Openings & Events
Renee Adams and Justin Gibbens Based in Thorp, the two artists consider Darwin, evolution, and the natural world in their combined show Are we not drawn onward to new erA (note the palindrome). Their paintings were also inspired by a recent trip to the Galapagos Islands. First Thursday opening reception, 5-8 p.m. Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Place S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 621-1945, punchgallery.org, Opens April 4, Thurs.-Sat., 12-5 p.m. Through April 27.
April Show In the Sub-T Room: Photography from Mike Monaghan and Easton Richmond; upstairs, featured artists in a range of media. Note 6-10 p.m. opening reception Sat., April 6. Art/Not Terminal Gallery, 2045 Westlake Ave., 233-0680, antgallery.org, Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 12-6 p.m. Through April 28.
Art with Heart Hosted by Philanthro Seattle, this silent auction features live music and painting and the work of up and coming local artists for purchase. The proceeds will go to projects that nurture the creativity of traumatized children. Vermillion, 1508 11th Ave., 709-9797, vermillionseattle.com, $5, Sun., April 7, 6-9 p.m.
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BAM’s Free First Friday Strapped for cash? BAM offers free admission every first Friday of the month. Here’s your chance to check out the museum’s current shows, Love Me Tender and Maneki Neko: Japan’s Beckoning Cats–From Talisman to Pop Icon. 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.
Bolinger & Burgert Respectively, New Work features the artist’s colorful, geometric patterns, and Monochrome examines structure, grids, and singular color. Anna McKee’s Ice Structures monoprints on view on the Upstairs Gallery. Note opening reception 2-4 p.m. Sun., April 7. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave. N., 782-0355, sedersgallery.com, Opens April 7, Sun., 1-5 p.m.; Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through May 5.
Alison Braun This photographic show features images of the Los Angeles punk rock scene from 1981-1990. Note 5-9 p.m. First Thursday opening. Weekday hours by appointment. Design Commission Gallery, 121 Prefontaine Place S., 223-7709, designcommission.com, Thu., April 4, 5-9 p.m.
David Byrd In Introduction: A Life of Observation, the 86-year-old New York–who has never before shown his work in a gallery–presents selections of his life’s work. He paints landscapes and scenes from everyday life; more introspective subjects include solitary craftspeople, hospital patients loitering in corridors, and a man leaps to his death in Suicide. First Thursday opening reception, 6-8 p.m. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave. S., 624-0770, gregkucera.com, Opens April 4, Tues.-Sat., 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Through May 18.
Shaun Doll & Bill Whipple
Library and Relatively Recent Work show the two artists’ mixed-media, totemic sculpture. Note 5-8 p.m. First Thursday opening. Room 104, 306 S. Washington St. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 953-8104, room104gallery.com, Opens April 4, Weds.-Sat., 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Through May 11.
Ron Ehrlich Bold, mythic horses, thick paint, and glazed finishes dominate his Drunken Horses series. First Thursday reception, 5-8 p.m. Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, 1210 2nd Ave., 628-9501, Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sun., 12-5 p.m. Through April 25.
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Fremont Art Walk 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 Luciana Almeida, Cynthia Linet, Alex Ramsey, and Linda Wilcox show pieces in ink and watercolor, oil on canvas, cinematic photography, and mixed media. Note 6-8 p.m. First Saturday reception. Local Color, 1606 Pike Place, 285-2014, localcolorseattle.com, Opens April 6, Sat., 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Mon.-Thurs., Sun., 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Through April 30.
Julia Haack
New Work is her collection of geometric sculpture, paper works, and wall constructions painted on salvaged wood. Note 6-8 p.m. First Thursday opening. Zeitgeist Art and Coffee, 171 S. Jackson St., 583-0497, zeitgeistcoffee.com, Opens April 4, Mon.-Fri., 6 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat., 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; First Sunday of every month, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Through May 2.
HiiH Lights Husband and wife team HiiH Lights presents Indigo, their collection of lighted sculptures inspired by the culture of the hill tribes in Northwest Vietnam. Note First Thursday opening reception 5-8 p.m. April 4. ArtXchange, 512 First Ave. S., 839-0377, artxchange.org, Tues.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Through April 27.
