Bellevue Arts Museum
510 Bellevue Way NE
Bellevue, WA
98004
Tel: 425-519-0770
Fax: 425-637-1799
Hours: tues-sun 11am-5pm, free first fri 11am-8pm
E-mail: info@bellevuearts.org
Web: www.bellevuearts.org

Bellevue Arts Museum is the Pacific Northwest’s center for the exploration of art, craft and design. A leading arts center on the Eastside, BAM celebrates regional, national and international artists working in a broad range of craft media, including ceramics, fiber, metal, wood and glass. The Museum also offers a unique array of free or low-cost educational and community programs such as artist demonstrations, lectures and workshops as well as a variety of engaging and fun hands-on kids' activities. BAM is located in the heart of downtown Bellevue, provides free parking and is wheelchair accessible.

Feb 7-Jun 17 Knitted, Knotted, Twisted & Twined: The Jewelry of Mary Lee Hu; Thru Feb 12 George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher; Mar 1-May 27 Making Mends; Dirk Staschke: Falling Feels a Lot Like Flying; Thru Jun 17 Push Play: The 2012 NCECA Invitational.

Billy King Studio + Showroom

Seattle, WA
98111
Tel: 206-340-8881
Fax:
Hours: by appt
E-mail: billyking50@yahoo.com
Web: www.billyking.com

For more information visit my website www.billyking.com

Celebrating 40+ years of artwork. The new Billy King Mural in Seattle's historic Pike Place Market now completed and on view at the top of Hillclimb stairs.

REPRESENTING: Billy King

Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
University of Washington, 17th Ave NE @ NE 45th
Seattle, WA
98195-3010
Tel: 206-543-5590
Fax: 206-616-1274
Hours: daily 10am-5pm
E-mail: burkepr@uw.edu
Web: www.burkemuseum.org

The Burke Museum is home to world-class collections and research on the cultural and natural heritage of Washington State, the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Rim. Experience the art and technology of the living cultures native to the Americas, the Pacific Islands and Asia. See the mammals, birds, fish, insects, plants, and fossils of our region.

Thru Jun 10 Hungry Planet: What the World Eats, a travelling exhibit that introduces families from 10 countries around the world through photographs of family members at home, at the market, and surrounded by a week’s worth of groceries, additional text and displays explore topics from sustainable farming to cultural survival; Salish Bounty: Traditional Native American Foods of Puget Sound, three-part display connects the museum's research on 5,000 years of tribal diets to current efforts to revitalize Coast Salish food traditions, created in close collaboration between the Burke Museum and local tribal members; Ongoing Life and Times of Washington State, passport through the evolution of Washington's geology, biology and archaeology; Pacific Voices, highlights art, ceremonies and stories of 17 different cultures from around the Pacific.

Canlis Glass Gallery
329-3131 Western Ave
Seattle, WA
98121
Tel: 206-282-4428
Fax: 206-282-4428
Hours: wed-fri 12-6pm sat 11am-3pm and by appt
E-mail: info@canlisglass.com
Web: www.canlisglass.com

Canlis Glass showcases the glass artwork of Jean-Pierre Canlis and is currently focusing on the artist's organic, abstract "Ocean Studies" series, as well as his towering bamboo installations.

Nestled in the Northwest Work Lofts, this 3,500 sq. ft. independent gallery and studio is dedicated to the glass artwork of Jean-Pierre Canlis. The gallery is currently exhibiting Canlis's popular Ocean Studies series, complemented by his large-scale glass bamboo installations.

REPRESENTING: Jean-Pierre Canlis

Davidson Galleries
313 Occidental Ave S
, Pioneer Square
Seattle, WA
98104
Tel: 206-624-7684
Fax: 206-624-4588
Hours: tues-sat 10am-5:30pm
E-mail: info@davidsongalleries.com
Web: www.davidsongalleries.com

Thru Feb 25 Tony Fitzpatrick, "Recent Etchings", small etchings reveal the artist's personal vocabulary of enigmatic symbols; Cooper Edens Drager, "Linearia", paintings - Expressionistic depictions of chairs, vases and airy fields of texture are explored; California as an Island, exhibtion of antique maps.

Foster/White Gallery
220 3rd Ave S
, Pioneer Square
Seattle, WA
98104
Tel: 206-622-2833
Fax: 206-622-7606
Hours: tues-sat 10am-6pm
E-mail: seattle@fosterwhite.com
Web: www.fosterwhite.com

A focus on contemporary paintings, photography, sculpture and glass from some of the most recognized artists in the US and Canada.

