Matzke Gallery and Sculpture Park

'flow plastica' detail       Barbara De Pirro

(crocheted plastic packaging temporarily inset into nature
over 200 balls, over 200 bags)

'vine plastica' detail    Barbara De Pirro
(crocheted plastic bags temporarily inset into nature
over 100 ft. long, over 2000 tan bags inside & out)

'Camano Honors Earth'
Environmental Art Exhibition and Event
Exploring our relationship with Nature

Sept. 11 - Oct. 10, 2010

Outdoor Sculptures installed through August 2011

Matzke Fine Art Gallery and Sculpture Park

2345 Blanche Way, Camano Island, WA

www.matzkefineart.com

360-387-2759

50 Participating Artists: Courteney Bomgardner, Barbara De Pirro, Jack Gunter, Aaron Haba, Steven Heino, Ella Hope, R. Allen Jensen, James Lapp, Karla Matzke, Colin Reedy, Patricia Resseguie, Steve Stushek, Susan Cohen Thompson, Els VandeEnde, Veruska Vagen, Ruth Westra, Hiroshi Yamano

Sponsored by: Camano Action for a Rural Environment

'root plastica' detail       Barbara De Pirro

(crocheted plastic bags temporarily inset into nature, over 500 tan bags)

In the gallery:

'unearth I'
plastic fiber, acrylic & steel

 
 'unearth II'
plastic fiber, acrylic & steel

 For more information & images:
http://www.depirro.com

Funding for this project was made possible in part by Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects (GAP).

'sprout plastica' - CoCA Seattle

'sprout plastica'     Barbara De Pirro
(plastic fiber, petals, twigs & steel)

Unassumingly,
from beneath the rubble,
what appears to be….a barren landscape,
a seed trembles on the wind,
landing lightly on the moist surface.
Encouraged and nourished by rain,
its hard shell releases, attaching roots,
tenderly a shoot forms,
slowly reaching upwards
towards the radiant sky.
At first a single sprout
standing alone
and then another,
multiplying into a series of spires,
new life begins again.

'sprout plastica'       Barbara De Pirro
(plastic fiber, petals, twigs & steel)

'sprout plastica' detail      Barbara De Pirro
(plastic fiber, petals, twigs & steel)

'overgrowth & understory'

Sculpture Exhibit

Cougar Mountain Wildlands Park

July 10 - October 2, 2010

Curated by David Frances, CoCA Seattle

In a first-time collaboration with King County Parks, the Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) will present “Overgrowth & Understory” an exhibition of temporary, outdoor sculptures on Cougar Mountain Regional Wildlands Park (Anti-Aircraft Peak & Sky Country Trailheads), from July 10 – October 2, 2010. The site-specific artwork addresses themes of art, nature, and land-use history.
Part of the experience involves short walks of 15 -20 minutes,
or longer hikes of up to 4 hours to connect the show in its entirety.

Fifteen artists from around the region will participate, coming from Vancouver BC, Camano Island, Shelton, Bellingham, Fife, and Oakland CA, as well as locally from Sammamish, Preston, and the Seattle area. Maps can be downloaded for free at CoCA’s website beginning July 10.
A catalog of this year’s exhibit will be released in August. 

ARTISTS: Barbara De Pirro, Shannon Durbin, Miguel Edwards, Kristine Eudey, David Francis, Ray Freeman III, Aaron Haba, Magdalena Hill, David Kitts, Anette Lusher, Meadow Starts with ‘P’ (group), Sarah Savidge, Suzanne Tidwell, Catherine Thompson, Shirley Wiebe.

For more information & images:
http://www.depirro.com/installation.html

Funding for this project was made possible in part by Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects (GAP).

Special thanks to Antonia Xavie De Pirro for her assistance!

Art of the Garden

'sprig'      Barbara De Pirro

The Arts Council of Snohomish County presents art of the Garden. Over fifty artists will showcase their work as part of this prolific offering of garden art, and art to bring the garden into the home.

