The Tour of Architects, March 20-21 will feature 17 architects and 24 projects. The two tours on two days begin…
Despite all the speculation about the future of arts on Bainbridge, if this week is any indication, it’s alive and…
First Sundays at the Commons presents violist Hilary Herndon and pianist Regina Yeh in concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, March…
As part of our cultural activities in our teaching curriculum, the Bainbridge Mandarin Learning Center is celebrating the Lantern Festival…
Live music, food, wine and beer await at the Arts and Culture Fair at the finish line of the Chilly…
Last year’s Matinees that Matter from Sustainable Bainbridge and the provocative Mythic Journeys event introduced the concept of community viewing…
“Hard times here and everywhere you go. Times is harder than they’er been before’.” from Hard Time Killing Floor Blues…
Lovers and lovers of music will be serenaded this weekend by the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, led by director David Upham,…
The National Geo-graphic “All Roads” Film Festival runs 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 13-14 at IslandWood. Filmmakers from New…
Living in Italy taught author Erica Bauermeister a new language – and it wasn’t Italian. Lively conversations happened in the kitchen every day – between cooks, of course – but the ones that caught her attention most were the dialogues that simmered on the stove, mingled in the salad, marinated on the counter. The ingredients, it seemed, carried on intimate conversations between themselves and could be overheard by those who paid attention.
Being an artist, especially these days, is not easy.
“You don’t do this to get rich,” laughed Sue Cretarolo, a Bainbridge artist whose evocative encaustic works grace the walls of Bainbridge Arts and Crafts this month.
“You do it because you love it,” she said.
Her love of color, composition, and content was stoked over 25 years as a graphic designer and continues today as she explores one medium after another, including metalwork, acrylic and most recently, wax.
Although gallery sales lately are not what she was seeing before the economy nose-dived, she’s still intrigued by working big – exploring the expanse of a large canvas, or two.
“I’ll do it until I run out of storage,” she said.
Her limited-pallette paintings are part of a group show “Almost Abstract” which includes work by Cretarolo, Delila Katzka and Kari Bergstrom MacKenzie.
Winning images from the 2009 Washington State High School Photography Competition will be on display during Bainbridge High School’s open…
