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| 2/5/16 ink, colored pencils (marionettes made of kitchen ware by R. Bruce Inverarity) |
The Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds has a new exhibit called “Looking Back, Moving Forward: A
Centennial Tribute to Nellie Cornish and the Cornish College of the Arts.” Greg had an appointment in Edmonds,
so I tagged along and had him drop me off there. It’s a well-organized exhibit
of the visual and performance arts school in honor of its 100th
anniversary.
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| Costume sketches |
While I enjoyed viewing the paintings of mid-century
northwest artists like Mark Tobey who were associated with Cornish, I was
especially attracted to the small selection of sketches and sketchbooks that
were included in the show. Most of the sketches were made as part of designing
costumes for Cornish dance and drama performances. Maybe because I enjoy the
creative process more than the finished product, I found it intriguing to view
works-in-progress or half-baked concepts being worked out on the page.
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| Costume sketches by Mark Tobey |
Cornish had the first marionette department in the country. My
first sketch (top of page) was of an exhibit I was immediately attracted to: a stage set for “Z-739,”
a surrealist marionette production by R. Bruce Inverarity in 1928. The
marionettes were made of found pieces of kitchen ware – a cheese grater, some
funnels, a strainer, a couple of bottle brushes!
My second sketch was of a sculpture made of cedar by George
Tsutakawa called “Day Dream.” After that, I went through the museum more slowly
and eventually made my way into a room of Ebba Rapp’s work, where I had several
sculptures to choose from. Greg came to pick me up before I finished, but I
started a sketch of “Rumor,” a humorous, two-sided sculpture of someone passing
along some gossip. The photo shows one side, and when you walk around to the
other side, the rumor is being passed on again.
It was a fine way to spend another cold winter morning! (If
you have a museum membership that includes the North American Reciprocal Museum Association benefit – mine is through
the Burke Museum – admission is
free.)
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| 2/5/16 colored pencils ("Day Dream" by George Tsutakawa) |
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| "Rumor," a two-sided sculpture by Ebba Rapp |
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