MadArt presents Aperture, a sculptural installation by New York-based artist Ian McMahon. Upon entering the space, visitors encounter an assemblage of 15-foot-tall, billowing, pillow-like structures that directly respond to the studio’s architecture by paralleling the mezzanine and expanding from its center aisle. The work is comprised of over 5,000 pounds of cast plaster and corralled by large wooden beams. Unlike any of McMahon’s previous works, Aperture incorporates an interior viewing corridor that provides visitors a unique look into the complex engineering involved in the fabrication process. In giving viewers a perspective that visually contradicts the work’s malleable exterior, McMahon aims to disintegrate material assumptions and disrupt the familiarity of spatial memory.
“Most of us are so focused on our goals and where we need to go, we rarely take a moment to do something for others. Just. Because. Doing something nice for others, without an agenda, simply feels good.” – National Today
Spreading kindness and caring for others can be found at every level of the Guardian Team and they are excited to continue their history of giving through the Halo Project.
At Guardian Home, we find great importance in giving back to the community that has given us so much already. That is why we have come up with the Halo Project, where we accept nominations from around our community of those in need of a new roof. After narrowing it down to the most desperate neighbor in need, our team volunteers their time on a Saturday to come out and replace or repair the recipient's roof – free of cost and no strings attached!
Nominations for the 2020 Halo Project will open up on December 3rd and run until January 31st. A winner will be announced shortly after February 4th!
Find the nomination application (Available starting December 3rd!) on our website here:
MadArt presents Aperture, a sculptural installation by New York-based artist Ian McMahon. Upon entering the space, visitors encounter an assemblage of 15-foot-tall, billowing, pillow-like structures that directly respond to the studio’s architecture by paralleling the mezzanine and expanding from its center aisle. The work is comprised of over 5,000 pounds of cast plaster and corralled by large wooden beams. Unlike any of McMahon’s previous works, Aperture incorporates an interior viewing corridor that provides visitors a unique look into the complex engineering involved in the fabrication process. In giving viewers a perspective that visually contradicts the work’s malleable exterior, McMahon aims to disintegrate material assumptions and disrupt the familiarity of spatial memory.
“Most of us are so focused on our goals and where we need to go, we rarely take a moment to do something for others. Just. Because. Doing something nice for others, without an agenda, simply feels good.” – National Today
Spreading kindness and caring for others can be found at every level of the Guardian Team and they are excited to continue their history of giving through the Halo Project.
At Guardian Home, we find great importance in giving back to the community that has given us so much already. That is why we have come up with the Halo Project, where we accept nominations from around our community of those in need of a new roof. After narrowing it down to the most desperate neighbor in need, our team volunteers their time on a Saturday to come out and replace or repair the recipient's roof – free of cost and no strings attached!
Nominations for the 2020 Halo Project will open up on December 3rd and run until January 31st. A winner will be announced shortly after February 4th!
Find the nomination application (Available starting December 3rd!) on our website here:
Seattle Public Utilities Fresh Perspectives 2020, Part 1 of 3
29 Artworks by 23 Artists
(A total of 70 artworks by 57 artists were purchased)
This exhibition consists of 29 contemporary artworks by 23 Northwest artists. The artwork was selected and curated by seven young people for Seattle Public Utilities latest 1% for Art purchase. They each participated in the Fresh Perspectives Youth Curatorial Training Program, jointly organized by Seattle Public Utilities and the Office of Arts & Culture.
This program includes conversations with curators and arts administrators from galleries, museums and public collections. It also provides the opportunity to serve on the selection panel, and learn about budgets and art handling. The program, now in its second year, seeks to support young creatives of color and incorporate youth voice, eye, and perspective into the City of Seattle’s art collection.
Artists
- Marit Berg
- Mary Ellen Bowers
- Patti Bowman
- Yvonne Chan
- Meghan Crandall
- Amjad Faur
- Mike Ferguson
- Kathy Fridstein
- Randi Ganulin
- Hsinyi Huang
- Nico Inzerella
- Juliana Kang Robinson
- Elise Koncsek
- Alan McNiel
- Maya Milton
- Hanako O’Leary
- Akira Ohiso
- Joe Rudko
- Roger Shimomura
- Miya Sukune
- JoEllen Wang
- Michelle Zeidman
- Jennifer Zwick
Youth Curators
Michael Anderson, Rosália António, Christa Chan, Helena Goos, Moe’Neyah Holland, Harsimran Kaur, Melody Lin
Program Administrators
Blake Haygood, Elisheba Johnson, Alison Post, Benjamin Gale-Schreck, Mami Hara
Image: Detail from Akria Ohiso, Muslim Neighbor, 2019.
Join us for a restoration work party at Burke-Gilman Trail – See website for important details on what to bring and where to meet.
Uncover the history of redlining and its impacts through individual stories in this new exhibit. Beginning with the exclusion of Native people from Seattle, follow the ongoing confluence of interconnected financial, environmental, physical factors that have plagued people of color and the instrumental history of response through resistance, innovation, solidarity and creativity that has shaped Seattle.