Richard Serra's "Wake" installed

Over three days, beginning July 22, 2006, "Wake," a sculpture by Richard Serra, was installed in Seattle's Olympic Scultpure Park (OSP). The park, currently under construction, and developed by the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), opens on October 28, 2006. "Wake" is the park's first installed work.






Richard Serra (blue shirt) oversees installation



The five sinuous elements of the massive 600-ton work were fabricated in Cor-ten steel.





Members of the SAM board of trustees, staff and patrons get an early look at "Wake" and other OSP developments.




Former SAM curator Lisa Corrin (center) and SAM director Mimi Gates (right)


Michael McCafferty, chief exhibition designer, curator Michael Darling and board of trustees chairman Jon Shirley

Western Bridge/Susan Rosenberg

The Contemporary Art Council of the Seattle Art Museum hosted a reception at Western Bridge on June 23, 2006. The event served as: (1) an opportunity for the CAC membership to view the critically well-received Boys & Flowers exhibition and (2) a farewell event for departing museum associate curator Susan Rosenberg.

Always supportive of our programming efforts, Susan was a great friend of the Contemporary Art Council. Her suggestions and advice will be missed.













A final comment on Susan from one of her Seattle Art Museum colleagues:

“Susan Rosenberg has been with Seattle Art
Museum for three years. In that short time she
has been extraordinarily productive, curating
or co-curating numerous exhibitions. Susan
is leaving Seattle to take a teaching position
at St. John’s University in New York city.
She is a valued colleague and we wish her
all the best in her new position.”

—Chiyo Ishikawa, Deputy Director of Art

CD Forum's Food As Art gala

The Central District Forum held it's 2006 Food As Art fundraising gala on April 8, 2006, at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center on Seattle's beautiful waterfront. The CD Forum is a cultural organization targeting the production and presentation of African-American cultural programs that encourage thought and debate.


















The gala featured a large variety of savory dishes presented by a number of Seattle's top chefs and caterers, many of whom are African American. When I moved to this city in 1989, the food scene was characterized by an unusually large proportion to top female chefs. Over time, however, an unusually large proportion of top African-American chefs - both male and female - have also appeared on the Seattle scene, much to the community's benefit. The Food As Art contributors included:

Andaluca - Wayne Johnson
The Café by Hillside Quickie - Makina Howell
Campagne - Daisley Gordon
Casuelita's Caribbean Café - Richard Dwyer
The Kingfish Café - Leslie & Laurie Coaston
marjorie - Donna Moodie
Osteria La Spiga - Sachia, Sabrina & Trisha Tinsley
Seattle Tennis Club - Antoine Calloway
Sessions with Chef Amadeus - Chef Amadeus
St. Cloud's - Michael King
That Brown Girl Catering - Kristi Brown-Wokoma
Villa Victoria Catering - Naomi Smith
The Wellington - Cynthia Hobbs

Lawrimore Project opens in Seattle

Lawrimore Project, a new Seattle art gallery, officially opened in late June, 2006. Scott Lawrimore parlayed his art history background; ten years experience at the Foster/White, Davidson and Greg Kucera galleries; vision; and ambition to create this large, unusual and exciting space for exhibiting contemporary art. The gallery's design is credited to Lead Pencil Studio, the Seattle artist/architect team of Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo.

The opening exhibition features works by SuttonBeresCuller:







Also displayed is a slideshow of prior works by SuttonBeresCuller:



Seattle photographer Alice Wheeler in attendance at the opening event:



The gallery is receiving a warm reception from the local press, including articles in the Seattle Times, The Stranger and the Seattle Weekly, among others.