It’s time once again for the monthly Greenwood-Phinney Art Up Artwalk from 6-9 p.m. Friday.

Here are just a few highlights. Check out the official Artwalk website for a full list of all participating art galleries and businesses, plus a map. (A few restaurants offer discounts during the Artwalk.)

Art on the Ridge at 8005 Greenwood Ave. N. has a solo show special exhibit by neighborhood artist Ingrid Matthews Olson (photo), and a group exhibit by artists Justin Elk, Susan Brown, Rakish Malik, Jan Tervonen, and Priscilla Neison, plus live music by Hejira.

The Chocolate Shoe Box, 7410 Greenwood Ave. N., features photographs by Green Lake resident Conrad Chavez, who is also an author and digital media trainer.

Strut shoe store, 7511 Greenwood Ave. N., has appropriately themed artwork by local artist Brenda Joy, who has created peep toe to platform shoe paintings.

Next door at Tasty, at 7513 Greenwood Ave. N., see the “Sugarscapes” exhibit, with landscape and foliage artwork by Stella Latwinski and Jenna Colby.

In The Red Wine Bar & Café, 6510 Phinney Ave. N., features photographs of India by Leigh Pate, a local cyclist and photographer (photo).

Artist statement:

Traveling by bicycle takes you far off the tourist path and into beautiful rural areas rarely seen by Westerners. Local people are generous and kind, and bicycles open doors to experience their daily lives. These photographs capture unique images of the people met along the way as they go about their daily lives. Even the humblest person from the poorest village will labor in the fields dressed in a colorful sari, or take their goods to market on an ox cart painted bright colors and decorated with flowers. We expect images of India to be about grinding poverty, overcrowding and filth. These photographs convey the beauty and strength we often don’t see while on the typical tourist trail, and celebrate the color and beauty that is part of everyone’s everyday life.

The Phinney Center Gallery at the Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., is showing artwork around the theme of Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. “Dia de los Muertos celebrations emphasize life and death as part of the same cycle and regard death on friendly and intimate terms. Artwork is by Oleana Perry, Joy Rufener and students from Madison Middle School.”

Bherd Studios Gallery, inside the Greenwood Collective at 8537 Greenwood Ave. N., Suite 1, is showcasing its “Gifted” exhibit, featuring the urban contemporary works of Pacific NW artists Michelle Anderst, Debbie Bianchi, Claudio Duran, Ninjagrl, John Osgood, Joe Vollan and Vblast. “The artists have specifically put together smaller sized pieces for the gift giving season for this holiday show and offer everything from metal sculpture work, wood panel pieces and canvas work.”

The monthly Greenwood-Phinney Art Up and Chow Down Artwalk is from 6-9 p.m. tonight. (A few galleries and restaurants stay open later.) Dozens of art galleries, restaurants and other businesses are hosting artists and musicians. Here are just a few highlights. Check out the Artwalk website for a full list.

Tonight is opening night for “Bits & Pieces” at Tasty art gallery at 7513 Greenwood Ave. N. Twenty artists used repurposed and recycled materials to create paintings, mixed media sculptures, textiles, toys, yard art, shower art, illumination art and more.

Snapshots of recycled/repurposed art at Tasty.

A-1 Piano Sales & Rentals at 7020 Greenwood Ave. N. is hosting artist Britt McKenzie’s color pencil landscapes and other whimsical musings (below), plus live music.

Assemble Gallery & Studio, 7406 Greenwood Ave. N., is featuring the work of Scott Scoggin of Slide Sideways. “Row Me to the Shore focuses on the interaction of shapes and flat color (below). The work exaggerates the process of silk screening and cut paper, by which one is constantly thinking about layers. Each piece assembles minimal illustration and typography, sometimes ‘collaging’ random shapes, to produce a new whole. All work is gouache on paper, and each painting is signed in pencil by the artist.”

Urban Light Studios, 8537 Greenwood Ave N, Suite 1 (inside the Greenwood Collective) has the “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Show,” featuring the works of urban contemporary artists inspired by Mad Magazine. And if you’re hungry, the Camarena Tequila Taco Truck will be stationed in the ground level of the Greenwood Collective back alley giving away free tacos.

