Master of Deception: The Furniture of John CederquistBellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WashingtonJanuary 25 – May 15, 2011 John Cederquist is a wood studio artist. Long celebrated in craft circles for his whimsical, tongue-in-cheek wood assemblages and one-of-a-kind furniture pieces, “M... [More]

  Downtown Bellevue is a stand of glittery tall buildings, expensive glass constructions that seem to enact repeat homages to big egos and ambitious development plans. The newest Eastside shopping complex, The Bravern, is all brand-name flash, though it possesses a remarkable lack of foot traf... [More]

Artists find their inspiration in distinctive ways.  What Van Gogh discovered in the Japanese print, or Picasso in the African mask, Whiting Tennis sees in  the cobbled-together backyard sheds, chicken coops, and homemade furnishings of the rural Northwest.  While Van Gogh’s w... [More]

Visits to Portland are always filled with surprises and frequently leave one contemplating the possibilities that exist in civic-minded, inward-looking cities that do not aspire to global significance. In the once-forgotten former meat packing district of Kenton in North Portland, the pattern of n... [More]