Treasure Island, the jewelry and antiques store, will celebrate First Friday by announcing the store’s expansion, holding a vintage lighting show of antique lamps and lights and hosting musical guest Listen in the Kitchen, an all-women island band. The store is expanding across the hallway on the first floor of the Old Fuller Store.
Puget Sound Cooperative Credit Union will show the collages of Sharon Hines-Pinion, with musical guest Harmon Arroyo.
Tom Conway is Café Luna’s featured artist for the month of October, with a show titled “Eye Candy” and an artist’s reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Conway moved to Vashon 10 years ago, settling into an old farmhouse on what he has described as “four acres of possibilities.” He shares his experiences in photography and words on his blog Tall Clover Farm.
Vashon Allied Arts’ Glass Goblet Invitational will open on Friday with hand-selected and commissioned glass goblets from six Northwest artists: Daniel Albrecht, Granite Calimpong, Jason Christian, Mikey Cozza, Masami Koda and Boyd Sugiki. The show will also include a few glass goblets from the collection of Emily Burns by the late Vashon Island glass artist Bill Akers (1964-2006).
While each goblet in the show was handcrafted locally, there are a number of distinct styles represented, from traditional Venetian-style furnace techniques to more modern, decorative pieces using torch-work with borosilicate glass.
In addition to goblets, several glass wall pieces by Janis Miltenberger and Lisa Zerkowitz are on display.
An October photography show by Kim Farrell will be on display at the Heron’s Nest. “Spooked” features a group of black and white images she took of an abandoned mining town in California, as an homage to All Hallows’ Eve.
The Vashon Senior Center will host a display of oil paintings by Kathy Larsdotter.
VALISE Gallery will open its October show, “Treasure Maps.” The show includes maps of family history, island haunts, favorite places and a map of blood vessels around a human heart, all created by Vashon residents and friends. One entry is real treasure map that leads to a “pirate’s dozen” historic silver dollars that have been hidden somewhere on the island.
A show featuring new and recent mixed media collage work by island artist Tara Snowden will open at Hinge Gallery. Snowden re-contextualizes found imagery to create portraits and new narratives; the show also includes some of her abstract work.
Raven’s Nest gallery will host a Vashon artists’ invitational show titled “Call of the Raven,” featuring works from Rose Belknap, Anne Gordon, Pam Ingalls, Carole Meriam, Mathilde Oldham, Silvija Paza, Kip Schwarzmiller, Israel Shotridge and Sue Shotridge.
Quartermaster Press will celebrate its second month on display at Vashon Community Care. The show features etchings, monotypes, collographs and mixed print media by Pat Churchill, Debi Crawford, Lollie Groth, Lisa Guy, Suzanne Moore, Christina Nichols, Carla Okigwe, Jayne Quig, Linda Sedgley and Deborah Taylor. The evening reception will include music and refreshments.
