Icebreaker V: Contemporary Music at Its Best

Icebreaker V: Love & War, Feb. 26-28On the BoardsOnce again Icebreaker has come and gone.  After presenting it five times, I think the Seattle Chamber Players have really gotten the hang of it.  My first Icebreaker was two years ago.  It consisted of two decidedly mixed evenings... [More]
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ARTDISH MAGAZINE - WINTER 2010

Seattle critic Matthew Kangas offers comment on Tacoma Art Museum's current ongoing exhibition "A Concise History of Northwest Art" and explores the exhibition in context of the museum's ambition to be a regional institution for Northwest Art. The exhibition, organized by Curators Rock Hushka and Ma... [More]
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Farewell, by Donald Byrd

Farewell / Spectrum Dance Theater / Donald Byrd Thursday, February 1, 2010 Farewell, Donald Byrd’s new piece for Spectrum Dance theater, is described as “a Fantastical Contemplation on America’s Relationship with China”. That’s an ambitious theme for the second perfor... [More]
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Euan Macdonald at Western Bridge

Judging from his resume, multi-media artist Euan Macdonald has never created anything quite like the 20 x 50 foot mountain that all-but-overflows the main exhibition space at Western Bridge, his biggest and most ambitious installation to date.  Commissioned by patrons Bill and Ruth True, the ... [More]
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Cultural Collisions and Pervasive Prejudice: The Art of Roger Shimomura

Different Citizens. Roger Shimomura, 2009.Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 45". Courtesy of the artist.       In the exhibition “Yellow Terror: The Collections and Paintings of Roger Shimomura” at the Wing Luke Asian Museum, Roger Shimomura’s painting Different Citizen... [More]
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