"Modvale" exhibition at Shoreline City Hall explores nostalgia, memory, and history

Nia Michaels, "Mysterious Stranger"

Modvale: Presence and Absence in Local History, Shoreline City Hall’s first art exhibition for 2016, brings together nine local artists whose work collectively offers a fascinating range of response to historical forces through a variety of media, including photography, drawing, pyrography, 3-D photo collage, painting, and sculpture.

Susan Gans, "Aged Smokestack"

Modvale plays on the name of the city’s Midvale Avenue, which echoes the halcyon days when the unincorporated area served as a suburban bedroom community or even as rural escape for picnics in the country (at Echo Lake, for example). In addition to changing demographics, Modvale also points toward a similarly dramatic change in the natural world.

Participating artists: Tyson Benard, Susan Gans, Libby Gerber, Ted Grudowski, Cathy Fields, Nia Michaels, Lita Kenyon, Mimi Sturman, Suze Woolf.

The exhibition opens on Saturday, January 30, 2016 from 4:00 – 6:00pm, with a panel presentation on art and historical change. 

Regular gallery hours M-F, 9:00-5:00pm, February 1 – April 8, 2016.

Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N, Shoreline 98133. Free parking in City Garage behind City Hall.