Willie Jones III Quintet at Jazz Alley

On April 8, 2015, the Willie Jones III Quintet performed a scintillating set at Jazz Alley, in Seattle.

Willie Jones, III - drums

Eddie Henderson - trumpet

Ralph Moore - sax

Eric Reed - piano

Buster Williams - bass

Sam Vernon Installation at the Olympic Sculpture Park

In March, 2015, Sam Vernon sited a new installation, How Ghosts Sleep: Seattle, in the pavilion of the Olympic Sculpture Park. Assisting Vernon in the installation process was graphic designer Loide Marwanga. Consisting of stark black-and-white wall graphics and fabric ceiling hangings, Vernon’s work will be on view through March 6, 2016. The Olympic Sculpture Park is a campus of the Seattle Art Museum.

Sam Vernon

Sam Vernon & graphic designer Loide Marwanga

Caz Phillips Reads at Elliott Bay

The esteemed, multi-award winning author Caryl “Caz” Phillips read from his new novel, The Lost Child, at the Elliott Bay Book Company, in Seattle, on March 23, 2015

Caz Phillips

Rick Simonson, Elliott Bay Book Company Head Buyer 

Amanda Paredes and Chris Sheridan at Axis Pioneer Square

Amanda Paredes is showing work in ‟The Fallen,” at Axis Pioneer Square through March 27, 2015. The exhibition opened on March 5, during the Pioneer Square’s First Thursday Art Walk. ‟The Fallen” is loosely inspired by Dante’s Inferno and the show is a collaboration with figurative oil painter Chris Sheridan, whose work is not shown in this post.

Amanda Paredes (left) & Dana Van Nest

Marita Dingus at Traver Gallery

On March 5, 2015, Traver Gallery, in Seattle, welcomed First Thursday Art Walk guests to ‟The Girls,” an exhibition of works by Marita Dingus. ‟The Girls” explores themes of race, identity and cultural dissonance, and the works are constructed almost entirely of found material. The show runs through May 3. 

Also on view at Traver, through May 3, is an exhibition by Mark Bennion.

Marita Dingus