Patti Warashina – The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

Hear from artist Patti Warashina as she discusses her time at Sitka Center and comments on her Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency 20th Anniversary Folio experience. Sitka Center celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency by inviting 9 artists from the annals of the residency to return to the Sitka Center and create […]

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Wit and Wisdom in the Work of Patti Warashina

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch presented the 2020 Smithsonian Visionary Award to Seattle-based artist Patti Warashina in a virtual event on October 13. The award recognizes and honors Warashina for her achievements in ceramic sculpture. The Smithsonian Visionary Award, established in 2014, is given annually to American artists deemed by experts in the field to have

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Patti Warashina

Being an artist was not the career Patti Warashina's parents had in mind for her when she was growing up in Spokane. Warashina enrolled at the UW intent on becoming a dental hygienist. However, one day she took a required elective in beginning drawing. Another art class introduced her to clay. That did it! She

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