HORIZON LINES: A Collaboration with Composer Laura Kaminsky
Friday, July 15th, 8 p.m.
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall
A multidisciplinary work for oboe, bassoon, and piano, Laura Kaminsky's Horizon Lines incorporates Rebecca Allan's paintings within a digital film by John Feldman. Horizon Lines was commissioned by the Seattle Chamber Music Society in tribute to founding artistic director Toby Saks. It was begun by the artists during a 2010-2011 joint residency at the Hermitage Artists Retreat in Englewood, Florida. The piece, which premiered on July 15th, represents the first artistic collaboration between the composer and painter, who share a deep concern for the natural environment and its enduring power to transform lives. Kaminsky has written three other works that reference the American landscape: Terra Terribilis, a Concerto for Three Percussionists and Orchestra, (nominated for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize), River Music, and The Great Unconformity. In 2008, the artists were guest lecturers at the Reese Institute for Environmental Studies in North Carolina.
REBECCA ALLAN: New Landscapes
July 6 – August 5, 2011
SAM (Seattle Art Museum) Gallery
From July 6th through August 5th, 2011 Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Gallery presented Rebecca Allan: New Landscapes, curated by Barbara Shaiman. The exhibition featured paintings that were incorporated within Horizon Lines.
Allan's paintings are interpretations of the water, weather, geology and ecology of riparian and coastal landscapes, such as the River Caldew (Cumbria, England), Ebey's Landing (Whidbey Island), Amagansett (Long Island) and the Harlem and Hudson Rivers, near the artist's New York City studio.
PRESS PHOTOS
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Composer Laura Kaminsky and Artist Rebecca Allan
7 x 5.6 inches, 300 pixels per inch, RGB, JPEG |
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"Wappinger Creek/Tipped Horizon" 2011, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60"
4 x 2.7 inches, 300 pixels per inch, RGB, JPEG |
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"Fault Lines" 2011, acrylic on paper, 6 x 13"
4 x 1.5 inches, 300 pixels per inch, RGB, JPEG |
