In the Gallery: Student Art Show 2019
May is National Arts Education Month. To celebrate the work of our island youth, a month-long student art exhibit is held at
In the Gallery: Madonna Comix
Each month, Orcas Center's Visual Arts Committee brings local and international artists to explore the diversity of artistic expression. This April, the
VAC Art Opening Reception: 2019 Student Show
May is National Arts Education Month. To celebrate the work of our island youth, a month-long student art exhibit is held at the Orcas Center each year. This work features A-OK art from K-8 classes as well as incredible pieces from the High School students.
VAC Art Opening Reception: Madonna Comix
The images in Madonna Comix are based on poems in which the Madonna represents multiple experiences of being a woman. Curator and art historian, Prudence Roberts, writes, "When Dianne showed me her early versions of Madonna Comix last year, I was completely stunned by their beauty and intensity. I had never seen anything quite like them before. These images combine snippets of Little Lulu comics, lines from Celia Bland’s poems, and Dianne’s own negatives, freeform drawing and saturated washes of color. The prints are dark and irreverent, funny and sacred, and as full of mystery and miracle as the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus."
In the Gallery: Bradford Hansen Smith
Each month, Orcas Center's Visual Arts Committee brings local and international artists to explore the diversity of artistic expression. This March, the