The Namaste Story and how it led ArtXchange Gallery Director Cora Edmonds to found the non-profit Namaste Children’s Fund has always been part of the foundation of ArtXchange’s charitable endeavors. A portion of the proceeds from Cora Edmonds’ photography is donated annually to NCF to support various projects. In 2010, NCF was able to build…
The Light! exhibit reviewed in Seattle’s International Examiner newspaper. Brooklyn-based artist Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn (of Studio 1thousand) is also inspired by the subtlety of light. Born and raised in Seattle, he draws inspiration from the natural low light of the Northwest. “Lighting in the Northwest and sunlight in the Northwest is a very challenging subject,” he…
The Sense Us 2010 exhibit generated an amazing amount of press, community interest, and discussion in our Seattle community. Thank you to everyone who supported this timely exhibition. Thank you to our partner La Sala, a collective formed to coalesce and mobilize the growing Latino-Hispanic arts community of the Seattle/Bellevue and surrounding districts – we…
Read Art as Cultural Exchange by Shelley Seale in Seattle Woman Magazine. Seattle’s diverse, multicultural population provides the ideal setting for an international gallery such as ArtXchange. “Art is a reflection of culture and I believe as a city, the arts are still catching up to reflect our cultural diversity,” says Edmonds. “Traditional fine art…
April 15 – June 14Opening & Artist Reception: April 22, 4-6pm Featuring MalPina Chan, Carina A. del Rosario, Jonathan Wakuda Fischer, Deborah Kapoor, Chiyo Sanada with Barbara McConkey, William Song, Joseph Songco, Arun Sharma, June Sekiguchi, Barry Wong, Dean Wong, Frederic Wong, and Mia Yoshihara-Bradshaw Heritage, identity, history, memory, coexistence, and freedom – these are…
“!Sense Us!” group show at Seattle’s ArtXchange, includes Latino and Latina painters and photographers whose work ranges from photorealism to shadowy abstraction.
The punning title of “!Sense Us!” — ArtXchange and La Sala’s new group show — refers to the upcoming 2010 census and the need for Latino and Latina artists to register their presence in our local arts scene.
But the show itself, far from presenting a unified voice, has a 10-fold resonance. The quality of the work generally is high. Preferences for one artist over another will depend entirely on whether your taste inclines toward reportage or reverie, the colorful or the somber, the mysterious or the whimsical.
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Photo exhibit in Swirl sheds light on remote Nepali villages and the people who live there By Jessica Van Gilder It’s not always easy to follow your passion, particularly if it means trekking into the Himalayas to visit remote villages. But that didn’t stop Cora Edmonds – whose photography captures a slice of the lives…
Not Your Average Baker’s Dozen, by Judith Van Pragg for the International Examiner Last year the five dedicated curators of the ArtXchange Gallery sent a call out for artists whose work exemplified the theme of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Out of hundreds of responses thirteen artists were chosen. The words American/Asian seem to jump…
A brief encounter with a stranger can be memorable, but it doesn’t necessarily change your life — unless you’re Seattle–based photographer Cora Edmonds.
We are pleased to announce that the Kunming City Government is now collecting Zhang Jian Zhong’s works as a national treasure. A new building is also being constructed to house the permanent exhibition of his works. The Kunming City or the Yunnan Province has never done such a project for an artist before.