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Cornish College of the Arts Announces New Student Housing Facility
SEATTLE, WA – Cornish College of the Arts is pleased to announce the addition of student housing to its downtown campus. Cornish recently entered into a lease agreement with Clise Properties Inc. to convert two hotel buildings located at 2205 Seventh Ave and 2213 Eighth Avenue to residence halls for Cornish students.
Cornish has played a pivotal role in the revitalization of the Denny Triangle neighborhood, interweaving the arts into the lives of everyone in the community. The addition of student housing will infuse the neighborhood with close to 300 students, who by living and working in the area, will add to the vitality of downtown Seattle.
BFA Art + Design Show Opens May 8
Graduating seniors from the Art & Design departments present individual shows, as they prepare to enter the professional artistic community. This exhibition will represent the culmination of each student’s education and experience at Cornish. A wide variety of technical and conceptual directions will be presented to the public in two buildings on the Cornish campus, with a lively, not-to-be-missed opening reception on May 8 from 5 - 9 pm. The exhibition also features an online catalog.
“This exhibition is unique because it presents an entire body of work from each graduating senior, ranging from site-specific installations to interactive projects to new media pieces and works made by traditional techniques. It’s an opportunity for the graduates to express their creative voice to a large public audience for the first time, and a chance for visitors to preview the work of these new emerging artists.”
-Jess Van Nostrand, Exhibitions Curator
Jim Knapp Orchestra to Perform Works by Student Composers
The Jim Knapp Orchestra, one of the regions’ most renowned jazz ensembles, will present music from members of Knapp’s Jazz Arranging class at Cornish. The annual reading will take place Monday, May 4 at the Seattle Drum School.
Featured student composer/arrangers include: Jonathon Bourke, Courtney Cutchins, Cassia Demayo, Patrick Douglass, Kendall Galbraith, James Hunter, Greg Larsen, Evan McPherson, Trevor Ridge, and Dick Robinson.
Cornish Visual Art & Music Meets Artisanal Cuisine at Enotria
Cornish has just launched a new partnership with Enotria, an Italian inspired Pacific Northwest restaurant in Laurelhurst, to exhibit the College’s Mary Alice Cooley Collection. The Mary Alice Cooley Collection contains over 200 original Cornish student prints and reveals the quality and diversity of work produced by students, such as Cornish alumna and trustee Ellen Rutledge. New pieces will rotate at Enotria every three to four months.
In addition to the visual art featured, Enotria will also highlight Cornish music alumni in Sunday Evenings at Enotria, weekly live acoustic music performances. Performers include Cornish music alumni Angela Reed (2004), Elsa Nilsson (2008) & Michael Owcharuk (2006), Josh Rawlings (2005), and Kirstin Connell, in addition to part-time faculty member Marco De Carvalho.