Going back to school allows us an opportunity to reconsider how our spaces help our kids prepare to learn. As we venture into a new academic year, we offer you creative pro-tips towards healthy homes, conducive to learning and overall wellness. Here are a few ways you could help your student adjust to another unprecedented school year. Go get ‘em, kiddos!
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Why Green Roofs?
Living roofs go beyond any other roofing option when it comes to the multitude of benefits they provide to those who own, work and live under them. Green roofs are beautiful, create habitat, promote health and well-being, reduce stormwater runoff, protect building envelopes and conserve energy.
Recently, SZ specified LiveRoof’s Standard modular system on a home in Mercer Island. Here’s the skinny.
Read MoreArt on invitation by Michael Knutson, courtesy of Greg Kucera Gallery
INVERTING OVOID FIELDS #2, 2018
Watercolor on paper
30 x 22 inches
SUMM presents For the Love of Math!
For the Love of Math! - A group exhibition of mathematical(ly inspired) art
Presented by the Seattle Universal Math Museum (SUMM)
Hosted by the Suzanne Zahr Gallery, Mercer Island
Curated by Timea Tihanyi
Exhibition Dates: October 1 - November 24, 2021
Opening Reception: (First) Friday, October 1st 5-8pm
Artists’ Reception: (First) Friday, November 5th 5-8pm
This exhibit will explore various art forms influenced by math ideas and mathematical processes of making. This curated collection will show how the vigor, beauty and pleasure of math infuses our lives, from traditional crafts to contemporary research and daily creativity. Invited artists and mathematicians put their work in a dialogue with one another, proving yet again the vital connection that has always existed between art and math.
Math Riddle: I add six to eleven and get five. Why is this correct?
Hint: Answer lies within this invitation…
Join our Opening Reception with the correct explanation and win a cool prize!
Golden Falls by Debra Van Tuinen
"Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”
— E.E. Cummings
It’s with great pleasure & delight that we re-launch our First Friday tradition! Please join us this First Friday, September 3rd (along with Clarke + Clarke, Barrels and other local Mercer Island businesses), as we welcome back celebrated PNW artist, Debra Van Tuinen. Golden Falls will be on display through the end of September. Not to be missed!
Join our (masked) festivities with a cocktail, fine arts and an outdoor plaza gathering at the SZ Gallery. Can’t wait to see you, in person!
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