Openings & Events Alfredo Arreguin Pioneering a detail-oriented patterned style of painting,

By By kelton sears • November 3, 2014 1:29 pm

Openings & Events

Alfredo Arreguin Pioneering a detail-oriented patterned style of painting, the Mexican-born Seattleite showcases his brilliantly colored and borderline psychedelic oil on canvas work. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Linda Hodges Gallery, 316 First Ave. S. 624-3034, lindahodgesgallery.com. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Nov. 29.

Deborah Bell Using paint and mixed media, Bell explores biological and feminine themes, often connecting the two in her work. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Gallery I|M|A, 123 S. Jackson St., 625-0055, galleryima.com. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-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. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. SOIL Gallery, 112 Third Ave. S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 264-8061, soilart.org. Noon-5 p.m. Thu.-Sun. Ends Nov. 29.

Allison Collins The painter shows her quilt-like take on landscape art. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Ave S., 622-2833, fosterwhite.com. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Nov. 29.

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Celeste Cooning & Allyce Wood

Shear/Moment combines both artists’ penchant for quiet, geometric gestures into one show, showcasing Cooning’s cut-paper sculptures and Wood’s botanical illustrations. First Thursday opening reception, 5-9 p.m. Axis Pioneer Square, 308 First Ave. S., 681-9316, axispioneersquare.com. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Thurs. Ends Dec. 1.

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CRACKED EMERALD James Cicatko and John Radtke combine forces for a show featuring illustrations of historical figures with horrifically disfigured faces, plus steel sculpture. First Thursday opening reception, 5:30-8 p.m. Prole Drift, 523 S. Main St., proledrift.com, 1-7 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends Nov. 8.

Patrice Donohue In off plumb, the artist shows textural work made with wax, clay, ink, pigment, cloth, thread and newspaper. First Thursday opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Shift Gallery, 312 S. Washington St. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), shiftgallery.org. Noon-5 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends Nov. 29.

Juried Exhibition Local art trio SuttonBeresCuller waded through 1,902 submissions to pick out the top of the crop for this show. First Thursday opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Pl. S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 621-1945, punchgallery.org. Noon-5 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. Ends Dec. 20.

Dakota Gearheart The artist turns her love for creating immersive environments and mixed media into a meditation on the “psychology of a cage” in When We Get There. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Gallery4Culture, 101 Prefontaine Pl. S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), galleries.4culture.org. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Ends Dec. 6.

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Georgetown Art Attack This month’s Art Attack features feminist paintings with gothic themes, blacksmithing, film noir posters, “paintoons” (painted cartoons), Dungeons & Dragons art, and more. Venues include Fantagraphics, All City Coffee, Krab Jab Studios, and LxWxH Gallery. Airport Way S. between Lucile Ave. S. & Bailey Ave. S. georgetownartattack.com. 6-9 p.m. Sat., Nov. 8.

Tracy Taylor Grubbs A collection of paintings featuring abstract renderings of nature’s majesty. First Thursday opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Hall|Spassov Gallery, 319 Third Ave. S., 453-3244. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Nov. 30.

Chris Harris This 20-year retrospective highlight’s the local photographer, who made a name using handmade pinhole cameras. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, lisaharrisgallery.com, 443-3315. 10 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Ends Nov. 30.

Sol Hashemi & Cameron Martin Martin shows a new series of monochromatic, white-and-gray landscapes. Hashemi’s more colorful show finds him displaying his photos with added, unusual flare: sticking plants, vanilla beans, cinnamon sticks and suctions cups on the frames. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. James Harris Gallery, 604 Second Ave., 903-6220, jamesharrisgallery.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Ends Dec. 17.

David Haughton & Emmanuel Monzon Haughton shows his paintings of Vancouver, BC and Seattle harbors at nightime. Morzon’s photo series explores the sparsely inhabited outskirts of cities. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Gallery 110, 110 Third Ave. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 624-9336, gallery110.com. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Ends Nov. 29.

Sherry Loeser & Harry Caldwell Loeser presents her new photography. Caldwell displays his engravings on coins. First Thursday opening reception, 6-9 p.m. Core Gallery, 117 Prefontaine Pl. S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 467-4444, coregallery.com. Noon-6 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Ends Nov. 29.

SAM Remix DJ’s will spin records and chefs will feed you as you peruse SAM’s Pop Departures exhibit, create pop art with Troy Gua, and listen to comedian Yogi Paliwal. Sun, Nov. 7, 8 p.m. Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave, 654-3151, seattleartmuseum.org, $25.

Michael Schultheis

Dreams of Pythagoras pays homage to the famous Greek philopspher and triangle expert by painting what the artist imagines the inside of Pythagoras’ mind looked like. Opening reception 6-8 p.m. Wed., Nov. 5. Winston Wachter Fine Art, 203 Dexter Ave. N., 652-5855, winstonwachter.com. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Ends Dec. 23.

UN-WEDGED 2014 A juried collection of 21 contemporary ceramic works. Opening reception Sat., Nov. 8, 6-8 p.m. Pottery Northwest, 226 First Avenue North, 285-4421, potterynorthwest.com, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Tues. – Fri.

Well Read: Visual Explorations of the Book Remember books? Those heavy things made of paper and words that you used to carry around for school? For this group show, photographers offer their artistic interpretations of “the book” as a unique form, in light of its odd place as an object in today’s expanding digital world. First Thursday opening, Noon-9 p.m. Photo Center NW, 900 12th Ave., 720-7222, pcnw.org. Noon-9 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Ends Dec. 20.

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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. Mon.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through December.

Julie Blackmon and Heidi Kirkpatrick Two photographers show their series side-by-side, one focusing on newly born humans and their growth, the other attempting to give new life to old found objects. 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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City Dwellers A dozen contemporary Indian artists are represented in this show organized by SAM and originating entirely from the private local collection of Sanjay Parthasarathy (a Microsoft millionaire) and wife Malini Balakrishnan. Scenes and icons from Mumbai to New Delhi are represented via photography and sculpture, from an all-native perspective. As tourists know, India is ridiculously photogenic, from its colorful idols and deities to the slums and beggars. It all depends on what you want to see. Photographer Dhruv Malhotra, for instance, 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. BRIAN MILLER Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., 
654-3121, seattleartmuseum.org. $12–$19. Weds.-Sun. Ends Feb. 15.

Ann Hamilton The famed artist has created new commissioned art for the Henry that she invites viewers to interact with through touch—elements of the show can be ripped off the wall and kept for later. Henry Art Gallery (UW campus), 543-2280, henryart.org. $6-$10. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Weds., Sat. & Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thurs. & Sat. Ends April 26.

#Social Medium The Frye is proudly calling 
this its first “crowd-curated” exhibit, selected in August from 232 museum-nominated paintings by 4,468 online voters. Now 41 works are on view through January 4, with their likes tallied and selected online comments appended. The top five vote-getters are displayed up front, with the following 35 bridesmaids arrayed more by curator’s eye. The elect group is led by the obscure—to me, anyway—Julius Scheuerer and his 1907 Peacock, which earned 3,525 likes on Tumblr. BRIAN MILLER Frye Art Museum 704 Terry Ave., 622-9250, fryemuseum.org. Free. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Tues.–Sun. (11 a.m.–7 p.m. Thurs.) Ends Jan. 4.