Public Art Program
EAFA Bellevue Art Walk
It started as a thought - "an art walk in Bellevue to include the three neighboring Public Art venues- The Bellettini, The Gardens, and the Bellevue Regional Library." We invited the Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art to come along. Elaine Wilk and I asked for volunteers to help us. The idea grew, and the volunteer list grew. And at last, on Tuesday, April 13th, we had our first EAFA Bellevue Art Walk. There were over 200 visitors who came to support EAFA, and "connected the yellow dots" on EAFA posters and maps as they walked from one venue to the next. There was music, food, wine, artist live demos, and of course over 80 beautiful art works exhibited by over 40 artists.
Thank you to the heads of staff at The Bellettini (Cory Dilg), The Gardens (Sharon Howell), The Bellevue Regional Library (Rebecca Tuck), and the Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art (Eric Espinosa, Abby Kaminski), who came to our planning committee meetings and donated their time, effort, food, wine, and other costs. The great team of EAFA volunteers who made this event possible are Elaine Wilk, Lee Belfiglio, Ellen Williams, Joy Hagen, Sheila Dufford, Deanna Morgan, Gayle Erxleben, Marla French, McAlister Merchant, Roy Kaesemeyer, Ted Pankowski, Doug French, Ron Fleming, JoAnne Kilburg, Fred Edwards, Chris Roughton, Charlette Haugen, Jan Flynn, Joyce Wampler, Vera Beaumont, Surya Gaertner, Lyla Jacobsen, Dan Riley, Joe MacKechnie, Helga Jacques, Farida Hakim, Ruth Russell, Helen Schwedenberg, and Fran Velling. I appreciate your talent, spirit and generosity. Thank you!
Camea Davidson
Currently Showing
As of April 21:
Overlake Hallway (Managers: Marne Jensen, Katya Palladina) (until July 18) - Kathy Berg, Annette Burt, Joy Hagen, Lois Haskell, Pat Hitchens, Doris Knight, Magali Lenarczak, Katya Palladina.
Overlake South Tower (Manager: Jan Flynn) (until June 28) - Scott Moore, Gayle Erxleben, Cheryl Hoople.
Overlake Conf/Ed Center (Managers: Kathy Berg, Carol Pierce) (until July 18) - Sonja Morgan, Susan Storey, Kay Louise Cook, Larey McDaniel.
Bellevue Regional Library (Manager: Laura Grover) (May) - Christina Stringenz.
Winters House (Manager: Sherry Pepke) (May) - Lois Haskell.
The Gardens (Managers: Gayle Erxleben) - (until July 8) - Lyla Jacobsen, Dolores Marquez, Marcia Broderick, Jan Flynn, Linda Demetre, Helga Jacques, Rita Nicoll, Ross Nicoll, Shirley Rudolf, Joan Frey, Susanne Werner, Ellen Williams, Lisa Kaplan, Pat Ross Smith, Gayle Erxleben, Sheila Dufford, JoAnne Kilburg.
The Bellettini (Manager: Elaine Wilk - (April 12 - 24) - Brian Baker, Jerry Baldwin, Camea Davidson, Dawn Dufford, Fred Edwards, Marla French, Marne Jensen, Roy Kaesemeyer, Jay Levey, McAlister Merchant, Ted Pankowski, Win Perr, Elaine Wilk, Yian Tian, Katherine Wright, Lynn Fleming.
Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art (April 12 - 24) - Barbara Varon, Veronica Johnson, Lyla Jacobsen, Lee Belfiglio, Robin Lyons, Vera Beaumont, Elaine Mahler.
Pain Management Options clinic (Managers: Jay Levey, Henk Dawson) - (until July 31 Jannelle Loewen, Camea Davidson, Lois Haskell, Charlette Haugen, Anna Macrae, Carol Pierce, Henk Dawson, Jay
Levey, Sheila Dufford, Elaine Wilk, Pia Messina, Dan Riley, Ted Pankowski.
