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LISA SNOW LADY EXHIBIT

Now showing at Ottica Bellevue.

Seattle artist Lisa Snow Lady’s love of botanical forms and education in landscape design inform her colorful paintings and mixed media monotypes.  Working in richly textured layers of paper, ink and paint, she expresses fleeting beauty, renewal and hope.

A professional for artitst since 1999, Lisa has had numerous regional exhibits and is represented by Seattle Art Museum Art Sales and Rentals and Museo on Whidbey Island and has art in the collections of University of  Washington Medical Center and Safeco.  She maintains a studio in BallardWorks in Ballard.

RECENT ART EXHIBITS
April Richardson Monotypes. Local artist April Richardson combines drawing, painting, collage and printmaking to create large mixed media monotypes. To see her artwork, please visit www.aprilrichardsonartist.com

"Full Time Tourist," an exhibition of Mexico City/Los Angeles based artist Charlotte Dean's work, had a Grand Opening July 17th. The party was a great success – lots of people, art, wine and food. (Mmm, truffles from Amore Chocolates!) Thanks to everyone who stopped by. (see photos of the party here)


TRUNK SHOWS
As part of our yearly anniversary celebrations, we hold trunk shows featuring optical designers from around the world. Past shows have included the designers from Kamuro, Schau Schau, Kamuro and LA Eyeworks. (see photos of our first Bellevue trunk show here.)

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROJECTS

Ottica Seattle believes it is important to give back to our local community and to communities around the world. We have recently assisted these groups:

REMOTE AIR MEDICAL (RAM) Volunteer Corps is a non-profit airborne relief corps dedicated to serving humankind by bringing free health, dental and eye care to people in remote areas of the US and the world. Ottica Seattle sent hundreds of our eyeglasses to help the medically underserved in Appalachia.

ONE BY ONE is a program which provides support to those who treat and prevent women with fistula in the developing world. Using the proceeds from one of our trunk shows, Ottica Seattle made a monetary donation, to contribute to a women’s sustainable development program.

SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE’s Breast Cancer Program is devoted to researching the cure for breast cancer. Joining with the folks from LA Eyeworks, Ottica Seattle donated the proceeds from from one of our trunk shows to help play a role in finding the cure for breast cancer.