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WRITING ON THE WALL” AT WOMEN PAINTERS OF WASHINGTON GALLERY

yaelzm — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 22:38:24 +0000

How Much Love Is In A Drop Of Paint, Artwork by the artist Yael Zahavy-Mittelman

New Women Painters of Washington artshow

“WRITING ON THE WALL” AT WOMEN PAINTERS OF WASHINGTON GALLERY

Please join me to the Opening Reception:Thursday April 6th, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Show will be in the gallery: Tue, Apr 4, 2017- Fri, Jun 30, 2017

Women Painters of Washington Gallery
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 310
Seattle 98104

Hope to see you there,
Yael Zahavy-Mittelman

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My Solo Artshow in Edmonds, WA

yaelzm — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 19:16:54 +0000

The EAFF gallery at the Frances Anderson Center.

18 Artworks on display. A celebration of stories in colors. The show is up and running. Darlene McLellan did an amazing curating job, and the show is beautiful. I am going to be there, for artist meet and greet Thursday November 17th 5:00pm-7:00pm; December 1st 5:00pm-7:00pm; December 7th 12:00pm-3:00pm, and December 13, 5:00pm-7:00pm. Please join me to talk about art. Feel free to call me if you cannot make these dates and want to meet me on a different date. (206) 601-2314.
Hope to see you all there,
Yael

yaelzm — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 20:24:35 +0000

Women Artists Coast to Coast: West
Collaboration between the Women Painters of Washington and the National Association of Women Artists
October 13, 2016 – January 11, 2017
Pictures from show opening
Location: Washington Convention Center (705 Pike St, Seattle, WA 98101)

Women Painters of Washington at The Convention Center Seattle

yaelzm — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 17:59:52 +0000

The spinning of time, Yael Zahavy-Mittelman

Women Painters of Washington and
The National Association of Women artists present:

Women Artists Coast to Coast: West

October 13, 2016 – January 11, 2017
Washington State Convention Center, Seattle WA
705 Pike St. Seattle, WA 98101
Opening Reception 5:00-8:00 pm October 13th
(Cash bar available, light snacks provided)

An article about me and my art by AARON KUNKLER, Bothell Reporter

yaelzm — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 19:05:00 +0000

Abstract artist creates conversations in Bothell

Yael Zahavy-Mittelman is an abstract artist based in Bothell.

— Image Credit: Aaron Kunkler/Bothell Reporter

by AARON KUNKLER, Bothell Reporter Reporter
Feb 3, 2016 at 8:47AM

For those unaccustomed to abstract art, Yael Zahavy-Mittelman has an exercise she uses to initiate them. The Bothell-based artist instructs newcomers to close their eyes and imagine a black or white canvas, and then place colored lines on it. Add some shapes, and finally patches of colors, rearrange them again and again, and you have the basis for a world that the artist works in.

“What I’m doing as an abstract artist, I’m really dealing with lines, shapes, patches of color,” she said, standing in her basement, walls lines with dozens of works of art leaning against mattresses. “Abstract is a new world, it’s the only way an artist can really express what’s inside them,” she said.

Her paintings range in size from small, 12-by-12 inch works to massive canvases covered in vibrant colors, wandering white lines, obscured human figures and loaded with stories.

Largely, Zahavy-Mittelman said her works flow naturally, often times themes and ideas appear in them, but she hopes her paintings are an opening line rather than the final word.

“I would like people to have a conversation about art,” she said. “It’s an invitation for a conversation.”

Her work has been featured from New York to Israel, and regionally from the Seattle Convention Center to art galleries in Bellevue and Monroe and beyond.

Since she was a girl, Zahavy-Mittelman has been surrounded by art, as her mother is an artist too. She said she started drawing with chalk before moving on to paint.

“Art was all around me because the walls were covered in my mother’s art,” she said. Zahavy-Mittelman received a masters in art therapy from George Washington University, and has worked at area hospitals before retiring for health reasons.

Now, she has made art, and raising her three children a full-time career, with her husband Sharon Mittelman.

“I don’t stop working,” she said. “Either doing the art, or doing the shows.”

From her art studio on the second floor of their home, she also gives lessons.

With her art’s focus on interpretation and conversation, she hopes to not only guide children artistically, but to expose them to a complicated world she says cannot be boiled down to strict lines of “black” and “white.”

“If I could, in their young minds, (get them) to consider the idea that there is way beyond what they’re taught,” she said.

As for her own work, Zahavy-Mittelman’s older pieces are generally color-based, with the aforementioned lines, shapes and colors taking the lead and generally, as she describes it, painting themselves.

“Any element in the painting would look completely different if you eliminate any part of it,” she said.

Over the years, she has used various techniques ranging from paint throwing, to including old jewelry sent by her family in Israel in her works.

Currently, she’s using canvas with rectangular insets, collage, jewelry and ink drawing to create intricate pieces, with many smaller “stories” contributing to the overall piece.

“It has to have a bit of everything, because that’s what makes a good story,” she said.

Zahavy-Mittelman said she hopes her art creates a space for people to think about the world.

“It’s something to inspire your day, to think about it differently,” she said. “It’s not an image that somebody puts a spoon to your mouth, you have to think about it.”

Her art can be viewed at yaelsart.com, or by personal viewings at her home. All her pieces are also for sale, she said.

As for creating art, Zahavy-Mittelman said anyone can do it.

“You don’t need to be an artist to do art,” she said. “It’s always your own version.”

