2025.4.6. Dogear Festival - Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

4/6, Sunday. Expecting rain, went to Bainbridge Island Museum of Art for the last day of Dogear Festival, all about print/book making. This is in conjunction with the current Power of the Press exhibition. When we arrived, this flamboyant author was reading her book. The rickety chair she was in is made of real books. I like the artsy book exhibition. The variety is amazing.
Got a print of "The Mountains are OUT". We were not allowed to change letters.
There was an "edible book" contest. Only ~6 contesters.
At 1pm, there was a lecture by Cassandra George and Joey Holmes of the Suquamish Tribe’s Cultural Resources Department’s Lushootseed Language Program. They talked about the Lushootseed (Puget Sound Salish) Alphabet and its role in Lushootseed Revitalization, Lushootseed Books, and Traditional Narratives. Quite interesting. They are both good speakers. 43 letters, representing distinct sounds.

It's a nice walk along the waterfront over the Overlook Walk to the ferry. The new boardwalk is almost complete. Swings are still locked. The new waterfront is coming along nicely. Riding on the ferry is always pleasant. We took the 10:40am ferry to, and 3pm ferry back. $10.25 - a good deal. I remember paying $7 about 20 years ago. It was pouring when we left the museum.

2025.4.3. Ai, Wei Wei at SAM

4/3 First Thursday. Special exhibition at Seattle Art Museum, titled Ai, Rebel". Anticipating crowd, I reserved the very first entrance to the exhibit: 10:20am. It didn't disappoint. Here are some of the objects that I liked. The stools are joined by a leg, without any glue or nail. The snake is made of backpacks. I'm not sure about the bikes, but I really liked the wooden map of China. Made of verticle columns joined together without glue or nail. Looks like a single wood. This large room is pictures made of simple legos. Other items are old vases painted with automative paint, bricks from old houses, bike parts, a real side of a house with bullet holes as large as my hand, a replica of the room where he was locked in and interegated. A pile of ceramic sunflower seeds. Lots of video footage documenting his house arrest, illegal immigrants crossing ocean, ...

I left at 11, because I had to attend a Zoom meeting. By then, there were already a lot of people. May go again next month.

Before the art museum, I went to UW's Quad again for cherry blossom. It is much better today, even though it was cloudy. A lot less people. Some pedals are already on the ground. Maybe another week of glory.