ARTIST SPOTLIGHT:  Joanne Bohannon is a ceramic/mixed media artist who is currently featured in our exhibit, The Paths We Take. 

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Favorite Seattle restaurant and/or bar. What’s your favorite item on their menu?
• Monsoon. Anything on the menu.

Favorite Seattle neighborhood
• West Seattle.

Favorite Seattle park
• The Waterfront Park.

Favorite beach/waterfront spot
• Alki Beach.

Favorite Seattle activity/event in the Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring
• Anytime it rains, I’m thrilled.

Favorite style of house
• Saltbox house.

Favorite Seattle movie theater
• Imax.

Favorite museum/galleries (aside from CCG!) that gets your creative juices flowing
• Seattle Art Museum.

What is your secret/hidden/useless talent?
• Bat-like hearing.

Who would play you in the movie of your life?
• Anybody still alive.

What was your first concert? Best concert?
• The Doors (first and best).

What are your go-to comfort foods?
• Fruit and nuts.

Are you an avid collector of anything?
• Anything rusted.

Where is the coolest place you traveled? Where would you most want to travel to?
• Nova Scotia.

What is something that always makes you smile?
• Untouched nature.

What is your go-to karaoke song?
• Hell if I know, I can’t sing and I can’t remember one line of any song.

What emoji do you use most often?
• Bee emoji.

What is the best Halloween costume you ever wore?
• One that scared the crap out of my neighbour.

What book changed your life?
• The Book of Negroes…crushed me.

What is the last book you read?
• Before You Knew My Name

What book changed your life?
• Nothing so far.

What is the last TV show you binge-watched?
• Better Things ( probably the most honest comedy/drama about a single Mom in LA)

What is the best advice you ever received?
• Still waiting.

What is the worst advice you ever received?
• You’ll grow out of it.

Do you work better in the morning or at night?
• All day is best for me.

Favorite studio tool?
• My hands.

Favorite artists?
• Any outsider artist out there.

Favorite color palette/color combo?
• Bright orange and …well, let’s see, any crazy color that compliments it.

Where are you from and how does that affect your work?
• I am from Nova Scotia and I will never get over it. The damned place haunts me.

Who are your biggest artistic influences?
• Everything influences me.

What is your favorite medium, and why?
• Everything…mud, paint, metal…the whole shebang.

Where do you find inspiration?
• Just about everywhere but most especially junk stores.

When is your favorite time of day to create?
• Any ol’ time.

What motivates you to create?
• Fear.

How do you define success as an artist?
• To continually stretch outside your comfort zone.

Does your art practice help you in other areas of your life?
• Who the hell knows?

How has your style changed over time?
• Goodness, I seem to change continually.

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