July 8 - August 19

Arts Council of Snohomish County

1507 Wall St.

Everett, WA

(425)257-8380

http://www.artscouncilofsnoco.org/gallery.html

'roots & vines: plastica' - CoCA Seattle

'roots & vines: plastica'      Barbara De Pirro

(plastic fiber, cable & steel)

A mysterious unexpected form,

distant imagery,
familiar in an intimate way.

A web of fiber,

a tangle of forest vine,

exposed and twisted roots,

fibrous tendrils clinging to the surface,

enveloping the decaying wood,

humbly feeding off the unforgotten.

Natures cycle of decay and rebirth,

regeneration, renewal….life.

'roots & vines: plastica' details           Barbara De Pirro

(plastic fiber, cable & steel)

'heaven and earth II'
Carkeek Park

Seattle, WA

June 26 – September 26, 2010

In collaboration with the Carkeek Park Advisory Council, the Associated Recreational Council and Seattle Parks and Recreation, CoCA presents the second annual exhibition of temporary, outdoor sculpture in Carkeek Park, organized around themes of art, nature and sustainability.

ARTISTS: Big Camera Group, Barbara DePirro, Miguel Edwards, Julie Fisco, Anette Lusher, Ingrid Lahti, Julie Lindell, Piper O'Neill, Eden Rivers, Sylwia Tur, Ken Turner, and Johnny Wooten.

Curated by David Francis, CoCA Seattle

For more information & images:
http://www.depirro.com/installation.html
http://www.depirro.com/press.html

Funding for this project was made possible in part by CoCA Seattle and Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects (GAP).

'fungo plastica' - Port Angeles Fine Art Center

'fungo plastica'      Barbara De Pirro

(plastic fiber & steel)

'Petroleum-based nature blossoms in a grand old tree in the form of Barbara De Pirro’s  Fungo Plastica. Made from recycled plastic grocery bags, stretched into beige yarns then crocheted into spheres of many sizes, ranging from a marble to a softball, they are arranged in cloned progressions and clusters like a parasitic invading life form, nestled into cavities and fissures in the gnarled and ruptured bark. '  *

Art Outside IX
Webster’s Woods Art Park

at

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center

1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

Port Angeles, WA

(360) 457-3532

Curated by Jake Senuik *

Art Outside is the program that has brought a singular open-air art collection to the former Webster Estate. The total number of artworks that have accumulated in Webster’s Woods Art Park since the inaugural 2000 season has crested at more than one hundred and twenty-five. While over the years many pieces have been returned to their creators or succumbed to the elements, the net presence of art in the park has grown steadily through gift,

entrenchment and extended loan.

One of the hallmarks of Art Outside has always been to strive for a balance between sculptural objects and site interventions, with both approaches highly sensitive to the natural environment. The five and a half acres of second-growth forest has been a friendly host to artists’ imaginations.

For more information & images:
http://www.depirro.com/installation.html

Funding for this project was made possible in part by Port Angeles Fine Art Center.

Museum of Northwest Art

'strand'      Barbara De Pirro

18th ANNUAL ART AUCTION

June 19, 2010

5-10 PM

Over 300 Donated Works of Art!

Join us for the Museum's largest annual fundraiser.....

The perfect event for both seasoned

and novice art Collectors!!!

Public Preview Hours: Friday, June 18, noon to 5 pm and Saturday, June 19, 11 am to 3 pm. Preview is free and open to the public.

Museum of Northwest Art

121 South First Street La Conner, WA

Tickets may be purchased by calling: 360.466.4446, ext. 109

'looped'

'looped'      Barbara De Pirro

(plastic fiber, acrylic & steel)

This sculpture along with four paintings will be a part of the Spring

exhibit, overlapping with the Camano studio tour.

May 1-June 5

Matzke Gallery & Sculpture Park 

2345 Blanche Way

Camano Island, WA

360-387-1239 or 360-387-2759

http://www.matzkefineart.com/

for more information about the Camano Studio Tour

http://www.camanoarts.org/category/studio-tour-info/