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1997, Quilts Series, Arlette Montelmarcher 2\/11\/41, 91 x 91 inches<\/p><\/div>\n

Growing up in a \u201chyper-verbal\u201d family and feeling that she could never keep up with their loquacious nature, Rachel Brumer<\/a>\u00a0found other ways of expressing herself. This is what brought about her eclectic work history, which includes a brief dancing stint with Ringling Brothers Circus<\/a>, and eventually led to her career as a studio artist. As the latest artist to show her work in our SODO caf\u00e9<\/a>, Rachel shares about her unique approach to creating a series.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a strong belief in the power of alternate forms of language,\u201d explains Rachel. \u201cFor me, they are so involving that sometimes when I am working I am actually not thinking in English but some kind of kinesthetic and visual language.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mourning the loss of her good friend Daniel who passed away in 1990, Rachel made a quilt<\/a> to pay tribute to him. This memorial was the genesis for her latest career. Since then she\u2019s created an entire series of quilts<\/a> to honor children who perished during the Holocaust as well as many other series of work. An avid reader, Rachel\u2019s most recent collection called “Movable Type”<\/a> combines her love for the shape, design, and feel of books.<\/p>\n

Drawing upon her past professions as a modern dancer and American Sign Language interpreter and her collaboration with other artists, Rachel’s work conveys a powerful message.<\/p>\n

\u201cI worked with Bill Evans, Dan Wagoner, Mark Morris, Lucinda Childs, and one of the most important experiences in my professional life was working on the opera ‘Einstein on the Beach’<\/a>\u00a0with Philip Glass and Robert Wilson,\u201d remembers Rachel. \u201cI saw amazing works by Llory Wilson, Pat Graney, and Wade Madsen in Seattle; and Merce Cunningham, Pina Bausch, and many others in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can find her work in our caf\u00e9 through the end of July, and then at\u00a0Sun Valley’s\u00a0Friesen Gallery<\/a>\u00a0through August 25. In the meantime, she is preparing for a different sort of exchange.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ll be showing work at Anchor Art Space<\/a> in Anacortes along with a wonderful group of other artists. My work there will be completely different than what you see [at SODO],” Rachel adds, referring to the “Drawn In”<\/a> exhibit from August 2 through September 15. “It also has a trading component. If you contribute a small work on paper, you can take home a small work of mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Think of it as just another form of communication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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