(Photo by Christopher Boffoli)
The monthly West Seattle Art Walk is more than a night for admiring art. At Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in North Delridge last night, it was also an occasion for borrowing it, as the Art Lending Library opened for the night. It’s been a year since the ALL made its debut – in this June 2009 story, artist Seth Damm explained it on video, and last night he was busy explaining it to prospective borrowers:

(Photo by Christopher Boffoli)
The Art Walk is also often a night for music. At wine shop Bin 41 (WSB sponsor) in The Junction, along with watercolors by Lee Copeland, we found Red Dog:

(Photo by Christopher Boffoli)
They played Appalachian music, while the Bin 41 team poured wine from South Africa:

(Photo by Christopher Boffoli)
Also in The Junction, another WSB sponsor, Mural Apartments, also featured live music – here’s video of the Velveteen Lotharios:

(Video by Patrick Sand)
In keeping with the building’s name, Mural’s lobby is meant as gallery space – you can even see art through the windows as you walk by on 42nd SW. Heading back west through The Junction, at CAPERS, featured artist Jennifer Ament has chosen to help wildlife through her imagery of it:

(Photo by Patrick Sand)
CAPERS’ Lisa Myers explains that Jennifer “is donating 20% of her art sales to the National Wildlife Federation for sealife rescue in the Gulf [of Mexico] through June 24th. … She has just released a heron, nautilus, sea fan and whale as part of her growing collection of linoleum cut prints.”

Ahead – more photos, including two examples of last night’s Art Walk spotlight shining on food:

(Photo by Christopher Boffoli)
The new Heavenly Pastry in Admiral kept its doors open late for its first West Seattle Art Walk. Back in The Junction, this was also “grand opening night” for Baked in Seattle, sharing space with Blue Willow Luncheonette and Catering:

(Photo by Christopher Boffoli)
That’s Baked in Seattle’s Shaw Dixon (her story’s here). Steps away from there, Keller Williams Realty was yet another of the businesses welcoming art lovers – works on display included photographs by Nihar Desai:

(Photo by Christopher Boffoli)
Also at Keller Williams, painter Julia Carlson:

(Photo by Christopher Boffoli)
And one more Junction stop:

(Photo by Christopher Boffoli)
It was reception night at ArtsWest for the AWAA group show (dis)connect, continuing in the gallery through June 26 (read about it here).

Every West Seattle Art Walk is special – but the next one is perhaps the MOST special of the year – July 8 is the night before West Seattle Summer Fest, and streets in The Junction will be closed for setup, so you can wander between those venues, and other attractions, even more freely than usual. But of course as evidenced in our sampling last night, the Art Walk stretches far beyond The Junction – and many of the artists will be showcased at the venues all month long, so you can turn any day/night into a mini-Art Walk. More info on many of the venues and artists can be found any time at the official website, wsartwalk.com.