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Certain portions of the website are "under construction" at this time and cannot be updated. Please bear with us during the transition. In particular, the banner for our Art Auction is incorrect. Please see below.
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THE ART OF DISCOVERY
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2008
The Museum's largest annual fundraiser...the perfect event for both seasoned and novice art collectors
Hors d'oeuvres and desserts from select Skagit Valley restaurants and caterers
Wine, beer and no-host cocktails
PURCHASE TICKETS online by clicking on the following link:
payments.auctionpay.com/ver3/?id=w034409
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PAUL HORIUCHI: EAST AND WEST
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THROUGH JUNE 15, 2008
Barbara Johns has selected over 60 works for this major retrospective of the late master artist Paul Horiuchi. Included are early watercolors, sculptures, collage paintings and multi-panel screens. Art work dates from the 1920s through the mid-1990s and is borrowed from prominent private, corporate, and public collections.
The book, Paul Horiuchi: East and West, authored by Barbara Johns, has been released in conjunction with this exhibition. This 128-page book, published by the University of Washington Press in partnership with the Museum of Northwest Art, is designed by Phil Kovacevich. Enriched with over 120 images, it includes documentary photographs and works of art.
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Saturday, May 10
Family Art Day: Poetic Animal Screens
With Barbara Summers, artist and art educator
Session One: 11am-1pm OR Session Two: 2-4pm
Inspired by the elegant collage paintings of Paul Horiuchi, create colorful imaginative tri-fold screens. Barbara will provide handsome animal images, material for a 9" x 12" screen, and an assortment of handmade papers. Your haiku will add the finishing touch.
Email kitm@museumofnwart.org or call (360)466-4446, Ext. 108 to register. Members Free; Adults $5; Seniors $4; Students $2, children under 12 Free.
Thursday, May 15
SKAGIT RIVER POETRY FESTIVAL
MAY 15 - 17, 2008
www.skagitriver poetry.org
MoNA is pleased to partner again with the Poetry Festival, featuring well-known Northwest and international poets. Lucille Clifton opens the festival with a reading at Maple Hall on May 15. Schedule and ticket info: www.skagitriverpoetry.org
Sunday, June 8
ARTIST/BOOK SIGNING PARTY
Ann Morris, artist
2 pm
Ann Morris has created an extraordinary park on Lummi Island. Sculpture Woods: Studio Grounds of Ann Morris, includes a forward by Susan Parke and essays by Ted Lindberg and Jake Seniuk. The book is published by Marquand Books and distributed by the University of Washington Press. Meet the artist, view selected smaller works, and enjoy this informal book signing party!
Program free with Museum admission/members always free.
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