Arts And Artists On Bainbridge

In this interview, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Curator and Executive Director Greg Robinson has a fascinating conversation with award-winning children’s book illustrator Pierr Morgan. We learn how Pierr, at the age of nine, knew she would be an artist, and at 16, knew she would be a children’s book illustrator. Pierr tells Greg about the process of getting a book illustration gig with editors, and about the collaborative process of imagining and creating a finished book together with her frequent collaborator, Carole Lexa Schaefer, with whom she has published 10 children’s books. Pierr’s children’s books have been selected twice by the Dolly Parton Imagination Library for distribution to thousands of children’s mailboxes in the US and internationally. This podcast is one of a BCB podcast show called Arts and Artists on Bainbridge. It is part of a series of “Art Museum Encounters” in which BIMA’s curator will talk with artists and collectors whose works are currently on display at BIMA. Another emerging se

Artist's book teacher Susan Callan talks with BCB host Channie Peters about the skill and craft of creating artist's books. Although Susan loves to create artist's books, her passion is teaching others the basic skills to make their own, and then to watch their individual creativity blossom. Susan became captivated by this art form at the time of early retirement about 20 years ago, took many classes to learn the craft and refine her skills, and then began teaching locally. Her initial teaching was done at a former creativity center on Bainbridge.  More recently, among many other places, she has taught classes at Bainbridge, Poulsbo and Kingston Public Libraries. She suggests that members of the public might want to inquire about the possibility of classes being offered in the next year or so at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA), the Seattle Book Arts Group, and the Bainbridge Artisans Resource Network (BARN). Susan teaches basic skills and techniques, including changing one’s orientation from 2-dime

From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/arts-002-bima-artists-books-collection/ This fascinating and informative interview takes us behind the scenes to the magnificent collection of artists' books in the Sherry Grover Gallery of the Bainbridge Island Art Museum, providing insight into a wide array of artists' books with different themes, materials, texts, and ingenuity.   According to BIMA founder and artists' books curator Cynthia Sears, artists' books are “literalists of the imagination,” for their ingenious construction, literary cleverness, and sometimes, satire. In this podcast Cynthia tells BCB host Channie Peters where she finds most of the books she collects for the art museum, what is special about them to her, and where we can see more such beautiful and clever works of art and craft. BIMA is one of the few art museums in America to offer a significant collection of artists' books permanently exhibited in a special gallery designed just for such pieces of art.  The collection is diverse and always astound

Who knew you could turn tin cans into extraordinary art?  Jenny Fillius knew!   In this interview, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Curator and Executive Director Greg Robinson has a conversation with an artist he has known for many years - Jenny Fillius. They explore the origin of Jenny's migration from painting to tin art, her process, her materials and tools, and sources of inspiration. Eyeing her empty Coke can suspiciously, Jenny’s creative mind and heart saw the seed of a prolific romp in humorous, satirical, beautiful art made from abandoned tin cans and boxes.  Jenny describes how tin artists share materials, information about tools and supplies, and inspiration. Jenny Fillius is currently (May 2015) exhibiting at least six beautiful, humorous and intricate works of tin art at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA). Her works are included in the BIMA group exhibition called "Cut and Bent". Learn more about Jenny's art at her website. This podcast is the first in a new BCB podcast show called Arts a