Jeffrey Moose Gallery is proud to announce a solo show of experimental photographs and mono prints by Bainbridge Island artist Mandi May for the months of April and May. A reception will be held on First Friday, April 5th from 6 to 8 PM. A Facebook tour of the exhibit will take place from roughly 5:20 - 5:40. On First Friday, May 3rd, Ms. May will do a demonstration of her non-traditional mono printing technique.

She has an unusual perspective on the land: her photos are carefully composed in-camera, without the use of software, using creative lenses, prisms and other objects to alter the field of vision. Her work often has a dream-like quality where water and sky merge seamlessly with forests and flowers. The juxtaposition of images often lends a sense of motion to her imagery, giving the viewer a sense of hovering above or passing by.

Her gelatin-plate monoprints are lighter but rich in texture and subtle in pastel hues and organic shapes. Split fountains of blended colors serve as gentle backgrounds and subtle amorphous shapes hover in the foreground. Instead of conventional metal or plexiglass plates, May uses flexible gelatin plates, which, combined with water-based inks, are re-useable and  good for the environment. These practices are a stark departure from traditional printmaking, which has been full of toxins throughout history.

Her education includes a BFA from Long Island University in New York, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. Following college, Ms. May worked in the fine art printing business both in Seattle and in Arizona.

“My creative process is intuitive and experimental.Through the lens and printing plate, I paint images both familiar and imagined, merging form with emotion.” ~ Mandi May

Every First Friday through September, the Bainbridge History Museum will host an Art Walk reception, with refreshments and exhibit-viewing.

In the Helen L. Bucey Gallery, a new exhibit this year: Posted. Posted features the history of post offices around the Island. Neighborhood post offices and the men and women who kept Bainbridge Islanders connected to the world, Posted highlights another side of local history.

The 1908 schoolhouse holds the Museum’s primary exhibit, Our Community Past to Present, featuring 13 different communities on Bainbridge Island, including: African American, Business, Faith, Farming, Filipino American, Forestry, Indipino, Japanese American, Maritime, Military, Pickleball, Pride, and Suquamish.

Bainbridge Island's First Friday ArtWalk has offered locals and visitors alike the opportunity to stroll our vibrant downtown for decades.  Not only are shops open late but you may have the chance to chat with a local artist over a glass of wine, run into old friends and neighbors or find a piece which must travel back home with you. The Bainbridge Island Downtown Association invites you to come make wonderful memories along Winslow Way!

How can you miss this show?! From the wild, wooly and weird Pacific Northwest, drummer/guitarist/singer Mark Pickerel has quite the back story. Before becoming a leading voice in the PNW's alt-country, blues and Americana music scenes, he was the drummer in seminal grunge faves The Screaming Trees, has played on albums by Mark Lanegan, Brandi Carlile, and Nirvana, toured with Neko Case and contributed to her track on the "Hard-Headed Woman: A Celebration of Wanda Jackson compilation."

Mark's got the goods, though. He was born to be in front. With his rakish good looks and his tendency to spend more than $3 on haircuts, he has already endeared himself to the ladies of the office. His voice—alluring and just a little bit sinister—evinces his influences ranging from Leonard Cohen, Lee Hazlewood and the Gun Club, to the Stranglers and Nick Cave.