Foreground, background: These two complementary forces bring art into being. Whether it’s the artist, complemented by the gallery owner; the singer, complemented by a studio; or an actor, supported by their director; volunteers of museums, playhouses and arts festivals, no foreground artist can reach star power success without curators, teachers, mentors, directors and volunteers. This…
Paddy Eger
Artfully Edmonds: An-Edmonds-Kind-Of Writer’s Week
This is a thrilling Edmonds-Kind-Of Writer’s week for Artfully Edmonds as the Write On The Sound (WOTS) conference commences on Friday, Sept. 30. Presented by City of Edmonds Arts Commission, assisted by a legion of volunteers, in collaboration with the Edmonds Library, and with the involvement by community-notables, this prestigious event showcases the very best that Edmonds…
Artfully Edmonds: Celebrating authors, art and actors on eve of 2016-17 season
EPIC Group Writers Select “The Books of Local Authors” Presented in collaboration with Edmonds Sno-Isle Library. Writers come from all walks of life, and literary works reflect the divergent paths that we humans take as events and experiences are chronicled. Edmonds Library and EPIC Group Writer’s (EPIC) have joined in collaboration on an inaugural exhibit…
Artfully Edmonds: Boisterous Driftwood Players and ‘Creative Age’ take the lead
Audience participation is the name of the game in the Driftwood Players production, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” which opens this week after enthusiastic fanfare from local producers and the theatre community at large. Yes, what caught the attention of Artfully Edmonds in the historic company’s promotion for “Spelling Bee” was the enticement…