Matthew Hilger The photographic images in Buffalo, buffalo explore the surface and covert nature of things. Also showing in the e4c storefront window: Thom Heileson’s Yr (For seasons), a video assembled from a year’s worth of photographs outside the artist’s previous home in Washington, DC. Note 6-8 p.m. First Thursday opening. Gallery4Culture, 101 Prefontaine Place S., 296-7580, 4culture.org, Opens April 4, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Through April 26.
Kent Lovelace
Occitania are his oil works on copper, inspired by the landscapes and age-old techniques of the eponymous region in Southern France. Note 6-8 p.m. First Thursday reception. Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, 443-3315, lisaharrisgallery.com, Opens April 4, Mon.-Sat., 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Through April 29.
Casey McGlynn In Hang Loose, he explores the familiar hand sign he and his father, now passed, shared, a signal that reminds him to “let go of preconceptions, old paradigms and the things that stiffen me up.” Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Ave. S., 622-2833, fosterwhite.com, Opens April 4, Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Through April 30.
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MOHAI Free First Thurs. 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). 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.
One in a Million With One Million Bones and Students Rebuild, a collaborative project of the Bezos Family Foundation, this community arts initiative invites participants to create a “bone” in a bone-making workshop, in recognition of humanitarian crises. Note 5:30-8 p.m. First Thursday opening reception. Olson Kundig Architects, 159 S. Jackson St., 624-5670, olsonkundigarchitects.com, Opens April 4, Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Through April 28.
Out of the Silence, An Exhibit to End LGBTQ Bullying This calligraphic art exhibit that “celebrates diversity, love, and understanding” features the donated work of 39 calligraphers from across the U.S. and Canada that address the issues. Note 5-7:30 p.m. opening reception Tues., April 9. Through May 31. William H. Gates Hall, UW School of Law, UW campus, 543-4551, law.washington.edu, Opens April 9, Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Through May 31.
Karen Rieger In Flourish, she uses color as a sign of sensuality, influenced by the works of Klimt, Matisse and Modigliani; the paintings in Jim Matthew’s concurrent show, Between the Lines, express a need to connect with the “random ebb and flow of the world around us.” Note opening reception 5-7 p.m. Sat., April 6. Fountainhead Gallery, 625 W. McGraw St., 285-4467, fountainheadgallery.com, Opens April 4, Thurs., Fri., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., Sun., 12-5 p.m. Through April 28.
Stephen Rock He shows pieces from two bodies of work: acrylic paintings inspired by a trip to Paris, and digital collages based on deconstructed newspaper components. First Thursday reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Jeffrey Moose Gallery, 1333 Fifth Ave., 467-6951, jeffreymoosegallery.com, Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sat., 12:30-5 p.m. Through June 15.
Spinning Yarns: Photographic Storytellers
Yarns collects the work of 23 photographic storytellers. Note exhibiting artist Grace Weston’s artist lecture, The Lie That Tells the Truth, 6:30 p.m., and artists’ reception 6-8 p.m. Thurs., April 11. Photo Center NW, 900 12th Ave., 720-7222, pcnw.org, Lecture Tickets $8-$10, Opens April 4, Mon.-Thurs., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sun., 12-8 p.m. Through May 28.
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Henry Open House Explore the museum’s current exhibits with drinks, food, live music, and more. Henry Art Gallery, 4100 15th Ave. N.E., 543-2280, henryart.org, $10-$15, Fri., April 5, 5-10 p.m.
Dirk Staschke In Sated, Staschke shows his surrealist ceramic sculptures. Also on view: Tony Scherman’s portraits of solemn, brooding subjects and still lifes of flowers and foliage. Opening reception 5:30-7:30 p.m., Tues. April 9. Winston Wachter Fine Art, 203 Dexter Ave. N., 652-5855, winstonwachter.com, Opens April 9, Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Through May 17.
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Wallingford Art Walk Participating venues include Stu Stu Studios, Fuel Coffee, Julia’s Restaurant, and Oasis Art Gallery. See wallingfordartwalk.org First Wednesday of every month, 6-9 p.m.
