Visual Arts - Openings & Events Bill Ball Inspired to paint three

Visual Arts – Openings & Events

Bill Ball Inspired to paint three years ago at Burning Man, he shows new abstract paintings inspired by the Northwest Mystics (Mark Tobey, Guy Anderson, etc.). Also on view, works from Anna Sokolov. Opening reception, 6-7:30 p.m. Fri., Dec. 11. Belltown Community Center, 415 Bell St., See seattle.gov/parks/centers/belltown for hours. Ends Jan. 31. Belltown Community Center, 415 Bell StreetSeattle, WA 98121 Free Thursday, January 14, 2016

Brenna Youngblood Winner of the biannual Gwendolyn Knight | Jacob Lawrence Prize, the young Los Angeles artist shows paintings and collage works. Wed.-Sun. Ends April 17. Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave, Seattle, WA 98101 $12-$19 Thursday, January 14, 2016

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Between Worlds, his first local show, combines Catholic and Aztec/Mayan themes. Opening reception, 6:30 p.m. Fri., Dec. 4. Hours by appointment. End date TBD. 2312 Gallery, 2312 2nd AvenueSeattle, WA 98121 Free Thursday, January 14, 2016

Pae White The Los Angeles artist uses colorful graphics and yarn to create Command-Shift-4, intended to be “a three-dimensional drawing for visitors to both visually and physically navigate.” The installation has its formal opening during the Henry Open House: 7:30-10 p.m. Thurs., Oct. 29 ($12-$15), which also includes food, beer, music, dancing, and Halloween costumes. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed., Sat. & Sun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thurs. & Sat. Ends Jan. 24. Henry Art Gallery, 4100 15th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98195 $6-$10 Thursday, January 14, 2016

Paradox of Place Contemporary Korean art is the focus to this group show, which features six artists: Jung Yeondoo, Lim Minouk, Yee Sookyung, Lee Yongbaek, Noh Suntag, and Yang Haegue. Their work spans video to photography, painting to new media. Opens Sat., Oct. 31. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed. & Fri.-Sun.; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thurs. Ends March 13. Seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect St. (Volunteer Park), Seattle, WA 98112 $5-$9 Thursday, January 14, 2016

Box and Container Show Shopping season begins soon, so what will you give? And where will you put your gifts? This is the gallery’s 36th annual show. Opening reception, 4-6 p.m. Sun,. Nov. 8. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. End date TBD. Northwest Woodworkers Gallery, 2111 First Avenue Seattle, WA 98121 Free Thursday, January 14, 2016, 10am – 6pm

Resurgence: Rivers of the Northwest Over a half dozen Native American artists, from Alaska southward, explore indigenous and natural themes. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri. (weekends vary). Ends January, closing date TBD. Stonington Gallery, 125 S. Jackson St. Free Thursday, January 14, 2016, 10am – 6pm

Tatau/Tattoo A history of ink and skin, beginning in the ancient cultures of the Pacific Islands and leading to modern hipster bars and sorority ankles. First Thursday opening reception. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun. Ends Oct. 9, 2016. The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, 719 S. King St., Seattle, WA, 98104 $10-$15 Thursday, January 14, 2016, 10am – 5pm

The Figure in Process In a prominent new space to open Saturday, Dec. 5, with its future suddenly in doubt, some of patron Paul Allen’s private collection will be on view in a show subtitled “de Kooning to Kapoor 1955-2015.” Other artists will include Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, David Hockney, Barry X. Ball, Alberto Giacometti, Anish Kapoor, Jonas Burgert, Lita Cabellut, and Ruben Pang. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Sun. (to 8 p.m. Thurs.) Free through Dec. 13, $5 thereafter. Ends Feb. 28. Pivot Art + Culture, 609 Westlake Ave. N., Free through Dec. 13, $5 thereafter Thursday, January 14, 2016, 10am – 6pm

Andrea Geyer Using film, drawing, and photography in Travels on a Slender Thread, she explores the histories of collector/benefactor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and the Whitney Museum. Offsite artist talk, 6:30 p.m. Mon., Oct. 26 at Seattle U’s Wyckoff Auditorium. Opening reception, 6 p.m. Wed., Oct. 28. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. Ends Jan. 16. The New Foundation, 312 Second Ave. S. Free Thursday, January 14, 2016, 11am – 6pm

