New arts foundation to take over Mar-Vel Marble site

Edmonds business owners Mary Olsen and Tracy Felix announced this week the purchase of the property at 202 Main St. to be used as the location of their recently formed foundation, Art Start Northwest. Mar-Vel Marble has occupied the corner of 2nd Avenue and Main Street for the past 30 years, according to Alisa Meyer,…

Local artist Angela Bandurka wins international competition

Local artist Angela Bandurka received news recently that she won Best in Show at the Fifth Annual International Association of Acrylic Painter’s (ISAP) Signature Member’s Show for her painting, “Insomniac.” “Insomniac” is a nod to the artist’s late-night bursts of creativity, depicting a mug of coffee, pastry, and a book with reading glasses. Bandurka, who…