360 results for: Visual Arts
Tlinget basket, blue and orange, part of 3-piece set #B16-34 by Preston Singletary, 2013
Preston Singletary (Tlingit American, b. 1963) is a well-known and respected glass artist in Seattle. He uses European glass blowing techniques to create Northwest Native art and features themes of transformation, animal spirits and shamanism.
ID Number:2016.35.2
Date:2013
Tlinget basket, dark red and taupe, part of 3-piece set #B16-34 by Preston Singletary, 2016
Preston Singletary (Tlingit American, b. 1963) is a well-known and respected glass artist in Seattle. He uses European glass blowing techniques to create Northwest Native art and features themes of transformation, animal spirits and shamanism.
ID Number:2016.35.3
Date:2016
Red and black shirt made by Friends of the Rag, 1978
Friends of the Rag was a collective of artists working in wearable art and performance. Formed in Seattle in 1972 and including 50 members, Friends of the Rag shows included elaborate costumes, jewelry and metalwork, choreography, music, ceramics, and even electronics. Al Young (1946-2022) modeled this shirt in a Friends of the Rag show and was allowed to keep it…
ID Number:2016.37.1
Date:1978
Barnyard Cannibals denim vest handpainted by Milestone, 2010
Pele Washington, a.k.a. B-Boy Play, is the leader of Seattle breakdance crew Barnyard Cannibals. Washington asked local graffiti artist Milestone to help create a look for competitions, something that represented B-Boy Play and his crew while he was dancing. Milestone painted the back panel and removed the jacket sleeves to create this unique vest.
ID Number:2016.41.1
Date:2010-2011
Multi-media artwork, "Hairshirt: I Love Dick's," by Dorothy Rissman, 2008
This contemporary artpiece featuring a jacket made out cowhide, and hamburger wrappers and french fries from local fast food restaurant Dick's Drive-In, serves as a commentary on material consumption using recycled materials. The artist, Dorothy Rissman (1944-2018), was noted for her work in discarded media, or trash, the use of which, she states, allows the viewer to “discover beautiful objects…
ID Number:2016.89.1
Date:2008
Woodcut by Richard Bennett, "San Juan Islands, Washington, July 4, '25", 1925
Richard Bennett (1899-1971) was a nationally known printmaker, illustrator, and painter. He was born in Ireland but grew up just outside Seattle in Washington State, and he also spent time in New York City and Ireland. A leading children's book author and illustrator, he received national recognition for his woodblock prints and engravings. He was close friends with several leading…
ID Number:2017.15.2
Date:1925
Acrylic painting, "Dick Spady Commemorative," by Gary A. Hammer, 2016
Dick's Drive-In is an iconic Seattle attraction founded by Dick Spady in 1954. This painting is filled with nostalgic symbolism about Dick’s life of service and his first Drive-In on NE 45th Street in the Wallingford District of Seattle. The artist, Gary A. Hammer (b.1944), specializes in acrylic painting and depicting nostalgic scenes from everyday life.
ID Number:2017.35.1
Date:2016
Japanese calligraphy scroll by Ritsuko Kashiba, "Infinite Blue of the Sea", 2016
Ritsuko Kashiba is an artist and the wife of Seattle chef Shiro Kashiba. She painted this scroll for MOHAI's exhibit, "Edible City: A Delicious Journey" that was on display in 2016-2017 and featured Shiro and his restaurants. Shiro came to Seattle from Japan in 1966.
ID Number:2017.45.1
Date:2016
Print of tugboat, "The Old Arthur Foss" by William E. Ryan, ca. 1981
The Arthur Foss was built in 1899 as the WALLOWA to tow ships across the Columbia River bar. On a return trip from the Klondike Gold Rush around 1897, the WALLOWA ran aground and was out of commission until 1930. At that time, the Foss Tug Co. of Seattle purchased the tug and restored her to star in the 1934…
ID Number:2017.65.1
Date:Circa 1981
Cedar wood carving of Pacific King Salmon by Al Adams, ca. 1990
Al Adams, born in 1929 in Port Angeles, was a successful dentist on Mercer Island during his adult years. An avid fisherman and passionate supporter of protecting the salmon habitat, he was most known locally for building the first residential salmon hatchery on his own property in the 1970s. His work on wild salmon habitat restoration was written about in…
ID Number:2018.37.1
Date:Circa 1990