Showcasing limited edition wearable art scarves/wraps from Seattle designer Carlo Scanagatta. His unique
designs range from Seattle cityscapes, dance and music, cars, seascapes and landscapes, to colorful geometric
symmetries, on cashmere/modal or silk, handcrafted in Como, Italy. Wear it or Hang it! Reception and Trunk
Show, First Friday Artwalk, November 1, 6-8 pm.
Also: Featuring New Work from Curt Labitzke.

About the Artists:

Carlo Scanagatta (Seattle, Washington): The Scanagatta legacy begins high in the Dolomite mountains of
Italy, where designer Carlo Scanagatta was born into a long line of artisans, artists and entrepreneurs. Ingenuity,
beauty, imagination, and attention to detail are the gifts that he learned; the brilliance of his designs is his alone.
Love brought Carlo to Seattle, where Scanagatta Designs grew to be a family affair driven by his wife Nancy
Medwell, and made real by their daughter Elena and Tessitura Alberto Albertazzi, the historic textile mill in
Como, Italy where three generations of artisan Albertazzi women bring the Scanagatta designs to life in
wearable, joy-filled form, one handmade piece at a time.

Curt Labitzke (Seattle, Washington): Born in New York in 1958, Labitzke first apprenticed with his father
who was a graphic designer and painter and was inspired by his mother who was a quiltmaker and stained glass
artist. He received his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Notre Dame. Curt is currently Chair of the
Printmaking and Interdisciplinary Visual Arts Programs at the University of Washington and regularly teaches
in the School of Art’s study abroad program in Rome and Florence, Italy.
The Seattle Art Museum describes Labitzke’s work as primarily influenced by his interest in using the portrait
and posture of the figure as a means of conveying an implied narrative. These large-scale images encourage a
wide variety of interpretations that often provoke empathy for the subject within the viewer. His work is

informed by an ongoing interest in art history, to include Roman portrait busts, Renaissance drawing, Neo-
classical painting and the world of contemporary photography.