Art Zone with Nancy Guppy

30/10/2024

💥NEWS FLASH💥
Council Member Dan Strauss has added Council President Sara Nelson's budget amendment to SAVE THE SEATTLE CHANNEL into his balancing package. Three BIG cheers for these two ROCKSTARS and to the ENTIRE City Council for going to bat and MAKING THIS HAPPEN!

25/10/2024

The photographer/editor/producers who make the beautiful segments on Art Zone are artists themselves. This lovely piece on lighting designer Yuri Kinosh*ta was created by the mega talented Vinzon Peerz.

Technically speaking, Yuri Kinosh*ta designs light fixtures, but that description doesn’t come close to capturing the look and feel of her gorgeous sculptura...

09/10/2024

The mega-talented Patricia Murphy, host of "Seattle Now" on KUOW, interviewed me about the proposed budget cut to the Seattle Channel. https://www.kuow.org/podcasts/seattlenow

08/09/2024

Hanging with Brangien Davis at the grand opening of Gage Academy of Art's brand new digs in the South Lake Union neighbourhood. Major props to Amazon and NBBJ Architects for making this dream a spectacular reality!
photo: Jane Kaplan

31/08/2024

Enjoying "Almost Live! (Almost an Exhibit) at MOHAI with my favorite partner in crime. Tracey Conway. (I think we had just spotted Bill Nye's notorious "Speedwalker" shorts.)

photo: Clay Eals

29/08/2024

Amity Addrisi, host extraordinaire of KING 5's New Day NW, chatted me up about "Almost Live! (Almost an Exhibit)" opening at MOHAI this coming Saturday, August 31.

The "Almost Live!" exhibit at MOHAI opens August 31 and runs through February 23. You can stream all the episodes of "Almost Live" on KING5+.

24/08/2024

Last night's house concert at the home of Debbie Palmer and Michael Arndt featured the amazing Star Anna performing songs from her EXCELLENT new record, "Love and S*x and Fear of Death," plus a few covers that included a show-stopping version of "Burning Down the House." www.starannamusic.com

15/08/2024

This personal remembrance of Charles R. Cross, written by Crosscut Arts and Culture Editor Brangien Davis, is beautiful and deeply touching. Charles would approve.💗

More than a music journalist, the bestselling author crafted a vital chronicle of the evolving culture of his home city.

04/08/2024

The Long Winters, one of my favorite local bands, played Slims Last Chance last night with the stellar lineup of John Roderick, Mike Squires, Jeff Fielder, Daniel Spils, Michael Musburger, and The Longhorns. An outstanding set of original songs that ended with a beautifully sloppy cover of "Sway."

02/08/2024

Brangien Davis, the smart, funny, and intrepid Arts and Culture Editor at Crosscut, launches her groovy new Cascade PBS series, ARTXNW, at 8:50pm tonight on regular broadcast and, of course, online:

Art by Northwest explores the connections between artists and their local environment.

14/07/2024

Talking to the great Fay Jones at the opening of "History Lessons:" her beautiful show of monoprints and etchings at studio e gallery. Runs thru August 10.
www.studioegallery.net

01/07/2024

"CALDER: IN MOTION" at Seattle Art Museum is 100% wonderful. Don't miss it. Thru August 4, 2024
www.seattleartmuseum.org

05/06/2024

Don't touch the art... and for god's sake don't lick it!

"MAD STUDIO" at MadArt
June 8-July 13
www.madartseattle.com

Evan Blackwell / "Street Lens"
Nikita Ares / "the last taste of forever"

23/05/2024

Alison Milliman, founder of MadArt, is a dynamo and a visionary whose support for art and artists cannot be overstated. She is also warm, kind, and as fond of using the f-bomb as I am!
Mark your calendar for MAD STUDIO, MadArt's epic final show, June 8 thru July 13. https://madartseattle.com/exhibitions/mad-studio/

02/05/2024

A beautiful story for a beautiful Thursday morning.
Created by Pete Cassam and Annabel Cassam.

A self-described representational urban landscape artist, Michael Stasinos spends months, sometimes years, capturing in stunning detail the ineffable essence...

01/05/2024

Kevin Charles Murphy is a crazy great musician--plays in The Moondoggies and Small paul-- and is one of those people whom I flat out adore.
photo: Rosemary Garner

17/04/2024

Practicing my Norma Desmond from Sunset Boulevard:
"Alright Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup."

photo: Rosemary Garner

21/03/2024

Did my monthly arts segment this morning on KING 5's New Day Northwest--here are five groovy action items for your consideration:

Art Zone’s Nancy Guppy previews new exhibits, jazz music and Piano Day!