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The Leaking Vase by Andries Lukas Breedt
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12 new sculptures featured on July Art Walk at Depot
The new exhibit of 12 outdoor sculptures surrounding the Depot and in the Madrona Grove Sculpture Garden (just east of the Depot Plaza) will welcome visitors during the First Friday Art Walk on Friday, July 6, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.. Sponsored by Windermere Real Estate, the sculpture project offers a mix of styles and materials in the juried exhibit that will be in place until late fall.
The sculptors will be present during the art walk event to answer questions about their art and their creative processes. The exhibit is the second at the Depot/sculpture garden location and is a continuation of the Anacortes Arts Commission Sculpture Project . The Anacortes Arts Festival has pledged to buy two of the sculptures to be added to the growing public art collection around town.
"Our thanks to Windermere Real Estate for their continuing support of this project that enlivens the art scene in Anacortes," said Lanny Bergner, arts commission member who has worked on the sculpture project for many years. He added, "We have a very eclectic group of sculptures to offer the public in this exhibit and we thank all the artists for their participation."
Click here for a list of Sculptures and location.
Anacortes Arts Commission
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Cover image by Terry MacDonald
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Anacortes Arts Commission includes an e x p a n d i n g, diverse public art collection in locations ranging from public buildings, to waterfront settings, to parks and forestlands. Thriving arts organizations offer year-round programming in theater, music, visual and literary arts. |
Fidalgo Island has a large public art collection that includes outdoor sculpture, a variety of murals, and public buildings with art collections by a wide range of well-known regional artists – as well as a number of Monuments and Memorials. Skagit County and Fidalgo Island were the home of a number of artists who developed a unique northwest style of art established in the early part of the 20th century, and artists who have subsequently continued to define the uniqueness of our area through their painting, sculpture, photography and other mediums.
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We love the arts in Anacortes
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MISSION STATEMENT: The Anacortes Arts Commission supports excellence, vitality, diversity, and accessibility of the arts as essential to the quality of life for all Fidalgo and Guemes Island residents by fostering a community cultural vision through the acquisition, placement and maintenance of public art and by promoting participation, innovation and partnership in all the performing, visual literary arts.
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