Artists Reading Art

May 18

Seattle, WA, USA - Think your book club’s got game? You have no idea. This unbelievable collection of work features work from women involved in the Art Book Club, with each piece inspired by a different literary work. Check it out. This is the kind of work that moves and inspires.

From the submission by artist and organizer Ellen Sollod:

“Art Book Club: Artists Reading Art” was to be an exhibited at LGM Studio and Project Space in Olympia, WA, May 9- June 7, 2020, and has been postponed until October, 2020 (quarantine permitting). For over 10 years, a collective of Seattle-based women visual artists have gathered monthly as the Art Book Club for readings and discussions about art, art and society, and artists. Art Book Club provides an opportunity for artists, generally unaffiliated with academic institutions, to conduct deep conversations. Books have ranged from Simon Schama’s Landscape and Memory to Sontag’s On Photography to readings by John Berger, Rebecca Solnit and countless others.The group was inspired by Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabrial to create this exhibition. For the exhibition, each artist selected a book or reading to respond to with a work of art. Participating artists include: Ellen Sollod, Amanda Knowles, Gene Gentry McMahon, Barbara Robertson, Barbara Noah, Lisa Buchanan, Virginia Pacquette, Anne Marie Nequette, Lydia Bassis, Rebecca Cummins, Sue Danielson, Joan Stuart Ross, Sally Schuh and Liz Roth.

—Thanks Ellen! We are so proud to feature this great work. You can click on the images below to enlarge! Also check out the website.