Press Release Archive

Art of AGS Custom Interiors to display at Home Body, Eco-Luxe Living, October, 2008
Location: Home Body, Eco-Luxe Living, 416 1/2 Washington Street SE Olympia, WA
Show Dates: October 3, 2008 to October 31, 2008
Artists Reception: Friday, October 5, 2008, 5:00 - 9:00 PM Artwalk space # 50

Drew Stone founded AGS Custom Interiors, in 2007 as an answer to the waste of remodeling and art that doesn't fit its environment. Beginning with waste-paint of many interior painting projects, and the discovery of the plethora of durable colors that blend so well, Drew began to work with re-purposed palate of interior and trim paint on panels, canvas, re-purposed packing paper and recycled burlap coffee bags.
AGS Custom Interiors website, http://www.agscustominteriors.com
Home Body, Eco-Luxe Living website, http://www.homebodyolympia.com/

Art of AGS Custom Interiors to display at Cafe Venus through August, 2008

Location: Cafe Venus / Mars Bar, 609 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, WA
Show Dates: August 3, to September 7, 2008
Artists Reception: Thursday August 7, 2008, 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Cafe Venus

Local artist and owner of AGS Custom Interiors, Drew Stone is proud to be gracing the crimson walls of Cafe Venus through the month of August. Presenting new works that exemplify the recycled spirit of AGS Custom Interiors, Drew will be showing strikingly colorful paintings using re-purposed antique windows hung on the wall as a gateway into another space altogether, for you to decide what lies beyond.
Wine and light appetizers will be provided, with cocktails available at the adjoining Mars Bar. The artist's reception will begin at 7:00pm on Thursday August 7th.
AGS Custom Interiors website, http://www.agscustominteriors.com
Cafe Venus website, http://www.cafevenus.com
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Seattle Artist Drew Stone to Exhibit Work at Tea Treasures
Exhibition is part of the 3rd Thursday Mercer Island Art Walk on May 15, 2008
 Seattle, WA—May 15, 2008—Seattle artist Drew Stone, founder and owner
of AGS Custom Interiors, will exhibit his work at Tea Treasures tea
shop as part of the Mercer Island Art Walk on Thursday May 15, 2008,
from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Founded in 2007, AGS Custom Interiors endeavors to create art which
connects with and respects the environment. Drew uses recycled paint
and, in many cases, reused canvases to create contemplative pieces
that soothe and inspire—and go very well with a cup of fine tea.

Tea Treasures, a sophisticated boutique tea shop, gives Seattle-area residents a chance to sample the finest-quality teas from around the
world. Elizabeth Borges, owner of Tea Treasures, shares with her customers her immense knowledge of tea, from tea rituals and traditions, to the cultivation and history of tea.  Samples of the most preferred items will be served.

The 3rd Thursday Art Walk is sponsored by the Mercer Island Arts Council and City of Mercer Island Parks and Recreation. This Art Walk includes boutiques and design centers such as Tea Treasures and Six Walls Interior Design, fine wine cellars such as Cellar 46, and many more distinctive shops and galleries, all in the heart of Mercer Island.
What: Drew Stone/AGS Custom Interiors exhibition
Where: Tea Treasures
3rd Thursday Art Walk, Location #11
2836 78th Avenue SE, Suite 90, Mercer Island, WA 98040
When: 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, May 15, 2008

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The Dunshee House is hosting the closing reception for local artist AGS on Saturday, September 15, 2007 from 4-7pm.
AGS would like to introduce new collectors of his work from this exhibition at The Dunshee House: Greg Moore, Michele Hoefferle, Allen Vieira and Tammy Miller.
The Dunshee House has graciously allowed the use of the two upstairs rooms for showcasing new works that will appear for one night only at this closing reception. The closing reception will be FREE and open to all with light appetizers and refreshments.

Location: The Dunshee House, 303 17th Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112
Closing Reception: Saturday, September 15, 2007 beginning at 4:00PM

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Movin' On Up (Capital Hill) Local Artist shows at Dunshee House, Home of Seattle AIDS Support Group (SASG)
Location: Dunshee House, 303 17th Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112 www.dunsheehouse.org
Show Dates: June 21, 2007 through September 10, 2007
Opening Reception: June 30, 2007 begining at 6:00PM with live music provided by local electronic music producer PotatoFinger
Following a limited engagement at Glo's in May and a notable hanging at Rosebud Restaurant through the month of April on Capitol Hill, local artist Andrew Grant Stone is movin' on up to 17th avenue to grace the walls of the Dunshee House!

