Create art chairs with painter Fulgencio Lazo

Art Chair #1, painted by Kathleen McHugh earlier this year. Photo courtesy of ROCKiT space.
ROCKiT space is hosting a work party on Saturday, November 5 as part of a continuing project to decorate art chairs for community events. The “Have a Seat, Beacon” project, which began earlier this year, will create 45 chairs that are also individual works of art. This free workshop with Oaxacan and Seattle-based painter and print-maker Fulgencio Lazo will provide participants with the opportunity to transform a plain metal folding chair into a painted art chair.

Lazo, who resides on Beacon Hill with his family, will share his technique and aesthetic approach at the workshop, as well as painting two chairs himself. His work has been exhibited extensively in Mexico, Japan and the United States. Sue Peters of the Seattle Weekly wrote about him in 2005: “There’s a simplicity and joy to Fulgencio Lazo’s work that’s refreshing. His oil paintings evoke Paul Klee and Marc Chagall in their vividly whimsical celebration of family, heritage, and community in his native Oaxaca.”

Space is limited, so the free workshop is open to the public by reservation. No experience is necessary, and the workshop is bilingual. For more information or to reserve a spot in the workshop, contact Sheba Burney-Jones at shebabj@gmail.com or 206-669-4574.

(Wendi Dunlap also contributed to this article.)

Book Fair at St. George School this week

Photo by albertogp123 via Creative Commons.
Looking for books for the kids in your life? You may find them at the St. George School Scholastic Book Fair, open to the public through Thursday this week in the Parish Education Center, 1300 S. Dawson. The fair will be open through Thursday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. There will also be snacks, art activities, and kids’ story time. For more information, please contact the St. George School librarian, Liz Walsh-Boyd, at lizzie583@msn.com.

Proposition 1 on agenda for NBHC meeting

The North Beacon Hill Council is meeting tonight, November 1, at 7:00 p.m. in the Beacon Hill Library Community Room. All are welcome, as always.

The announcement the council sent out yesterday said “Our agenda is yet to be finalized, however it will address an issue we all care about—the proposal by the City Council to increase car tab fees by $60 (Proposition 1).”

Here’s the current agenda:

  • 7:00 Welcome
  • 7:05 Thoughts in favor of Prop. 1
  • 7:15 Thoughts in opposition to Prop. l
  • 7:25 Questions and Answers
  • 8:00 Community Concerns
    • Cutting your energy usage
    • Other community reports
  • 8:30 Executive Board Meeting (as needed)