Resilient & Creative
August 13 - September 26, 2021
"I wish we didn’t need to be resilient. Human beings express creativity from birth, but our resilience is developed through tough experiences – and too many of us have faced more than our share of hardship and suffering. That’s why I am humbled by the way these artists have looked fearlessly into the darkness of human experience and responded with honesty and vulnerability.
The nearly 80 artworks in this exhibition bring viewers face-to-face with the big existential questions of this moment. Resisting the temptation of easy answers, artists unflinchingly explored the impacts of Covid, concerns about environmental crisis, political and social upheaval, and their own deeply personal experiences of pain. There’s plenty of darkness here, but these artworks also exist as an irrepressible testament to human resilience, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges."
The nearly 80 artworks in this exhibition bring viewers face-to-face with the big existential questions of this moment. Resisting the temptation of easy answers, artists unflinchingly explored the impacts of Covid, concerns about environmental crisis, political and social upheaval, and their own deeply personal experiences of pain. There’s plenty of darkness here, but these artworks also exist as an irrepressible testament to human resilience, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges."
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Participating Artists
Links go to individual artist websites.
Links go to individual artist websites.
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Brandin Barón | San Francisco, CA
Judith Bird | Port Townsend, WA Jen Bracy | Portland, OR Carmen Czachor | Port Angeles, WA Mary DePaolo | Sequim, WA Jennifer Dougherty | San Francisco, CA Laura Garrard | Port Angeles, WA Carmen Germain | Port Angeles, WA Jennifer Gulassa |Berkeley, CA Alexandra Gunnoe | Seattle, WA Monica Gutierrez-Quarto | Port Angeles, WA Pamela Hastings | Port Angeles, WA Michael Hower | Enola, PA Jang soon Im | Long Island City, NY Steve Jensen | Seattle, WA Meg Kaczyk | Port Townsend, WA Allyne Lawson | Sequim, WA Roberta Masciarelli | Dallas, TX Loreen Matsushima | Port Angeles, WA |
Eva & Roger McGinnis | Port Angeles, WA
Story Medicine | Tacoma, WA Joan Mellon | New York, NY Elisabeth Mention | Port Townsend, WA Claire Moore | Ypsilanti, MI Sheri Park | San Francisco, CA Ellie Polk | Port Angeles, WA Johanna Porter | Duvall, WA Carol Radsprecher | Brooklyn, NY Jodi Riverstone | Port Angeles, WA Cassie Sauer | Seattle, WA Stephen Schildbach | Seattle, WA Siri Stensberg | Pullman, WA David Straange | New York, NY Ashrafi Sultana | Stateboro, GA Joy Tirade | Oakland, CA Ryoko Toyama | Sequim, WA Patrice Tullai | Port Orchard, WA David Willis | Sequim, WA Helga Winter | Port Townsend, WA |