Highline Heritage Museum

On Release of Loss

by Judith Rayl MD PhD

As a stroke survivor, physician, and bearer of the complex legacies of ethnic bias and generational trauma, I am driven to share repair and wellbeing through art. On Release of Loss foregrounds resilience and transformation, both in Nature and in our personal journeys.

This exhibition centers on my new abstract images, which I build into one-of-a-kind hand-sewn mixed media pieces. The foundational photographs are raw, organic heat maps of Nature, employing no post-capture alteration nor AI.

My mixed media works suture together fragments of unknown, overlooked, and forgotten landscapes. Roadside wildflowers, dormant grasses, trees seeking relief from a crowded canopy, all are given grace and dignity in this work. On Release of Loss offers a statement of sensitivity to our escalating climate crisis, while acknowledging our shared experience of damage and reclamation.

Exhibits are quarterly.

April-July: Nepantla: Painting the Space in-Between (Reception May 1st 2026 5-6:30 PM)

July – October : Annie Walker (Reception August 7th 2026 5-6:30 PM)

January-March: Anna Sullivan (Reception February 6th 2026 5-6:30 PM)

Exhibits are quarterly.

January-March: Ron Hammond (Reception Jan 10 from 5:00-630 PM

April-June: Trisha Gilmore (Reception April 4 from 5:00-6:30 PM

July-September: John Woodruff (Reception July 11 from 5:00-6:30 PM

October-December: Rachel Bender (Reception October 3 from 5:00-6:30 PM

Exhibits went from bi-monthly to quarterly in 2024.

January-March: Ken DeRoux (Reception January 5 from 5-7 PM)

April-June: Essa Baird (Reception April 5 from 5-7 PM)

July-September: Kelly Lyles (Reception July 12 from 6-7:30 PM)

October-December: Garreth Schuh (Reception October 4 from 6-7:30 PM)

Exhibits were bi-monthly in 2023.

January/February: Naomi Benson (Reception January 6) with online video

March/April: Danny Mansmith (Reception March 3)

May/June: Maureen Hoffman (Reception May 5)

July/August: Daniel Lyons (Reception July 7)

September/October: Laura Bermes (Reception Sept. 1)

November/December: Brandi Reyna (Reception: November 3)

Exhibits were bi-monthly in 2022.

January/February: Antonija Hasanbegovic (Reception February 4 with online video

March/April: Margery Ellsworth (Reception March 4) with online video

May/June: Kelly Lyles (Reception May 6) with online video

July/August: Esther Loopstra (Reception July 1)

September/October: Andrew Woodcock (Reception September 2)

November/December:  EcoThrive – Denise Henrikson & Susan Russell (Reception November 4)

Exhibits were bi-monthly and included an online video.

March/April: Reinhardt Hollstein, in person solo gallery show at the Museum with online video

May/June: Lezlie Jane online show with online video

July/August: Helena Rogers in-person solo gallery show at the Museum with online video.

September/October: Jody Romero in-person solo gallery show at the Museum with online video.

November/December: Arnulfo Ramirez in-person solo gallery show at the Museum with online video.

In January 2020, Burien Arts began hosting bi-monthly art exhibits at the Museum, with opening receptions on the First Friday to coordinate with the First Friday Art Walk (when in operation). Due to the pandemic, our exhibits April-September were online only.

January: Shelia Coppola, in-person exhibit

February-March: Alina Hakim, in-person exhibit

April-May: Rebecca Sayre, virtual gallery show due to pandemic

June-July: Doug Early, virtual gallery show due to pandemic

August: Diane Sarr, virtual gallery show due to pandemic

September: Amaranta Sandys & others, virtual gallery show due to pandemic

November/December: Rebecca Sayre, in person exhibit with online video

Burien Arts has exhibited art around town in several other venues:

• Lobby of Burien City Hall, 400 SW 152nd Street, Burien
• Burien Community Center, 14700 6th Avenue SW, Burien
• Burien Actors Theatre at the Annex, Annex Park, 14549 4th Avenue SW, Burien, when the Theatre operated in that location. (The Annex has since been demolished.)

Burien Arts loves to feature established artists and emerging artists alike, including the work of students.

For information on earlier exhibit venues, see History on the About Us page.