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SUMMARY:Opening Reception- Northern Light
DESCRIPTION:Traver Gallery is pleased to present Northern Light\, a two-person exhibition featuring works by Joe Shlichta and Matt Sellars. The exhibition brings together painting and sculptural carving in a shared investigation of light\, perception\, and the shifting boundaries between natural and constructed space.\nThough working in distinct media\, both artists engage with light as an active\, elusive force—one that shapes experience while resisting capture. Across the exhibition\, light is not only a subject but a material condition: destabilizing form\, compressing or expanding space\, and heightening the tension between precision and unpredictability.\nMatt Sellars’ carved wood sculptures originate in the stark luminosity of West Texas\, where intense light flattens distance and sharpens contrast. Drawing from desert landscapes—agave against open sky\, eroded rock formations\, and remnants of natural processes—Sellars creates forms that hover between organic and architectural. His use of applied color interacts with the wood’s inherent grain\, introducing an element of chance that mirrors the forces of erosion and transformation found in nature. The resulting works embody a dynamic tension between machined control and the unpredictable effects of time and environment.\nJoe Shlichta’s paintings similarly probe the instability of perception\, using color to construct and unravel spatial illusion. Rooted in his background as a theater set painter\, Shlichta’s practice reflects an acute awareness of how easily illusion can fracture. His compositions often allude to landscape\, yet resist fixed scale or orientation\, creating environments that feel both familiar and disquieting. Through layered glazing and expressive impasto\, Shlichta explores the emotional and structural power of color—where a single shift in tone can collapse depth or reconfigure space entirely.\nTogether\, Sellars and Shlichta\, longtime friends since they were students together at Cornish in 1992\, present a dialogue between surface and structure\, control and contingency. Northern Light invites viewers to consider how light mediates perception and how material—whether pigment or carved wood—can both reveal and obscure the world it seeks to describe.
URL:https://discovermagnolia.org/event/opening-reception-northern-light/
LOCATION:Traver Gallery\, 1100 W Ewing St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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SUMMARY:Mind Games Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Traver Gallery is pleased to present Mind Games\, a special exhibition examining the life\, work\, and ideas of Don Scott (1932-1985). Curated by Bill Traver and Sheila Farr\, the exhibition will be celebrated with an opening reception on Saturday\, February 7\, from 3 to 5pm\, in Traver Gallery’s temporary second-floor exhibition space. \nDon Scott was a formative figure in the Seattle arts community from the early 1960s until his death in 1985. A gallery owner\, teacher\, artist\, and independent thinker\, Scott helped push the city toward a more experimental\, idea-driven art culture. \nThe exhibition brings together graphic design projects\, neon\, limited-edition boxed books of visual and verbal poetry\, exhibition posters\, paintings\, and key works from Scott’s benchmark series. The show features work from the artist’s collection\, with additional loans from Anne Focke\, Pennie Pickering\, and Richard Hines. \nWhile an undergraduate at the University of Washington\, Scott organized Seattle’s first “happening” at the Seattle Center and worked as a curatorial assistant at the Seattle Art Museum. After graduating in 1963\, he opened Scott Gallery\, which quickly became the most progressive gallery in the region. Alongside exhibitions of artists such as Leo Kenney\, Frank Okada\, Margaret Tompkins\, and Spencer Moseley\, Scott staged interdisciplinary events that combined experimental film\, jazz\, chamber music\, theater\, poetry\, and performance. Though the gallery lasted only two years\, its influence was outsized. \nScott went on to teach design and art history at Cornish College of the Arts\, where his unconventional assignments and insistence on critical thinking left a deep impression on his students. When Scott resigned following a dispute with the administration\, several students\, including Bill Traver\, paid Scott’s tuition so he could enroll as a student and continue
URL:https://discovermagnolia.org/event/mind-games-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Traver Gallery\, 1100 W Ewing St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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SUMMARY:Holiday Group Show opening at Traver Gallery
DESCRIPTION:PRESENT FORM | Holiday Group Exhibition \ncelebrating artist-made\, meaningful\, extraordinary gifts \n  \nOpening Reception: December 6\, 3–5 pm at Traver Gallery (1100 W Ewing St. Suite 160) On view December 6–23\, 2025 \n  \nDecember is fast approaching\, and Traver Gallery is preparing for our annual Holiday Group Exhibition\, Present Form. This exhibition highlights an exceptional selection of artists working across glass\, ceramics\, painting\, and mixed media\, with each piece reflecting the skill\, imagination\, and curiosity that drive their practices. \n  \nWe encourage you to give the gift of art this year; each one-of-a-kind piece carries a story\, not only of the artist who made it\, but also of your experience discovering it\, and the beauty and joy that it will bring to life over the years to come. Give an enduring gift that imbues meaning and enriches life while supporting the creative community that makes Seattle unique. \n  \nArtists featured include Clare Belfrage\, Marita Dingus\, Lauren Grossman\, Jeffry Mitchell\, Charlie Parriott\, Preston Singletary\, Curtis Steiner\, Dharma Strasser MacColl\, Cappy Thompson\, Dick Weiss\, and more.
URL:https://discovermagnolia.org/event/holiday-group-show-opening-at-traver-gallery/
LOCATION:Traver Gallery\, 1100 W Ewing St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119\, United States
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