During the month of June, VALISE gallery welcomes Liz Brugato from Portland, Oregon, who will exhibit with VALISE member Nan Joy in a show entitled Home. Home is a yearning or a pulling toward something safe, contained, friendly, welcoming. It’s something we strive to create, consciously and unconsciously, as we assemble, and represent, our lives.
Nan Joy says: In this show I put together photography, pastel and assemblage to create an atmosphere that explores the concept of “Home.” Through this work I show my interest in understanding how fantasy is found in reality and how reality is found in fantasy. This realm of the unknown, through its looseness, creates gaps in space and time. This allows us to think, and feel, the possibility of the imaginable.
Liz Brugato says: Painting is my refuge. It is my anchor in life, my true friend. It is there on the good days and bad days. Art has been my passion since the age of remembering. It is my safe haven, the inner core of my being. It is the place I call home in my heart. My paintings represent the inner being of my soul. It is a place I go to sometimes fast and furious and other times it is a slow process of challenge and discovery. The painting takes me on a journey to unknown thoughts and ideas.
Please join us for the opening reception First Friday, June 3, from 6 - 9 p.m.
The show runs First Friday and Saturdays through the end of June. VALISE gallery hours are Saturdays 11 to 5 p.m. and by appointment. To schedule an appointment please call VALISE member Nan Joy 206.579.6494.
Join us Saturday, June 18 at 2:30pm
In conjunction with the June show, the collective invites the public to join Chris Phillips who will make music in response to the art work currently on display in the gallery. Everyone is encouraged to chime in. Let your creativity out through sound! There will be instruments provided or bring your own. Ukuleles and accordions encouraged. Free, all ages welcome at VALISE Gallery. Questions? Call VALISE member Nan Joy at 206.579.6494.
VALISE is located at 17633 Vashon Highway SW, on Vashon Island, just a quick ferry ride from West Seattle, Washington.
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