March at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts

PRESS RELEASE
Bainbridge Arts and Crafts
151 Winslow Way E.
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

For more information and high-res images, contact Victoria Josslin, Director of Education and Information, 206.842.3132 or Victoria@bacart.org
The BAC Gallery is open Monday – Saturday, 10-6; Sunday, 11-5.

March 18, 2008. For immediate release.

April 4 – 29
Twenty-First Century Jewelry
Mary Randlett: Northwest Landscapes
Mark Horiuchi: Color in Motion
Artist’s Gallery Talk: Mary Randlett, Saturday, April 5, 2 p.m.
Curator’s Gallery Talk: Mary Hu, Saturday, April 12, 2 p.m.

BAC’s guest curator for Twenty-First Century Jewelry, Mary Hu has brought together brilliant contemporary art jewelry by former students, all distinguished by “good design, good craftsmanship, and individuality of style.” BAC will also have a few examples of work by Mary Lee Hu, whose Choker #70 has recently been added to the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art [gorgeous image available!].

Mary Lee Hu will speak in the Gallery on Saturday, April 12, at 2 p.m.. She’ll use the work in the exhibition to talk about new directions in contemporary jewelry.

Artists include Flora Book, Jana Brevick, Phil Carrizzi, Mary Lee Hu, Jan Mandel, Frederick Miller, Gina Pankowski, Maria Phillips, Vina Rust, and Amy Tavern.

Work by Flora Book, Mary Lee Hu, and Jana Brevick is exhibited courtesy of Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery in Seattle.

Photographer Mary Randlett wrote to a friend, "I step into that great mysterious beauty and behold a world of total magic that unfolds before me. Nothing else exists; nothing else matters. I'm at one with the world." Her black-and-white photographs of the form, light, and water of the Washington landscape make us, too, at one with the world. Mary Randlett’s work is in the permanent collections of over thirty prominent museums, and is currently on exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum.

One of Washington’s most distinguished photographers, Mary Randlett will speak about her work in an informal conversation in the Gallery, Saturday, April 5, at 2 p.m.

We first saw Mark Horiuchi’s paintings in our splendid exhibition, Intersections: Contemporary Work by Japanese-American Artists, when we chose one of Mark’s paintings for one of our exhibition prints. Mark weaves layer upon layer of paint, creating art that seems to stay in motion even after it’s dry and on the wall. We’ll also have new ceramic work by this resourceful artist.