The weekend gets underway with a bang tonight with the monthly Artwalk and the annual Summer Streets happening simultaneously. Greenwood Avenue North will be closed to cars from North 67th to 87th streets so people can play in the streets. Check out the map of all the activities happening – including whiffle ball, hula hooping, live music, live painting, free electric bike rides, children’s obstacle course, coffee tasting contest, art fair, circus performers and aerial artists, dancing demonstrations, and a doggie wedding.

74th and Greenwood was packed at last year’s Summer Streets.

Plus, the Phinney Farmers Market at the Phinney Neighborhood Association will be open an extra hour, until 8 p.m., and bring a can of food and help the Greenwood Food Bank build Seattle’s largest can food pyramid, in front of Ken’s Market at 73rd and Greenwood.

See yesterday’s Summer Streets and Artwalk posts with some highlights.

Bring your old car seat to the Phinney Farmers Market at 6532 Phinney Ave. N. for recycling. It’s sponsored by CoolMom. Cost is $10 to cover the cost of recycling, but you’ll get a $10 coupon to use at Childish Things on Holman Road.

Author Erika Madden will sign her newly-released historical fiction novel “Year of the Angels” in front of Balderdash Books, 8536 Greenwood Ave. N. from 6-9 p.m. Friday.

Friday is open mic night at Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N. 70th st., starting at 6:15 p.m.

Seattle Public Theatre performs “Pirates of Penzance” Friday-Sunday at the Bathhouse Theater on Green Lake. Free, but donations accepted for the youth scholarship fund. Shows are 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Ginny Reilly of Reilly and Maloney performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, and “Seattle’s Bard” Jim Page performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Couth Buzzard Books Espresso Buono Café, 8310 Greenwood Ave. N.

The 3rd annual Party in the Park is from 12-4 p.m. Sunday at Greenwood Park, North 87th Street between Evanston & Fremont avenues. Bring a picnic and enjoy three bands, and see the official opening of the new Community Garden.

Check out our Events calendar any time for what’s happening around the neighborhood.

This month’s Greenwood-Phinney Art Up Artwalk on Friday night is in conjunction with the annual PhinneyWood Summer Streets (formerly called Greenwood Summer Streets), when Greenwood Avenue North is closed to cars from North 67th to North 87th streets, from 6-9 p.m.

You can read more about Summer Streets here and here (and we’ll have another post on it later today).

Here are a few highlights of the Artwalk, which nearly three-dozen local businesses are participating in. Check out the Artwalk blog for full details.

Bherd Studios Gallery, inside the Greenwood Collective at 8537 Greenwood Ave. N., Suite 1, features the second month of its unique art installation called “Inc. – where wall meets canvas.” Seven artists — Carlos Aguilar, Ksera, Weirdo, Sensei 23, Zach Bohnenkamp, Solace and John Osgood — painted the installation over four days, blurring the line between canvas and the wall.

“Inc. – where wall meets canvas” continues through Aug. 26. Artists also will be out in the streets in front of the Greenwood Collective, painting live during the Artwalk.

Tasty art gallery at 7513 Greenwood Ave. N. is hosting an Art Fair with 20 artists in front of the gallery. Local band Gavin Guss will play two live sets during the event, circus fire performer Cypris of Exuro also will perform, and chef Tiberio Simone will do a live food art demonstration on bikini-clad models in Tasty’s front window.

Inside Tasty, the show TechnOrganic features paintings by Sean Wilkinson and David VonDerLinn, plus a group exhibit with 10 more Northwest artists. TechnOrganic runs through Sept. 4.

Strut shoe store right next door to Tasty, at 7511 Greenwood Ave. N., features the work of local mural artist Ryan Henry Ward, who will be painting live in front of the store.

Art on the Ridge, 8005 Greenwood Ave. N., hosts a rare collection of prints from 1940s Russian Director Sergei Eisenstein, who sketched 30 scenes from his movie, “Ivan The Terrible.” Plus they’ll have live painting in the streets.

Gainsbourg, 8550 Greenwood Ave. N., hosts artist Ethan Jack Harrington’s oil paintings (above). “As a plein-air oil painter, the artist captures scenes in-person, in real-time; when a subject earns his attention, Harrington sets up his easel on a sidewalk, rooftop or in an alley and quickly paints the area as he sees it at that moment.”

The Phinney Art Gallery at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., hosts local artist Dara Solliday’s encaustic mixed media works, “Weight, Water, Regrade.”