Feb 2-25 James Martin, "Poke in the Eye", paintings with whimsical images that float in and out of his mind; Ben Darby, "Kick in the Pants", paintings burst from the canvas in 3-D form bringing his playtime to life; Mar 1-31 Alden Mason, Selected Masterpieces, the gallery honours Mason’s 92 years of curiosity and creativity with paintings from the 1980s to the present; "NCECA Prey/Capture, Table of Content", NCECA celebrates two ceramic exhibitions transforming the gallery into a world of creatures and machines, demonstrating the limitlessness of clay, featuring Beth Cavener Stichter, Shay Church, Alessandro Gallo, Myungjin Kim, Steven Young Lee, Adam Shiverdecker and Evan Blackwell.

REPRESENTING: Guy Anderson, Tony Angell, David Alexander, Stephanie Ashby, Sheri Bakes, Cara Barer, Clare Belfrage, Lloyd Blakely, Evan Blackwell, Bratsa Bonifacho, Tom Burrows, Bobbie Burgers, Kenneth Callahan, Darlene Cole, Allison Collins, John De Wit, Ted Fullerton, Richard Gilkey, Lois Graham, Morris Graves, Eva Isaksen, T.L. Lange, Carmen Lozar, Robert Marchessault, James Martin, Alden Mason, Benjamin Moore, Merrilee Moore, Louise Kikuchi, Will Robinson, Mark Tobey, Casey McGlynn, Jamie Evrard, Mark Rediske, Guy Laramee, Luce Pelletier, Toby Smith, David Schwartz, Andre Petterson

Frye Art Museum
704 Terry Ave
Seattle, WA
98104
Tel: 206-622-9250
Fax: 206-223-1707
Hours: tues-sun 11am-5pm thurs 11am-7pm. Admission is free
E-mail: info@fryemuseum.org
Web: www.fryemuseum.org

Located on Seattle’s First Hill, the Frye Art Museum showcases works from the Frye Founding Collection of late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century European paintings and notable exhibitions of works by internationally renowned and emerging artists.

Feb 18-Apr 8 Li Chen: Eternity and Commoner, monumental figurative sculptures informed by a mixture of Buddhist philosophy and contemporary art practices; Feb 18-Apr 15 Susie J. Lee: Of Breath and Rain, Lee uses a range of new media tools to explore the sensory richness of human existence.

G. Gibson Gallery
300 S Washington St
Seattle, WA
98104
Tel: 206-587-4033
Fax: 206-587-5751
Hours: wed-sat 11am-5pm and tues by appt
E-mail: gail@ggibsongallery.com
Web: www.ggibsongallery.com

The G. Gibson Gallery opened in 1991 and exhibits paintings, contemporary constructed works and specializes in mid-20th century and contemporary fine art photography.

Thru Feb 18 Looking Forward - Looking Back: 20th Century Photographs; Mar 1-Apr 14 Gala Bent, "Geology of Longing"; Saya Moriyasu, "Folly".

REPRESENTING: Berenice Abbott, Thomas Allen, Gala Bent, Ruth Bernhard, Francesca Berrini, Julie Blackmon, Nealy Blau, Michael Brophy, Larry Calkins, Keith Carter, Diem Chau, William Christenberry, Imogen Cunningham, Faryn Davis, Walker Evans, Maija Fiebig, Justin Gibbens, Eirik Johnson, Michael Kenna, Doug Keyes, Heidi Kirkpatrick, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Rachel Maxi, Laura McPhee, Andrea Modica, Saya Moriyasu, Wright Morris, Lori Nix, Beverly Rayner, Jonah Samson, Susan Seubert, Gary Taxali, Mark Thompson, Thuy-Van Vu, JoAnn Verburg, Ron van Dongen, Eva Skold Westerlind, Grace Weston, Marion Post Wolcott

Gallery 110
110 3rd Ave S
Seattle, WA
98104
Tel: 206-624-9336
Fax:
Hours: wed-sat 12-5pm
E-mail: director@gallery110.com
Web: www.gallery110.com

Gallery 110’s mission is to provide dynamic opportunities to established and emerging professional artists in an environment that encourages creative expression, experimentation and collaboration.  As a nonprofit organization, the gallery fosters artistic and professional connections between its associated artists and the arts community at large through creative dialogue, the presentation of challenging and enriching curated exhibitions, public opportunities and collaborative projects. Established in 2002, Gallery 110 presents contemporary art in a wide variety of media.  We aspire to present fresh, challenging exhibitions and opportunities of the highest professional caliber while actively engaging and networking with the community at large.  On-site exhibitions change monthly with  public openings held during First Thursday Artwalk every month and consist of solo, group and/or thematic shows.  The range of genre represented by Gallery 110 artists offers a broad palette of thought, approach and media, promoting dialogue and reflection.

