Openings & Events
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Bemis Building Open House The massive SoDo artist live/work space opens its doors to showcase the work of the sundry artists. Bemis Building, 55 S. Atlantic St., 621-2146, Oct. 26-27, 12-8 p.m.
Rumi Koshino The local multidisciplinary artist Work Revisited presents an installation of past work before she relocates to California. Vignettes, 1617 Yale Ave., vignettes.us, Thu., Oct. 24, 7-10 p.m.
Olson Kundig Closing Party The architecture firm marks the closing of its downtown storefront and celebrates the 2014 launch of its Itinerant Projects series of installations. Olson Kundig Architects, 159 S. Jackson St., 624-5670, olsonkundigarchitects.com, Wed., Oct. 23, 5 p.m.
Tracy Rocca & Christopher Boffoli Rocca’s New Paintings collects her soft-focus color fields. Boffoli’s Amuse-Boche continues the photographer’s series of posed miniatures set in landscapes created out of food. Opening reception: 6-8 p.m. Tues., Oct. 29. Winston Wachter Fine Art, 203 Dexter Ave. N., 652-5855, winstonwachter.com, Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Dec. 23.
Lucia Sanroman An independent curator and writer from San Diego, she presents a lecture called “Incite•Insight.” Henry Art Gallery, 4100 15th Ave. N.E., 543-2280, henryart.org, Thu., Oct. 24, 7-8:30 p.m.
Seattle Weavers’ Guild Annual Show and Sale This event presents local handcrafted textile items like rugs, blankets, and tapestries. See seattleweaversguild.com for hours. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 Tenth Ave. E., Oct. 24-26.
Three Photographers Ellen Garvens, Caroline Kapp, and Graham Shutt showcase their stark, monochromatic photographs. Opening reception: 2-4 p.m. Sat., Oct. 26. Prographica, 3419 E. Denny Wy., 322-3851, prographicadrawings.com, Opens Oct. 26, Weds.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Nov. 30.
Museums
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Rick Araluce With a day job designing sets and scenery for Seattle Opera, artist Rick Araluce is a specialist in illusion—making castles and palaces out of plywood and paint. In his first solo museum show, The Minutes, the Hours, the Days, he builds immersive sculptural environments with doors, keyholes, thresholds, and other means of guiding the eye. Notions of viewing and voyeurism are strongly felt throughout. His creations are often miniature and frequently incorporate trompe l’oeil painting tricks. Araluce also uses lighting and sound effects to create the impression of space and perspective. His large installation The Longest Hours reads like a corridor leading to a series of doors impossibly suggesting more rooms within. There’s a tantalizing possibility of portals to the beyond, only it’s confounded by viewing the entire structure from outside. For this show, Araluce has created five new works specifically for BAM, among dozens more created in the past few decades. BRIAN MILLER Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way N.E., 425-519-0770, bellevuearts.org, $7-$10, Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Jan. 31.
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Camera Nipponica Hand-colored historical photos from Japan, circa 1880-1930. Henry Art Gallery, $6-$10, Thurs., Fri., 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Weds., Sat., Sun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Jan. 5.
Jason Dodge Dodge’s What We Have Done is a conceptual show containing six sparse installations intended to create “broad associations.” Also on view: Haegue Yang’s Anachronistic Layers of Dispersion uses Venetian blinds as dangling geometric sculpture. Henry Art Gallery, Through Jan. 26.
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The Dorothy & Herbert Vogel Collection: 50 Works for 50 States The Vogels began buying art in New York in the early ’60s. Four decades later, they approached the National Gallery about donating their collection. In 2008, SAM was designated this state’s beneficiary, and today those works are going on view. Artists include Stephen Antonakos, Sol LeWitt, Terry Winters, Cheryl Laemmle, Robert Mangold, and others. BRIAN MILLER Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., 654-3100, seattleartmuseum.org, $11-$17, Thurs., 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Weds., Fri.-Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Ends Oct. 27.