Rockwell Realty, 8315 Greenwood Ave. N., is hosting a fundraiser for The Rose International Fund for Children, which works to improve the lives of children and adults in Nepal, particularly those with a disability. “We will be showcasing beautiful hand-embroidered cards created by the Deaf Women’s Empowerment Group as well as beautiful photos and artwork from Nepal. All proceeds go back to supporting the deaf women in Nepal that are creating these cards and TRIFC.”

Phinney Ridge and Greenwood’s monthly Artwalk, nicknamed Art Up and Chow Down, is from 6-9 p.m. Friday, and features two new venues among the three-dozen businesses showcasing art — A-1 Piano Sales & Rentals, and Top Ten Toys.

A-1 Piano Sales & Rentals, 7020 Greenwood Ave. N., will feature oil paintings and custom jewelry by Tracy Wallschlaeger, whose influences include Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keefe and local artists ZZ Wei and Lois Silver.

Top Ten Toys, 104 N. 85th St., will feature artwork by four children, aged 5-7. The store will also offer 15 percent off arts and crafts supplies during Artwalk hours. (Image at right.)

Here are a few other highlights. For the complete list of participating venues and artists, and a map, check out the Art Up website.

Art on the Ridge, 8005 Greenwood Ave. N. has a special exhibit called “Sustainable Us,” and will have a workstation for people to build their own sculpture out of found objects.

Assemble Gallery & Studio, 7406 Greenwood Ave. N., features “Tooth and Claw” by Pamela Davis. “Tooth and Claw is a meditation on evidences of empathy, cooperation and hierarchical structure in the natural world. Each hand-embroidered piece explores the idea of morality as an evolved trait rather than culturally instilled, placing both human & nonhuman firmly in the animal world. The visual inspiration comes from literature, mythology and natural history illustration. Each work was created on reclaimed textiles and paper.”

Avanti Art & Design, 7317 Greenwood Ave. N., is having its second round of its popular 30/30 show, where 30 artists each created 30 pieces of art in 30 days, for a total of 900 pieces of art hanging in the gallery. (Image below.)

Bherd Studios Gallery, 8537 Greenwood Ave. N., Suite 1 (inside the Greenwood Collective), features the boundary-less art of seven urban contemporary artists in “Inc.” “…where wall meets canvas tasks mural artists with ‘incorporating’ the walls into the canvas hung in front of them. Each artist or team was designated an area of wall space in the gallery to do whatever they wanted to it and the whole group was given the outside entry wall to the gallery to collaborate on.”

Across the hall from Bherd Gallery at The Showroom @Bherd Gallery, see “Enter the Western Wood” by Siolo Thompson. “This series of work has that wonderful quality of pictures from a children’s storybook. Let Thompson take you back to those days of youthful fantasy and fanciful dreams.” (Image below.)

Phinney Center Gallery at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., features art by Betty Hageman, Elizabeth Halfacre and Irene Iris Ingalls in “Layers of Meaning.”

Rockwell Realty, 8315 Greenwood Ave. N., has oil paintings by Sam Day. “Sam paints classically in oils, with complete immersion. Personal work ranges from soul searching, identity-wrestling metaphors to the celebration of masculinity, strength and beauty.” Also, live music by Jeff Rodriguez and Kelly McShane of “Playground Republic” from 7-8:30pm. (Image below.)

Tasty, 7513 Greenwood Ave. N., will have an opening night party for its two-month show “TechnOrganic,” with paintings by Tasty co-owner Sean Wilkinson and L.A. artist David VonDerLinn that juxtapose the mechanical with the organic. TechnOrganic runs through Sept. 4.

Businesses offering specials during Artwalk hours include: Emma Jeans Consignments and Antiques, 8554-1/2 Greenwood Ave. N., 30% – 50% off; Carmelita, 7314 Greenwood Ave. N., $5 Happy Hour menu all night; Bleacher’s Pub, 8118 Greenwood Ave. N., discounted appetizer or entrée; and Gaspare Ristorante and Bar, 6705 Greenwood Ave. N., 3- course Italian meal for $22 and Fresh Mint Mojitos and Bellinis $5 each all night, plus Happy Hour menu from 5-7 p.m.

It’s time once again for the monthly Art Up Artwalk in Greenwood and Phinney Ridge, from 6-9 p.m. Friday. Three dozen businesses are presenting art and/or offering specials during Artwalk hours.

