Inside/Outside

This exhibition features a broad theme of physical spaces and metaphorical allusions in works of interior and exterior content.

I will be exhibiting 3 fiber sculptures, 'kelp', 'pollinate' & 'nectary'.

Please join us!

October 18 - February 23, 2013

Opening Reception:   October 18,  5:30-7:30 PM

Artist Talk:  November 13,  7:30 PM

University House Wallingford

4400 Stone Way N

Seattle, WA

More details HERE

'nectary'   Barbara De Pirro

pollinate & cherish

On view now... 

Hanson Scott Gallery

121 Prefontaine Pl S.

Seattle, WA

(858)361-5385

More info HERE

'pollinate'   Barbara De Pirro

'cherish'    Barbara De Pirro

'chrysalis', Seattle

'chrysalis'      Barbara De Pirro

'Art Interruptions'

August - September

Clustered together in four trees, I installed a series of 'chrysalis' sculptures at 

Phinney Center at 6532 Phinney Ave. N., 

Greenwood Library at 8016 Greenwood Ave. N.,  

The Fiber Gallery at 8212 Greenwood Ave. N. 

Woven through a wire armature, I used recycled plastic product packaging, bags and banding to create each chrysalis, ranging in size from 12 to 24 inches.

The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), commissioned 12 artists to create temporary art installations along Greenwood Avenue North and the Central Waterfront for the project 'Art Interruptions'. Art Interruptions encourages artists to install artworks on city sidewalks and parks and offer passers-by a brief interruption in their day with a moment of surprise, beauty or humor.

 Art Beat - Greenwood Ave

Art Beat - Waterfront

This project is part of a program called Art Interruptions which is funded by SDOT 1% for Art funds and administered by the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs.

'chrysalis' (detail)      Barbara De Pirro

'flourish', Bellevue

'flourish'   Barbara De Pirro

Take a stroll down Bellevue Way NE, 

look up! 

In the parking lot, adjacent to the Bellevue Art Museum, 

wrapped around two lamp posts

you'll find 'flourish'. 

Bellwether 2012: reGeneration

July 13 - October 21

Art Walk Map HERE

More images & details on their Facebook Page.

'roots & vines', Bellevue

'roots & vines'      Barbara De Pirro

Also, as part of Bellwether 2012: reGeneration, 

'roots & vines' is located in the Galleria, in front of the Rock Bottom Brewery 

at 550 106th Ave. NE in downtown Bellevue.

July 13 - October 21

With 44 sculptures and installations its worth the trip!

You can find a free Art Walk Map HERE

More images & details on their Facebook Page.

Bellwether 2012: reGeneration

'flourish'    Barbara De Pirro

Bellevue Biennial Sculpture Exhibition

In this years event I will have two installations, 'flourish' and 'roots & vines'. 'flourish' is wrapped around two lamp posts located adjacent to the Bellevue Art Museum and 'roots & vines' can be found in the Galleria, in front of the Rock Bottom Brewery. 
A bit more info can be found HERE.

"The city of Bellevue will host it’s 11th sculpture and installation exhibition this summer, when the Bellwether 2012: reGeneration exhibition and art walk kicks off July 13.

Started in 1992, Bellwether is a biennial, three- to four-month display of sculptures and installations in Downtown Bellevue that began as an experiment to see what type of art Eastsiders enjoy. This year’s exhibition, taking place through October 21, will include a variety of sculptures and installations ranging from small to nearly 19-feet tall throughout downtown.

An opening celebration set for July 13, 6 PM at City Hall. 

The free celebration is open to the public and will feature several artists whose work will be part of the exhibit. Exhibition maps and catalogs will be available at the opening ceremony and a downloadable version of the map will also be available at this time."