Executive Director of the Dunshee House, Kim Holstein with Administrative Coordinator David French, recruited Andrew in the middle of April during his show at Rosebud to hang for three months during the summer where currently, Dunshee House offers over 20 peer-facilitated groups each week!
These groups include both HIV/AIDS-related and non-HIV/AIDS related groups, such as our growing programming for gay/bisexual/queer men, lesbian/bisexual/queer women, transfolks, and LGBTQ folks inclusively.

Andrew will be hanging various collections that reflect the type of strength and courage facing the unknown as well as lighthearted and inspiring works from the artist studio, many never before seen and new works as well.
The opening reception will include live music and dancing with light appetizers and refreshments, and is FREE and open to all. Come and show your support for the diverse community of Seattle on June 30, 2007 at 6:00 PM at Dunshee House, 303 17th Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112

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March 14, 2007 For Immediate Release Show: Life As Usual Location: Rosebud Restaurant and Bar
Artist: Andrew Grant Stone (AGS)
Show Dates: April 2, 2007 - April 30, 2007
Artist Reception: Tuesday, April 3, 2007 6pm
Rosebud Restaurant and Bar is proud to present new painings by artist Andrew "Drew" Stone, "Life As Usual". The show is running through the month of April and will include new, never before seen works as well as a select few from his recent (February 2007) exhibition at Starbucks in University Village.
Displaying mostly large and meduim sized works capturing simple complexity and entropic order, "Life As Usual" describes the irritating details of a normal existance that we all are part of. "Even the bore of the room is interested in something complex, just ask" dares Stone. Largley inoffensive, but mired in deeper detail, the pieces in this collection should be suited just as well either to glance at, or make a engaging conversation piece.
Although not activley part of the (2Tue) second Tuesday art walk on Capitol Hill, Rosebud will be open and ready to serve customers for a beverage or happy-hour snack for those that want to get of their feet for a change.
Please join us for our free artist's reception on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at 6pm.
Champagne will be served to those that legally deserve it while supplies last.

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For Immediate Release
Edgy Artist Andrew Grant Stone Bares Domestic Side in Starbucks Art Opening
Artist's Reception: Saturday, February 10, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. FREE.
Starbucks University Village II
2650 49th NE Street in Seattle
Show runs February 4 - March 4, 2007

(Seattle, WA) – He's already created quite the buzz on the Seattle art horizon with his shocking and controversial works, and now local artist Andrew Grant Stone (AGS) is rebelling against his own intuition. His latest show, 'Paintings Your Home Will Love' is a collection of large format original paintings on an array of fabrics, created with the express purpose of looking more like part of your home and less like tormented art.
"It's like a heart transplant; necessary but inconvenient," says Stone of typical domestic art in his off-hand, irreverent manner. The concept behind the new collection of works is that they fit effortlessly into a comfortable, modern home. Using a warm and hospitable palette of latex paints of a variety of finishes, the artist brings paintings to life — creations that beg to be placed in a space where they can be considered in quiet contemplation. By using elements that naturally agree with the home, such as interior colors and hues, AGS takes the very nature and nuance of the environment and brings them together in works the whole house will agree with.

At a 2005 solo show in Fremont's Ballroom, Andrew Stone had shown a row of grotesquely painted mannequin heads hung with Haiku scrawled around the necks (as if the burns of a hanging) that described how difficult is is to get people to pay attention anymore. Also highlighted were paintings depicting the loss of a friendship, and cosmetic surgery as a commonplace occurrence in life today.

In an exclusive display for Greenlake boutique Unfurl in 2006, Andrew Stone hung paintings that defied regular space of a painting with works such as "The Art That Would Not Be Dissected" that was literally crawling off of the canvas past the frame. "This piece is a visual commentary describing and resisting the visceral compulsion to make sense of a particular work, the viewer playing a dominating role, it's tiring to conquer art just to enjoy it," quips Stone.
'Paintings Your Home Will Love' will be on show from February 4 through March 4 at Starbucks University Village II. The public is welcome at AGS Artist's Reception, Saturday, February 10 at 6:00 p.m.