Artwalk and Performance Art

0 CommentsMonday • May 9, 2011 • by Imei

Old Rainier Brewery’s (ORB) next artwalk is Saturday, May 14, and we want to let you know that we’ve prepared a growing network of resident and guest artists to entertain, wow, and beautify your senses from your ears to your feet. Attending one or more of Seattle’s 25 artwalks helps artists peddle their wares, but also gives local people opportunities to interact with and support second-generation artists who have exploded onto the area artwalk’s 30-year history.

For more information about Seattle area artists, check out the article, “Learning to Walk” (CityArts May 2011) by Mark Baumgarten, who includes a sweet Q and A with his mother about preparing to attend an artwalk, as well as how artwalks can improve themselves. It should be of interest to you that ORB’s artwalk provides four of the five ideas that improve an artwalk, including having ours in an enclosed space (no fear of a rainout), free and plentiful parking, and good music. Several bands, DJ’d music, and interactive studio presentations are part of the lineup.

Performance art and artwalks are a match made in heaven.

Hips For Hire Studio will be showcasing Dayton Allermain’s project, Projecture, which includes digital photography that can be instantly shared and streamed. All artwalk audience members are invited to come see how it works, and Allermain might just ask you to participate in his project (we’ll have a release for for you).

Included in the three-hour event in the building:
chocolate from a real chocolatier
music
photography
sculpture
paintings
technology
snacks and drinks
a map and game board (with prizes!)

For a listing of the artists, check out this link on Facebook.

The map will help you navigate our historic building effortlessly. Art will be spread out throughout hallways, landings, and studios to make it easier for audience members to find the art. It’s a great indoor date night, it’s free, and it’s fun.

HFH studio plans to offer a burlesque and cabaret theme for August 13, 2011, the date of the next planned artwalk for ORB. Interested people may send in audition video footage or request an in-person audition if you do not have showreel footage. Deadline is July 31, 2011 for submissions. Our artwalk is the second Saturday held once a quarter.

A special thanks to Linda and Amanda of ORBarts (on Twitter) for asking me to get involved in organizing and advertising for the artwalk, and to Pionier Square’s artwalk and local businesses for encouraging to advertise with them about our artwalk. It’s a truly collaborative group that helps everybody involved to be a part of artful living.