Check out the Artwalk blog for the full list of participants, including several restaurants and stores with specials, plus a discount to Taproot Theatre’s production of “Brownie Points” on Friday night. Here are just a few highlights:

At Assemble Gallery & Studio, 7406 Greenwood Ave. N., artist Laura Amiss has layered and pieced together fabrics in colorful ways (below).

Green Bean Coffeehouse, 8533 Greenwood Ave. N., has photography by Torrey Edwards and live acoustic music by Beth Whitney.

A-1 Piano Sales & Rentals, 7020 Greenwood Ave. N., features oil paintings by Tracy Wallschlaeger using vibrant colors, inspired by ZZ Wei and Georgia O’Keefe, plus live music.

Urban contemporary artist Jesse Link is featured at Gainsbourg, 8550 Greenwood Ave. N. (below).

Avanti Art & Design, 7317 Greenwood Ave. N., showcases its annual ”30/30″ show, where 30 artists each create 30 pieces of art in 30 days, for a total of 900 pieces of art hanging at the gallery.

Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave. N., features works of oil on canvas by Elizabeth Sandvig & Jacqueline Barnett.

Rockwell Realty, 8315 Greenwood Ave. N., is hosting artist Susan Ofsonka-Dangler, who has transformed her palette after one year as a resident of the beautiful Pacific Northwest (below).

Santoro’s Books hosts Marie Ciliberto, who collects remnants from nature –  flowers, seeds, moss, feathers, shells, sticks, stones, bones, etc. — to create shadow box collages.

Strut, 7511 Greenwood Ave. N., features paintings by Richard Goettling.

I draw and paint whatever comes to my mind in the moment. Lately the Sasquatch has captured my imagination as an archetype related to the Pacific Northwest, and as some kind of mysterious bridge between humans and the rest of creation. The question for me is not whether or not they exist, but rather, why do I want them too.

Last month’s Green Festival downtown brought together many people and organizations who care about the environment. But one typically underrepresented segment of the population got to participate as well: homeless youth. They joined with other young people from Wing Luke Museum’s “Youth Can” program to create art on old doors and discarded lumber.

Now their artwork will be displayed at Art on the Ridge, 8005 Greenwood Ave. N. The artwork will be exhibited through the end of June, and some of the youth who worked on the project will attend the June 10 Artwalk party at Art on the Ridge.

From Art on the Ridge Owner and artist Nicole Stremlow-Monahan:

This unique opportunity was extended primarily to homeless youth and youth who are underrepresented in the green movement, with the goal of creating art, learning about sustainability and the environment, developing mentorship and creating career pathways.

Art on the Ridge will be hosting this piece of art at their gallery through the month of June. Throughout the summer, we will be sending artists and environmentalist volunteers to various youth organizations to talk about environmental justice and work with the youth to create artwork. The hope is then to place the art throughout the city and create awareness about the social justice barriers to achieving carbon neutrality, as well as the immense value of spreading messages through art for all kinds of communities in the city. Some of the groups we plan to visit include “Peace for the Streets by Kids on the Streets” (PSKS) through their “Step Beyond” program, Coyote Central, Neighborhood House’s Youth program, among others.

The program will also pair mentors with the youth through a number of sources, to help guide their interests, market their art, and recommend career pathways in the arts.

The hope is to provide opportunities for youth to increase their environmental awareness, contribute to our community in a positive way, and learn how to showcase and sell their art. With this goal in mind, we are currently working to set up partnerships with local organizations—homeless youth organizations, arts organizations, and substance abuse organizations—to recruit youth, access space and materials for art projects, and identify potential mentors for the youth.

Last week we told you about a thief who stole a small painting off the wall at Tasty art gallery, 7513 Greenwood Ave. N. The painting was one of three in a series.

Well, Tasty owner Sheri Hauser tells us that a PhinneyWood reader who saw the story attended the Friday night Greenwood-Phinney Artwalk and bought the remaining two paintings by artist Joel Scholten, and commissioned Scholten to create a new painting to take the place of the stolen art.

Peter purchased the two yellow bird paintings in the background that were created by artist Joel Scholten.

Below is the stolen painting, titled “Heartless.” It is still missing.

The big annual Greenwood-Phinney Artwalk kicked off Friday night with a ton of art, live music and other entertainment as hundreds of people strolled Greenwood and Phinney avenues. The artwalk continues from 12-5 p.m. Saturday.

The Bubbleman entertained the kids outside of Metropolis at Greenwood and 74th.

Artist Carmen Doll at Makeda Coffee.

