Rock|DeMent Visual Art Space, Corridor Gallery and Angle Gallery will all be displaying the work made for this show. Regional artists and, any others interested, are invited to "channel" Morris Graves by creating a good copy, an homage or a send up of anything in the Graves oeuvre that inspires them. There are no entry fees, no judges, no commission on sales. This is a celebration, not a competition. All welcome!

This exhibition will be capped with a Members Only Séance, Saturday, August 28, 9:00 PM to be held in the Tashiro Kaplan Building's Vandenbrin k Community Room on Morris Graves' birthday. This event is limited to 93 seats. Reservations will be $13 per person - DETAILS HERE.

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MYSTIC SONS OF MORRIS GRAVES, SEATTLE LODGE 93, HOSTS MORRIS GRAVES CENTENARY INVITATIONAL ART EXHIBITION & SÉANCE

July 15, 2010 – Seattle, WA. The Mystic Sons of Morris Graves, a chivalric order dedicated to furbelows and folderol, is commemorating the centenary of Graves’ birth with an invitational art exhibition and séance in August at the Tashiro Kaplan artists cooperative in Seattle’s Pioneer Square.

The art exhibition will feature dozens of homages to Northwest master painter Morris Graves by accomplished members and friends of Seattle Lodge No. 93. The show features work in all media from established and emerging artists including Chris Crites, Charles Krafft, Stephen Rock, Tony Bennet, Ries Niemi, George Condo, Kelly Lyles, Peter Santino, Matthew Barney, Stan Lee, David C, Kane, Susan Rothenberg, Eric Nelson, Mya Lin, Don Ed Hardy, John Ohanessian, Grace Slick, Matthew Kangas, Charlie Manson, Larry Reid, and countless others. Also included in the exhibition will be seldom-seen artworks and artifacts created by Morris Graves specifically for the Seattle Lodge.

The Morris Graves Centenary exhibition opens with a festive reception on First Thursday, August 5 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at 3 galleries in the Tashiro Kaplan compound: Rock/DeMent, the Corridor, and Angle Galleries at 306 S. Washington St. Following the reception, the exhibition will remain open for public viewing on Saturdays from noon to 5:00 PM through August 28 (or by appointment).

On Saturday, August 28 at 9:00 PM – Morris Graves’ 100th birthday – members of the Lodge will conduct a séance in the Vanderbrink Community Room of the Tashiro Kaplan Bldg. Presided over by master medium Kirk Charles with a special Theremin performance by Ajar West.

For access to the “Members Only” séance 93 new memberships will be available for $13 each at the exhibition’s opening night at Rock|DeMent Visual Art Space and after Thursday, August 5 through Nancy, a boutique at 1930 2nd Avenue, Wednesday – Saturday 11:00 to 6:00 PM.

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Morris Graves Centenary Invitational Art Exhibition & Séance

Rock/DeMent, the Corridor, and Angle Galleries, 306.S. Washington St., Seattle

Opening reception First Thursday, August 5 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM

Exhibition continues through August 28, 2010

 
Exhibit also includes an original Morris Graves