Auburn Arts 2009 Season

The city of Auburn is well known for it's appreciation and celebration of the Arts. This year, we are looking forward to a variety of art shows and exhibitions. Here is the line-up so far, what great venues, and we arent even in 2009 yet!

Get ready to mark your calendars:

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AUBURN, Wash. - December 11, 2008 - Auburn Arts Commission is proud to announce the full schedule of exhibits by professional and emerging artists from the Puget Sound area to be featured in various City of Auburn locations. The City of Auburn oversees three exhibit spaces that feature rotating exhibitions; City Hall, Cheryl Sallee Gallery Wall at Auburn Senior Center, and the Auburn Avenue Theater. All locations accommodate two-dimensional artwork that rotates on a regular basis. This year, the galleries will feature artists utilizing a broad range of mediums, styles and techniques.

Artists are selected by a selection panel consisting of Auburn Arts Commissioners, professional artists and community members. The selection panel aims to choose work that parallels Auburn Arts Commission's mission to foster cultural growth and enrichment within the community. The selection panel honors variety, vitality, technique, and diversity in medium and subject. The result for 2009 is a wide-ranging lineup of work that is stimulating, thoughtful and encompasses both traditional and contemporary artistic values.

In addition to the many Auburn artists showing this year, other artists were selected that bring original artwork from cities such as Lacey, Bellevue, Poulsbo, Seattle, Renton, Tacoma, Kent, Port Orchard, Normandy Park, Edmonds, Gig Harbor, Maple Valley, Redmond, Federal Way, Bonney Lake, Olympia, Puyallup and Auburn.

For each exhibition, the public is invited to visit during the open hours as well as attend artist opening receptions. To receive notices of these special events please visit www.auburnwa.gov/arts, and sign up to receive regular notices and invitations.

Auburn Galleries are presented by Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation. For more information about the Auburn Gallery program, to receive a Gallery brochure, or to learn about opportunities for artists please visit www.auburnwa.gov/arts or call 253-931-5043.

2009 EXHIBIT SCHEDULE

City Hall

The gallery is located in the main lobby of City Hall, 25 W. Main St. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

• Jan. 5 - Jan. 16: Reflections, PTA Student Art Competition
• Jan. 20 -Jan. 30: City of Auburn Staff Exhibition
• Feb. 2 - Feb. 27: Angel F. Matamoros, Acrylic/Mixed Media; Susanne Werner, Mixed Media
• March 2 - 31: Michelle Knowlen, Acrylic/Mixed Media; Tia Matthies, Encaustic
• April 1 - 30: Billie Andrew, Acrylic/Collage; Sharon Carr, Oil on Canvas
• May 1 - 29: Stephanie Atlee, Stained Glass; Dennis Harrison, Marquetry; Ellen Witebsky, Photography
• June 1 - 30: Mary McInnis, Oil; Gretchen Hansen, Watercolor
• July 1 - 31: Ann Maki, Textile assemblage; Grace Willard, Textile/Paper Mache/Thread
• Aug. 8 - 31: Auburn Good Ol' Days Juried Art Show
• Sept. 1 - 30: CR Bryant, Oil; Douglas Williams, Pen and Ink
• Oct. 1 - 30: Maylee Noah, Photography; Stan Raucher, Photography
• Nov. 2 - 30: Cheryl Hoople, Watercolor; Frances Velling, Watercolor
• Dec. 1 - 30: Jennifer J. Hermanson, Photography; Jan Wieser, Photography

Cheryl Sallee

This gallery is located at the Auburn Senior Activity Center, 808 Ninth St. SE. Hours are Monday and Tuesday, 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. and Wednesday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

• Jan. 7 - Feb. 26: Gigi Paranada, Watercolor
• March 4 - April 24: Mike Dilbeck, Photography
• May 4 - June 26: Joanne Osband, Watercolor
• July 6 - Aug. 28: Mark Jacobs, Photography
• Sept. 3 - Oct. 29: Bonnie Miller, Oil on Canvas
• Nov. 4 - Dec. 29: Senior Art Show

Auburn Avenue Theater

Auburn Avenue Theater is located at 10 Auburn Avenue. Hours of operation are varied on evenings and weekends, based on building activity.

• Jan. 7 - Feb. 26: Jesse Schwartz, Oil; Anne Leppo Cameron, Oil
• March 4 - April 24: Brett Ramsey, Photography; Wendy Ray, Oil; Sherry Shipley, Acrylic and Gouache
• May 4 - June 26: Jay Galvin, Photography; Linda Hatcher, Photography; Dan Wright, Photography

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City of Auburn Arts Commission
910 Ninth Street SE
Auburn WA 98002
253-931-3043
www.auburnwa.gov

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Enjoy a wonderful and artistic 2009!

Julianna Hind, http://www.auburnsuperhomes.com