See schedule below
Museo,
Langley
The Holiday Gift Show
Through Friday, November 30
Museo brings back this local favorite annual exhibition, featuring
a variety of wonderful and unique artworks by over 30 local artists.
Art Show
Month of December
Beginning December 1, Museo will feature new works by Meredith
MacLeod, a mixed media artist. Her quiet aesthetic will lead you on a
wonderful journey through the intimate, metaphorical worlds layered throughout
her collages.
Saturday and Sunday, December 1 and 2
Coupeville Rec Hall, Coupeville
This is the 14th Annual Greening Of Coupeville Arts & Crafts
Show. Round off your holiday shopping with handcrafted gifts and decorations
created by local artists. Take a break and enjoy hot food and drinks.
Through Wednesday, December 5, 11:00AM - 5:00PM
Cash Store, Front Room, Langley
Friday, November 30 - Sunday, December 30, 11:00AM - 5:00PM
XII x XII Gallery, Langley
The art show features new work by 12 of Whidbey Island’s women
artists, the XII x XII x XII stands for 12 artists, 12th month, 12 inches
(maximum size). The artists are Anne Belov, Danielle Bodine, Bridget Fischer,
Sherrryl Goldfinger, Joyce May, Briony Morrw-Cribbs, Susanne Newbold,
Sharon Shoemaker, Molly Swoop, Mary V. Tauscher, Sue Taves, and Sandra
Whiting.
The Front Room show will be open every day. The artists’ work
will also be hanging in the Cash Store “Hub” through December 30. This
year’s show will also include the XII x XII Gallery which is located next
to the Fishmonger in the Cash Store at at Bayview Corner and will sell
original art and handcrafted gift items created by the XII x XII artists.
There will be an opening reception at the gallery on Friday, November
30, from 5:30PM to 8:30PM.
Friday - Sunday, December 14 -16, 10:00AM - 6:00PM
Bayview Cash Store, Front Room, Langley
“The Giving of Art — The Art of Giving” is a show organized
by 11 Whidbey Island artists. It’s about art and service, both locally
and globally. This holiday gift sale places its emphasis on giving. The
artists’ intend to create a celebratory weekend, moving away from a formal
“art exhibit.” They are interested in creating something that really means
something, now and in the future. They are making both smaller works and
one of a kind pieces for holiday gift-giving, while raising funds for
two carefully selected charities.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Operation Sack
Lunch, in Seattle (founded by Whidbey Islander Beverly Graham) and Children’s
House International.
Show Artists include: Tohnia Alexander, handmade soaps in lovely
Scott Alexander wooden boxes; Maryon Attwood, functional ceramics, sunflower-tiles
and platters; Adriana Gallagher, comment-worthy felted wool scarves; Elizabeth
Haughton, mixed metal killer gorgeous jewelry; Robbie Lobell, soda/wood-fired
and award-winning pottery; Sarena Mann, figurative paper mache mobiles;
Barbara Stout, Taoist inspired works on paper; Tree Top Bakers, passionate
holiday baked-goods; Michel Tsouris, small encaustic paintings and ridiculous
chicken paintings; and Jane Winslow, visual photographic poems.
There will be an opening reception on Friday, December 14 with
live music with Bev Graham and others, delicious food, and beautiful art
and artisan crafts.
Through Saturday, December 29
South Whidbey Commons, Langley
South Whidbey Commons at Island Coffee House & Books
in Langley will inaugurate their new community room with a special
art show.
LifeFat
is the first solo exhibit for Whidbey island artist Samuel Hendrix, and
will open on November 16 at the newly remodeled South Whidbey Commons
in back of the coffee house. Hendrix will display his latest work,
featuring a blend of collage, pen and ink, and mixed media. The
artist’s work typically conveys a sense of the darker side of the
everyday, with subjects ranging from the fanciful to the downright
macabre, conveyed always through an astonishing wealth of artistic
detail melded with the sensibilities of a 20th century political
cartoon. The South Whidbey Commons at Island Coffee House & Books,
is a new community gathering place located at 113 McLeod Alley in
Langley, adjacent to the Start Store parking. Sam will be in the
gallery every Saturday from 12:00PM to 5:00PM.
For more information contact Hendrix at (360)914-0391 or Sue
Haworth (360)221-9127.
Month of December
1504 Coffee, Freeland
Two artists are on display at the coffee bar. Theodore Basrak
is a fine painter whose new oils of seascapes add glowing life to our
walls. Ted has been painting since his youth in Belgrade, Yogoslavia,
and is known here on Whidbey for his emotional and sensitive watercolors
and oils. Jody Bone is a glass artist and illustrator whose handblown
glass jewelry is on display at 1504. Deep colors infused these lovely
glass pendants and a whimsical glass Zen garden for play.
Please come view the art and rest in their comfy new couch section
and enjoy a warm drink. 1504 Coffee is located in Freeland on State Route
525 next to the Texaco Station, and across from Island Athletic Club,
and is open 7 days a week from 6:00AM until 3:00PM. For more information,
call (360)331-1504.
Month of December
Artworks Gallery, Greenbank Farm, Greenbank
The gallery is pleased to showcase member artist Barbara Lyter.
Her new series based on the epic poem “Inferno,” written in
1300 by Dante’ Alighieri, utilizes computer generated abstract images.
Influenced by the vivid imagery in the poem, Barbara merges 21 century
technology with 14th century visions. Three works entitled “Inferno”,
“Purgatorio” and “Paradiso”, have been shown at North Bank Gallery in
Vancouver WA and can be viewed at Artworks during the month of December.
Come and meet the artist at the gallery’s first Friday on December 7,
from 4:00PM to 7:00PM. Also on view are her images of Whidbey Island and
the Pacific Northwest.
Artworks Gallery is open daily from 11:00AM to 4:00PM Monday
through Friday and 10:00AM to 5:00PM on Saturday and Sunday.
Month of December
Penn Cove Gallery, Coupeville
Penn Cove Gallery welcomes local artist Randy Emmons of Oak Harbor.
Randy Emmons is a familiar face on Whidbey Island having lived
here first in the 1970’s and currently since 1991. He is a watercolor
artist and makes strong use of contrast and the fluid nature of the watercolor
medium to create paintings that not only reflect the familiar images of
old rural scenes around the Island, but paintings that are exceptionally
beautiful works of art. He is a full time artist, creating his watercolor
painting at his home, and working with the Coupeville Arts Center in downtown
Coupeville. He participates in the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Show, and
in August, 2007 was awarded Third Place in watercolor.
Saturday, December 1 - Tuesday, January 29
Penn Cove Pottery, San de Fuca
Penn Cove Pottery will be showing the work of Melisse Laing.
Melisse’s work is done in cottons and silks, some hand dyed, and lately
have incorporated found objects, print transfers and burnished metals.
The process is rooted in traditional quilt making with it communal interaction
of shared ideas and goals of fine craftsmanship. There will be an opening
reception from 4:00PM until 6:00PM on Saturday, December 8.
Penn Cove Pottery is located at 26184 State Route 20 in San
de Fuca, halfway between Coupeville and Oak Harbor. Winter hours are Tuesday
through Saturday, 11:00AM until 5:30PM. For more information, call (360)678-6464.