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<< Previous   of   Next >> (click to enlarge) Underwater photograph by artist Mary Bess Johnson   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Melanie Munk, Features Editor munk@heraldnet.com   Published: Friday, July 3, 2009 Stay dry and enjoy underwater photos By Theresa Goffredo Herald Writer An eclectic collection of 2D and 3D art featuring a variety of mediums that produce visual treats in egg tempera, acrylics, pastels, photography, watercolors, encaustics, sculpture and mixed media is the newest art show offering from the Arts Council of Snohomish County. The free catered reception for this 17th juried show put on by the council will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the arts council gallery in the Monte Cristo Hotel, 1507 Wall St., Everett. The show is on view through Aug. 20. This biannual exhibit of Northwest artists was selected by jurors Reg Akright, Merrilee Moore and Barbara De Pirro. Octopus' garden: What lives under the docks in our local marinas? If you visit Meyers Cafe, you'll find out. Underwater photographs taken by artist Mary Bess Johnson will reveal the world beneath the water's surface and introduce visitors to barnacles, tube worms and anemones. Johnson, who lives in Mukilteo, is a scuba diver. She recently revisited the underside of a dock and captured the sea life teeming there. Her photos are on display through July at Meyers, 1700 W. Marine View Drive, Everett. Visitors can meet Johnson during a reception at the cafe from 5 to 7 p.m. July 14. Blow your mind: Visitors can catch a glimpse of gorgeous glass making when the Pilchuck Glass School holds its annual open house. The open house is from noon to 5 p.m. July 12 at the school, 1201 316th St. NW, northeast of Stanwood. Visitors can explore the school's extensive studios, take docent-led tours, watch special demonstrations by international glass masters, attend an artist slide talk, meet and speak with artists about their works in progress, view artwork in the school's gallery and take in the beauty of Pilchuck's 54-acre forested campus in foothills a few miles east of I-5. The cost is $20 for adults, with children 12 and under admitted free. For reservations, call Helga Hizer, development assistant, at 206-621-8422, ext. 34, or e-mail hhizer@pilchuck.com. It's a bird: Visitors are invited to take a bird's-eye view of the world during an exhibition of vintage 1930s aerial photographs on display at Words & Pictures Bookshop in Langley. The exhibit, "The West From the Air, 1929-1939," contains photographs from a collection made by the 91st Observation Squadron, a U.S. Army Air Corps unit based between the world wars at Crissy Field, Calif., and Fort Lewis. "These are original silver photographic prints of iconic Western sites and aircraft," according to Words & Pictures co-owner John Williams in a prepared statement. "They are dated on the image, and extremely sharp and detailed." Photos include images of Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, historic Boeing aircraft in flight -- including the Boeing 314 flying boat and the YB-17 Flying Fortress -- and well known western sites such as Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams, Palomar Observatory, Alcatraz Island and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The exhibition is on display through the summer at Words & Pictures Bookshop, 220 Second St., Langley. Hawaii turtles: Acrylic painter Karen Schneider is featured in the show "Treasured Maps and Memories," which includes her visual diary of a recent trip to Hawaii, where she made images of huge sea turtles sprawled on the beach. Schneider will be featured during July and visitors can meet her at a catered artists reception from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Gallery North, 508 Main St., Edmonds. Theresa Goffredo: 425-339-3424, tgoffredo@heraldnet.com. READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. You must be a registered user and verify your e-mail address to post comments to blogs or articles on HeraldNet. To register, click here. To read other terms and conditions, click here. Log out

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