Feb 2-25 Michael Carl, Suzanne DeCuir, Joseph DiBella, Elizabeth Doherty, Richard Elaver, Julie Gaskill, Karen Hackenberg, Alex Ho, Allison Hyde, Delbert Jackson, Tom Kirkendall, Yvonne Kunz, John Melvin, Daphne Minkoff, Stacey Neumiller, Patricia O’Connor, Jenny Riffle, Peter Serko, Naomi Smith, Claire Taylor, Patrick Williams, Carletta Carrington Wilson and Angela Young, "Annual International Juried Exhibition", works that reflect upon the times in which we live, juried by Nora Atkinson, curator at the Bellevue Arts Museum; Mar 1-31 Main Gallery Jane Kelsey-Mapel, sculptor and Becky Frehse, painter, "ReConfigured", assemblage sculptures that reflect the duality inherent in their collaboration process as well as the metaphorical notion of 'reinventing' or 'repurposing' one’s identity at various states of the aging process; Mar 26-31 Front Window Eva Funderburgh, ceramic beast; Mar 1-31 Small Space Monika Dalkin, "Journey, Milestones, Balance", multi-media artist working primarily in clay, investigates emotions and realizations. Using a vessel form Dalkin reflects on the idea of being a receptacle for both holding on and letting go, the paired garment pieces and little suitcases are reminiscent of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island and moving along.

REPRESENTING: Susan Arthur, Sarah Dillon, Mistie Erickson, Alexander Gjurasic, Robin Harlow, David A. Haughton, Holly Ives, Susanne Kelly, Jenny Kemp, Joan Kimura, Molly Magai, Ann Maki, Gordon Nealy, Maylee Noah, Amy Oates, Rosemary Powelson, Jason Sobottka, Li Turner, Elissa Voland, Paula Whelan, Ellen Wixted and Tomoko Yoshitake.

Gallery One
408 N Pearl St
Ellensburg, WA
98926
Tel: 509-925-2670
Fax:
Hours: mon-fri 11am-5pm sat 11am-4pm sun 12-4pm
E-mail: director@gallery-one.org
Web: www.gallery-one.org

Gallery One Visual Arts Center is a nonprofit organization that relies on community involvement and donations to keep its doors open. In addition to rotating exhibits of contemporary art, Gallery one offers a variety of quarterly classes, an art after school program, a gift store featuring regional artisans, a full ceramics studio available for rent and classes, inexpensive studio spaces for artists and facility rentals for the community.

Thru Feb 26 Main Gallery and Mezzanine Jane Orleman, A Moment of Forever, recent murals; Eveleth Green Gallery Jane Orleman, Looking In, Looking Out, works from the 1970s; Mar 2-Apr 2 Main Gallery ArtStream Artists Show; Mezzanine Kittitas Valley Ceramic Artists; Eveleth Green Gallery CWU Art Department Ceramics, curated by Stephen Robison.

Greg Kucera Gallery
212 3rd Ave S
Seattle, WA
98104
Tel: 206-624-0770
Fax:
Hours: tues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm
E-mail: staff@gregkucera.com
Web: www.gregkucera.com

Thru Feb 18 Sean McFarland, "New Work"; Recent Selections from ULAE; Feb 23-Mar 31 Ben Waterman, sculpture and paintings; Tim Roda, small photographs.

Henry Art Gallery (2 ctns)
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
98195-1410
Tel: 206-543-2281
Fax: 206-685-3123
Hours: wed 11am-4pm thurs-fri 11am-9pm sat-sun 11am-4pm. Admission: adults $10, seniors (62 and older) $6, members, children under 14, UW students, faculty, staff, high school and college students with ID free, thurs 11am-8pm free
E-mail: info@henryart.org
Web: www.henryart.org

Hailed as the Northwest's premier contemporary art venue, we bring challenging, thought-provoking visual art exhibitions with innovative programming to the region.

Thru Mar 4 Material and Document: Experiments in Photography during the 1970s; Thru Apr 1 Sopheap Pich: Compound; Feb 11-May 6 Wolfgang Laib and Winslow Homer, "Pollen and Paint: Laib, Homer, and the Natural World"; Flashback; Feb 11-May 16 Around the Bend and Over the Edge: Seattle Ceramics 1964-1977; Mar 3-Jun 30 Morning Serial: Webcomics Come to the Table; Mar 10-Jun 17 From Public to Private: The Evolution of Portrait Photography in Everyday American Life (1850-1900); Mar 31-Sep 16 Gary Hill: glossodelic attractors; Mezzanine Thru Feb 12 Wolfgang Tillmans; Thru Feb 19 Erwin Wurm, "Test Site: How to Make a One Minute Sculpture".

