! The White Center Art Walk happens every 3rd Saturday of the month from 6pm – 9pm. Proletariat Pizza, Full Tilt, Big Al’s, Dzul Tattoo, Dubsea, Company, Salvadorean Bakery, and Rozella’s are some of the participants. With all the new places moving into White Center, it’s becoming a great place to see local art!

We are looking for artists to participate. There are no commissions or hanging fees either! We are in need of two artists for this month (the 19th) at Full Tilt and Big Al’s. Looking for family friendly art, but are open to all kinds of art. Please contact Amanda Kay Helmick for submission information. smyliegrl at gmail dot com

From the South Park Arts website – a call for public art for White Center’s Strength of Place Village. Application deadline is a little over a month away. Details here.

This time around, you can get all the details on the White Center Art Walk by going straight to its official website – here’s the list of eight participating businesses (including Dubsea Coffee, celebrating its 1st birthday! plus live music at Full Tilt Ice Cream). The Art Walk is 6-9 pm tonight.

The lineup for tonight’s White Center Art Walk, 6-9 pm:

Salvadorean Bakery (1719 SW. Roxbury St.): Fall photography show of the New Start High School students!! Ann Magyar’s crew of talented photographers.

Café Rozella (9434 Delridge Way SW): Christian Thorkildzen. Featuring The Indian Prince / Siddhartha Cautama.

Bakery 3.14 (9602 16th Ave SW): Fritha Strand-Davern. Expressionistic landscape paintings.

Proletariat Pizza (9622-A 16th Ave SW): Casey Brennan. Glass Art. “I’m inspired by poster art and bright colors. Each piece is hand made with love & a little blood. Thanks & have a great day!”

Dzul Tattoo (9622-B 16th Ave SW): Dzul Family. We’re showcasing prints of our most recent work, and new Day of The Death art paintings.

Uncle Mike’s Barbecue (9640A 16th Ave SW): Come see Uncle Mike’s personal collection of original paintings and lithographs. A fine collection of art!

Full Tilt Ice Cream (9629 16th Ave S): AAAAAAARRRRRRRTTTTTT… Still.

Big Al Brewing (9832 14th Ave SW): Devrim Ozkan. Photography, prints and paintings. If you missed this last month, PLEASE check it out.

Dubsea Coffee (9910 8th Ave SW): Alexander Chamas, “True individuals”. Photography. A show of portraits with a sense of community.

As previewed last weekend – noon-2 pm today, quite the party at Full Tilt, with live music, a new ice-cream favor, and general revelry. P.S. If you haven’t voted yet for Full Tilt and some other White Center faves like Proletariat Pizza in the Best of Western Washington online polls, just a couple days left – it starts here.

The sun just peeked out as we started writing this, so maybe it’s a good omen. And even if it’s rainy, who cares – the art’s indoors. Tonight’s the night for the Third Saturday Art Walk in White Center! Full list of where to go, when, and what to see, can be found on the White Center for the Arts website.

2 notes discovered while wandering online tonight: First, Dubsea Coffee is inviting babies – and parents – to a baby meetup tomorrow (Sunday) morning, 10 am, hoping it’ll be a regular feature on the 2nd Sunday of each month. Details on Facebook. Second, 3.14 Bakery is seeking artists and musicians to show/perform their work at the new bakery/coffeehouse. More here.

Just in from Shelli Park at White Center for the Arts:

August 21, 6 PM – 9 PM
White Center Third Saturday Art Walk

Dubsea Coffee (9910 8th Ave SW): Jeannette Jones – oil paintings. Jeannette’s oil paintings are a complex tapestry of images that require second and third looks to discover the hidden portraits contained within.

Proletariat Pizza (9622-A 16th ave SW): Terry Peart – acrylic paintings. “17th and Roxbury”. Come see this series of paintings of a local landmark in White Center. have you tried the tiramisu?

Salvadorean Bakery (1719 Roxbury): Heather Mathias – Photographing Color and Design:
An Exhibit by Heather Mathias
Heather Mathias’s artwork is an exploration of color and design. She photographs everyday objects, then through “reverse process” discovers their essence – their visual essence; whether it be a specific color, a specific design, or both.

Dzul Tattoo (9622-B 16th Ave SW): The Dzul Family – Tattoo, airbrush, cool urban art. Check out the shop, get that long-desired tattoo!

Cafe Rozella (9434 Delridge Way SW): Another month of good ART!!

Full Tilt Ice Cream (9629 16th Ave SW): Check for updates

Big Al Brewing (9832 14th Ave SW): Adam Schmidt – Metal Art -Precision-cut metal art.

That’s the “book trailer” published to YouTube last December for “The Car That Brought You Here Still Runs,” Frances McCue‘s look at the towns visited, and written about, by Richard Hugo. She’ll read and sign books at the Greenbridge Library on July 15th, followed by a literary open-mike session at Mac’s Triangle Pub, according to this flyer just sent around by Seattle’s Delridge Neighborhoods District Coordinator Ron Angeles.

