KEXP's Hood to Hood: Capitol Hill Day Party at Grey!

Grey Gallery & Lounge will be hosting KEXP's Hood to Hood Capitol Hill Day Party on Friday, April 17th from 8pm 'til 2am! The party is FREE and is KEXP's big "thank you" to the Capitol Hill neighborhood for winning the Hood to Hood Challenge during their 2008 Summer Membership Drive. KEXP DJ's Alex and Chilly will spin with GREY AREA DJs WD4D and Vital from 8pm to close.

KEXP has long been a beacon for listeners who appreciate and support independent music and we are thrilled to be working, er, ummm, partying with them.

For more information on KEXP's Hood to Hood Capitol Hill Day go to kexp.org.


KEXP's Hood to Hood Capitol Hill Party at Grey
Friday, April 17th
8pm
$6 KEXP Cocktails
FREE
21+

Sonic Frontiers

Wednesday nights at Grey, with resident DJs Darvocet, Struggle, Jeronimo, Biznotic, Made Like a Tree and special guests.
adventures beyond boundries
Starts at 9pm
No Cover
21+

Caution Kid

Here is another sneak peek at Noah Grussgott's upcoming exhibition here at Grey, Caution Kid:



Exhibition Opens April 9, 6p-9p
Followed by Blueprint, with DJs SunTzu Sound
jazz + soul + past + present + future

Caution Kid is a continuation of Noah Grussgott’s sculptural constructions as well as 2 dimensional works investigating the volatility of childhood and coded language. Grussgott has created a scenario that ponders how things are learned through experience; how information gathered by observation establishes our behavioral habits under societal conditions.

The installation aligns spectators on bleachers across from a symbolic wall as an implied spectacle; the stage is set to witness an inversion of iconography. This work is a notion on extremes, and is requesting the viewer to consider the repercussions of ignorance, seduction, fear and hate.

In this exhibition, familiar materials are purposefully chosen to direct our attention toward associations and interpretations. Band aides, caution tape, construction cement, bricks and foam core insulation are conspicuous indicators of safety and protection. Grussgott uses these materials to remind the viewer of his own potential for indifference. Caution Kid presents the viewer with an opportunity to identify with a shared symbolic history.

Noah Grussgott was born in Long Island, NY. He attended S.U.N.Y New Paltz where he double majored and received a B.F.A in Sculpture and a B.S in Art Education.

After graduation Noah worked as studio assistant to Robert Morris and taught art in the public school system. In 2004 Noah moved to New York City and began working for Studio In the School as an Artist in Resident, where he taught throughout the 5 Boroughs’ and received his first Permanent Public Commission through the Met-Life Artist Foundation.

Noah also worked as lead art handler at the Jack Shainman Gallery and studio assistant to Phil Frost. In 2006 Noah moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington’s M.F.A program in Sculpture and Public Art where he received the University of Washington Graduating with Excellency Award.

Free Sheep Take Over Tubs

Free Sheep Foundation has a new project they are currently working on, in partnership with Eric Sun and University Volkswagon/Audi, in the now-dilapidated Tubs Sun Salon at 4750 Roosevelt Way
(between 47th St & 50th St).
In case you haven't heard of them already, Free Sheep, a local artist collaborative, have a history of utilizing spaces sitting on death row. And that's entirely the point, with a mission "to locate and occupy disused spaces and open them for artists as performance and exhibition space," Free Sheep offers artists free reign to collaborate on virtually any available surface of an uninhabited structure.
Perhaps you remember 2007's Bridge Motel project or The Belmont apartment building that was taken down later that year? More recently, Free Sheep rented a space on 3rd and Battery in Belltown, that they were using as exhibition and studio space until the end of last year, when their lease expired.

And now, Tubs, the public sauna with private rooms, that had mixed reviews about function and cleanliness, is tentatively scheduled for demolition sometime later this year. In the meantime though, D.K. Pan and NKO have recruited the following line up of local artists to yet again construct on the destructable:

Video
Baldman
No Touching Ground
Angel 179
EGO
Solice
Specs Wizard
Kiloe
Weirdo
Heumr
Tom Chapel
Joanna Lepore
NKO
and more....
To view all the work completed, come check it out on March 15th to celebrate with the artists.

Caution Kid

We paid Noah Grussgott a studio visit the other night to preview the work for his upcoming exhibition at Grey, opening April 9th. The working title for the show is Caution Kid, and as you can see, Noah's been putting barricade tape to good use...

Manifest Destiny

Dicks Drive In, Silkscreen on Rives BFK Paper, 22 x 30 inches, 2008

This First Thursday, be sure to check out Randal Hutchinson's new work, Manifest Destiny at All City Coffee in Pioneer Square.

