The King is back. Well, sort of. The ELVISTRAVANGANZA celebrates the 50-year anniversary of Elvis’s 1962 trip to Seattle, made famous by the film It Happened at the Worlds Fair.

The King is back. Well, sort of. The ELVISTRAVANGANZA celebrates the 50-year anniversary of Elvis’s 1962 trip to Seattle, made famous by the film It Happened at the Worlds Fair.

  1. Date Posted Icon 6th June 2012
  2. Notes Icon Notes: 2
    3. Tags Icon #Elvis#spectacle#visual arts
Commemorating “The Past, The Present and The Future,” this year’s Bumbershoot Visual Arts and Spectacles showcase talented artists with an eye for imagining the future. Programming pays homage to the Festival’s home, Seattle Center, and its celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1962 World’s Fair. Bumbershoot presents cutting edge contemporary artwork, performance and installations that blur the lines between art and theatre. 2012 programming showcases a wide spectrum of styles, and artistic mediums from glass art, to painting, to neon. (Photo: NOW by Dylan Neuwirth)

Commemorating “The Past, The Present and The Future,” this year’s Bumbershoot Visual Arts and Spectacles showcase talented artists with an eye for imagining the future. Programming pays homage to the Festival’s home, Seattle Center, and its celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1962 World’s Fair.

Bumbershoot presents cutting edge contemporary artwork, performance and installations that blur the lines between art and theatre. 2012 programming showcases a wide spectrum of styles, and artistic mediums from glass art, to painting, to neon.

(Photo: NOW by Dylan Neuwirth)

  1. Date Posted Icon 5th June 2012
    2. Tags Icon #Dylan Neuwirth#visual arts#double rainbow
Check out the Visual Arts review from Seattle Weekly! http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2011/09/bumbershoot_visual_arts_the_tr.php

Check out the Visual Arts review from Seattle Weekly! http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2011/09/bumbershoot_visual_arts_the_tr.php

  1. Date Posted Icon 13th September 2011
    2. Tags Icon #Bumbershoot#Visual Arts#Seattle Weekly

We loved The Magic Show! Part of the Visual Arts programing, The Magic Show was filled with illusions and intrigue, so much that we are still getting questions from people trying to figure out the Levitating Tire! Here is a little video to help you unravel the mystery!

  1. Date Posted Icon 9th September 2011
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    3. Tags Icon #The Magic Show#Levitating Tire#Bumbershoot#Visual Arts
Influenced by the expansiveness of the wilderness, wildlife, and extreme weather conditions of his youth, W. Scott Trimble developed a fascination for assembly, deconstruction and contrasts. See Skater’s Gauntlet at Bumbershoot and experience Trimble’s artful juxtaposition for yourself.

Influenced by the expansiveness of the wilderness, wildlife, and extreme weather conditions of his youth, W. Scott Trimble developed a fascination for assembly, deconstruction and contrasts. See Skater’s Gauntlet at Bumbershoot and experience Trimble’s artful juxtaposition for yourself.

  1. Date Posted Icon 27th July 2011
  2. Notes Icon Notes: 1
    3. Tags Icon #W. Scott Trimble#Bumbershoot#Skater's Gauntlet#Visual Arts