By Lane Gwinn
The Times 

First regional juried show at Foundry Vinyard Gallery

 

February 2, 2023



WALLA WALLA–The Foundry Vineyards is celebrating its 20th Anniversary with a juried regional art show. The exhibition’s reception will be held on Friday, February 3, 2023, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Art has been a big part of the vineyard. In 1980, Mark and Patty Anderson opened the Walla Walla Foundry, a contempory art production facility. Internationally recognized artists bring projects to be fabricated in resin, bronze, wood, glass and other materials. Work from artists including Deborah Butterfield, Yayoi Kusama, Paul McCarthy, and Isabelle Albuquerque are cast, 3D printed, painted, gilded, and site installed working with the artist.

Most recently, the facility produced and installed a monument honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. The 20-ton bronze sculpture by the conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas was the company’s biggest project in its 43-year history. Casting over 600 different bornze panels, the work took 18 months to complete.

The Foundry Vineyards Gallery has exhibited work by Chuck Close, KiKi Smith, Ai Wei Wei and Rob Pruitt.

To celebrate the vineyard’s upcoming 20th Anniversary, the gallery is jurying its first regional show. Local artists submitted work for consideration by jurors Jenna Gard, a Walla Walla project manager, and Juventino Aranda, a Walla Walla multidisciplinary artist represented by Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle.

Artists who live within sixty miles of Walla Walla were invited to submit work in 2D and 3D media. All the work will be for sale and a portion of the proceeds will go to ArtWalla for their Arts Build Communities Grant. ArtWalla offers up to four ABC grants to arts, cultural, and educational organizations in the Walla Walla Valley.

The show opens at the Foundry Vineyards Gallery with an artist reception on Friday February 3 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The gallery is located at 1111 Abadie Street, Walla Walla. For more information go to http://www.foundryvinyards.com.

 

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