SeaTac City Hall Gallery
Now through 4/30/2012
The Highline Historical Society has an excellent women’s collection. Building on these archives and artifacts, Curator of Collections Nancy Salguero McKay has produced our first exhibit utilizing these materials.
Focusing on SeaTac pioneer Jane Fenton Kelly’s diary, and this year’s internet blogs, the exhibit speaks to the changed role of women in society. It also reflects on many of the roles that have not changed.
This exhibit is available for viewing at SeaTac City Hall, located at 4800 S
188th Street in SeaTac. Open 9 AM – 5 PM, Monday – Friday.
Kent Centennial Gallery
Now through 2/29/2012
The Gallery is open 8 AM – 5 PM, Monday – Friday, closed holidays. It is free and open to the public, all ages welcome. It is located at 400 West Gowe Street in Kent.
White River Valley Museum
Now through 4/15/2012
Enter into the sentimental world of the Victorian photography of people and their animals. Museum director Patricia Cosgrove crisscrossed the region to find 40 superb images that make up this exhibit. Each image is partnered with a bit of poetry or folk wisdom.
The White River Valley Museum is located at 918 H Street SE in the Les Gove Park compound. It is open noon – 4 PM, Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $2 adults, $1 children and seniors. Wednesdays and fourth Sundays are free. For more information, visit wrvmuseum.org.
Normandy Park City Hall
2/1 – 3/15/2012
Normandy Park Arts Commissioner Robert Frey is once again sponsoring this year’s “Memories & Visions” traveling exhibit from February 1st to March 15th, as well as an open house on Thursday, February 9th beginning at 7 PM. The No Boundaries exhibit was created to showcase the artwork of established and emerging artists with disabilities.
The City of Normandy Park Arts Commission invites the public to view the exhibits located in the Council Chambers anytime during city hall business hours and to the open house celebration. Please RSVP your attendance to the open house events via e-mail: artscomm@ci.normandy-park.wa.us so we can plan the refreshments. Sign up to receive the “Arts & Cultural” e-notices for more information about the arts commission events and exhibits on display at City Hall.
Normandy Park City Hall is located at 801 SW 174th Street in Normandy Park.
Enumclaw City Hall Gallery
2/1 – 3/6/2012
Buckley photographer Roger Young presents dramatic Northwest regional landscapes.
Young is the owner of Foothill Photography Studio. FPS was started in 2010, to take his years of hobby experience to the next level. Roger Young took up photography as a hobby in 1975, sold his first photo in 1978 and shot his first wedding in 1983. He has taken photography courses at three colleges, Green River Community College, University of Great Falls and Montana State University. He has won several awards in Photography at the Western Washington Fair. This year he had six photos accepted into the prestigious Northwest International Exhibition of Photography at the Western Washington Fair, and four photos accepted into the 2011 Washington Photographers Exhibition including being awarded a Judges Choice.
Roger specializes in landscape, nature, architectural, portrait and wedding photography. Roger will be teaching photography at the Green River Community College Enumclaw Branch starting in the Spring Quarter 2012.
Gallery 2012 is located in the Council Chambers at Enumclaw City Hall, 1339 Griffin Avenue in Enumclaw. Hours for the exhibit are Monday through Friday, 9 AM – 5 PM, but closed on Tuesday due to the Chambers’ use for municipal court proceedings. For more information, call the Enumclaw Cultural Programs office at 360-802-0239.
SeaTac City Hall
Now through 2/10/2012
This art exhibit features the work of high school students who reside in SeaTac or who are enrolled in a high school within city limits. It can be viewed in the third floor lobby at SeaTac City Hall, 4800 S 188th Street, SeaTac, during regular business hours, 8:30 AM – 5 PM.
Maple Valley Creative Arts Center
Now through 2/2012
Michael is an instructor at the Creative Arts Center and this exhibit features his pencil and charcoal drawings. The Maple Valley Creative Arts Center is located at 23220 Maple Valley Hwy SE, Ste 15, in Maple Valley. The Center is open Wednesday and Friday, 3 PM – 5 PM, and Thursday, 10 AM – 1 PM. Also by appointment — call 425-432-0810.