Installers at Large: Al Slatin, Ann Reynolds, and Judy Lang.
Interested in participating in the Public Art Program? Send 5 jpg photo samples along with
a bio/artist statement Word doc to Camea Davidson
Please let Camea know if you also work in large format and if you have a website.
Participating artists are responsible for delivering and picking up their art work on the dates stated by
the venue managers. If you cannot attend on these dates, please make sure you have someone drop off or pick up
your art-work for you. Under no circumstances are you to take your artwork down without the express consent of the venue managers.
The Public Art Program has a new venue, Pain Management Options medical clinic in Bellevue. Jay Levey and Henk Dawson, venue managers, have just installed art work for the first exhibition. Exhibiting artists will be listed in the Newsletter, however since this venue is a medical clinic, there will be no visits made by EAFA artists and friends to the clinic to see the exhibit at any time as we respect the patients' privacy at the clinic.
EAFA Public Arts Program Benefits Everyone
The Eastside Association of Fine Arts (EAFA) Public Art Program provides artists with an
opportunity to exhibit and possibly sell their work in a variety of public and private
venues around the region. The program provides the public with an opportunity to enjoy
original artwork outside the walls of museums and commercial galleries. The communities
in which we all live benefit not only from the mere presence of the art among them, but
also through contributions to art education that are funded by participants rendering a
percentage of sales to EAFA. It’s a win, win proposition!
Currently there are 120 artists participating in the program, whose works include both abstract
and representational art in a variety of media and subjects. These works of art are currently on
display at nine public and private venues Each venue has one or more EAFA volunteer managers who
are responsible for hanging, managing, and taking down each show. The current venues and managers are listed below.
The relationship between EAFA and its participating artists is similar to that between an artist and
an independent gallery. Whether or not a sale is the result of artwork being viewed while a work
of art is on display in an EAFA venue, either through the Public Art Program or for the duration of
an EAFA sponsored exhibition, and for a period of two weeks following that display, commission is owed
to EAFA and its hosting venue if applicable. EAFA charges a 15% commission on the sale price of an artwork.
In addition, many of the Public Art Venues as well as our hosts for Exhibitions charge commission ranging from 0% to
15% on the displayed sale price. Washington State sales tax is also computed on the sale price.
This policy is in keeping with standard gallery practice and depends on the honor system. Should
you want to participate in an EAFA Public Art Exhibition or other EAFA sponsored Exhibition, it is
important that the artist selects work for display that is not in consideration for purchase via another
display source, i.e., a potential buyer has already expressed interest and made contact. Failure to observe
these conditions for participating in the EAFA Public Art Program may result in a loss of exhibition privileges
in all EAFA exhibitions, including the Open Exhibition and Member Show for a period of one year or until the issue
is resolved in a manner satisfactory to EAFA.
The Public Art Committee makes every effort to take diligent care in installing and taking
down artwork at the Public Art Program venues. Participating artists should be aware of the
EAFA Bylaws Article IV Liability (As written in the Membership Roster 2008-9) "Any exhibiting
member will agree to hold the Eastside Association of Fine Arts or its designated representative
harmless for the loss of, the damage to, or misplacement of any of their art work submitted for any show or showing."
Participating artists should be aware that they will be required to sign a form signifying their agreement to the commission
and liability policies as set forth above.
Participating artists are asked to respond to an invitation to exhibit as soon as possible and to carefully read all the
details included in the emails sent in preparation for exhibitions. Items to note - there is a deadline for sending in
label information. There is also a professional way to frame each painting similar to the requirements for EAFA's annual
exhibitions. Paintings not framed properly will not be accepted for exhibition.
The opportunity to display your work in the Public Art Program venues is one of the most valuable benefits of
EAFA membership, so don’t miss out! To enroll in the program, contact Public Art Chair Camea Davidson 425-562-6295
camea@cameadavidson.com.
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