Your second chance (maybe more)
Your mom called. She said she’s not mad that you didn’t purchase “Common Ground” for her, just… disappointed.
Lisa Myers Bulmash, “Common Ground,” collage on paper. Now in private collection.
Even though you missed your chance during the Artist Trust online auction, I’m sure you could get back on her good side by Mother’s Day. Just take her to see one of my next exhibits — as a matter of fact… one opens next week.
“Like Mother…” returns to public view for the month of May. I’ve shown my work in this traveling exhibit since 2016; this time we’re going to the Vashon Center for the Arts. Opening reception is May 7th.
Lisa Myers Bulmash, “Tell Her Things Will Be Different” (detail)
Gallery One in Ellensburg, WA will present Lisa Myers Bulmash: New Works beginning June 4th. You might remember the pandemic forced my solo show and most other art exhibitions. The gallery kindly invited me to exhibit again, so people can see my work in person (properly masked up, of course). And if you haven’t visited Wa Na Wari yet…
At Wa Na Wari for an interview with KING5’s “Evening”
Good news: you haven’t missed out! But before you go: remember to schedule your visit, especially if you want to go on Thursday or Friday. Weekend hours are more flexible, but maybe think twice about it: pandemic safety measures mean the gallery has to limit how long you can stay. And you don’t want to disappoint Mom (again), riiiight?
Full circle back to BONFIRE
My collage work has returned to BONFIRE Gallery, this time for a good long while!
Installation artist June Sekiguchi with collage prints by Lisa Myers Bulmash
A little backstory: At the end of 2016, gallerist William Gaylord invited me to submit work to an art fundraiser he created to support “the resistance” to the 45th president’s administration. Half the proceeds would go to the artist, half to an arts and/or social justice organization. That event became “ARTRUMPS: Resistance and Action” in spring 2017.
When one of the original collages sold at the reception, that allowed Bill and me to donate to the Equal Justice Initiative. This month, Bill continued his support of my work: he bought prints of the original ARTRUMPS collages and had them framed. And now they live in the gallery.
BONFIRE gallerist Bill Gaylord points to his framed prints by Lisa Myers Bulmash
I’m happy to say I’m not the only artist Bill’s helped. During the worst of the 2020 pandemic lockdown, the gallery closed, like every other gathering space. Since he couldn’t do business as usual, Bill occasionally lent the gallery to artists who needed a larger, temporary studio space. Cool, huh?
My artwork is often very personal, but it’s also work work; I make things for myself and strangers. I’m glad to let them go to an art collector. They buy my art, every day it keeps speaking to them about something important, I have more studio space to make more art, and then a new piece speaks to another collector. Repeat as needed. It’s the circle of (an artist’s) life.
Let's spend the Evening together
You heard about the house party, right? The virtual one at Wa Na Wari? We’ll have a live DJ and everything!
Artist Lisa Myers Bulmash, waiting to open her exhibit “Holding Patterns” at Wa Na Wari art gallery
I’d love to hang out with you tomorrow night at the opening reception for my exhibit, “Holding Patterns.” DJ Sureal opens the party at 6pm PST. And Wa Na Wari has made a breakout room where we can talk for a half-hour about my work on display, or just have a super-art-nerdy conversation. Then we can rejoin the DJ for the rest of the party.
Jim Dever and photographer Mark of “Evening” interview Wa Na Wari curator Elisheba Johnson
You can join us via Facebook, or you can visit through Zoom (see the Wa Na Wari website for the virtual keys to the room).
But if you really can’t make it, catch my exhibit on TV: “Evening” plans to feature me and my work at the gallery on Monday night, March 22nd. Then you can brag to your friends on Tuesday about all the fun they missed!