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Circles.Figures.Birds
Interconnection
Angela Scott brings her work to MHCC's Fireplace Gallery
The Advocate
For Angela Scott, it’s all about interconnectivity.
Scott’s artwork will be arriving at MHCC Monday as the new Fireplace Gallery exhibit.
Scott, born and raised in Seattle, has harbored a passion for art most of her life. “I grew up with an interest in art and drawing, and I decided to go to school for it,” said Scott.
She decided she wanted to study art further and attended the Rhode Island School of Design, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in fine art.
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After college, however, she did not go to work as an artist right away. She went to India for a year, where she did some volunteer work. While there, she did some sketches, but nothing significant. “I didn’t have the means to do any large work there,” she said.
However, her time there and her interest in social justice would affect the messages her art now carries.
“Interconnection is kind of a theme of my art,” she said. “The health of the individual affects the health of the whole.”
After her time in India, she moved back to Seattle and began working with glass artist Dave Chihuly. She worked with him from 2001 to 2003. “I left because I did not have time for my own artwork,” she said.
After returning to India for a few months, she began to try to figure out how she could start doing her own artwork. As a result, she now runs an eco-friendly house-cleaning service.
She was then able to take some classes at the Gage Academy in Seattle in order to gain a classical training in the arts. However, she is now studying chemistry.
“It relates to some of the work I do, understanding the deeper connections in the world,” she said.
Besides that, it is necessary for a masters in art conservation, which she is working toward. She is doing prerequisite courses at a community college, but she hopes to go to either the University of Delaware or Buffalo State for her graduate degree.
Her art has been showcased at numerous galleries in Seattle, and she has even had pieces in Aqua Art Miami, which is a satellite show of the larger Art Basil Miami.
Scott’s art is largely abstract, being primarily oil paintings and large-scale drawings.
Her time in India also affected her style. “Indian art is very complex. My art has many repeating pattern that make it very visually complex.”
Her exhibit will be in the Fireplace Gallery through March.
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