Alumni at Work

Salt Horse presents 12 Hour Play

Corrie Befort, Danielle Hammer, Molly Sides, Alia Swersky

Salt Horse presents a non-stop, twelve-hour duration performance from the hours of 6pm-6am. Featuring an exquisite cast of Seattle dancers and musicians, Salt Horse is utilizing this format to research the effect of duration and exhaustion on time-based improvisational scores that focus on the dynamics of a group - their inherent flux and the infinite potential. Audience may observe at any point during the twelve hours, and stay as long as they like.

Dancers: Alia Swersky (DA '98), Alice Gosti, Beth Graczyk, Corrie Befort (DA '99), Danielle Hammer (DA '11), Devin McDermott, Jody Kuehner, Kate Wallich, Mark Haim, Molly Sides (DA '10), Scott Davis, Shannon Stewart

Musicians: Angelina Baldoz, Dave Knott, Greg Campbell, Tari Nelson-Zagar

Special guests: Cherdonna, D.R. Carlson, Jaison Scott, Stuart Dempster and Renko Dempster

12 Hour Play is co-produced with Tim Summers.

Want to learn more? Then be sure to check out salthorseperformance.com

• Feb 4th 6:00pm

Washington Hall, Seattle WA

CD Release Concert: Baile Ard

Seumas Gagne

Seumas Gagne's (MU '88) debut solo CD release concert will feature traditional and original songs in Scottish Gaelic, traditional dance tunes and more. I will be joined by Christine Traxler on fiddle, Colin Isler on cello, Tom Fallat on all manner of drums, and the Hug Hoirean O Glee Club. Seumas' special guest artist will be Irish harper Marta Cook, winner of the 2001 All Ireland Fleadh Ceoil. In 2008 she recorded for Sony Classical with Yo-Yo Ma and Natalie MacMaster, a project which won two 2010 Grammy Awards.

Learn more about Seumas and his music at seumasgagne.com

• Feb 4th 7:30pm

Charlotte Martin Theatre, Seattle WA

Music for the Peoples

Beth Fleenor, Jeff Huston, Izaak Mills

Presented by the Frank Agency in conjunction with Advocates for Abundance through Action in the Arts, long time friends and collaborators Samantha Boshnack & Beth Fleenor (MU '04) have joined forces with the Peoples Republic of Koffee in a new monthly music series. Following the Capitol Hill Art Walk each month, Music for the Peoples offers a curated first set, with a second set that is open to all interested in improvising. Come one - come all...the peoples need the musics...

January 12 DEAD HOT - Izaak Mills (MU '98-'01) & Jeff Huston (MU '04)
Rebellious lo-fi pop music stemmed from cassette tapes and bedroom recording sessions in un-just intonations...it's catchy-ness will flow through you like a river of blood.

February 9
Folie a deux
Veteran musicians John Ewing and Amy Denio join forces in the premiere of their new collaborative duo, Folie a deux. Both seasoned multi-instrumentalists and free-wheeling improvisers, their playful cavorting musical adventures will surprise and delight.

• Jan 12th
• Feb 9th

People's Republic of Koffee, Seattle WA

Heart of the Attack Tours

Amanda Michele Dellinger

Do you enjoy viewing and discussing art? Need help navigating ART ATTACK and finding the many studios in Georgetown? Want to collect art, support local artists and network with curators?

Then join us, every Second Saturday, on a 3 hour, all ages, walking tour around Seattle's most historic neighborhood! Led by alumna Amanda Michele Dellinger (AR '06).

For details RSVP to artsenabler@gmail.com.

• Jan 14th
• Feb 11th

, Seattle WA

Vignettes: We Are Happy To Serve You

Sierra Stinson

Vignettes, curated by Sierra Stinson (AR '08) is pleased to present this one night only exhibition:

We Are Happy To Serve You
by Sean McElroy
January 14th - Feb 14th
Hours by appointment, opening reception January 14, 7-10 pm

We Are Happy to Serve You is a map of the internal and external world.
Its axis is brain - tongue - stomach - genitals.
Its deity is Bill Clinton.
Its currency is the dollar.

Vignettes is located at the El Capitan Apartments, 1617 Yale Ave. Please buzz '081' or 'stinson' at the entrance and head up to the 5th floor. We are the first door to the left of the elevator in Apt 510.

Learn more about Sierra and Vignettes at vignettes.us/

• Jan 14th 7:00pm
• Feb 14th

El Capitan Apartments, Seattle WA

Lady Rizo: Ordained

Amelia Zirin-Brown

Lady Rizo (Amelia Zirin-Brown TH '99) has recently been ordained by the temple of glitter. Aggressively feminine and possessing a distinct absence of inhibition, she will lead you in a night praising the power of song, giggles, madness and glamorous glances in this new collaboration with director Niegel Smith (FELA).

You can see Lady Rizo monthly at Joe's Pub! If you want to learn more, visit ladyrizo.com

• Jan 9th 9:30pm
• Feb 16th
• Mar 17th

Joe's Pub, New York City NY

KICK IN THE PANTS

Ben Darby

Ben Darby (AR '94) will be exhibiting new work at Foster White Gallery from February 2nd - 25th.

For more information and to see more of Ben's work, please visit darbyarts.com

• Feb 2nd
• Feb 25th

Foster White Gallery,

New Prints 2011

Michael Neff

Presented in collaboration with the Department of Art and Art History's Printmaking Convergence Program, New Prints 2011 features sixty-seven prints by fifty-one emerging to established artists and printers. Selected from a pool of over 2,500 submissions, New Prints 2011 is the fortieth presentation of the International Print Center New York's (IPCNY) New Prints Program. This series of juried exhibitions organized by IPCNY several times each year features outstanding prints made within the past twelve months by artists at all stages of their careers, including Michael Neff (AR '96-'97).

See more of Michael's work and find information about this exhibition at michaelneff.com

• Feb 1st
• Mar 10th

Visual Arts Center at the UT-Austin,

New Prints 2012 - Winter

Michael Neff

Michael Neff (AR '96-97) is participating in the International Print Center New York's, New Prints 2012 - Winter, on view January 28 - March 24, 2012 in its gallery at 508 West 26th Street, 5th floor. The show consists of sixty-eight prints by forty-five emerging to established artists, selected from a pool of over 2,300 submissions.

New Prints 2012 - Winter is the forty-first presentation of IPCNY's New Prints Program, a series of juried exhibitions organized by IPCNY several times each year, featuring prints made within the past twelve months by artists at all stages of their careers. An illustrated brochure with an essay by a Selections Committee member will accompany the exhibition.

See more of Michael's work and find information about this exhibition at michaelneff.com

• Feb 1st
• Mar 24th

International Print Center New York, New York City NY

Ryan Aragon's Phonosynthesis II @ Grounds For Sculpture

Ryan Aragon

At Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey, on the Domestic Arts Building's main floor are works by some of the most talented student artists, including Ryan Aragon (AR '11), in the United States and beyond in an annual juried exhibition sponsored by The International Sculpture Center (ISC). Each year the ISC holds this prestigious worldwide competition to support, encourage, and recognize the exemplary work of emerging sculptors.

See more of Ryan's work here and learn more about Grounds for Sculpture here.

• Oct 16th
• Apr 16th

Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton Ne