Show of Hands: Northwest Women Artists 1880-2010 June 25, 2010

hung-liu.png mccracken-2.png 1997.36.29.png fig_glasses.png * ART o EXHIBITIONS o EDUCATION o COLLECTIONS o COMMUNITY * NATURE o EXHIBITIONS o EDUCATION o COLLECTIONS o COMMUNITY * HISTORY o EXHIBITIONS o EDUCATION o COLLECTIONS o COMMUNITY * FIG o EXHIBITIONS o EDUCATION o COLLECTIONS o COMMUNITY BLOOM: THE ELEPHANT BED A site-specific art installation by John Grade November 14, 2009- April 10, 2010 One of my goals with the installation of Bloom is to employ scale so that we can tangibly encase ourselves within a form inspired by the shell of a coccolithiphore (by walking under and inside one of the sculptures). I am interested in impermanence, at directing our attention to what is compelling within a state of decay or disintegration. --John Grade Read more: BLOOM Show of Hands: Northwest Women Artists 1880-2010 April 24 - August 8, 2010 Show of Hands Takes In-depth Look at Northwest Women Artists Exhibition coincides with centennial of women's suffrage in Washington State Featuring more than 90 works of art by 63 women artists from Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, Show of Hands opens April 24 at the Whatcom Museum?s Lightcatcher building. Celebrating women's contributions to the legacy of Northwest art, this unprecedented gathering of women artists examines the myriad talents women of the Northwest have displayed in all media since 1880.