Openings & Events
Joan Backes She shows new paintings in The Natural and the Artificial. Also on view, work by Margaret Watson. Artist reception, 2 p.m. Sun., Aug. 4. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave. N., 782-0355, sedersgallery.com, Opens Aug. 2, Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Sept. 7.
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BAM’s Free First Fridays Strapped for cash? Here’s your chance to check out BAM’s current shows, Maneki Neko: Japan’s Beckoning Cats–From Talisman to Pop Icon (very kawaii ceramics) and the 50-year retrospective honoring local ceramics artist Patti Warashina. Bellevue Arts Museum, 510 Bellevue Way N.E., 425-519-0770, bellevuearts.org, Free, First Friday of every month, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
The Big (Bad) Bug Show Insects are the subjects for over a dozen local painters. Opening reception, 6 p.m. Fri., Aug. 2. Call for ongoing hours. Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way E., 842-3132, bacart.org, Aug. 2-Sept. 2.
Jessica Bonin & James Reisen
#SHITJUSTGOTREAL is a meditation on society’s self-indulgent tech-addiction that encourages viewers to pick up the art, take photos of it, and tweet about it. First Thursday opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Place S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 621-1945, punchgallery.org, Thurs.-Sat. 12-5 p.m. Through Aug. 31.
Bill Braun A collection of the artist’s trompe l’oeil works on canvas. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Patricia Rovzar Gallery, 1225 Second Ave., 223-0273, rovzargallery.com, Mon.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Aug. 30.
Ullie De Osu and William Song
Harmonics features works by the two painters that explore how energy and harmonic resonance can be experienced through light and color. First Thursday opening reception, 5-8 p.m. ArtXchange, 512 First Ave. S., 839-0377, artxchange.org, Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Through Sept. 28.
An Exploration From Then to When Locals Mary Walker, Ed Thayer, Lee Campbell, and Dan Broxon are featured. Opening reception, 6-10 p.m. Sat., Aug. 3. Art/Not Terminal Gallery, 2045 Westlake Ave., 233-0680, antgallery.org, Aug. 3-30.
Jeni Falldine Her site-specific string installation Ties is inspired by concepts that tie people together and what “weaves our community into what it is.” First Thursday reception, 5 p.m. Occidental Park, Occidental Ave. S. & S. Main St., 684-4075, seattle.gov/parks, Through Aug. 19.
Kathleen Faulkner
North by Northwest presents her land landscape scenes and coastal paintings. Opening reception, 6 p.m. Fri., Aug. 2. Call for ongoing hours. The Island Gallery, 400 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island, 206-780-9500, theislandgallery.net, Aug. 2-31.
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Fremont Art Walk Fremont’s First Friday artwalk venues include Activspace, Fremont Brewing Co., 509 Winery and Tasting Room, Caffe Vita, and Fremont Abbey. See fremontfirstfriday.com for participating artists. First Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m.
Group Show Several gallery artists are represented in this short-run group show. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Call for ongoing hours. G. Gibson Gallery, 300 S. Washington St. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 587-4033, ggibsongallery.com, Aug. 1-10.
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Max Hayslette This collection showcases his disassembled figure fields that mash together shapes in jigsaw like patterns. Opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Fri., Aug. 2. Roby King Galleries, 176 Winslow Way E. (Bainbridge Island), robykinggalleries.com, Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Through Aug. 31.
Interpersonal Danielle Comeaux, Joana Stillwell, and Ilysia Van Deren use their friendship as artists to explore the nature and limits of interpersonal boundaries. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Soil Gallery, 112 Third Ave. S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 264-8061, soilart.org, Weds.-Sat., 12-5 p.m. Through Aug. 31.
Issaquah Art Walk Downtown Issaquah will turn into a street fair featuring art, music, performance and craft. 232 Front St N, Issaquah, Fri., Aug. 2, 6-9 p.m.
Like: A Socially Interactive Exhibition Multiple gallery artists are represented in this group show. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Ave. S., 624-1324, davidsongalleries.com, Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Through Aug. 31.
