City Hall Gallery

Now Showing!

Kelly Liedtke - Drawings
Sharon Gottula - Mixed Media Encaustic 
Matt Wolpin - Photography
 
June 23 - August 27, 2025

Artists Reception - All are welcome!
Friday, August 22, 5-7pm

      

    Kelly Liedtke                                                                     Sharon Gottula

    Matt Wolpin

Kelly Liedtke

Art has always been there, I discovered ink in high school and pointillism about the same time, then I was hooked! Working with ink is both forgiving and very not forgiving at the same time, I fell in love with the challenge as well as the journey each drawing takes you on. Sometimes it is fast and crazy and other times its simple and easy. I love the way their own energy and mine work into the final piece just like how it should be. It is important that you understand this haunts me and keeps me awake, even though I'm busy with the other passions and responsibilities in my life the drawings are working in my head and waiting for their moment. I have told many people the drawings take time 15-45 hours, but the real struggle is in the planning that can take months or years.

Sharon Gottula

My earliest memories are of light—dancing across my bedroom in the morning or filtered through the green canopy of trees above as I lie in the grass looking through the leaves. This early connection to nature fuels my exploration of the delicate balance between the manmade and the natural world in my artwork. In this body of work, I celebrate the tree—not just as a solitary entity but as a symbol of life's intricate processes. Through the interplay of collage papers, infrared photography, and encaustic medium, I examine the transformative power of light and its role in photosynthesis. My use of infrared photography captures trees in a realm beyond visible light, revealing their hidden energy and vitality. These images are juxtaposed with collage papers—products of deforestation—creating a dialogue between destruction and regeneration. Encaustic, with its layers of beeswax and damar gum, serves as a metaphor for the fragility and resilience of trees. The wax encases both paper and imagery in a delicate yet enduring embrace, echoing the trees' ability to persist despite human impact. Each layer of encaustic represents the complex layers of interaction between nature and human intervention, highlighting both the ephemeral and lasting aspects of our environment. Through this work, I aim to honor the beauty and strength of trees, while also reflecting on the consequences of our actions. The result is a visual narrative that invites contemplation on the interplay of light, life, and the enduring spirit of nature.

Matt Wolpin

Matt Wolpin's Mindful Wander Studio aims to spark wonder and encourage all to wander. Its imagery is an exploration of the landscapes found in our backyard and across the world. The simplicity of walking among trees, conquering mountains, wading in crystal clear rivers, and being present in nature impacts everyone differently.

Arts of Kenmore

Arts of Kenmore is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing sustainable opportunities for artists and engaging community with accessible arts experiences that improve quality of life.

As the City's designated Local Arts Agency, AOK's focus is to connect people with art by employing multi-faceted approaches to the planning, design and placement of arts to be most accessible in the public realm. AOK collaborates with the City, with citizens, and community partners to integrate projects and events that reflect the interests of our community.

The organization sponsors events each year so that the community may enjoy performances by musical, visual and other arts groups. Visit www.artsofkenmore.com.

Kenmore Art Show

The Arts of Kenmore is pleased to offer the 2025 Kenmore Art Show.  We are excited to bring artists and the community together to enjoy Photography, 2D Artwork and Sculpture in the Council Chambers at Kenmore City Hall, August 15-17 & 22-24, 2025. There will be several prizes in all categories. Check back here shortly for a link to apply. 

Public Art 

There are so many ways artwork has been incorporated into the city!

Public Art Page

Public Art PDF

Interactive Art Tour Map

As If Theatre Company

In the long-standing debate, “Does art imitate life or does life imitate art?” As If Theatre Company consciously chooses the latter. We want our art to instill within you hope and laughter, conflict and resolution, empathy and awareness, and a deeper understanding of yourself and others.

We are committed to bringing engaging, challenging, and entertaining theater to the community just north of Seattle. Our company believes that theater is community and together we can tell stories that inspire thought, engage conversations, and join all of us together to tell a bigger story. Passionate and dedicated, As If Theater Company’s ultimate goal is to change our small piece of the world for the better.

Performing at the historic Kenmore Community Club, As If Theatre Company was started by local theater artists, Cindy Giese French, Amy Gentry, and Molly Hall, who wanted to create an artistic home in the Northend. As a burgeoning city without a theater group, Kenmore was the ideal location to call home.

So come along. Play with us.  asiftheatre.com

HEART Repertory

A graduate of theatre arts at the University of Washington, Hjalmer Anderson began his career as a high school theatre arts teacher at Inglemoor High School in 1974 and continued to found the Woodinville High School Theatre program in 1983. His teaching career spanned 32 years, garnering numerous awards for his students and program during his tenure, including representing the United States at the Fringe Festivals in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1999 and 2004. 

Currently Hjalmer is a co-founder of HEART and its Artistic Director. He directed 17 of HEART's streaming video shows including many from radio series like Our Miss Brooks, The Murder Clinic, Escape, Suspense, On Stage, The Haunting Hour, and My Friend Irma. He would like to thank the founding members and the original core group of actors of HEART. This new theatre company started from the strong love and friendships that have helped us survive the pandemic. 

He was excited to get back to the stage and launch our first season of live theatre with the revival of Neil Simon's Chapter Two, and he looks forward to the future of the new theatre company HEART Repertory Theatre.  www.heartrep.org

Northshore Performing Arts Center

The Northshore Performing Arts Center Foundation was established by Northshore residents who wanted to have a local cultural center where they could enjoy the performing arts, engage their children in creative educational programs and experience culturally rich performances from around the globe. The facility features a beautiful state-of-the-art 600 seat theater on the campus of Bothell High School. NPACF is a federal 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.

Kenmore Heritage Society

How much do you really know about Kenmore? You may have learned its history through books, or stories shared at family gatherings, but we bet they left out some of the more interesting and colorful history of Kenmore’s past. From the Meanderers, who 200 years ago lived along the waterway we now call the Sammamish Slough, to the famous author who was a patient at Kenmore’s Lakewood Villa Sanitarium, and the 1920’s nudist colony within swimming distance of the Kenmore beach at the north end of Lake Washington, these are the stories about Kenmore’s history we would like to share with you.

To enjoy the present and look to the future, we must understand and appreciate the past. Kenmore has a rich heritage which is a part of who we are today. Kenmore History Path is an enjoyable journey for people of all ages. Take a walk down the History Path at Log Boom Park. Follow along with Kenmore Heritage Society's History Path Project presentation. www.kenmoreheritagesociety.org