Amanda Manitach is a Seattle-based artist and independent curator. Her artistic interests include use of parataxis, repetition, and...
CULTURE CLUB: VISUAL ART CURATED BY AMANDA MANITACH AND SERRAH RUSSELL
City Arts Festival’s visual art program features three one night only exhibitions at Fred Wildlife Refuge, with a new opening event each day. Peering through the lenses of three diverse local curators, the exhibits will showcase a wide array of visual art genres and uncover how the contemporary visual art scene interacts with music and comes to life in our city and the festival setting.
Curators Amanda Manitach and Serrah Russell present:
Lightness
Opening Reception with the artists 6 - 8PM
Exhibit on view 1PM – 2AM
Lightness features local artists working (at least for one night) in digital video, analog projection, light installation and other illuminating mediums. The term lightness connotes a philosophical weightlessness and mobility while also alluding to the physical ethereality of soundless video and illumination not intended to serve a strictly functional purpose. In Lightness both the compelling glow and the obscuring glare of light media are explored within the bounds of intimate and public space.
Artists:
Justine Ashbee
Gretchen Bennett
Zack Bent
Saskia Delores
Francesca Lohmann
Jess Marie
Jennifer Zwick
Rodrigo Valenzuela
Susie Lee
Image Credit: Zack Bent
The visual art program for City Arts Festival is being conceived and curated by Sierra Stinson in collaboration with festival arts curator Sara Edwards.
A portion of the proceeds from bar sales goes to benefit Shunpike.
Check out other Visual Art at the festival:
Thursday exhibit curated by Free Sheep Foundation
Thursday Pop-up Art Market
Friday exhibit curated by Michael Van Horn
Friday Visual Art Happy Hour with Sierra Stinson and Klara Glosova
Friday Pop-up Art Market
Saturday Pop-up Art Market
Performing
Francesca Lohmann’s work stems from observation of replication and growth, focusing on the massive scale of detail from which larger forms are...
This year Gretchen Bennett developed a site-specific work for the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle, and her work is to be featured in The River...
Trained in photography, Jennifer Zwick works in a variety of media, preferring those with a fixed vantage point. She is the recipient...
Jess Marie is an artist based in Seattle and Los Angeles. Her work reflects on the relationship between place and identity through...
shbee developed the technique of weaving with metal during her studies in textile design at RISD. Her work focuses on illustrating the vibrations...
Rodrigo Valenzuela is a visual artist and filmmaker. Born in Chile and currently resident of Seattle, he studied photography at University...
Saskia Delores is a multimedia conceptual artist, musician, and performer based in the Pacific Northwest. She has performed as various...
Serrah Russell is an artist and curator living in Seattle. She currently runs and curates the online project Violet Strays. As a weekly...
Sierra Stinson is the founder and curator of Vignettes, an alternative exhibition space in Seattle. The one night only exhibitions take place...
Susie Lee’s work bridges the gap between technology driven, time-based media with intimate human experience. Shortly after completing her MFA, Lee...
Links
Read more about the artists at this event.
Amanda Manitach : Official Website
Amanda Manitach : My Heroes Died of Syphilis
Serrah Russell : Official Website
Serrah Russell : Violet Strays
Sierra Stinson : Official Website
