Stepping Out

Edmonds Center for the Arts features artist, designer, educator, and writer as part of the visual arts program

Mira Kamada, an artist from Bellingham, shows exciting works at the Edmonds Center for the Arts including the one pictured above

The second, featured-artist visual arts exhibit at Edmonds Center for the Arts will feature Mira Kamada, an artist from Bellingham with a commitment to understanding and teaching the value of art in our culture.

The Edmonds Center for the Arts has established visual arts as a permanent component of their arts programming. Four shows will be juried and presented throughout the 2009-2010 ECA season.

The paintings currently on display at the Edmonds Center for the Arts are from “Intersection,” an ongoing series by artist Mira Kamada. The series explores how marketing messages shape cultural expectations and identity.

Reflected images of street activity merge with shop windows, forming unexpected intersections that challenge the viewer’s perception of what is real and what is illusion.

“As a painter I am engaged by visual stimuli as well as societal issues. Surrounded by concrete, glass and steel, I am fascinated by reflected light and cast shadows, by surprising color relationships and by the challenging array of surface textures. Most of all I am intrigued by how an arrangement of shapes and lines—figures and cars—arises to transcend the artist’s conscious intent.”

Mira Kamada has enjoyed a long career in the arts that includes teaching, design and studio arts. Her work has appeared in numerous exhibitions and films, and is represented in art collections throughout the U.S.

She lives in Bellingham, Washington with her husband, Ray, and two cats. More of her work can be seen at www.mirakamada.com.