October @ Punch: Kate Clark, Cavity Creatures (& Live Music!)

October 26 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Kate Clark
Cavity Creatures

12-4pm Saturdays
Open 12-8pm on Last Saturday!
October 5, 12, 19 & 26
10630 N Thorp Hwy, Thorp, Washington
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Beer & Tasty Snacks
All Ages, Free Admission
10630 N Thorp Hwy, Thorp, Washington

October Events

Opening Reception
& Artist Talk
Saturday, October 5
12-4pm Gallery Open
12-2pm Live Screen Printing
2-2:30pm Artist Talk

PUNCH is super excited to be exhibiting the work of Seattle-based multi-media artist Kate Clark. Painted on glass and panel or cast in clay and aluminum, Kate’s fleshy and precise beings hearken old wisdom and dish silly jokes. In Cavity Creatures, Kate presents a suite of figurative works from the past six years that have emerged alongside the development of larger-scale public art projects. Kate’s studio practice ruminates on the constant reinterpretation that old objects and entities undergo: Paleolithic fertility figures transform into everyday gals wearing boots and hats, a she-wolf rejects her suckling burdens for a night out, and aged women laugh themselves into the center of a folk painted flower.

Much of the work on display explores Kate’s fascination with the sculptural morphing of the human female form. These explorations emerge from Kate’s personal ambivalence with her assigned gender and her deep admiration of women throughout time. Her works often resuscitate female figures found in classical art history, whether it be figurative statuary fountains or the Venus of Willendorf. Some of her paintings adapt feminized craft forms, such as the Nordic tradition of ”rose painting” or Rosemaling. Other paintings, such as her Cavity Dwellers Suite, painstakingly render in miniature the reproductive links between holes in trees and holes in bodies. Kate’s multidisciplinary works reveal moments with mythical entities who may be tucked into tree cavities or curio cabinets.

In addition to Kate’s work, our retail space will showcase Karl Schwiesow’s ceramic work. Join us for the opening on Saturday, October 5, noon until 4 pm. Come early to experience the Thorp Community Day which kicks off with a Grand Parade and scrumptious, rib-sticking community breakfast hosted by our local fire fighters at the Thorp Fire Station. Flapjacks slinging begins at 8am. Parade commences as 9:30. With the help of Blue Bear Puppet Lab and the Helen-House limousine, PUNCH plans to defend their 2023 1^st place float title!

Exhibition Link

October
Music & Events

10/05: Thorp Community Day Grand Parade
[featuring the Blue Bear Puppet Lab] 9:30am
Live Screen Printing 12-2pm
Artist Talk 2pm

10/12: Live Music!
Cockaphonix
[carnivalesque, saloon, street-punk] Crazy Eyes
[UFO-abduction piano-punk] 2-4pm

10/19: Live Music!
Dogtown Two
[honky-tonk blues] 2-4pm

Last Saturday!
October 26
Open Late!
2-6pm Pumpkin Carving
6-8pm Halloween dance
party with DJ Banshee

Details

Date:: October 26
Time:: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Series:: October @ Punch: Kate Clark, Cavity Creatures (& Live Music!)
Event Categories:: Live Music, Save the Date

Venue

: Punch Projects
: 10630 N Thorp Hwy
Thorp, WA 98946 United States + Google Map

October @ Punch: Kate Clark, Cavity Creatures (& Live Music!)

October 26 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

October Music & Events

Details

Venue

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