From White Center for the Arts, the lineup for Saturday night:

White Center 3rd Saturday Art Walk
June 19th, 6 PM until 9 PM

Salvadorean Bakery (1719 SW Roxbury St): Erich Blattener – B&W Photography. Beautifully expressive photography, nice use of pattern, and contrast.

Café Rozella (9434 Delridge Way):

Full Tilt Ice Cream (9629 16th Ave Sw):

Proletariat Pizza (9622-A 16th Avenue SW): Devrim Ozkan – Paintings/monoprints. Wild and beautiful abstract-ness, full of passion and color.

Dzul Tattoo (9622-B 16th Ave SW): Dzul Family – Airbrush, original fashion, peircings, and tattoo. Take your mind on a ride in this wonderful shop!

Big Al Brewing (9832 14th Avenue SW): Cael Mulligan – Digital photography on canvas. Lovely abstract photography from a young photographer with an eye for light and design.

Dubsea Coffee (9910 8th Avenue SW): Amanda Helmick – Mixed media awesomeness!! Check out Amanda’s latest pieces that are sure to satisfy! Innovative re-purposing, recycling, sculpting./blockquote>

From Shelli at White Center for the Arts:

White Center 3rd Saturday Art Walk
May 15th, 2010
6:00 PM until 9:00 PM

Salvadorean Bakery (1719 SW Roxbury): Marty Gordon– collage

Through his art, Marty is asking questions, inviting debate and telling stories. Looking at one of his works is akin to peeking through a window into another world, a world where art, humor, faith, tension and candidness live together in vignettes of surreal commentary.

Dubsea Coffee (9910 8th Ave SW):
Jaime Temairik – paintings and drawings. The artists reception will be Sunday, May 16th from 2 until 4. Here’s a note from the artist:

“Hey Kids!

I’ll have some new paintings and drawings up mid-May to mid-June at my favorite cafe, Dubsea Coffee!

How’s about you and your fam join me for the opening party on Sunday afternoon, May 16th?

There’ll be snacks and an art activity and maybe even some boogie-ing…”

Café Rozella (9434 Delridge Way Southwest):

Full Tilt Ice Cream (9629 16th Avenue Southwest): Richard Olmstead – drawings and prints. New works. This is good stuff.

Proletariat Pizza (9622 16th Ave SW): Alexander King – photography

Dzul Tattoo (9622 16th Ave SW B):
Dzul Family – Airbrush and Tattoo

Big Al Brewing (9832 14th Avenue Southwest):
Phil Scroggs – paintings. http://www.phillustrations.com/
And… 7:00 PM at Big Al Brewing DO NOT MISS “Billy and the Bouncers” a local jazz combo!

Just four days till the 6th annual – and biggest ever – West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day – and White Center Alliance is part of it – look for sale #193, at 18th SW and SW Cambridge. If you’re interested in wandering even further north to shop, here’s the direct Google Map link). We also have a more packet-like printable map. It’s a 12-page Word doc (6 pages if you print both sides). If you’d rather print from a PDF, use this link. The sales are all open for business 9 am-3 pm this Saturday ONLY.

From Shelli at White Center for the Arts – a call for help, at a critical time for what is literally the organization’s DREAM:

White Center for the Arts must make a decision this weekend as to whether or not to continue pursuing the very fabulous space at 9640A 16th Ave SW for DREAM Community Gallery. We have the deposit money, and some grant money coming. However, it is not enough to responsibly continue with the project at this time without having $28,000 more. The landlord is understandably tired of waiting, and wants to move on. We have seen a vision of the future, and this space is what is needed, and desired, by many of the artists in the area.

DREAM: Community Gallery has a solid business plan. We have a great person, Lance McIntosh, who is managing the project, and who has crunched the numbers. We have a solid team of volunteers who will help with the build-out, and plenty of artists who are ready to exhibit, and performers ready to bring their art to you. We will be providing a resource library, a computer that is free to use, free wi-fi, and art materials for those who want to use them while they are at the gallery. In the gallery, as a way of avoiding having to apply for the endless parade of grants, we will have a small coffee bar. There will be plenty of comfy seating, and snacks. This space will be the central point from which White Center for the Arts conducts its arts programming.

We are a community organization. We are reaching out right now to the community for a show of support. Please support this beautiful project with a tax-deductible donation of any size.

We are also looking for arts/business-minded people to sit on the Board of Directors. We need a solid infrastructure directed by people from the community.

WCFTA is here with a vision of healthy community, and a goal of being a part of a healthy White Center. We are partnering with other organizations in the area to help realize this vision. Will you be a part of this?

If you have any questions, want to volunteer ( a list of opportunities is ready to be put up on the site), and/or want to donate, please contact me:

Shelli Park
crimsonpark@whitecenterforthearts.org