The spontaneous perception of connections
and meaningfulness in unrelated phenomena.
…or in our case…
Finding meaningfulness in the work of two phenomenal South Sound painters.
We are excited to present Apophenia featuring the paintings of Dale Witherow and Angel (Fred) Matamoros. Apophenia opens with an artists’ reception Thursday August 21 5:00 – […]
This fall we will be hosting re-Art ‘08. A juried group show about re-USING, re-NEWING and re-THINKING our throw-away minded culture. As Americans, we produce on average 4 ½ pounds of garbage each day and for every can of trash we haul out to the curb, 70 cans of waste were produced “upstream” to make […]
Keeping up with the times and keeping YOU informed is what this new “What’s Happening” blog will be about. We’ll tell you about current and upcoming gallery shows, pass along interesting news about our artists and even share some details about exciting projects underway in the wood shop! Plus, we want to know […]
2008 must be the year of the door!
Yet another door project has come and gone through the shop. This one was for 4 custom entry doors all from solid Jatoba (Brazilian Cherry) for a new home under construction in Port Orchard. All had full-length insulated windows and 3 had full width transoms above.
Here’s a […]
We are excited to present a show perfectly suited for the arrival of summer! From the Garden features new works by painter Lili Kin and ceramicist Gene Phillips.
Ms. Kin’s history with Madera goes back to our first show - Square One. With The Garden, she has taken a departure from her large, colorful and flowing […]
Madera’s craftsman extraordinaire, Steve Lawler, has launched his own new line of custom furniture made from 100% recycled plywood. The first available piece in Steve’s “Re-Ply” line, a coffee table, is now on display in the gallery, and is available for $1,250.
It’s been a few months, but I’d like to share The News Tribune article about Madera that came out in last November. It was pure fortune that the article was published the same day we hosted an open house in conjunction with Tacoma Art @ Work Month. It was quite a turnout!
One of our current projects of interest is a unique entry door for this condo project (Stadium 302) in the Stadium district of Tacoma. The door is 42″ wide be 98″ tall and 2 1/4″ thick! The design calls for a frame of “blackened” stainless steel and 3/8″ horizontal metal accents across the […]
Our current exhibition features 8 up and coming artists from the Tacoma Artworks Group. The show, inspired by our 6th letter, is a fund raising effort in support of the Tacoma Community College Foundation Arts department.
TAG is a sanctioned club through the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College (ASTCC). The mission of […]
Through the end of March Gallery Madera is exhibiting works from 11 contemporary wood fired ceramic artists as well as Sumi paintings by Tacoma artist Selinda Sheridan and multi-media paintings by Port Townsend’s Rae Belkin. This show has proven to be one of our most popular to date. (We even had a couple […]
