Joey Veltkamp’s Life Is Beautiful Quilt.
A Review of Every Work in Genius / 21 Century / Seattle at the Frye Art Museum
Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker leaves the Frye Art Museum at the end of September after eight years as director, and I predict that her tenure will look like a high-water mark when she’s gone.
Genius / 21 Century / Seattle was a Birnie Danzker–esque event: ambitious, sprawling, local. Because it featured the dozens of artists who’ve won Stranger Genius Awards over the years, I felt I shouldn’t give it too much attention, but I should have thrown caution to the wind and written a review of every goddamn work…
