Photos by Leda Costa for West Seattle Blog

>(Kyla Scheff’s polymer clay piece “Miniature World”)

It’s that magic month of the year when you’ll find paintings, sculptures, pottery, and other visual art among the bookshelves and other standard fixtures at Southwest Library. The 25th annual community art showcase continues at the branch is on all month, launched with a Sunday reception organized by Friends of the Southwest Library:

They told us this year’s response to the call for art was great – 103 pieces by 46 artists. You can see the artwork all month during regular library hours – 10 am to 8 pm Mondays through Thursdays, 10 am-6 pm Fridays and Saturdays, 1 pm-5 pm Sundays. Some of the artists who were at the reception:

Above, Vera C Stirling has several pieces in the show. She says an art class at the Senior Center two years ago sparked her interest in drawing and creating art. Below, it’s the second year of participation for Tycho Bear, who is displaying two of his creations:

Betty M. Laughlin (below) grew up coming to the Southwest Library:

She says her mom would bring her and they would leave with stacks of books. Years later, here she is displaying her photography and her wearable art – a felted necklace and bracelets.

Another artist there for Sunday’s reception: Ernie Flowers (below), a local film photographer, named his photograph of the swan after Edward Weston‘s iconic 1927 image Nautilus.

This is his first year participating in the show.

Gordon Miller was also at the reception:

In our photo, he’s standing under his resin piece “Rooftop.”

More of what you’ll see when you go check out the art at Southwest Library this month:

(From left to right, work by: Tyler Goodwin, Brent Lindeberg, Brent Lindeberg, Eve Elmore, and Wayne Johnson)

(Matt Whittemore’s clay artwork)

(Work by Gema Baldwin, Kyla Scheff, and Vera C Stirling)

(Gretchen Flickinger’s sumi ink, gesso, and pastel “Glory” with Gema Baldwin’s acrylic “Maple Leaf”)

That’s just a sampling. Southwest Library, by the way, is at 35th SW and SW Henderson.

P.S. While visual art had to be submitted by Saturday, musicians can still upload work for showcasing – here’s how.