Cascadia Art Museum
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| Established | September 12, 2015 |
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| Location | Edmonds, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47°48′37.5″N 122°23′03.1″W / 47.810417°N 122.384194°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Collection size | 200 |
| Founder | Lindsey Echelbarger |
| Curator | David Martin |
| Website | cascadiaartmusuem.org |
The Cascadia Art Museum is an art museum in Edmonds, Washington, primarily featuring art from the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The museum opened in 2015 and has a collection of over 200 works.
Location
The museum is located at 190 Sunset Avenue in downtown Edmonds, adjacent to the town's ferry terminal and train station. It is located inside a former Safeway grocery store built in the 1960s, sharing the building with several shops and restaurants.[1][2] Once slated for demolition and redevelopment,[3] it was bought by the Echelbarger family in 2012 to be renovated and modernized for new tenants.[4] The retrofit exposed the building's timber frame and added wood elements sourced from the Pacific Northwest as an expression of the region's eco-consciousness.[5]
History
The idea of a museum for Pacific Northwest art was conceived by Lindsey Echelbarger during the acquisition of the Safeway building in 2012; Echelbarger had been collecting Northwest artists' work for decades prior.[1][2] The museum opened on September 12, 2015, with an exhibit from the Northwest Watercolor Society.[6][7] In its first year of operations, the museum hosted six main exhibitions and grew its membership to over 600.[8]
Collection and exhibits
The museum's primary focus is on artwork from the Pacific Northwest from 1880 to 1962,[1] either from artists from the area or related to local places and events.[2] Pacific Northwest art from this period, especially the years prior to 1930, has been largely forgotten by museums and collectors according to art historians.[9] The region's artwork, according to curator David Martin, differs from the rest of the United States because of influences from Native American and East Asian culture.[2] The museum features five galleries, which are divided into annual and quarterly rotations, and over 200 works that is leases and borrows from other collections.[10][11]
The Cascadia Art Museum has featured works and exhibits from the Northwest Watercolor Society, Peggy Strong, Lance Wood Hart, and Northwest School artists John Matsudaira, Mark Tobey, and Morris Graves.[2][8][12] The exhibits are curated by David Martin of the Martin-Zambito Fine Art gallery in Seattle.[13]
References
- ^ a b c Davis, Jim (July 31, 2014). "Edmonds dining, arts to get new spot". The Herald. Everett. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e La Ganga, Maria L. (November 3, 2015). "New art museum celebrates the distinct Pacific Northwest". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ Pesznecker, Scott (February 5, 2007). "Edmonds' waterfront will get look". The Herald. Everett. Archived from the original on February 6, 2007. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
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- ^ "Cascadia Art Museum opens its doors in Edmonds, a home for "Pacific Northwest Art"". Cascadia Now. November 30, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ Upchurch, Michael (August 23, 2015). "From 'women's medium' to celebrated art: 75 years of Northwest watercolors". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ "Scene in Edmonds: Ribbon cut for Cascadia Art Museum". MyEdmondsNews. September 12, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ a b Hill, Emily (September 9, 2016). "Cascadia Art Museum: From zero cash drawer opening to $250,000 gala in a year". MyEdmondsNews. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ Impert, John E. (2012). "Hidden in Plain Sight: Northwest Impressionism, 1910–1935" (PDF). University of Washington. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ "About Us: The Future Of Northwest Art Begins In The Past". Cascadia Art Museum. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ Porter, Lynn (October 14, 2016). "Old grocery now a museum: 'It's a modern cathedral'". Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ^ Fiege, Gale (September 9, 2016). "Edmonds museum showcases artist whose life was cut short". The Herald. Everett. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ Upchurch, Michael (October 25, 2016). "Peggy Strong retrospective raises more questions than it answers about her career". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 28, 2016.