News from ARAC

Anchor welcomes back Jean Behnke from her residency at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado.  Despite a few snow induced bumps and bruises along the way, Jean made some great prints.  Here are some photos of Anderson Ranch and the prints for your viewing pleasure. 

As for updates on Anchor, next week marks the first opening of our first show for 2011!  We are so excited to have on display Bending Space and installation by Lanny Bergner.  The opening is next Friday, Feb. 4, from 6-9pm.  We look forward to seeing you all there!

Anchor Update!

Perhaps you have noticed, Anchor is closed through the month of January.  Jean Behnke has arrived at Anderson Ranch for a studio residency and the rest of the Anchor crew is enjoying some much deserved R&R and studio time.

Don't despair!  We will be back in action in February to kick off an entire year of exciting shows.  To start, Bending Space: Installation by Lanny Bergner opens February 4th.  Lanny's installation will include a version of Constellation Maker, one of three wall installations, and Bending Space, incorporating angular pieces of varying size and shape constructed from stainless steel mesh, silicone, wire and colored paper.  The third part of Lanny's installation A Gaggle of Baskets, uses interrelate organic basketry shapes made from pattern-burned stainless steel mesh.  It opens on February 4th during the Anacortes Art Walk from 6-9 and will continue through February 27th.  See you there!

2011 Calendar

Art for the Holidays

In case you haven't heard, Anchor's backroom looks pretty festive right now.  We have art for every budget.  Ornaments by Olive Glass, Lanny Bergner and Ann Reid.  Ceramics by the likes of Jeff Hanks, Gail Gingell and Julie Lindell.  TJ Adersn, Genevieve Castree, Terry Frankel, Todd Horton, Phil Elverum, Clarity Miller just to name a few.  Jewelry, paintings, cards, chocolates, bowls, books, it seems like just about anything and everything. It won't stay like this forever, so make sure to check it out before it is gone.

In other words, we would like to thank everyone for coming to the opening of "This is us!" last Friday.  It just might have been the biggest turn out we've seen.  We had so much fun, and I hope that those of you who came are able to make it back to get a full view of the show.  For those who were unable to make it, we will be here through the end of the month and this is really a show not to be missed.  Thank you again from Anchor!

THIS IS US! Lindsey, Klamser, Roberts & Moe

We hope you have all been staying warm and full on this chilly Thanksgiving weekend.  Anchor has been getting ourselves together for the opening of our next show THIS IS US!  The show, opening Friday, December 3 (6-9pm), will include Tom Lindsey, Patty Klamser, Sue Roberts and Allen Moe.  There is already quite a bit of buzz circling the show and the talented artists it includes.  Ford Gilbreath's Margaret Makes Art and Moon Root will also be continuing in the Moving Image Room, so if you haven't seen it yet, now is a great time.  We are expecting a great opening. Come by and say hello!

Looking Forward

Art Walk in Anacortes 
Braving the wind and rain is encouraged.  Anchor is bringing in a new video artist for the occasion, Ford Gilbreath, with two works, "Margaret Makes Art" and "Moon Root".  Ford gives a uniquely up-close vision of worlds within worlds.  "Margaret Makes Art" is a tribute to Margaret Lewis Gilbreath (the artist's mother).  Using a cystoscope and a small cctv camera allows a sense of traveling through the miniature landscape created by Margaret in the 1980s.  "Moon Root", on the other hand, uses the same small camera to probe underground with minimal impact on the land.  The camera is then turned toward the moon and various phases pass through frame. 

2011 Calender!

Anchor just finished putting our calender together for the coming year, and let us tell you, we are all in for a treat. 

February               Lanny Bergner

March                   Jasmine Valandani

April-May             Gail Grinnell

June                      Helen Gamble                     

July                       Ries Niemi/ Sheila Klein

August                  Julie Lindell, Phil Elverum, Jean Behnke

September            Kathyrn Glowen and Ron Glowen

Oct-Nov               John Feodorov

December             Sylvia Smith, Lark Dalton, Corrie Haight,

                             Jeffrey Hanks, Summer Scriver,

                            Gregg Blomberg, Raven Skyriver

                            and TJ Anderson.        



Excited?
We are.

Moving Image Room

If you have visited Anchor in the past few months you probably have had the good fortune of seeing Julia Oldham's work in the Moving Image Room.  Anchor is just a recent addition to the long list of galleries and museums to show Oldham, including; MOMA PS1 in New York, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.  Her video was just extended through October, so if you haven’t had a chance to view it yet, hurry because time is running out.

Fear not, November ushers in another great artist, Ford Gilbreath, who graciously brings to Anchor two videos, Margaret Makes Art and Moon Root.  Haunting and intimate, Gilbreath’s work has been exhibited at museums and galleries extensively in the Northwest, as well as in Japan.  The videos will be up for public consumption on November 5^th (opening 6-9 pm) and will run through December 31^st. 

Four Friends come to Anchor

Four Friends: New Work
Russell Prather, Carol Phillips, John Harmon and Jean Behnke

October 1st to November 27th
Opening Reception October 1st, 6-9pm

It’s the end of September, which means two things; everyone is wondering what they will be for Halloween and Anchor’s new show, Four Friends, is about to open. 

As the name states, the exhibition will bring together the diverse work four long time friends living at a distance from each other.  Russell Prather, Carol Phillips, John Harmon and Jean Behnke explore the influence of artists’ friendships using formal and informal processes of art making.  This broad and imaginative exhibition includes wall work, ceramic and installation.  We've got some pictures here to give a little preview of the creative and colorful work you can look forward to.

See you this Friday at the opening!

Russell Prather

Carol Phillips

John Harmon

Jean Behnke