SEQUIM — Artists now have more time to get creative for the “Art All Over — The Art Show Without Walls” exhibit.
Suzanne Horne, Sequim’s City Arts Advisory Commission chair, said show organizers will accept and hang submissions through the summer.
Art All Over is open to all artists, not only those living in Sequim.
“Since we have so many parks and so much fencing,” she said, it makes sense to keep accepting submissions at form.jotform.com/213216088841152.
The show will feature art works made from recycled and reused materials that will be displayed in city parks for three months.
“We thought it would be a great idea to use our parks as a gallery,” Horne said.
She explained that since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, commission members have had to rethink how they encourage artists and bring art to the community.
“Basically we’ll put it out there where people are,” she said.
Suzanne Horne saved an unsteady TV tray from the landfill by painting it to hang at Carrie Blake City Park as part of the reuse/repurpose/recycle them of “Art All Over — The Art Show Without Walls,” sponsored by Sequim City’s Art Commission. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
The commission has permission from city officials to hang art on chain link fencing at city parks so that passersby can enjoy them while on walks. Carrie Blake Community Park was the first to receive art this past weekend.
Brigitte Schlemmer hung a row of “Flumbros,” umbrellas repurposed with materials like yarn and buttons to look like flowers, on the fence near the horseshoe pits.
“It’s childish, whimsical, not perfect at all, bright and light-hearted,” she said.
Schlemmer said she encourages other people to submit their imperfect art.
“It doesn’t have to be Georgia O’Keefe,” she said.
“It’s coming from the heart,” said Horne, who hung a reused shutter (it lost its mate) that is painted blue and yellow, along with a waterproof flier explaining the project.
Suzanne Horne converted a shutter that lost its mate into art to hang at Carrie Blake City Park as part of the reuse/repurpose/recycle them of “Art All Over — The Art Show Without Walls,” sponsored by Sequim City’s Art Commission. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
She also hung a cheerfully painted TV tray, which she said would’ve been on its way to the dumpster.
Pioneer Memorial Park also will host pieces, and two more parks have been identified as locations for possible outdoor art, given enough submissions.
Weather-proof identifiers will be included with the artwork, giving the title of the artwork and the artist’s name (unless anonymity is requested) and possibly a further description.
Horne said contributors should create their artwork with the understanding that it may get weathered or vandalized. Weatherproofing should be applied, or artists can create with the intent of letting their art disintegrate.
Rules and guidelines can be found at tinyurl.com/SqmArtAllOver.
Some pieces are inappropriate for outdoor exposure and will be exhibited at the Karen Kuznek-Reese Gallery, which is currently hosting an exhibition of Marina Shipova’s photographic art.
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Emily Matthiessen is a reporter with the Olympic Peninsula News Group, which is composed of Sound Publishing newspapers Peninsula Daily News, Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum. Reach her at emily.matthiessen@sequimgazette.com.
