Artfully Edmonds

A soundtrack is a critical component of any film. Try watching your favorite movie muted with close captioning, and you’ll see what I mean. I’ve always marveled at the magicians…

Every year, it’s the same thing. Oscar nominations come out, and the rush is on to see as many films as possible before the Academy Awards ceremony. This year the…

I think a case can be made that Edmonds isn’t just an arts community. It’s much more than that. It’s become an epicenter of arts activity that radiates out to…

Looking for a brief reprieve from the mid-winter blahs? Why not spend the evening listening to jazz, watching local artists demo their work, enjoying small plates, and sampling wines from…

In his “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where…

Art Walk Edmonds (AWE) is a free community event held monthly throughout the year, rain or shine. Every Third Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m., galleries, merchants, neighbors and friends…

I had just enough time to make it to the Edmonds City Hall for the unveiling of our state’s first creative district (if you missed that story click here) when I…

About 60 civic leaders and interested citizens filled City Hall’s Brackett Room Monday as the City of Edmonds officially received its designation as Washington state’s first (and thus far only)…

Scottish novelist J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan — the mischievous and free-spirited orphan boy who refuses to grow up, is an icon of children’s literature.  Barrie actually wrote five stories…

In the fourth grade, enamored by narrative comic books like The Flash and The Brainy Beagle, Mike O’Day would have liked nothing better than to grow up and have his…

A second mural is nearing completion in downtown Edmonds. This one can be found along the back side of the building that houses Cole Gallery, Cline Jewelers, Starbucks and Mar•ket…

Local author Sarah Cannon is in the middle of launching her new memoir The Shame of Losing. Unlike many authors who can paper their walls with rejection slips, Cannon’s book…

This Saturday at noon, the Edmonds Theater will be showing two award-winning documentary films (total run time – less than two hours). Admission is free, thanks to the City of…

Lovers of the arts have their pick of events this weekend, from the opening of Driftwood Player’ Yankee Tavern, to a ribbon cutting for the new Edmond murals, to Music…

On Wednesday evening, the Cascade Art Museum welcomed about 200 guests to the opening of another remarkable exhibit:  Invocation of Beauty – the Life and Photography of Soichi Sunami will…

Most parents and grandparents know about the teachable moment — that time when an event occurs outside of the child’s experience that presents the perfect opportunity for a discussion that…

So much going on! Look for my feature piece on Washington State Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna to follow shortly. She’s a remarkable woman. In the meantime, browse this selection…

We all have a story to tell. You may not be ready to sit down and write the great American novel, but have you ever wondered what it might be…

Over the last 12 years, Cole Gallery has become known for the high caliber of artists the gallery represents, its swanky artist receptions and parties, and for the hundred-plus art…

I thought I’d start by sharing (with permission) an email I was forwarded. In it, one artist describes an “art win” with a few of the artists currently exhibiting at…

The Edmonds Art Studio Tour is a remarkable showcase of local talent. Slated for the weekend of Sept. 15-16, this year it features 30 local artists at 15 locations who…

In 1992, equipped with a bachelor’s degree in art and art history from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Penn., Edmonds artist Jennie de Mello e Souza (née Grimm) was…

I’ve been off goofing around, visiting family in Boise and McCall, Idaho for the last week. I’m just going to jump right into the plethora of fun art activities happening…

When Jim Kristian started putting together the current volunteer program for the Edmonds Center for the Arts about nine years ago, the volunteer component of operations was pretty casual. “At…

When I sat down to talk with fine artist Lynn Hanson this week, it was pretty apparent I was lucky to get her to agree to an interview. She was…