Return To Departure Runs 7/10 Thru 8/6 At Kirkland Arts, Opening Reception 7/9

Return to Departure runs July 10 - August 6, 2009 at the Kirkland Arts Center. Juried by Philip Govedare, Helen O'Toole, and Cable Griffith. The opening reception is Thursday, July 9, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM. The awards ceremony is 7:00 PM.

As technology offers increasingly accessible and pervasive means of expression, we instinctively adapt to multi-media bombardments from every direction. In this environment, painting has increasingly become a more radical method of participating in a contemporary conversation, challenging our expectations and demanding that we slow down in order to carefully consider it.

Return to Departure refers to the notion that sometimes the best launching point into the future is from where you've been all along. This juried exhibition will feature paintings from 16 artists that look ahead while remaining grounded in this traditional medium. Jurors Philip Govedare and Helen O'Toole are artists and University of Washington painting professors and Cable Griffith is KAC's Exhibitions Director.

Artists include Phillip Amrhein, Grant Barnhart, Louise Britton, Cynthia Camlin, Carole d'Inverno, Sam Faix, Julia Freeman, Austin Furtak-Cole, Isabel F. Kahn, Mikela Naylor, Candace Nicol, Joanne Pavlak, Danila Rumold, Amanda Smith, Jeffrey Sully, and Lindsey Warren.

Kirkland Arts Center is located at the corner of 7th Avenue and Market Street in Kirkland, Washington. Hours for exhibits in the Kirkland Arts Center Gallery are Monday through Friday, 11am to 6pm; Saturdays, 11am to 5pm and second Thursdays until 8pm. The KAC Gallery is free and open to the public.