Inside the Bemis - Seattles Premire Cutting edge art show. June 19-20 2004

The Bemis Building is pleased to present its Spring Visual Art show, featuring 20-plus juried artists as selected by Stephen Lyons and Peggy Weiss.

SODO, SEATTLE (PRWEB) June 4, 2004 -- The Bemis Building is pleased to present its Spring Visual Art show, featuring 20-plus juried artists as selected by Stephen Lyons and Peggy Weiss, including featured work of The Bemis Building's resident artists. Surely an exhibition of numerous talents, exploring the arts and mastering the mediums into visions of their own.

Twelve previous shows have been presented, growing into what is now a juried exhibition of the arts that focuses on displaying cutting edge artists without current gallery representation. The backgrounds from the contributing artists vary greatly, ranging from well-established practitioners to those completing their MFAs and artists with little or no formal training in art. This is one of the few shows which intimately ties those artists immersed in the academic art community with working artists, many from the Seattle and surrounding areas but also from Portland, New Orleans, New York City, and Savannah, Georgia.

About the Jurors

Jurors Stephen Lyons and Peggy Weiss both have made a tremendous impact on the Seattle Art Community, respectively. Stephen is a well established artist and director of Platform, a new gallery slated to open September in Pioneer Square. Peggy Weiss is the Art Program Manager at Harborview Medical Center. Both have juried nearly 100 entries to the show and selected paintings, photographs, sculpture, installation, and other mediums to ensure artistic integrity and overall aesthetic tone for the show.

History of the Bemis

Until a few years ago the historical industrial Bemis Building was the Bemis Sack Manufacturing Factory. Parts of the floors, doors and foundation are nearly 100 years old and the hardwood floors still bear the marks of old factory machinery.

David Hutchausen, a prominent glass artist in Seattle, co-owner of the building and resident, converted the space in 1995 into much-needed live-work space for artists. The industrial building's conversion for artists was made possible by a Seattle initiative to allow artists studios and living spaces in industrial areas. Nestled in the heart of the industrial part of downtown Seattle, near Safeco Field, the building rocks with the vibrations of the trains and trucks passing by and provides a continuously fertile atmosphere for resident artists. The building itself is unlike any other and is truly a work of art on it's own.

General Information

Dates: Saturday June 19, 12-8pm, Sunday June 20th, 12-8pm

Location: The Bemis Building, 55 South Atlantic St. Seattle, WA 98134

Directions: The building is located on South Atlantic St., between Safeco Field and Hwy 99

Admission: Free of charge, donations accepted.

Parking: Plenty of street parking available.

Press: Contact Bob Brunner, 206-381-8457, bob@ouchmyeye.com

Website: www.bemisart.com

Resident Artists

Tyler Boley

Kara J Higgins

Joseph Kresoja

John Lewis

David Lotz

Bam Bam Chuhuli

Ouch My Eye Studios

Nichole Parsons

Randy Parsons

Donald W Rissler

Lawrence Ruelos

Featured Artists to Include

Matt Calcavecchia

Erin Castellan

Crystal Curtis

Anna Daedalus

Jen Erickson

Ian Douglas Ferger

Shannon Freshwater

Jyoti Gawade

Alison Golder

Thomas Christopher Hacker

Robert Hardgrave

Brain Hunter

Joey Katzer

Brian Lane

Jennifer McNeely

Kevin Miller

Gregor Moulton

Jodie Niss

Paula Livingston Otey

Doug Plummer

Owen Premore

Athena Waligore

Tammy Wilson

Louviere & Vanessa

Steven Zimmerman