Yael’s art can be seen at the Northwest Collage Society 2016 Open Winter Shop at the Washington State Convention Center until March 26, the Saaski Gallery in Monroe from Feb. 4 through 8 and the EarthenWorks gallery in Laconner.

AARON KUNKLER, Bothell Reporter Reporter
akunkler@bothell-reporter.com or 425-318-7651

to see link http://www.bothell-reporter.com/news/367524491.html

Bellevue Art Museum Art Show – Adornment

yaelzm — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 04:53:32 +0000

A Touch of Dream – Collage and Pencil on Wood art by Yael Zahavy-Mittelman

Please join me to see my artwork at the Bellevue Art Museum.
Adornment: Works from Northwest Collage Society
March 20 – June 28, 2015
Opening reception: Saturday, March 21, 4 – 6pm

Adornment: Works from the Northwest Collage Society is a juried exhibition featuring 52 collages. The works on display came from 37 members of the NWCS. Collage is a work of formal art made from an assemblage of different pieces, thus creating a new whole.

Juried by Michael Monroe, Director Emeritus, Bellevue Arts Museum.

2013 Abstract EAFA Art Show

yaelzm — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:21:06 +0000

A Conversation Of Trees And Stones

Please join me to 2013 abstract EAFA art show, where you can see two of my new artworks.

to see invitation: Abstract_Flyer_2013

Hope to see you all there,

Yael

Experimental Art Workshop At Bellevue Art and Frame

yaelzm — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:53:03 +0000

Please join me for a Saturday of fun, where I will teach and you will experience experimental artwork.

Drip and roll paint, make intuitive collage, and see where the artwork leads!

1 day workshop, Saturday 6/23 11-3:30 pm $60 plus supplies.

To register, please go to http://www.bellevueartandframe.com/ or call: Phone: 425-453-8959 • 1(800) 843-6348
E-Mail: info@bellevueartandframe.com
Bellevue Art & Frame and The Toy Place
13131 NE 20th (Northup way)
Bellevue, WA 98005

Hope to see you there,

Yael

Art Camp with a Drama Flavor

yaelzm — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:53:24 +0000

Do you want your child to experience the art of buliding and desighning the stage for a theater production? Please join me to Art Camp with a Drama Flavor. Each day the fun at Yeal’s Art Camps will begin right after Drama Camp. These 4 day camps will run Monday -Thursday and be held at Adventure Children’s Theatre in the Bothell Country Village at a cost of $70 per child. Students will have a blast learning to work together planning, designing, and creating as they expand on all the visual aspects of each weeks theatrical production. Your child can participate as a continuing activity to drama camp, or join in the fun even if they are not in drama that week.
These art classes will be offered in conjuction with Zero & Somebuddy’s Adventure Children’s Theatre Summer Camp productions. (Information and registration for Drama Camps, please visit http://zeroandsomebuddy.com/zero_news.html.)

The following are the dates and times the art camp will be provided:
“Playmaking”       July 9-11 (3 day camp) 2:00-4:00pm, kids entering Gr. 1-3 $55
“Cinderella”        July 16-19, 1:00-3:00pm, kids entering Gr. 3-7 $70
“The Emperor’s New Clothes”
July 30-Aug.2, 1:00-3:00pm, kids entering     Gr. 1-3 $70
“7 Hobbits and other highly successful fairytales”
Aug. 20-23, 1:30-3:30pm, kids entering Gr. 3-7 $70

For registration please download this form (click here)
To contact me please email me at Yaelzm@YaelsArt.com
To know more about me or to see my Artwork please go to www.YaelsArt.com
Have a great summer,
Yael Zahavy-Mittelman

Summer Art Camps, at Snapdoodle Toys, Eastside Seattle

yaelzm — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:04:34 +0000

Summer Art Camps at Snapdoodle Toys www.snapdoodletoys.com In Kenmore, WA.

Come during the summer to enjoy art weeks of summer-fun. Together we will have great times making masks, comics and more.

Adults & children 8-18 welcome. Come and bring your family for bonding time, or come and meet new friends.

A 4 days camp is $75, materials included.

June 25th – 28th 10:00-12:00 The art of tissue paper. Come and look into tissue paper as an art medium, explore and try different techniques and ideas.

July 2-3th 10:00-12:00 The art of paper. Come and try making art made of paper, from collage to origami and more. $35.

July 9-12th 1:00-3:00 (updated 7/6/12) The art of masks. We will make masks from different meterials, and talk about the origin of masks and how we use masks today. We will design masks and explore the fun we can have with them.

July 16-19st 10:00-12:00 The art of comics. We will learn how to draw comics, and use that as a way to explore and express stories and thoughts.

July 23-26th 1:00-3:00 Collage journaling. Come and explore the art of collage and learn how to use it in your own journaling.

Auguat 6-9th 1:00-3:00 The art of the masters. Come draw and paint inspiered by the great masters like Picasso or Miro. Learn their way of working by learning how to look at the art.

August 13-16, 10:00-12:00 The art of self portrait. Come to explore making your self portrait using different materials and concepts. Please bring pictures of youself with you as well as things that are important to you so you can incorporate this items into your art either by drawing them or gluing them into your art.

August 27-30st 10:00-12:00 and/or 1:00-3:00 Art party for the end of the summer. Last day of summer, we will explore our summer experiences, the colors of summer and have as much fan as can be. Different techniques and materials. Come and join the party. You might want to bring pictures of summer fun you had as well as artwork you did throughout the summer. You are also welcome to bring something sweet to enjoy with everyone else.

For registration please contact the Snapdoodle Toys shop

at 425-408-0021

Hope to see you all there,

Have a great summer,
Yael