Events

BPA Gallery

Celebrating the visual arts at BPA!

Monthly
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Tuesday - Friday + one hour prior to each performance

Free
The BPA Gallery showcases regional artists in monthly rotating exhibits in the C. Keith Birkenfeld Lobby. For information, contact BPA’s Gallery Coordinator Steven Fogell @ 206.842.1163.

July 2010: The Dog Days of Summer

September 2010: reconstruction

In this show, Susan Arens exhibits abstract oil paintings of the landscape composed of multiple squares or small parts. Most are monochromatic and use many layers of paint to achieve a richly colored surface. Squares of color stand out or recede in an interesting play of color variation. Very little line is used so that from a distance, one color blends into another into one predominately playful color field.

October 2009: “Paint Noir”

Acrylic on canvas by Thomas Hurley III
Inspired by the hard shadows of film noir and pulp comics, Thomas delivers the narrative power of an entire story with a single image. His dark scenarios lend contrast to the eye-popping colors of acrylic paint on canvas. Recurring themes include desperate characters, animal anatomy and old-fashioned telephones.

Thomas received his BFA degree from the Northwest College of Art and has spent the last 15 years working as an art director in the television and film industry. He served as costume designer for BPA’s spring production of MAN OF LA MANCHA and is excited to return to BPA this fall as a graphic artist and costume designer for the production of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. View more of Thomas' work online.

November 2010: “A New Collection”

Acrylics/mixed media by Steven Fogell

December 2010: “The Prints of Christmas”

Screen printing and colored pencil by Denise Harris
This show comprises a series of prints given yearly to friends, commemorating Denise’s activities in a picture. They started as random ideas but quickly evolved into a visual diary representing each of the last 30 years. Studying each print gives the viewer an idea of how the year went, the good and the not so good. “Holy Toledo,” for example, was drawn while traveling in Spain; “Iconoclaus” came about during an excursion to Greece; and “Caravan of Caprice” involved Santa, a camel, and Egypt. The titles are integral to each print, helping to identify each object’s significance and find the year hidden within the image.

January 2011: “The Grand Forest”

Art cloth by Carol Roi Olsen
In this exhibit, Carol has created hand-dyed pieces of cloth richly textured with images of leaves, ferns, rocks, fungi and other natural objects found in and around the Grand Forest on Bainbridge Island. The cloth is initially dyed multiple times to obtain rich deep colors for the background. Then images of various objects are superimposed onto the cloth to recreate the complex interrelationships often found on the forest floor. Inspiration for these pieces emerged from the artist’s many walks through the Grand Forest over the past few years.

February 2011: “Love Comes Around...Or Not”

Black & White photography by Harry Longstreet
Harry takes a photographic peek at romantic relationships that are working, not working and/or not happening. Like a good deal of his work, Harry’s February exhibit is humanist realism; it’s never posed or staged, and he uses only ambient light.

Harry’s work has earned awards in numerous publications and venues across the states, including Creative Quarterly19, Dennis Dean Gallery, Black & White Magazine, and “Arts in Harmony 2010.”

April 2011: “Reiterated Dialogues”

Oil on canvas and charcoal pencil on paper by Jason Brain
Jason exhibits a collection of portraiture, in addition to charcoal pencil drawings of the same subjects. The American storyteller Eudora Welty says, “It is the responsibility of the artist to make reality real.” Echoing Welty’s sentiments, Jason reasons that reality depends upon a tactful and intelligible communication of one’s unique imagination to another, saying, “As I am most interested in portraiture, the coherent interpretation of another’s likeness is that vital communication.” View more of Jason's work online.

May 2011: “Big Mama’s Nightclub”

Designed for the BPA production CHICAGO

June 2011: “I Know a Place Where Summer Strives”

Color Photography by Deanna Dusbabek
Deanna’s color images capture the exuberance and poetry of nature in the summertime. Using Emily Dickenson’s poem of the same title as a starting point, this collection depicts the exuberance of simple things that instantly remind the viewer that “…each year (summer)—leads her Daisies back.” View more of Deanna's work online.

July 2011: Youth Art Exhibit