News from 2021
October 2021 — High Tea Virtual Annual Fundraiser
Update! The list of items available in the upcoming Silent Auction is now available at: https://mailchi.mp/f934fa16ddcb/support-revision-arts-through-our-silent-auction. All donations will fund our 2022 Please Touch Exhibit, our tactile show at A/NT gallery.
Three Cups of Tea
Saturday, November 13th, 2021
2:30–4:00
$25/person minimum donation
There will be a Silent Auction with the goal of raising $4,000 to support the organization for the next year.
The deadline for registration was November 6th to kmcnutt.revisionarts@gmail.com
Pay online using the Donate button at the bottom of the page,
or send a check to P.O. Box 28955, Seattle, WA 98118.
For more information text or phone Barbara at 206-734-1994.
July 2021 — Please Touch: Hope Rising
A Tactile Art exhibition curated by Barbara Oswald
August 3rd–27th, 2021
A/NT Gallery, Seattle Center
Tue–Sun, 11 am – 6 pm
Artist Reception: Thursday, August 5th, 3–7 pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 7th, 5–9 pm
Featured Artist: Jim Stevens
Tactile artists:
Patron Sponsors
- Madrona Grocery Outlet – Steven Mullen
- Barbara Guzzo & Paul Purcell
- Kathryn Kurtz & Shaughn Gorman
- Kathy McNutt
Partner Sponsors
- New Roots Organics – Carolyn Boyle
- Compass Real Estate – Fionnuala O’Sullivan
- Joshua Dooley & April Mills
- Libby Clark & Joe Weller
- Mary Ellen Haley
- Knoll Lowney
- Liz O’Connell
Friend Sponsors
- Maureen & John Reid
- Karen Matthews
- Geri Johnson
- Judith Desmarais
- Therese Oswald
- Daniel Kaufman
- Kathy and John Morefield
- Albert Angel
- Anissa Olson
“Hope Rising” by Fresia Valdivia Galvez
Featured Artist Jim Stevens
Jim Stevens is an award winning international artist and author who is also legally blind, with only a pin dot of vision remaining in both eyes. He lost his sight as a result of combat wounds while serving in the U.S. Army. His loss of vision forced the artist to rethink his approach to the art he loves. Today he uses a combination of visual lenses along with his sense of touch to complete each of his extraordinary paintings, scrimshaw etchings and custom works of art. Jim has defied the odds but in his own words, “A man with a vision is never truly blind.”
“Golightly and Cat”, an abstract linear painting by Jim Stevens
Why I make Tactile Art — Doriane Nieburgs
I love the feel of felted wool and the pieces I make are meant to be picked up and held in your hands. There are so many different textures in each piece with all the elements that go into them. The entire experience of making each vessel is a tactile experience for me and that gets transferred to whoever holds the finished piece. It is an amazing moment for me when I see someone cradle the vessel in their hands and connect with the piece on many sensory levels.
I was born and raised in New York City. I obtained my undergraduate degree in Art (ceramics and printmaking) from The University of Wisconsin, in Madison. I lived in Wisconsin for five years until moving to Seattle where I have been, now, for most of my life. I balance my life as a psychotherapist working with my art. My felted wool vessels are part basketry, part sculptural, and similar in many ways to ceramic pots or bowls. The materials I use in the vessels are wool, silk, waxed linen, natural plants, feathers, reed, pine needles, glass beads, and anything else I find that I can incorporate into the work. They range in size from 4 inches tall and 5 inches wide to 6 inches tall and 7 inches wide and are strong enough to be used as bowls or baskets. I am inspired by things in Nature, poetry and other literary forms, and people.
June 2021 — Call for Art: Please Touch: Hope Rising
Call for Art
Please Touch: Hope Rising
A Tactile Exhibition at A/NT Gallery,
Seattle Center, August 2021.
Juried Show
Digital submissions are due by June 30th, 2021.
You may submit 1–3 pieces of art for consideration.
Submissions must include:
- Application fee $25. Please pay online through our donation button at www.revisionarts.org. Your receipt will show South End Seattle Arts Center. Scholarships available for artists based on need.
- JPEG images sent as attachments to boswald.revisionarts@gmail.com
- Detailed description of artwork. This description would be used for audio description on our revisionarts.org website.
Artists will be notified of acceptance accepted artwork by July 12th.
April 2021 — GiveBig 2021
GiveBIG to Revision Arts on May 5–6! Help us support artists and audiences of ALL abilities! We are fundraising for our accessible arts programs of 2021. Join the movement on May 5-6 (or you can donate NOW with early donation). Click here for details: https://www.givebigwa.org/revisionarts
During the GiveBIG statewide fundraising campaign, individuals and organizations come together across Washington to invest in our community.
Early giving on their portal is open NOW! Please GiveBig to ReVision Arts, and share!
https://www.givebigwa.org/fundraise/3680/join-me-in-supporting-revision-arts