‘A Matter of Perspective’
JOEL MARTIN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 8 months AGO
“First Snow,” by Sara Cate, will be part of “A Matter of Perspective” on display at the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center starting Friday.
COURTESY IMAGE
Moses Lake Museum & Art Center Director Dollie Boyd holds up “Revival,” by Moses Lake artist Judy Kalin. “Revival” will be part of “A Matter of Perspective” on display at the museum starting Friday.
Moses Lake Museum & Art Center Artistic Coordinator Angela Hunt shows off “A Walk on the Wild Side,” by Moses Lake artist Judy Kalin. The watercolor painting will be part of “A Matter of Perspective” on display at the museum starting Friday.
“Winter on the Horizon,” by Yakima artist Gayle Scholl, will be part of “A Matter of Perspective” on display at the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center starting Friday.
Joel Martin has been with the Columbia Basin Herald for more than 25 years in a variety of roles and is the most-tenured employee in the building. Martin is a married father of eight and enjoys spending time with his children and his wife, Christina. He is passionate about the paper’s mission of informing the people of the Columbia Basin because he knows it is important to record the history of the communities the publication serves. | May 3, 2022 1:00 AM
MOSES LAKE — The focus will be on female artists at the new exhibit coming to the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center next week.
“A Matter of Perspective” will feature 12 members of the Eastern Washington division of Women Painters of Washington, according to museum director Dollie Boyd. The paintings weren’t out yet on Friday, as the museum just wrapped up a traveling exhibit of American relief posters of World War II.
“I haven't seen all the work yet,” said Boyd. “I'm excited. It's always like Christmas morning when you unpack a show because it's like ‘Oh I like this, I don't like that.’”
The exhibit will include local watercolor artist Judy Kalin, whose work is also available on consignment at the museum. The exhibit will kick off with a reception this Friday at 4 p.m. Several of the artists will be there to meet the public, Boyd said, and there will be refreshments and live music from a musician still to be determined.
“We always enjoy our openings,” she said. “We like to show off for the community and invite them in and show them a good time.”
There will also be an adult craft activity, called “Adult Swim” where participants can create tissue paper decoupage.
“It’s kind of an adult space,” said Boyd. “A lot of things we do are for kids around here, and sometimes it's nice for the grownups to do something creative without hearing ‘Mommy, Mommy!’”
Women Painters of Washington was formed in 1930 by six female artists to overcome the limitations they faced as female artists and to stimulate artistic growth through fellowship, according to the organization’s website.
Today, the group has 200 active members who attend lectures and show their work both locally and around the world, including Japan and Israel, Boyd said.
“I love the mission of the women painters of Washington,” Boyd said. “As you probably know, women suffer from discrimination in the field; their work is dismissed sometimes and taken less seriously. It's interesting to me that they saw the need for this organization so long ago, and there's still a need for it.”
“A Matter of Perspective” will be on display at the Moses Lake Museum & Art Center, 401 S. Balsam St., through June 9.
“It's a really good group of artists,” said museum artistic coordinator Angela Hunt. “It's a good way to display local talent, especially from women artists. We're happy to have them displayed in our museum.”
Joel Martin may be reached via email at [email protected].
‘A Matter of Perspective’ artists:
Judy Kalin, Moses Lake
Christie Tirado, Yakima
T. Kurtz, Sandpoint, Idaho
Gayle Scholl, Yakima
Janice La Verne Baker
Darcie Roberts, Yakima
Terri J. Rice, Richland
Carolyn Nelson
Nancy Rothwell, Colfax
Elizabeth Montes de Oca, Yakima
Sara Cate, Yakima
Dena Elzie, Yakima
ARTICLES BY JOEL MARTIN
Chicken-themed show opens at Up Town Art Gallery
MOSES LAKE — A whole flock of artists contributed to The Chicken Show at Up Town Gallery in Moses Lake Friday. “We have over 40 entries, from as far away as Colfax,” said Up Town Gallery co-owner Judy Kalin.
Soap Lake Library, Creative District hold crowdsourced art show
SOAP LAKE — Artists who like to think small are invited to show their stuff at the Six by Six Community Art Show. The show, a collaboration between the Soap Lake Creative District, will feature handmade wall art no more than six inches by six inches, submitted by local artists and displayed at the Soap Lake Public Library. “We have a very limited space in the library, because we’ll be bringing in extra hardware to display these items,” said Branch Librarian Evynn Olson. “It’s kind of a creative challenge.”
Stalking Awareness Month highlights a dangerous form of abuse
MOSES LAKE — January is Stalking Awareness Month and those who work with victims want people to know that it is a serious issue and there is help available. “Stalking is usually a factor in a domestic violence victim’s experience,” said Abraham Tapia, a legal and community advocate with New Hope, which provides domestic violence support in Grant and Adams counties. “Following them around town, trying to access their social media.” The month is meant to draw attention to an especially dangerous form of abuse. One out of three women in the U.S. will experience stalking at some point in their lives, according to statistics from the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, & Resource Center, and one in six men. More than a third of stalking cases involve a current or former intimate partner.