One Hot Night at Pratt Fine Arts Center: September 19, 2015

Posted on September 12, 2015, 8:16 am
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The Pratt Fine Arts Center will be hosting their bi-annual One Hot Night event on Saturday, September 19 from 6 to 9 PM. This free open house invites the public to witness artist demos and participate in family-friendly activities. It is a wonderful opportunity to speak with instructors, explore the studios, and learn more about what upcoming classes are being offered. Special discounts on Pratt classes will be offered to open house attendees.

One Hot Night’s five different artist demos will include printmaking, woodcarving and a live bronze pour. Artist Debora Moore will be giving a glassblowing demonstration, in conjunction with her current exhibition at the nearby Northwest African American Museum, Debora Moore: Glass Orchidarium, on display through November 8, 2015.

In addition to Pratt’s demonstrations, the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Acts (SANCA) will be performing and Ezell’s food truck will be onsite to provide tasty fare.

One Hot Night, Fall 2015

When: Saturday, September 19, 6 to 9 PM

Where: Pratt Fine Arts Center (1902 S Main St, Seattle)

This event is free and all-ages. For more information regarding One Hot Night, click here.

“Pratt is the only facility in the Pacific Northwest where absolute beginners and established professional artists work side-by-side creating art.”


More About Pratt:

Operating as a 501 (c)(3) organization, Pratt welcomes over 3,500 students and 300 working artists annually to a dynamic creative community. In total, Pratt classes, exhibitions, lectures and programs touch more than 20,000 people annually. Many established local, regional, and nationally known artists began their professional careers in our studios. After nearly 40 years of serving our community, Pratt continues to fulfill its founders’ vision of being The Place to Make Art.

Covering nearly two city blocks in Seattle’s Central District, the Pratt campus features spacious and well-lit drawing and painting studios, Seattle’s largest printmaking studio, a typesetting and letterpress workshop, a glassblowing and casting hotshop, a flameworking, fusing and kiln casting studio, a woodworking studio, a jewelry and metalsmithing workshop, a forging studio, a bronze-casting foundry, a welding and metal fabrication shop, and a covered stone yard.

The highly accomplished Teaching Artists at Pratt encourage participants to fully explore their creative interests. Participants are free to focus and develop to the highest levels of proficiency in a specific discipline, or to sample the many diverse techniques offered. The result is a fertile environment that allows participants to expand their skills as widely as their aptitudes and imaginations permit.

 

Claire Reiner is a writer, artist and recent graduate from the University of Washington’s School of Art with a major in Art History. She is interested in recent art movements and subcultures (1950s, 60s, 70s) and how they have shaped present perceptions and practices of art. She grew up in Southern California and moved to Seattle in 2010. She is quite influenced by the unique geography of both places and enjoys hiking and exploring the Pacific Northwest. Reiner covers visual art exhibits in Seattle and seeks to contribute to a profound and positive artistic community, as well as encourage people to come out and experience art moments for themselves. Reiner is also the Executive Assistant for VanguardSeattle and handles any press related needs.