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Greg Kucera, President
Phen Huang, Vice President
Jonathan Wood, Secretary
Judith Rinehart, Treasurer
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The Seattle Art Dealers Association (SADA), the organization responsible for today’s vibrant gallery scene in Seattle (including the popular First Thursday Gallery Walk), is pleased to announce it has just completed its 20th anniversary year. SADA was created in May of 1990 to uphold high ethical standards among its membership and to promote cultural and educational activities. The driving force behind SADA is rotating visual arts exhibitions, and with diverse galleries, viewers have a huge variety of offerings from which to choose. In 2008, its members collaborated to jointly curate Century 21: Dealer’s Choice at the Wright Space. In addition, SADA has provided direct support to such organizations as Artist Trust, The Henry Art Gallery, Gage Academy, and the Seattle Arts Museum during the two decades it has been in existence. (For a list of selected community activities, please see the list further down the page)
Currently composed of 17 members, the dealers share a common goal of presenting one-person exhibitions for a specific group of artists or group shows based on a common theme, school or discipline. This commitment to a regularly changing exhibition schedule—at least eight shows per year—allows these dealers to offer a public service in the form of exhibitions and educational opportunities which are free to the interested art viewer.
Of the original group of 13 founding member galleries, only 8 galleries are still members: Davidson Galleries, Foster/White Gallery, Lisa Harris Gallery, Linda Hodges Gallery, Greg Kucera Gallery, Francine Seders Gallery, and William Traver Gallery. All of these galleries have been open for between 25 years and 45 years. Francine Seders is the senior member of SADA with over 45 years of service to her artists.
Other dealers who are active members now are Fetherston Gallery, Friesen Gallery, G. Gibson Gallery, Grover/Thurston Gallery, James Harris Gallery, Pacini Lubel Gallery, Platform Gallery, Patricia Rovzar Gallery, and Winston Wachter Gallery for a total of 16 current members.
It is the goal of SADA to develop and promote programs directed toward expanding the art world of Greater Seattle and to increase the public confidence in responsible fine art dealers. Other purposes are to disperse information about issues of concern to us, and to seek out services for members, and our artists.
Our publication, the SADA exhibition guide, is self-published monthly and mailed to 13,000 collectors around the US and beyond to inform collectors, curators and critics about our exhibitions. Every month, it serves as the gallery guide for First Thursday gallery goers.
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Selected community activities:
1996: Donated $600 to the Polson Artist Relief Fund through Artist Trust. The Polson Building was damaged by fire. Aid went to individual artists.
1999: Donated $300 to Art Detour, an artists’ open studio tour project.
2000: Donated $300 to the Drawing Jam project at Seattle Fine Art Academy, now Gage Academy.
2005: Members held a NOLA benefit for survivors of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans. $2500 was raised.
2007: Helped sponsor two Seattle Art Museum events, the panel discussion Behind the Scenes: The Making of the Olympic Sculpture Park (January) and Arts Community Preview (May).
2007: In October, several members mounted sculpture exhibitions to coincide with the International Sculpture Center (ISC) Conference in Seattle.
2008: During the months of June and July, SADA partnered with environmental organizations to create Puget Soundscape, a series of exhibitions and events highlighting the need for legislation and individual effort to clean up Puget Sound waters. Also in 2008, SADA members co-curated Century 21: Dealer’s Choice 2008, an exhibition of 49 local artists held at the Wright Exhibition Space, September 11 - November 21, 2008. (For more information about the 2008 Century 21 show, read: information)
2008/2009/2010: Sponsored Artist Trust/GAP Grants for $1500 each year benefitting a visual artist in Washington State.
2009: Donated $500 to the WAHIP program through Artist Trust. This was an artist’s health initiative sponsored by Country Doctor Clinic.
For further information regarding SADA and its purposes or activities please contact President Greg Kucera (624-0770), Vice Presidend Phen Huang (622-2833), or Member Steve Lyon (323-2808).
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