Randal tends bar here at Grey and when he's not crafting cocktails, he is working on these silkscreen prints.

Opening Reception Thursday, March 5 2009 from 5 - 10 pm.

All City Coffee
125 Prefontaine Place S. (the TK Building)
Seattle, WA

Duality: new work by Sabrina Small

Opening Reception: Thursday, March 12, 2009 6pm-10pm

Duality is
Sabrina Small’s
response to a lifelong fascination with identical twins and the curious balance between their individual personalities, yet strikingly similar physicalities.


Recently, the image of conjoined twins and freakishly mutated anthropomorphic figures started surfacing in Small’s work. These images reflect an increased interest in dueling personalities not only in twins, within the individual as well. We all house multiple personalities under the layer of flesh we’ve come to know as ourselves, and at times, they are at odds.

Duality also explores the connection we make with others in our more intimate relationships where we become “one”, so to speak, with the “other;” the seemingly superhuman strength it gives us; and the sense of loss we experience – like losing a twin or a limb - when it ends.
The new works are a combination of ink drawings on paper and hand
stitchings on felt. An exploration of the self and our dual natures, they
are an attempt at embracing the power of the “other” without being
swallowed whole by it.

Sabrina Small resides in Sarasota, Florida and recently completed a
residency at the Hermatage Artist Retreat in Englewood, Florida.
Small was awarded the John Ringling Towers Individual Artist
Fellowship in 2008 and has exhibited extensively throughout Florida as well as in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, Budapest, Hamburg, Berlin and China.

Opening Reception followed by Resident DJs SunTzu Sound
jazz + soul + past + present + future

For Better, For Worse

GREY GALLERY & LOUNGE, in conjunction with BALAGAN THEATRE, presents For Better, For Worse: Valentines Day Performances at Grey

This Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2009, from 10pm until midnight at Grey Gallery and Lounge the Balagan Theater will stage improvisational sonnets, sketch comedy, dance and performances along with selections from their new production, Death/Sex (running February 6 thru 28th) including the talents of Megan Ahiers, Chris Bell, Jake Groshong, Jason Harber, Ryan Higgins, Nik Perleros and Bobby Temple. In addition, Grey will also be featuring specials on sparkling wine and sweet dessert crepes with musical accompaniment by resident DJ Vital from 8pm until close.

Balagan Theatre is a live performance-based company dedicated to providing accessible theater to the Puget Sound area. Widely praised for the quality and vision of its productions, Balagan has managed to successfully open and operate a new performance venue on Capitol Hill. Balagan strives to make theatre enjoyable for people of all backgrounds - regardless of race, education, religion, sex, age or anything else that separates us.


For Better, For Worse: Valentines Day Performances at Grey
Saturday, February 14th
DJ Vital 8pm – close
Balagan Theatre Performances 10pm to midnight

Self as Subject: A Selection of Self Portraits by Kimberly Trowbridge

We just received word today on an upcoming exhibition from our friend, Kimberly Trowbridge in the Steele Gallery at the Gage Academy of Art February 2- March 6, 2009.

The Artist's Reception is Friday, February 13, from 6:00- 8:00pm.
ALSO:
Join Kimberly for The Picture Plane is a Mirror, an artist's lecture at 7:00pm in the Geo Studio, on the 3rd Floor.

Gage Academy of Art
1501 10th Ave. East Seattle, WA 98102
Gallery Hours: M-F 9:30am - 4:30pm

Friends of Grey,

About a year ago, I opened the doors at Grey with the hope of creating a place where the creative community, collectors and crepe and cocktail aficionados would converge and appreciate a community-centric melting pot of sight, sound and really comfortable seating. The support of the community, the living and breathing part of Grey, has been the greatest success I could hope for. Thank you for getting the word out, thank you for supporting the artists we exhibit and thank you for supporting Grey!

I hope you will join me and the Grey Staff in celebrating the Grey Gallery and Lounge 1st year Anniversary this Saturday, January 24th from 8pm to 2am. The celebration will include performances by the Yellow Hat Band, Vital, WD4D & DJ Riz and a special appearance (and photo-ops!) with Little Roy. I hope you can make it.

Warmly,

Erik


Grey Gallery and Lounge 1st Year Anniversary Party
Saturday, January 24th from 8pm to 2am

Featuring:
The Yellow Hat Band
Vital
WD4D
DJ Riz
Little Roy

$3 Sparkling Wine

No Cover
21+

Our 1st Year Anniversary Party!!!!!

Saturday, January 24th, 8pm. Come celebrate our first year of business, and enjoy the musical stylings of DJ Riz, The Yellow Hat Band, Residents WD4D and Vital. Also on the bill is a very special guest, Little Roy.

Drink Specials!
Fresh Art!
Free!
21+