KPLU Interview

Back in mid-March KPLU's art correspondent Jennifer Wing conducted an interview about The Telephone Room Gallery in Tacoma. My piece Zigzags, Stripes, and Shadows is featured and I have a few lines near the beginning, but the whole piece is great!

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Mystery Object

image credit: Rachael Lang

I spent most of February and March working with my Strange Coupling collaborator, the talented Amanda James Parker, on this site-specific installation Mystery Object. Inspired by the spare, minimalist, grid-like merchandising at OBJECT (where the show is hung) we worked in as many different materials as possible to explore a single mysterious object we found at Goodwill for 29 cents. More photos on my website to come.

March 3rd at the Telephone Room

From the Press Release:

Please join us at the Telephone Room Gallery on Saturday, March 3 from 6-9 pm to celebrate the opening of "Zigzags, Stripes, and Shadows" by Julie Alpert, on view through March 2012.

"Stream of consciousness drawings become blueprints for how I respond to the Telephone Room's cramped, charming, and curious architecture. Utilizing the shelves, telephone alcove, cabinet doors, and window, painted lines follow and cascade off the various surfaces transforming the once useful room into a mysterious three-dimensional painting. Cardboard figures cast ominous shadows while woodgrain contact paper is collaged to mimic the old hardwood floor. While preparation and gathering of materials happen offsite, final decisions for how to arrange and address the space are improvised, dependent on my intuition for composition and color relationships." ---Julie Alpert, February 2012.

EXHIBITION DATES:
March 2012

OPENING:
Saturday, March 3, 6:00-9:00 pm
Julie will be present at the opening.

LOCATION:
Telephone Room Gallery
3710 North 7th Street (near 6th and Union)
Tacoma, WA 98406
thetelephoneroom@gmail.com

www.thetelephoneroom.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/telephone.room.gallery

The Telephone Room Gallery is always viewable by appointment - email thetelephoneroom@gmail.com.

The Telephone Room Gallery's focus is to exhibit art. We host openings where you can see the art, talk with the artists, enjoy refreshments, and it's free. Hope to see you soon.

The Telephone Room is the world's second-smallest art gallery at 12 ½ square feet. It is located in a Dutch Colonial home in Tacoma and since 1930, its sole purpose has been to house a black rotary dial telephone. Until now...

Small is Big. The Telephone Room is small, but its mission is big: to house artist-driven exhibits and programming. Big ideas in an intimate space.

--
Heide Fernandez-Llamazares
Ellen Ito

2012 Off to a great start!

I am honored and excited to announce that I was awarded a 2012 Pollock-Krasner Grant which will allow me to focus full-time on my art practice and developing a new body of work. I will be teaching part-time at Gage Academy of Art through the teen programming. Otherwise look for me in my studio! Needless to say I will have more time to be vigilant with my blog and news updates. Here's to a productive and happy new year!

Interview conducted by Amanda Manitach

Amanda, the curator at The Living Room, conducted this interview with me about my art practice and current show Motivation Graph. Enjoy!

Motivation Graph Opening

Thursday, Jan 13, 2010 at The Living Room Bar (intersection of Olive and Melrose on Capitol Hill.) Come see the results of my painting a day attempt.

Julie Alpert/Backyards - Opening Reception Tonight

Please join me for the opening reception of Backyards, a series of new watercolors based on walks through Seattle alleys. Tonight from 6-8pm at SOIL Gallery 112 3rd Ave Seattle WA.