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Posts Tagged "Henry Art Gallery"
One of the most enterprising art instigators in Seattle is also our dream girl. Folks, please meet the indubitable Whitney Ford-Terry. She’s been tearing it up lately. Check out her official bio from her website, the empty room see: “A graduate of the University of Washington’s Museology program, Whitney Ford Terry organizes lectures, screenings, workshops, and events as the program coordinator at the Henry Art Gallery. She has had the opportunity to work in a variety of non-profits and museums like MoMA PS1, KEET-TV/PBS, and The Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum. As co-curator of The Hedreen Gallery, Ford-Terry helped develop HOUSE SYSTEMS, a year long experiment in ad-hoc collaboration, free choice learning, interdisciplinary study, and endurance at Seattle University. She is also an active volunteer within the arts community and a creative consultant for Lost Sound Tapes, an independent tape and record label If you are lucky you will meet this woman, up your odds by dropping by the Hedreen Gallery this Friday from 12 to 1:30pm for lunch. 1. What skill do you want to learn? I would like to learn how to sail. 2. Food and drink you don’t want to live without? Brussel sprouts and whiskey, not together. 3. The scariest thing you can think of? Feeling like I forgot something really important, then realizing I did. 4. Your favorite party supply? A bicycle. 5. Your favorite book of the moment? Dot Dot Dot, Issue 19. 6. Describe your dream party place. A boat, barge, ferry or raft. 7. What is the evil version of you like? Malicious and without intention. 8. What gives you confidence? Competence. 9. Name four essential elements of a good party. Adrenaline. Happenstance. Good company. Stories. 10. What do you appreciate most about a party host? The ability to make everyone feel like they are supposed to be there. 11. Favorite adventure supply? A bicycle. 12. Describe the best party you ever attended. Stranded in a tiny town on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau after a monsoon washed out the road. Sharing a 4x7ft room in the back of a Chinese restaurant alongside fellow travelers, monks, stock pots, chickens, and pigs. No power. Headlamps and candles. Drinking warm beer at high altitudes. Playing cards with friends and sharing adventure stories. Best party ever according to elements listed in question 9. 13. Hotel room or campsite? Abandoned lumber camp. 14. Do you have a style icon? Annie Hall meets Ivy Matheny 15. Where is your next adventure destination? Athens > Patmos > Santorini > Ephesus > Jerusalem > Cairo/Giza > Alexandria > Sorrenteno > Pompeii > Rome 16. If you could teach a class about anything in the world ever, what would you teach? Archery. 17. Your motto? Live every week like its shark week. 18. What is your spirit animal? A Giraffe.
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Hello adventureland! One of our dear friends of adventure, Bert Rodriguez will be giving a lecture tomorrow at The Henry Art Gallery. I think you should come because I want you to meet him. Also, if you like to go to Miami, you can visit him there sometime when he is not in Seattle. Bert is very funny and so I assume that you will like him. Also, there will be cupcakes. If you have ever wanted to eat cupcakes with a conceptual artist, tomorrow is your chance. I think it would be a great free date, a good way to impress the person of your liking with your taste in cupcakes and activities. 7 to 9 at the Henry Auditorium. Oh, anddddd, the southernmost incorporated place in the contiguous United States is in Florida in Key West. The northernmost incorporated place in the contiguous United States is in Washington. Let’s hear it for SUMAS! Road trip with us! See you tomorrow at the Henry! Find out WAY more about Bert’s work below: Here’s a snippet I stole from his website: “In conjunction with the University of Washington School of Art’s summer residency project, the Henry Art Gallery is pleased to announce a lecture by Miami-based visiting artist Bert Rodriguez. He will speak about the history of his work, his art-making practice in addition to the forms and methods generally used within the framework of contemporary conceptual art. Following Bert’s Lecture there will a Q&A cupcake social in the Café sponsored by Trophy Cupcakes. Friday, September 3rd 2010 | 7:00-9:00pm Bert has exhibited in galleries and institutions worldwide. Most recently, THE MAN CALLED BERT, at Annarumma Gallery in Naples, Italy (2010); I’LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN GET TO IT, at Fredric Snitzer Gallery in Miami, FL (2010); IN YOUR OWN IMAGE: THE BEST OF BERT RODRIGUEZ VOL. I; at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, FL. (2009); WHERE YOU END AND I BEGIN, at Frieze Art Fair (2008); and IN THE BEGINNING…, at the Whitney Museum of American Art (2008). In 2009, Lawrimore Projects introduced Rodriguez to Seattle with a work in the group exhibition SPITE HOUSE, and was hosted by Western Bridge on the occasion of PARENTHESIS where he created A WALL I BUILT WITH MY FATHER and A MEAL I MADE WITH MY MOTHER”. For more information please contact the Henry Art Gallery.
Fun Fact: Betsy Brock, Associate Director for Communications and Outreach at The Henry Art Gallery also has a son named Henry. (In case you were wondering, Henry the child did come before Henry the gallery.) Among Betsy’s strengths: a natural inclination to hatch the wildest and wackiest ideas, knowing everyone under the sun, and a dead-on knack for spotting people’s strengths. Cori and Aviva say: “If you need ideas for a party and can’t get ahold of The Adventure School, call Betsy Brock.”
What skill do you want to learn? Food and drink you don’t want to live without? What’s the scariest thing you can think of? What is your favourite party supply? Your favorite book of the moment? Describe your dream party place. What is the evil version of you like? What gives you confidence? Name four essential elements of a good party. What do you appreciate most about a party host? Favorite adventure supply? Describe the best party you ever attended. SEE LISTEN TASTE FEEL for the Henry last winter was totally magic. From Jeppe Hein’s installation, to the 26 ping pong tables, to the guys dressed up like bacon to the Freedom Dancers…Magic!!; The very first Stranger Genius Awards party, at ConWorks (And many other early Conworks parties); The Northwest Film Forum Auction that featured “Drinkin’ With Lincoln” in the Cocktail Cavalcade of Cocktails; The Grand Geomatrician’s Ball for Crawl Space; Michael Seiwerath and Rachel Kessler’s wedding, My Thanksgiving theme birthday party in 2007; The On The Boards karaoke party in 2008; the birthday party my mom and dad threw for me in the fifth or sixth grade at Show Biz Pizza (totally a surprise!!); a party – can’t remember what the occasion was, at my friend Scotty’s in New York, where a room full of people were bouncing to some Gary Newman song and I was wearing some borrowed Lederhosen. Bashville, the 2005 Henry Bash. Um, it’s really fun remembering all these fun parties. This is a great question! Hotel room or campsite? Do you have a style icon? Where is your next adventure destination? If you could teach a class about anything in the world ever, what would you teach? Your motto? What is your spirit animal?
Always wondered about the Henry Art Gallery, but never gone because finding parking in the U District induces a migraine? Well, this Friday is not only your chance to leave the car at home and save some gas, but also to check out the Henry for FREE. This Friday June 12th, the Henry is unfurling its new summer hours with an event called Bike Friday. Arrive on two wheels, hand your bike over to an attentive bike valet (seriously), and go admire some high-quality contemporary art unburdened by meter maid anxiety. The event will feature a bike flicks screening in the Henry Auditorium, dreamy live music by LAKE, and, yes, a cassette tape dance party with DJ Tape Deck from Hollow Earth Radio presiding. While you’re at it, hang onto those valet stubs. They’re good to enter you in a raffle with prizes from Recycled Cycles, Cascade Bicycle Club, and 20/20 Cycles. Bike geeks and art freaks, eat your heart out.
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