Courtney Lipson
To Life presents wearable art using a micro-mosaic technique and shaped silver. Also on view, animal paintings by Thomas Stream. First Thursday opening reception, 6 p.m. Stonington Gallery, 125 S. Jackson St., 405-4040, stoningtongallery.com, Open daily, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Through Aug. 31.
Look An exhibition of four different artists’ work, ranging form sculpture, mixed media, to painting. Artist reception, 6-8 p.m. Thurs., Aug. 1. Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave. N., 417-4645, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Oct. 25.
John Lysak
A Sense of Reality features the artist’s watercolors and monotypes that attempt to “capture moments of emotion and drama, letting ‘reality’ fade.” First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, 443-3315, lisaharrisgallery.com, Mon.-Sat., 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Through Aug. 31.
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MOHAI Free First ThursDAYS The museum is open late; and, in addition to its permanent collection (artifacts from our civic and maritime history), you can see John Grade’s 65-foot-tall sculpture Wawona (salvaged from the schooner of the same name), plus new exhibits on video games and Seattle’s history at the movies, curated by SW film critic Robert Horton. Museum of History and Industry, 860 Terry Avenue N., 324-1126, mohai.org, Free, First Thursday of every month, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
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Fabrice Monteiro & Jim Naughten The two photographers exhibit separate work from travels around Africa in a show called Signares & Hereros. Monteiro, based in Dakar, makes elegant portraits of the Signares, descendants of Senegalese women who married into French colonial families. Based in the U.K., Naughten focuses on the Hereros, African women who dress in the bright costumes of former German colonial occupiers. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. M.I.A. Gallery, 1203 Second Ave., 467-4927, m-i-a-gallery.com, Sat., 12-5 p.m.; Tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Through Aug. 30.
Colette-Yasi Naraghi She shows black-and-white photography from her travels in Iran. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Zeitgeist Art and Coffee, 171 S. Jackson St., 583-0497, zeitgeistcoffee.com, Aug. 1-Sept. 4.
Tran Nguyen & Jason Wheatley Nguyen shows new work in A Place Procured From Our Yesteryears. Wheatley’e exhibit is called Osmosis. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Roq La Rue, 532 1st Avenue S., 374-8977, roqlarue.com, Weds.-Sat., 1-6 p.m. Through Aug. 31.
Luce Pelletier
Dwell features the Canadian artist’s “hybrid objects” that confront the damage mankind has done to nature and the concept of wilderness. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Ave. S., 622-2833, fosterwhite.com, Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Through Aug. 31.
Anne Petty & Peggy Washburn The two painters show new work. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Linda Hodges Gallery, 316 First Ave. S., 624-3034, lindahodgesgallery.com, Tues.-Sat., 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Aug. 31.
Kristie Rea The Australian artist, known for strong geometric steel and glass work, will take up a brief residency at the museum concluding with a lecture at 2 p.m. Sun., Aug 4. Museum of Glass, 1801 E. Dock St. (Tacoma), 253-284-4750, museumofglass.org, July 31-Aug. 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Will Robinson
Collaborations of Man and Nature features the sculptor’s stonework, inspired by the natural landscape of the Pacific Northwest. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Ave. S., 622-2833, fosterwhite.com, Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Through Aug. 31.
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Paul Rucker From the noted local musician and artist, Recapitulation: Assassin Series is a multimedia work that explore parallels between slavery and our prison-industrial complex. Reference is also made to race and guns, Trayvon Martin supplying much of the subtext. Some materials were shot by Rucker himself at a local gun range. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Gallery4Culture, 101 Prefontaine Place S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 296-7580, 4culture.org, Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Aug. 29.
Jeff Scott & Steve Craft They show new paintings. First Thursday opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Room 104, 306 S. Washington St. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 953-8104, room104gallery.com, Opens Aug. 1, Weds.-Sat., 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Through Sept. 14.