More info & articles:
 The Bellevue Scene 
 KOMO NEWS

'roots & vines'    Barbara De Pirro

Photograph by Shirley Wiebe

'roots & vines', Port Angeles

'roots & vines'   Barbara De Pirro

The 13th season of 'Art Outside', the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s acclaimed program of art in nature will open on Saturday, June 16 with a reception for the artists from 1-4 pm. New works by eighteen artists join more than 100 artworks still on site from previous seasons in Webster Woods Art Park.


“Since establishing the art park in 2000, we’ve presented over 250 pieces by artists from all over the Northwest and occasionally points further,” said PAFAC director Jake Seniuk, who has shepherded the program from its beginnings. “It’s long been my favorite time of the year, when artists are roaming the five-acre Webster estate working their magic. Each June it’s a couple of weeks of great camaraderie and mutual inspiration among the artists and between the artists and staff and park visitors who stray into the action. It’s always a little sad to see it come to an end. This year will be especially bittersweet as it is my last as the “Art Ranger,” overseeing and tending this museum without walls.” 


Seniuk retires at the end of the month, after more than 23 years as PAFAC director and curator. At 2 pm he will lead his last “Art Ranger” tour to introduce the new pieces and to renew the history of those still in place.

Webster Woods is open every day year round from dawn to dusk.  It’s worth the trip!

A great local supporter, Peninsula Daily News  

'roots & vines'  (detail)   Barbara De Pirro

'roots & vines'  (detail)   Barbara De Pirro

'roots & vines'  (detail)   Barbara De Pirro

transitions

'fragment'    Barbara De Pirro

June 1- June 30

First Thursday Art Walk, June 7, 5-8

Reception June 23, 5-7

Hanson Scott Gallery

121 Prefontaine Place South

Seattle, WA

(Pioneer Square Art District)

(858)361-5385

WEBSITE

'sprig' (detail)   Barbara De Pirro

setting the stage...

Trash Fashion Futures!

Join us on Friday and Saturday nights June 8th and 9th in the Intiman Playhouse at Seattle Center as we present for you an irreverent glimpse into this disposable culture.

  

All a part of the Next 50, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1962 World's Fair and the building of the Seattle Center, hosted by the Seattle Center Foundation.

Local Haute Trash Fashionistas will team up with others from across the country to present a stunning collection of couture designed entirely from society's rubbish. 
Stage Set created by Barbara De Pirro, including photo imagery from Chris Jordan.

Expect the unexpected!

  

More details HERE


More images HERE


View the SHOW 

Image provided by Michael Cline

'flourish', Museum of Glass

'flourish' (detail)  Barbara De Pirro

My new sculptural installation is in process... 
created using recycled plastics.

So far I've used,

2300 bottle caps, 200 water bottles 

and it is still growing…

Come see this project in person at

Museum Of Glass

Tacoma, WA

Here it tis at 1600 bottle caps

 'flourish' (detail)  Barbara De Pirro

'flourish' (in progress)  Barbara De Pirro

now at 2300 bottle caps!

With buckets of bottle caps, ready to drill & soon to be installed... the canopy continues to expand.  Stay tuned for more!

'flourish' (in progress)  Barbara De Pirro

'flourish' (in progress)  Barbara De Pirro

Intertwined, requiem for the trees

First exhibited at the Harbor History Museum in Gig Harbor, October 2011. 

'Intertwined, requiem for the trees' 

will now be hosted by the Washington State History Museum 

in Tacoma, WA

March 10 - May 6.  

Laminated root rot problems at Kopachuck State Park, Henderson Bay, resulted in local artists creating artworks to remember the diseased trees before they are cut down. Local artists Robin Peterson and Margo Macdonald spearhead the project.

Opening Reception

March 15, 5 - 7 PM

( third Thursday art walk )

More images & information HERE

and HERE

Earth + Water

'cherish'  (detail)  De Pirro

Fraker/Scott Gallery

121 Prefontaine Pl S.

Seattle, WA

206/883-4633

January 2012

More details HERE

'pollinate'  (detail)  De Pirro