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 September 2004. Wearable Art Jackets & Hidden Treasures. Rana Helmi. Rana Helmi, educated in Indonesia and Europe, has been designing textile fashions in her studio in Bali, for the past two decades. Her collection incorporates a wonderful interplay of color and motif, reflecting the vivid colors of the Asian tropics and of Provence where she lived during her university years. The hand drawn batik incorporated in her designs comes from collaboration with Indonesian and American batik designers working in cottage industries in Indonesia. She does a limited number of pieces as she works on them directly. Each is a unique work of art. In addition to The Island Gallery, her fashion designs are sold to a devoted clientele in Indonesia, Singapore and Paris.
October-November 2004. FOREIGN BODIES, Bead Constructions and Paintings of Found Images from Italy. Virginia Paquette.  The work in this show is based on "found" images and materials from Virginia and husband, jazz performer and composer Bill O. Smith’s, time living in Italy each year. The images, colors, and textures are interpreted from Rome’s rich history of art and architecture, and its contemporary politics and life. The works are gathered from the street - both visually and literally - using bits of "found" paper and cast-offs as a direct source for collage and painting, and sometimes juxtaposed to reflect the complex contradictions and influences of the past and present in contemporary life. The "bead constructions" are connected to this experience, and to the paintings, in a similar way, responding to everyday images and using found materials and elements from the color and remnants of Roman life. They take the shape of wearable jewelry constructions and applied beaded surfaces, and are each exhibited in connection with a painting/collage. Virginia’s husband, Bill Smith, performs in concert with her art.
November 7, 2004. Wood Fired Ceramics with Salmon Woman Wood Sculpture. Jenny Andersen, Ken Lundemo & Beverly Saito. Bainbridge Island Quarterly Arts Walk.  December 2004. Santatsugama Three Dragon Wood Fire Kiln Group Show. Jenny Andersen, Ken Lundemo, Don Reitz, Beverly Saito, Steve Sauer & Al Tennant with Mixed Media by Peggy Vanbianchi. Opening reception, First Friday, December 3, 2004, 6-8 p.m. The public is cordially invited to the Kiln Opening preceding the show on Saturday, November 27, 2004 at 10 a.m.
December 2004-January 2005. Art in Wood. Wood Sculpture and Furniture. Gregory Glynn, Carlos Sosa and Gary Quitslund. Opening reception, Friday, December 10, 2004, 6-8 p.m. 
Spring 2005. Wood Fired Treasures. Jenny Andersen. June-July 2005. Celebration of Batik: The Artistry of Agus Ismoyo and Nia Fliam. Agus and Nia, husband-wife collaborative artists in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, are internationally renown for their intricate, nuanced and time-intensive contemporary fine art textiles. This exhibition will provide a special showcase for their batik in conjunction with the International World Batik Conference to be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts during June 2005. Nia and Agus are the only artists from Indonesia selected for a  solo show at this conference. Following their stay in Massachusetts, they will travel to Bainbridge Island where they will conduct an international Batik Workshop at Islandwood and collaborate with Coastal Salish Indians, sponsored by the Institute for Cross Cultural Art. (Contact us to register for workshop.)
August 2005. Hikarigama The Illuminated Kiln, Elkton Wood Fire Group Show. Barb Campbell, John Harris, Terry Inokuma, Chris Knapp, Hiroshi Ogawa, Beverly Saito, Jack Walsh and Natalie Warrens. Opening reception, First Friday, August 5, 2005, 6-8 p.m. Fall 2005. Wood on the Edge. Group Show. |
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