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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Chow / Visual Art More Than Cupcakes

Posted by on Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:45 AM

The new Cupcake Royale at 1111 Pike opens to the public today, but last night was the art opening of the place. Now, all the Cupcake Royales show art, but they haven't always been the most interesting places to see it...

Joey Veltkamp, the artist who writes the blog Best Of, plans to change all that. He's going to be curating this CR and the other three locations, too.

The first show—curated by Roy McMakin, because wouldn't it look weird if Veltkamp curated himself into the first show?—features Veltkamp, Claudia Fitch, Jeffry Mitchell, and Ken Kelly, a slew of Seattle classics. The space was designed by McMakin.

I don't even want a cupcake and I want to go.

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Many more images on Veltkamp's Flickr stream here.

 

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1
That room seems a little too uptight and stuffy to enjoy a delicious pastry treat.
Posted by Doldo on July 22, 2009 at 11:06 AM
2
I still somehow managed to not get a cupcake last night, but everything looked absolutely fantastic!
Posted by sharonArnold http://dimensionsvariable.org on July 22, 2009 at 11:26 AM
michael strangeways 3
they're saying in their ads that the cupcakes are moister...hoping that is true because while I can admire their marketing, design and committment to the community and sponsorship of local events/art, I have to say that their dry cupcakes and greasy frosting have always underwhelmed me...
Posted by michael strangeways http://www.seattlegayscene.com/ on July 22, 2009 at 11:31 AM
michael strangeways 4
design-wise it looks like Alice in Auschwitz...
Posted by michael strangeways http://www.seattlegayscene.com/ on July 22, 2009 at 11:39 AM
5
@3,

I had a couple mini cupcakes the other day. They were drier than ever before.
Posted by keshmeshi on July 22, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Fnarf 6
Cupcakes are dry by definition. There's a reason why you don't want your cake to be all "edge" and no middle. Cupcakes are a design flaw.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on July 22, 2009 at 1:03 PM
7
@6 That's why you have a surprise in the middle.
Posted by arts&letters on July 22, 2009 at 1:40 PM
michael strangeways 8
Fnarf needs to get a new cupcake dictionary...
Posted by michael strangeways http://www.seattlegayscene.com/ on July 22, 2009 at 2:00 PM
Fnarf 9
Nah, cupcakes just suck donkey dick, that's all. I really do not understand this trend and cannot wait for it to end.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on July 22, 2009 at 3:22 PM
10
2 block hacking and fnarf - get a life
Posted by its not news, it's hack! on July 22, 2009 at 3:37 PM

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