Phil Borges will speak at the Photo Center Northwest in Seattle at 900 12th ave., on Friday, Oct 7th at 7 PM about his newest book: TIBET: Culture on the Edge http://philborges.com/press/Tibet-CultureOnTheEdge/

Fine art photographer, Phil Borges, uses stunning full color portraits to bring us face to face with some of the people who live in one of the most fragile environments on earth and face a rapid induction into the twenty-first century while trying to retain that which they hold most dear – their Tibetan Buddhist practice and culture. Breathtaking images of the landscape, children, farmers, monks and nomads fill the pages, along with stories of how they live, work, eat, and pray.

After fifteen years, photographer Phil Borges has returned to Tibet and discovered a land and a culture on the edge of disappearing. As Borges states in his introduction, “I couldn’t believe so much had been built so fast.” But the changes aren’t just in development, Borges also notes “…the effects of climate change are accelerating on the Tibetan Plateau. Tibet’s glaciers, which feed Asia’s major rivers and supply nearly 2 billion people with their life-giving water, are disappearing at an alarming rate. Large areas of the once-fertile land are turning to desert and the Tibetan nomads and farmers are finding it harder than ever to subsist.”

Tickets: $10, $8 members

Save this Date:
‘Sounds of Sculpture’
Sunday, August 7, 5-8 PM At
The IMA Sculpture Park at Roche Harbor

Hot Music, Food, and Art

We’ll need your presence, support, and fun-loving spirit! Plan now to be there!

The first ‘Sounds of Sculpture’ Event at the Sculpture Park, located at Roche Harbor begins this Sunday, 4-9 p.m. with hot live music, food, and a celebration of the installation of ‘Tides of March,’ an artwork installation by well known Seattle Artist, Mary Coss.

Saddened by the loss of life and displacement following the Japanese Tsunami, Seattle artist Mary Coss, paid homage in this sculpture installation to the people of Japan, who are a part of our global family.

Using a sawzall, Coss transformed fallen logs into bones. The carved bones were placed into a human scaled steel handbag which appears to have drifted into the Puget Sound on the ripples of the Pacific, after the Tsunami. There the sculpture sits in the Bay.

Artist June Sekiguchi, whose family comes from this devastated area, joined Coss in this installation. Together they created the Japanese Star Festival ritual of Tanabata at the IMA Sculpture Park at Roche Harbor.

The ‘Sounds of Sculpture” Event at the park features this installation, hot live music, food, festivities, and an opportunity for you to leave your wish at Westcott Bay for the Japanese people who suffered so much in the Tsunami.

Plan now to attend this August 7th event and add your wish to this ongoing collection of wishes which will eventually find its way to Japan and a group of children who have lost a parent in the Tsunami. The ‘Sounds of Sculpture’ Event includes live, hot music, food, and this wonderful Artwork in Process on Westcott Bay. In addition, over 28 new pieces of sculpture have been added to the Park, along with a Starfish area for children to build their own sculpture after traveling the paths with parents.

Two future additional Sunday ‘Sounds of Sculpture’ events should be placed on your calendars now: September 4, Labor Day and October 2, ARTSTOCK Week-end, both are Sundays.

The Park is open dawn to dusk every day and the IMA Museum on Spring Street is open for the Kurt Wenner ‘Asphalt Renaissance’ Exhibition, Thursdays through Mondays, 11:00- 5:00 p.m. Also, check out the IMA website at www.sjima.org, or call Jennifer Elise, IMA Director at 360.370.5050 or email her at admin@sjima.org for further information.

Castor waits for his turn at the dish. Pollux is taking his time!