Schack Art Center Fiber Fusion

Now Showing Three Works by GJ Gillespie 

The last leg of a four city Washington State tour ends in Everett when fiber artworks are on display at the new Schack Art Center beginning March 9.

The president of the Northwest Collage Society accepted three collages by Gillespie: "Forever Young", "Kingdom Within" and "Man Disguised as Spirit" to join the show.

Everyone welcome to the Opening Reception March 9 PM from 5 - 8 PM for snacks, wine and art. See the art until April 15. 

All three pieces appeared in former shows.

Man Disguised as Spirit by GJ Gillespie.
Collage on paper. 12 x 12. 2014.

This watercolor and paper composition is inspired by the Selknam peoples of Argentina. The work pictures a traditional Selknam man covered in body paint. Tribesmen adorn their bodies with symbolic imagery during coming-of-age ceremonies. The collage appeared in a show at the Bellevue Arts Museum in March, 2016. $120 inquire here. 

Forever Young by GJ Gillespie.
Mixed media collage. 22 x 17. 2015
Originally chosen for Fiber Fusion Show.Merit award in Light Space and Time “Abstracts” 2015 Art Exhibition.

Kingdom Within by GJ Gillespie  
Mixed media collage. 22 x 17.

Credits for Kingdom Within: 

• Fiber Fusion, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA. March 9 - April 15. 2017.
• Fiber Fusion, VALA Art Center. Redmond Town Center, November -- January 2016. 
• Hurst Gallery, Northwest University, Kirkland, July — September, 2016. 
• Cover of Thought Magazine, June 2016, a literary and art journal. 
• Moat Gallery, Mental Health show, Vancouver, BC Canada, May 2015.
• Northwest Collage Society 2014 Innovation Award for summer exhibition. 
• Mind Magazine: Science, Verse, Art and Psychology, winter 2014. 
• Unmarked Crosswalks show, Northwest University Argue Gallery, September 2014.