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Photographic Center Northwest Daily from Sun., May 18 until Wed., May 28, 12:00pm-9:30pm
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Roq La Rue Daily from Sat., May 17 until Sat., June 7, 1:00pm-6:00pm
Ron van der Ende: Motor Memory
Dutch artist Ron van der Ende, who was born in Delft (home of the famous blue porcelain dishware), here makes his U.S. debut. “Motor Memory” renders manufactured machines as oversized, hand-wrought bas-relief figures. Those on display include a Boeing 727, the S.S. Roosevelt (the schooner used for Robert Peary’s historic but ill-fated North Pole expedition), and two Citröen DS automobiles (those beautifully streamlined and iconic French sedans with their adjustable hydraulic suspension). The title of this show (through June 10) refers both to the motor-powered objects being modeled and van der Ende’s time-intensive manual recreations of same. His fragile reproductions of vintage vehicles are made of balsa and scrap wood. Yet in a gallery, free from rust, they may outlive their inspirations. OkOk Gallery, 5107 Ballard Ave. N.W., 789-6242, www.okokgallery.com. Free. 6-10 p.m. ADRIANA GRANT
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., May 10 until Tue., June 10
Jesse Brown: The Village Green
A show of drawings and paintings by this artist/designer and the Creative Director at Artworks. A last hurrah before he moves to Chicago. Free. Mon.-Sun. Ends June 12.
Anna Skibska: Follow the Line, the Path to Form
Ribbons of glass filament constructed into a site-specific installation piece. $7. Tues.-Sun. Ends September 21.
Fri., May 2, 6:30pm-7:30pmEvery week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Tue., April 8 until Sun., September 21
house, tree, sun, yard, etc.
A group show curated by long UW art prof Doug Jeck, in which he asked hundreds of his students (grad and undergrad art students) to submit a work on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper. Each work contains contains specific elements: a sun, house, a house, tree, yard, fence, and signature. Any media. Free. Mon.-Fri. Ends June 6.
Thu., May 1, 7:00pm-9:00pmEvery week Wednesday, Friday, Sunday from Fri., May 2 until Fri., June 6
Eroyn Franklin and Jenene Nagy: Landmark
Director of Portland’s Tilt Gallery, Jenene Nagy shows colorful, abstract map sculptures. Eroyn Franklin’s maps are notable for what they leave out: a map of New Orleans shows “only those streets remaining that touch Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.” Opens Sat., May 17, 6-9 p.m. Free. Sat. & Sun. Ends June 8.
Sat., May 17, 6:00pm-9:00pmEvery week Saturday, Sunday from Sat., May 17 until Sun., June 8
"Message to Love"
The first phase of a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, “Love” features two of the legend’s guitars, including his Woodstock Fender Strat. The gallery walls are a blank slate for visitors to write comments and reflections. Jan. 26-April 6. Also: Rik Allen's clever glass and metalworks of spaceships and rockets come from a mind fascinated with science-fiction and the future. Through April 25. Also: “American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music,” a bilingual, interpretive, interactive exhibition following the impact of Latinos in American pop music. Through Sept. 7 2008. “Sound and Vision: Artists Tell their Stories,” features more than 100 excerpts from the extensive oral history archives of Experience Music Project and the Science Fiction Museum.
Jordan Crane
Limited edition prints and original artworks from this L.A. cartoonist. Free. Mon.-Sun. Ends May 21.
Peter Bagge: Manik Skateboard Launch Party
New skateboard decks from Seattle-based Manik Skateboard, decorated with imagery from Bagge’s comic, Hate. Opens Sat., May 17, 6-9 p.m. Free. Mon.-Sun.
Clicks and Cuts: Sound Retooled
Audio and sculptural artworks made by teens during a workshop taught by Susan Robb last fall. Sound art experiments using circuit bending, tape loops, field recording, and more. Tues.-Sun.
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., March 1 until Sun., June 1
Dario Robleto: Heaven is Being a Memory to Others
An installation created from the artist’s 2007 residency at the museum, with research into, and sculptural interpretations of the little-known life of Emma Lamp Frye, wife of Charles Frye. A site-specific work, including 20 paintings from the gallery’s collection. Free. Tues.-Sun. Ends August 10.
Sat., April 26, 2:00pmEvery week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., April 26 until Sun., August 10
Dario Robleto: Alloy of Love
A 1997-2007 survey of the conceptual artist's work, which has included clothing made from melted Billie Holiday LPs, a smashed cassette tape made with bone dust, and other powerfully music-inspired art. Opens May 17. Curator lecture with Elizabeth Dunbar, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Sat., May 17, 2 p.m. Gallery talk with artist Dario Robleto, Sun., May 18, 1 p.m. Film screening of After Life, Hirokazu Koreeda’s 1998 film about memory, with a talk by Robert Horton. Sun., May 18, 2 p.m. Tues.-Sun. All events are free. Ends September 1. RACHEL SHIMP.
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., May 17 until Mon., September 1
Amy Ellen Flatchestedmama Trefsger: Urban Beach Scenes
Photographs documenting the artist, in retro swim gear, ready for a dip in the unlikeliest of (urban) places. Tues.-Sun. Free. Ends June 7.
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., April 10 until Sat., June 7
Shawn Patrick Landis: Suspension of Belief
A household after a flood, crafted from objects suspended in inflated clear vinyl, some of which hang in mid-air. You’ll remember his work from a recent show at Gallery4Culture. Tues.-Sun. Ends July 5.
