Openings & Events •  Zack Bent Lean-out, Lean-to is an installation inspired

By By kelton sears • November 7, 2014 11:01 am

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Zack Bent

Lean-out, Lean-to is an installation inspired by a chance encounter with a truck canopy in Spokane. Bent takes that structural form and adopts it into a “monolithic chamber of secrets.” Opening reception 7 p.m. Fri., Nov. 14. Jack Straw New Media Gallery, 4261 Roosevelt Way N.E., 634-0919, jackstraw.org. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Ends Feb. 6.

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CoCA 24-hour Art Marathon Twenty artists of varying disciplines all get together for an art-making extravaganza that will result in 100 creations. CoCA at The Summit, 420 E. Pike St., cocaseattle.org. Noon, Thurs., Nov. 13 to Noon, Fri., Nov. 14.

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Family: It’s Complicated A group show exploring the difficulties and joys of coming together as a family. Opening reception 6-9 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 13. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St., 860-6969, gaycity.org. 3-8 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Ends Dec. 7.

From the Toy Box Forty artists present work based on their favorite childhood toys. Opening reception 6-10 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 13. Ltd. Art Gallery, 501 E. Pine St., 457-2970, ltdartgallery.com. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Dec. 7.

Misfits & Mutants Krissy Downing, Claudio Duran, Eli Wolff, Rhodora Jacob, and Kate Tesch show their paintings of freaky creatures in alien worlds. Opening reception 6-10 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 13. True Love Art Gallery, 1525 Summit Ave., 227-3572, trueloveart.com. 1-8 p.m. Tues.-Sun. Ends Dec. 7.

Michael Ottersen Gage’s newest professor showcases his highly geometric work. Opening reception 5-8 p.m. Thurs, Nov. 13. Gage Academy of Art, 1501 10th Ave. E., 323-4243, gageacademy.org. 8 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Mon.-Sun. Ends Jan. 23.

PETER SCHERRER, SARA LONG & LEANNE GRIMES The gallery’s final show before closing features these three local painters. Opening reception 6-9 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 13. Blindfold Gallery, 1718 E. Olive Way, 328-5100, blindfoldgallery.com. 1-5 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. Ends Dec. 11.

Slave to the Needlepoint Erin Frost, Joey Veltkamp, Kurt B. Reighley, Mark Mitchell and Paul Komada stitch it up. Opening reception 5-9 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 13. Ghost Gallery, 504 E. Denny Way, ghostgalleryart.com. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Sun. Ends Dec. 8.

Kellie Talbot Photorealistic paintings of American landscapes, roadside signs, and rusting machinery. Opening reception 6-9 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 13. Vermillion, 1508 11th Ave., 709-9797, vermillionseattle.com. 4:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Tues.-Sun. Ends Dec. 6.

Kari Westphal A selection of paintings means to evoke “moments of calm.” Opening reception 6-8 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 13. Broadcast Gallery, 1623 Bellevue Ave., 467-4717, broadcastcoffee.com. 6:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Daily. Ends Dec. 10.

Ongoing

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AHTSIK’NUK (Good with the Hands) A collection of “rare and unusual” carvings from the Nuu-cha-nulth Nations of BC and Washington. Steinbrueck Native Gallery, 2030 Western Ave., 441-3821, steinbruecknativegallery.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sun. Through Dec.

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Julie Blackmon She stages small children in ominous suburban scenes, full of innocent energy and implied menace. G. Gibson Gallery, 300 S. Washington St. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 587-4033, ggibsongallery.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Ends Nov. 29.

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Borderlands Julie Alpert, Susanna Bluhm, Cynthia Camlin, Elise Richman, and Katy Stone unite for a group show exploring the concept of borders and boundaries, both conceptually and formally. SOIL Gallery, 112 Third Ave. S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 264-8061, soilart.org. Noon-5 p.m. Thu.-Sun. Ends Nov. 29.

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City Dwellers Scenes and icons from Mumbai to New Delhi are represented via photography and sculpture, from an all-native perspective. Photographer Dhruv Malhotra takes large color images of people sleeping in public places—some because they’re poor, others because they simply feel like taking a nap. Nandini Valli Muthiah opts for more stage-managed scenes, posing a costumed actor as the blue-skinned Hindu god Krishna in contemporary settings; in one shot I love, he sits in a hotel suite, like a tired business traveler awaiting a conference call on Skype. Sculptor Debanjan Roby even dares to appropriate the revered figure of Gandhi. Apple never made such an ad, of course, but this impudent figure tweaks both India’s postcolonial history and the relentless consumerism that now links us all, from Seattle to Srinagar. BRIAN MILLER Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., 654-3121, seattleartmuseum.org. $12–$19. Weds.-Sun.

Ends Feb. 15.