ARTS DOWNTOWN
"Explore Puyallup's Outdoor Gallery"
Welcome to Arts Downtown
Arts Downtown, Puyallup's Outdoor Gallery, is a nonprofit all volunteer organization that curates a rotating and permanent collection of quality art by professional, emerging and student artists.
Arts downtown is a synergistic force of vision and imagination promoting diverse artistic culture and increasing visual literacy.
Arts downtown is a synergistic force of vision and imagination promoting diverse artistic culture and increasing visual literacy.
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Mike Suri is a sculptor in our Arts Downtown program. In Mike's work he explores his relationships with people and nature. Mike is not a solitary artist, family and community are integral to the daily process of making his work. Mike's sculptures are generally abstract however trees have emerged as strong metaphors for the human experience. Within their awkwardness and grace he has found forms resonate and create opportunities for conversation and connection. Anette Lusher is an artist that works with many different mediums. David De Groot has been curator of Weyerhaeuser's Pacific Rim Bonsai collection since its creation in 1989. He is an award-winning designer and author, who has been studying and practicing bonsai since 1972. He has studied bonsai in Japan with Yasuo Mitsuya, satsuki with Tatemori Gondo and Hayata Nakayama, and display with Uhaku Sudo. His educational journal articles have been published throughout the U.S. and in eight foreign countries, and his book Basic Bonsai Design is now in its 6th printing. David travels widely to lecture, and has presented programs across the U.S. and in Brazil, Canada, China, England, South Africa, and Venezuela. He is active with several bonsai organizations in the Puget Sound area, and has served two terms on the board of directors of the American Bonsai Society. |
