Join Us for the Claytons’ Art and Book Sale – December 16 and 17, 2023

We’re having a studio art and book sale at our home/office/studio in Olympia, Washington on the weekend of December 16 and 17.  We hope you will join us! We’ve recently been hit hard with home repairs—everything hitting all at once— a new roof, new gutters, replacing a furnace and electrical panel, cleaning ductwork, adding insulation, …

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Lynda Barry and Kenneth Patchen

Lynda Barry lived in Olympia for a time and started cartooning at Evergreen State College in 1977, a little over a decade before I was there. Take time to watch Lynda Barry on Her Writing ProcessThe writer discusses her class and her book, “What It Is.”The New York Times > Arts > Interactive Feature > …

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Homeroom

In the living room … … Doozie knows the catnip lives in the cabinet beneath her. That’s my new computer and my new desk … and mostly Alec’s paintings on the walls … One DegreeThree ArtistsAlec Clayton – Mike George – Drake DeknatelOctober 6 – November 30ataoc gallery 608 S. Fawcett, Tacoma WA 98402 Artists …

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“One Degree” at a.o.c. gallery in Tacoma, WA opens on October 6

Coming up next month at a.o.c. gallery: “One Degree” an exhibition of paintings by Drake Deknatel, Mike George and Alec Clayton. The title refers to one degree of separation – three artists from three different cities but all connected to the same gallery. The show will run through Nov. 30. a.o.c. gallery is located 608 …

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An invitation from Alec

Dear friends, I hope you will come to my painting exhibition at the new Kenneth J. Minnaert Fine Arts Center at South Puget Sound Community College. The show opens Friday, March 9 with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. — refreshments served — and will continue through the month of March. Here is a …

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