Auburn Arts: August 25 - September 1

Artist: Mark Twain Stevenson
Title: Water Watcher
Medium: Stainless steel
Location: 10 E Main Street (#5)

Healthy human adults are 60+% water, infants are 85%. Water Watcher reminds us of the need for clean water for all life. Water is life!

This sculpture is on display as a part of Auburn's Downtown Sculpture Gallery program. For more like this, visit the City of Auburn's Downtown Sculpture Gallery webpage.

Art on Main - Artists are selected through an annual application process to install 3-dimensional or multi-media art installations in a public window-front exhibition space in downtown Auburn.

Deadline to apply: September 15, 2021

Eligibility: This is a call to artists residing in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon and Idaho).

Project Budget: $1,000 stipend for selected artists

For more information or to apply, visit the online application here.

Art Galleries - Artists are selected through an annual application process for exhibitions in three city gallery spaces, showcasing diverse artworks by regional artists.

Deadline to apply: September 16, 2021

Eligibility: This is a call to artists with no geographical restriction, but all artwork must be dropped off and picked up in person in Auburn, WA on the assigned exhibition dates.

For more information or to apply, visit the online application here.

City Hall Gallery - 25 W. Main Street

Artist: Dinah Rau
Exhibition Dates: July 9 - September 9, 2021

The City of Auburn and the Auburn Arts Commission are pleased to present the work of the Dinah Rau at the City Hall Gallery, on view July 8th – September 9th, 2021.

“I have spent many years in love with dreamy things like color, beauty, and the way the past becomes softened over time and gets fuzzy edges. Using color and aesthetics I hope to investigate the feelings that emerge when looking at metaphors and memories. I paint to create healing and wholeness — to tell a story and have it resonate. My desire is to express what I feel, using acrylic on canvas, in the hope that someone else can feel the same wholeness or sense that they are not alone.” – Dinah Rau

For more information about the artist, please visit Dinah Rau's website.

Community Center Gallery - 910 Ninth Street SE

Artist: Kate Ampersand
Exhibition Dates: July 9 - September 9, 2021

The City of Auburn and the Auburn Arts Commission are pleased to present the work of the Kate Ampersand at the Community Center Gallery, on view July 8^th – September 9^th, 2021.

The theme of artist Kate Ampersand’s work for the City of Auburn exhibition is reflections; her work seeks to capture “patterns and textures, whether existing in nature or man-made.” Unlike many contemporary digital photographers, Ampersand does as little post-processing of her photos as possible, stating that she prefers the “challenge of capturing real life moments as they actually exist, in-camera, rather than sitting at the computer producing images that are digital manipulations.”

For more information about the artist, please visit Kate Ampersand's website.

Cheryl Sallee Gallery - 

Artist: Deborah Chava Singer
Exhibition Dates: July 12 - September 8, 2021

The City of Auburn and the Auburn Arts Commission are pleased to present the work of the Deborah Chava SInger at the Cheryl Sallee Gallery, on view July 12^th – September 8^th, 2021.

Time.Light.Motion. I was tear-smeared-cheeks-deep into my first heartbreak when a mechanic told me my problem was likely timing. I thought that could be applied to more than just my car. If I'd been born sooner or later, had major life events happen at another time, how different would my life be, would I be? In a college photo class I fell in love with the magic of long-exposures capturing light. A natural night owl, I’m awake when light and dark make the world look different. One night, feeling frustrated with how my disability had changed my life, I returned to that magic and this photography series was born. With my cameras and the light and dark around me I capture the baffling forces of motion and time itself. Born from my disability and sleep disorder, pieces of me that put me out of step with other people, the series has grown with me as I have grown stronger in my embrace of myself. I know I likely wouldn’t have this series, not the way it is, without those parts of me.

For more information about the artist, please visit Deborah Chava SInger's website.