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., May 8 until Sat., July 5
Oscar Tuazon & Eli Hansen:This World's Just Not Real To Me
This two-man (two-brother) exhibit explores temporary shelters, found objects, and utopian architecture. Object-oriented work and site-specific installation pieces are on view, including a structure constructed from six-sided blown glass bottles inspired by Alfred Heineken. The beer company owner came up with a brilliant (and thwarted) solution to third world housing and recycling problems: beer bottles as building blocks. The blown glass bottles on view in the galley are a nod to that unrealized project. More installation work on view at SAM, in a parallel exhibit. Free. Tues.-Sat. Ends May 31.
Sat., April 19, 12:00pmEvery week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., April 17 until Sat., May 31
Sherry Carver, Peter deLory & Richard Morhouse
Paintings that incorporate photography, with diptychs by Morhouse and deLory. Free. Mon.-Sun. Ends May 31.
Diana Falchuk
She doesn’t talk to angels, she talks to post office boxes. But this month, the local multi-media and performance artist sets up a site-specific installation using the Parlor and Conservatory of this [formerly] semi-private art space, based on the wallpaper that lines them. RACHEL SHIMP Free. Thurs.-Sat.
Dante Marioni: Form, Color, Pattern
More than 20 glass works from the Seattle artist, created over the past two decades.$4-$10. Wed.-Sun. Ends Sept. 21.
Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., February 16 until Sun., September 21
The Black Panthers: Making Sense of History
Photography by Stephen Shames Forty seven photographs by Stephen Shames, documenting both public and behind-the-scenes activities of The Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party, in work from 1967 to 1973. Mon.-Sun. Free. Ends May 31.
Geoff McFetridge: In the Mind
An installation by the L.A. artist takes over the east wall of the pavilion: “an over-sized bulletin board complete with out of scale thumbtacks holding up larger-than-life posters.” On view for about one year, until March 2009.
Olympic Sculpture Park Tour
Every weekend, docents lead one-hour tours through SAM’s waterfront sculpture park. Free.
Sugar and Spice
L.A. and Philly photographers Susan Anderson, Amy Stevens, and Alex Prager explore dress-up, drama, and the play of self-decoration. With gorgeously messy cakes, a la Martha Stewart (almost) and lots of dresses. Mon.-Sun. Free. Ends May 28.
Homegrown
Works that explore biology in a range of media, by Renee Adams, Ariana Boussard-Reifel, Shannon Conroy, Misako Inaoka, Kristina Lewis, and Amber Stucke. Free. Fri.-Sun. Ends June 1.
Thu., May 1, 5:00pm-8:00pmEvery week Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., May 2 until Sun., June 1
Oscar Tuazon & Eli Hansen: SAM Next
A two-man (two-brother) exhibit exploring temporary shelters, found objects, and utopian architecture. This installation at SAM–appropriately enough, for Tuazon won the 2007 Betty Bowen award– is parallel to a work located in a remote wilderness. Curated by Michael Darling, this show is the first in a promising new series, Next, focusing on underappreciated Northwest artists. The artist team also shows concurrent exhibit exploring similar themes at Howard House. $13.Tues.-Sun. Ends Oct 26.
Fri., May 2, 6:00pm-9:00pmEvery week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., April 19 until Sun., October 26
Black Art
Works drawn from SAM’s permanent collection, grappling with issues of race, color, and cultural identity. Curated by Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Adjunct Curator and Deputy Director of Education & Public Programs. with pieces spanning 1830-2006. $13. Tues.-Sun. Ends Sept. 7.
$13. Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., May 2 until Sun., September 7
Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective
From painting and calligraphy, jades, ceramics and sculpture, as well as contemporary art in a range of media. $5. Tues.-Sun. Ongoing.
Jenny Heishman’s Water Mover
The sculptor's first piece of public art, composed with artificial timber pipes and a false boulder. Its movement is powered by rain. A permanent installation.
Anna Summa: Los Angles Punk
Photographs of the LA punk scene, 1978-84, from Black Flag to Siouxsie Sioux. Free. Mon.-Sun. Ends May 25.
Ben Hirschkoff: The Sky Is Not Falling
Hirschkoff continues his explorations into nature, represented by works crafted in industrial materials. With lovely anonymous watercolors in the backspace, in a show titled Provenance. Free. Thurs.-Sun. Ends May 31.
Thu., May 1, 6:00pm-9:00pmEvery week Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., May 1 until Sat., May 31
A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photographs by Chuck Close, Poems by Bob Holman
Chuck Close’s larger-than-life daguerreotypes capture the sensuality of skin, in all its imperfect beauty. Friends and colleagues of the artist seen here: Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, and Lorna Simpson. Printed (in 2003) with praise poems by slam-poet Bob Holman. $6.50-$7.50. Tues.-Sun. Ends June 15.
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Tue., February 26 until Sun., June 15
Dale Chihuly: Baskets, Cylinders and Drawings
New works by this best-known glass artist. Artist reception: Sat., May 17, 5-8 p.m. Free. Tues.-Sun. Ends June 8.
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sat., May 10 until Sun., June 8
Brian Tolle: Stronghold
Best known for his Battery Park Irish Hunger Memorial, New York based Tolle has installed a new work on the UW campus. A stump measuring 23 feet in diameter and crafted from cedar two by sixes, Stronghold is a nod to the many enormous old growth trees that once populated the UW camps. Free.
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