Andrea Geyer Using film, drawing, and photography in Travels on a Slender Thread, she explores the histories of collector/benefactor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and the Whitney Museum. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. Ends Jan. 16. The New Foundation, 312 Second Ave. S. Free Thursday, January 14, 2016, 11am – 6pm

Cable Griffith He continues to explore videogame imagery and digital culture in Sightings. Also on view, Maija Fiebig’s embroidered textiles. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Ends Jan. 16. G. Gibson Gallery, 300 S. Washington St. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), Seattle, WA 98104 Free Thursday, January 14, 2016, 11am – 5pm

Camp Fires BAM goes totally gay with this queer art tribute to Leopold L. Foulem, Paul Mathieu, and Richard Milette. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Sun. Ends Feb. 14. Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue, WA 98004 $5-$10 Thursday, January 14, 2016, 11am – 6pm

Slash & Burn Celeste Cooning, Joy Hagen, Deborah Kapoor, Brenda Mallory, Naoko Morisawa, June Sekiguchi, Suze Woolf, and Ellen Ziegler make use of fire, soot, charcoal, and scorch marks. Opening reception, 6 p.m. Fri., Dec. 11. (Artist demos to follow at 6 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 7 and 28.) 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Jan. 30. Kirkland Arts Center, 620 Market St., Kirkland, WA 98033 Free Thursday, January 14, 2016, 11am – 6pm

The Atomic Frontier: Black Life at Hanford Southern Blacks not only moved north to Chicago and the Midwest to work in the nation’s factories; during WWII, the secret atomic-bomb program in Eastern Washington also depended on such labor. This exhibit includes photographs, documents, and supporting materials to help commemorate those efforts in the 60th anniversary year of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Opens Sat., Oct. 31. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun. (Open to 7 p.m. Thurs.) Ends March 6. Northwest African American Museum, 2300 South Massachusetts StreetSeattle, WA 98144 $5-$7 Thursday, January 14, 2016, 11am – 5pm

Charismatic Megafauna Fanciful beasts and altered natural forms, from artists including Adam Doyle, Brad Woodfin, and Michael Alm, Peter Ferguson, Peter Gronquist, Scott Musgrove. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Ends Jan. 30. Roq La Rue Gallery, 532 First Ave. S., Seattle, WA, 98104 Free Thursday, January 14, 2016, 12 – 5pm

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Andrea Geyer Using film, drawing, and photography in Travels on a Slender Thread, she explores the histories of collector/benefactor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and the Whitney Museum. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. Ends Jan. 16. The New Foundation, 312 Second Ave. S. Free Friday, January 15, 2016, 11am – 6pm

Ernesto Ybarra

Andrea Geyer Using film, drawing, and photography in Travels on a Slender Thread, she explores the histories of collector/benefactor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and the Whitney Museum. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. Ends Jan. 16. The New Foundation, 312 Second Ave. S. Free Saturday, January 16, 2016, 11am – 6pm

Everyone’s In A salon-style group show, with small works priced for the holidays, draws inspiration from Jayson Musson’s Itsa Small, Small World. Opening reception, 6-9 p.m. Sat., Dec. 12. Noon-5 p.m. Sat. Ends Jan. 16. The Alice, 6007 12th Ave. S. Free Saturday, January 16, 2016, 12 – 5pm

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Seattle, WA 98144 $5-$7 Sunday, January 24, 2016, 11am – 5pm

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Seattle, WA 98121 Free Friday, January 29, 2016, 10am – 6pm

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First Thursday Art Walk Beginning around 5 p.m. and often lasting to 9 p.m., the monthly art celebration includes venues like the Tashiro Kaplan Building, Roq La Rue, James Harris, Greg Kucera, and all the other Pioneer Square galleries. Occidental Park will also be full of artists and vendors. Occidental Park, S. Main St. & Occidental Ave. S. Free Thursday, February 4, 2016