Caleb and Walter perform at Art on the Ridge.

The Greenwood Library put out a huge bucket of chalk so people’s imaginations could run wild.

Lisa Geertsen of Firelight Forge makes a marshmallow holder in the front yard of The Yard Cafe at 8313 Greenwood Ave. N., which is set to open next Thursday.

Rodolfo Rios Garza’s “Crow Moon” at Phinney Ridge Cabinet Company.

The Little Cupcake Gallery was inside a small bus parked outside The Greenwood Collective at Greenwood and 86th.

And a young entrepreneur sold potholders made from old socks she buys by the pound at Goodwill (we bought two).

Broadview Thomson K-8 school, just north of Greenwood, is hosting its third annual student artwalk from 6-8 p.m. Thursday. The artwalk celebrates Seattle artists Jacob Lawrence and Jimi Hendrix.

This school year all classes participated in experiences supporting the study of our featured artists. Broadview Thomson K-8 partnered with both the Experience Music Project and Seattle Art Museum to create innovative arts experiences for our students.

As a result our Artwalk will offer a variety of projects inspired by Jacob Lawrence and Jimi Hendrix. Student performances will include drama, dance, music and poetry. Visual arts created by our students will be displayed throughout the halls.

Please come join our celebration of the arts!!!

Broadview-Thomson K-8 is at 13052 Greenwood Ave N.

Nearly three dozen art galleries and businesses are participating in Friday night’s monthly Art Up art walk in Greenwood-Phinney. The art walk is officially open from 6-9 p.m., but some businesses stay open later.

Click here for a full list of participating businesses and artists. Here are a few highlights:

At Gainsbourg, 8550 Greenwood Ave. N., meet Seattle artist Jose Rodriquez III, who paints landscapes, animals, and the female form, ranging from fantasy to realism (below).

“Monsters & Aliens” at Bherd Studios Gallery, inside the Greenwood Collective, 8537 Greenwood Ave. N., Suite 1, was curated by 7-year-old art lover Zinn Bellevie.

Monkey Grind Espresso, 518 N. 85th St., features artist and illustrator Celia Baker, showing a collection of portraits and stylistic letters painted on recycled wood.

The Phinney Art Gallery at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., is showcasing the Gage Academy of Art Atelier Exhibition, featuring students of the Drawing and Painting, Still Life, and Classical Ateliers (below).

At Rockwell Realty, 8315 Greenwood Ave. N., neighborhood minister-turned-artist Marty Gordon tries to answer the question, “What would Jesus glue?” with his collages of retro imagery and comic book commentary.

Top Ten Toys at 104 N. 85th St. joins the art walk with an open arts and crafts table from 6-8 p.m. They’ll have paper, glue, feathers, sparkles, clay and fabric for kids to create their own art. And they’ll give you 15 percent off arts and crafts supplies during the art walk.

Time again for the monthly Greenwood-Phinney Art Up Artwalk, from 6-9 p.m. Friday. Dozens of local art galleries and other businesses will be open late with all kinds of different mediums of art to help fill your Christmas wish lists.

Here’s a very small sampling. For the full list of participating businesses, check out the Artwalk website.

Echo Echo Gallery, inside the Greenwood Collective at 8537 Greenwood Ave. N., Suite 1, features artists Jeremiah Hammer (dear earthling), Andy Kline, and Chris Olson in the urban contemporary genre.

Assembly Gallery & Studio at 7406 Greenwood Ave. N. celebrates its one-year anniversary with art by Jessica Swift and cupcakes from Trophy Cupcakes.

Tasty at 7513 Greenwood Ave. N. presents opening night of “Gifted,” with original art and gifts from $1-$200 from more than 50 NW designers. Plus, Santa will be there for photos from 6-8 p.m. Tasty will be open late until 10 p.m.

Phinney Ridge Cabinet Company at 8003 Greenwood Ave. N. is hosting artists Gaege Erickson and Carter Herrington, who are selling off a huge inventory before moving to California.

Local children’s authors and illustrators will be at Greenwood Sip & Ship, 8560 Greenwood Ave. N. for readings and signings from 6:30-8:30 p.m. “Larry Gets Lost” and “Washington Doodles” author/illustrator John Skewes will be there, along with the two Seattle dads who created “Edsel McFarlan’s New Car,” author Max Holechek and illustrator Darrell Toland. Book reading and signing.