You're Invited! City Arts Best of Art Walk Awards Celebration: Thurs, April 28

City Arts has selected the 6 finalists for the Spring Art Walk Awards celebration. The artists have a chance to win $1000 and a spotlight in City Arts.

They are:
Kate Protage, Phinneywood, Bherd Studios
Sarah Loertscher, West Seattle, Click!
Carla G, West Seattle, Carmilia's
Greg Boudreau, Capitol Hill, Ghost Gallery
Jesse Higman, Capitol Hill, Vermillion
Karen Hackenberg, Capitol Hill, Vermillion

Here's a link to a slideshow of the winners.

As you may have noticed, one of the selected finalists is from Art Up Phinneywood!


Here are the details on the party...

Art Walk Awards will be held Thursday April 28th at FRED WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Full bar, complimentary Blue Moon summer seasonal, DJ Swervewon, visual delights from Dumb Eyes & more.

Doors 8pm, 21+, admission is free when you RSVP to promos@cityartsmagazine.com with ART WALK in the subject line.

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About the Art Walk Awards: In 2011, four winners will each receive $1,000 and a profile of their artwork in City Arts magazine. Together with our 2011 partners, the Art Walk Consortium, businesses and galleries that participate in neighborhood art walks can nominate a favorite piece of art for each month. Each spring, summer, winter and fall, we narrow dozens of submissions down to six finalists, and then throw a party in their honor (with delicious and free Blue Moon seasonal beers, music, food and more). Anyone attending the event gets to vote for the winner and we'll hand out the award that night.

Are you a local Gallery owner or business that wants to participate in the next Art Walk Awards?

The Art Walk Awards aims to help promote vital art communities throughout Seattle. All artworks showcased by City Arts will also promote the gallery or business where the artwork was originally displayed. For Phinneywood, please email artup@greenwood-phinney.com for more information.

City Arts: Best of Art Walk Awards

Presented by Blue Moon Beer and Seattleartwalks.org


Photo from City Arts Magazine Art Walk Awards page.

City Arts is excited to announce the return of the Best Of Art Walk Awards in 2011! Building on the successes of 2010, there will be four awards given out in 2011 which will include a $1000 prize along with a follow-up feature on the winning artist in City Arts Magazine. City Arts will host a party celebrating the finalists where attendees will vote on the winner. The cash prize is provided by City Arts, 4Culture and Blue Moon beer.

In partnership with Seattle’s Art Walk Consortium, City Arts aims to engage all the businesses and galleries that participate in the multiple neighborhood walks throughout the city each month.

A call for entries will be extended on a quarterly basis requesting that participating businesses and galleries submit their choices for the best piece they’ve displayed in the preceding three months. From these submissions, City Arts will select six pieces as finalists. These pieces and information about the artists and businesses they showed at will be spotlighted on CityArtsOnline.com

All the organizations collaborating to produce the 2011 Best of Art Walk Awards share the mutual goal of supporting and highlighting the diverse array of art walks throughout the city and the artists, businesses, and communities that make them possible.

Every gallery or business owner is strongly encouraged to participate in the Best of Art Walk Awards nomination process. Our individual efforts will help us collectively raise awareness for the array of options arts fans have throughout the city. All pieces showcased by City Arts will also promote the gallery or business at which it was displayed.

Submitting is incredibly simple, if you are an art venue in Phinneywood, please contact: artup@greenwood-phinney.com to get the step by step instructions on submitting your best of photos for your venue each month.

http://www.cityartsmagazine.com/artwalk