Friday, November 20, 2009

Imagine Hearing Your Own Thoughts

You wake up to the sound of silence. There are no alarm clocks going off. There is no traffic outside your window. There is only the sound of your own ideas percolating inside your head. Grabbing your coat you take time for a lazy morning walk through the woods to get a Cappuccino made by local Talkeetna residents. Halfway down a dirt path with wild Alaskan woods on both sides your ideas begin to simmer wildly. This is the first time in a year that you've been able to hear yourself think. You'd forgotten how rich your own ideas could be. And to think - all you have to do today is to develop and realize all these wonderful ideas. All you have to do is make your art.

Apply for you Alaskan Artist Residence. March - April applications close Nov. 28:
http://www.lafamiliagallery.org/artist_residence.html

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

CALL FOR ENTERIES: February Show

Reinventing the Wheel: A Show of Spherical Proportions”
Submission deadline: Monday, 1/11/10

Spheres, rings, circles…how do they influence your work? How do you choose to interpret the shape? Show us your paintings, drawings, printmaking, photography, mixed media and small sculpture. 2D artwork should be no larger than 16" x 20". Open to all artists, no geographic restrictions. Show runs 2/03/10 through 2/27/10; selected work must be delivered to the gallery by Thursday, 1/28/10. (Please note: artists are responsible for costs of shipping artwork to the gallery.)

Entry fee is $10 for 2 images, and if the artist chooses, an additional $3 per image for up to 5 images total. Submit your entries online, at https://lafamiliallc.wufoo.com/forms/call-for-artists-reinventing-the-wheel/


La Familia Gallery is an artist-run exhibition space located in the historic Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle. Dedicated to furthering the visibility of the arts across cultures and communities, LFG focuses on where fine art, music, literature and performance intersect. We offer member artists a space to create and market passionate projects that reflect their own unique blend of style and messaging. For more information, visit HYPERLINK "http://www.lafamiliagallery.org" www.lafamiliagallery.org.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: January Show

“Daydreams: Images to Carry Us through Winter” Submission deadline: Monday, 12/14/09 What thoughts and images help you through winter in the Northwest? Show us your paintings, drawings, printmaking, photography, mixed media and small sculpture. 2D artwork should be no larger than 16" x 20". Open to Pacific Northwest artists. Show runs 1/06/10 through 1/30/10; selected work must be delivered to the gallery by Thursday, 12/31/09. (Please note: artists are responsible for costs of shipping artwork to the gallery.) Entry fee is $10 for 2 images, and if the artist chooses, an additional $3 per image for up to 5 images total. Submit your entries online, at https://lafamiliallc.wufoo.com/forms/call-for-artists-daydreams/


La Familia Gallery is an artist-run exhibition space located in the historic Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle. Dedicated to furthering the visibility of the arts across cultures and communities, LFG focuses on where fine art, music, literature and performance intersect. We offer member artists a space to create and market passionate projects that reflect their own unique blend of style and messaging. For more information, visit HYPERLINK "http://www.lafamiliagallery.org" www.lafamiliagallery.org.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Check Out the LFG Live Streaming Coming Soon

Friday, October 2, 2009

All Items Up For the LFG Fundraising Auction: Now Available

This Auction Closes Today @ 5pm

Buy Work Now by Emailing auction@lafamiliallc.com











Wednesday, September 23, 2009

La Familia Gallery's First Facebook Fundraiser Auction Closes Friday (tomorrow)


LA FAMILIA GALLERY INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN A SPECIAL ONLINE FUNDRAISING EVENT.

As artists, we’re asked to donate our work to a variety of causes. This month, the artists of La Familia are donating the sales of our work to support our fellow artists, and the growth of our cooperative gallery.

Aqua Art Miami, a key satellite show of Art Basel, is a selectively juried exhibition that’s an incredible opportunity for emerging artists to expand their reach to the international art scene. The artists of La Familia Gallery have been invited to participate in the 2009 Aqua Art Miami exhibition, and we need your help to get there!

This is your chance to bid on pieces from your favorite La Familia artists and potentially collect them for less than regular gallery prices. Of course, you can always stake your claim on a piece and “buy it now” as well!

AUCTION GUIDELINES

1. Click on the images below to see the work that’s for sale.
2. RSVP for the event if you'd like to bid, so that you have the ability to make comments.
3. The caption below each piece contains all of the information you’ll need to make a bid, including: end date for each individual auction, minimum bid, suggested bidding increments and a “Buy It Now” price.
4. Place your bid as a “comment” below the image of the piece that you want.
5. Each auction will last 5 days. If you choose to “Buy It Now,” the auction for that piece ends immediately after the “Buy It Now” bid is placed. Otherwise, at 5pm PST on the end of the 5th day, the highest bid wins the piece.
6. We will contact the winners of each individual auction to discuss the steps for payment. Please be prepared to pay within 48 hours; otherwise, artwork will be go to the next bidder down, or be put back into the auction. La Familia Gallery accepts cash, check or credit card.
7. All sales are final.
8. Auction prices do not include shipping costs. If necessary, artwork can be shipped via UPS; costs will be added to the total cost of the work based on size, weight and destination.
9. We will be making this auction available as a public link. If you want to bid on a piece but don’t have a Facebook account, you have a few options:
-Ask a friend with a Facebook account to bid for you!
-Email us at auction@lafamiliallc.com to let us know what bid you want to place. Please keep in mind, however, that there may be delays in response time for this option, so you may get out-bid.

Help the artists of La Familia Gallery take advantage of a key career-building opportunity by making a bid on your favorite piece below. Auctions will last 5 days for each piece, and we’ll be adding new pieces every few days—so make sure you check back often!


THIS WEEK:
Caudled Milk (mixed media), Chris Sheridan (painting), Christine Rivers (photography), Don DeLeva (painting), Joseph Guggino (giclee), Jeanette Jones (painting), Kate Protage (painting), Thomas Krueger (photography) and Sara Everett (woodcut).

NEXT WEEK:
More work from some of the above artists, plus Angela Scott (painting), Harry Woods (photography), Kathy Liao (painting), Lanae Rivers-Woods (digital prints) and Michelle Anderst (painting).

Prices have been set by the artists. 100% of the proceeds from all sales in the Aqua Art Fundraiser Auction go toward funding La Familia Gallery’s participation in Aqua Art Miami.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Rebeqa Rivers, Director of Music at LFG, Has A New Website


Want to hear some great music?
Need a vocal coach?
Check out www.rebeqarivers.com
Rebeqa is the Director of Music at La Familia, a classically trained opera singer who has fallen in love with Steam Punk and Seattle's urban art scene.