Lisa Harris Gallery
1922 Pike Place
Seattle, WA
98101
Tel: 206-443-3315
Fax: 206-728-6294
Hours: mon-sat 10:30am-5:30pm sun 11am-4pm, first thurs Mar
E-mail: staff@lisaharrisgallery.com
Web: www.lisaharrisgallery.com

Occupying a view loft in Seattle's historic Pike Place Market, the Lisa Harris Gallery features paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture by contemporary West Coast artists.

Thru Feb 26 Thomas Wood: Intaglio Prints 1998-2012, a retrospective of myths, parables and legends wherein humans and animals resonate as well as timeless depictions of the Northwest landscape. A catalogue was produced for a show in 1998, a follow-up catalogue chronicling the works since 1998 accompanies the current exhibition; Mar 1-Apr 1 Joel Brock, "Recent Paintings and Drawings", mixed-media architecture, still life and landscape native to Skagit Valley, WA; Dane Youngren, "Remnants", ceramics - sculptures and drawings that reference architecture devoid of life and human existence.

REPRESENTING: Mitchell Abala, Kathryn Betzing Altus, Joel Brock, John Cole, Peter De Lory, Rachel Foreman, Michael Greenspan, Christopher Harris, Richard Hutter, Victoria Johnson, Ed Kamuda, Karen Kosoglad, Sherry Karver, Kent Lovelace, John Lysak, John McCormick, Richard Morhous, Linda Jo Nazarenus, Royal Nebeker, Gary Nisbet, Kim Osgood, Lois Silver, David Simpson, Chang-Ae Song, Emily Wood, Jerry Wingren, Thomas Wood, Thomas Workman

Museum of Glass
1801 Dock St
Tacoma, WA
98402
Tel: 253-284-4750
Fax: 253-396-1769
Hours: Spring Hours: wed-sat 10am-5pm sun 12-5pm 3rd thurs 10am-8pm (free admission 5-8pm). Admission: free for members, $12 adults, $10 seniors, military and students (13+ with ID), $10 groups of 10+, $5 children (6-12 yrs), children under 6 free, admission is free every 3rd thurs from 5-8pm
E-mail: info@museumofglass.org
Web: www.museumofglass.org

The Museum of Glass provides a dynamic learning environment to appreciate the medium of glass through creative experiences, collections and exhibitions. For information: 1-866-4MUSEUM. See artists create in the Hot Shop. Enjoy contemporary art in the galleries and outdoor plazas. Walk across the Chihuly Bridge of Glass.

Thru Mar 11 Glimmering Gone: Ingalena Klenell and Beth Lipman; Thru Apr 29 Mildred Howard, "Parenthetically Speaking: It’s Only a Figure of Speech"; Thru Jun 10 Gathering: John Miller and Friends; Thru Jun 17 Beauty Beyond Nature: The Glass Art of Paul Stankard; Ongoing Main Plaza Reflecting Pool Martin Blank: Fluent Steps, monumental glass sculpture spans the entire length of the 210 ft-long reflecting pool and rises from water level to 15 ft in height; Cappy Thompson, "Gathering the Light", installation of reverse-painted stories on glass in the grisaille technique of gray-tonal painting used for stained glass since the Middle Ages.

REPRESENTING: Mildred Howard, Peter Serko, Martin Blank, Ingalena Klenell, Beth Lipman, Cappy Thompson, John Miller, Paul Stankard

Museum of Northwest Art
121 S First St
La Conner, WA
98257
Tel: 360-466-4446
Fax: 360-466-7431
Hours: Galleries and museum store: sun-mon 12-5pm tues-sat 10am-5pm. Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors, $2 students, members and youth under 12 free
E-mail: marketing@museumofnwart.org
Web: www.museumofnwart.org

Thru Mar 14 Yesterday's Tomorrow, artworks blend past and future in a variety of mediums to humourous, sociological and fantastical effect; Study in Blue from the Permanent Collection, selection of artworks focuses on the use of the colour blue, reflecting artists' relationships with the water and sky of the Northwest.

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
2316 W First Ave
Spokane, WA
99201
Tel: 24-hr hotline: 509-456-3931
Fax: 509-363-5303
Hours: first fri 5-8pm, second fri 6-8pm BeGin, by donation. Museum store, Cafe MAC, Campbell House: wed-sat 10am-5pm Admission: adults $7, seniors/students $5, MAC members no charge. Campbell House Tours: included in admission price
E-mail: themac@northwestmuseum.org
Web: www.northwestmuseum.org

Five different galleries, museum store, Cafe MAC, Joel E Ferris Research Library and Archives (open Wed-Fri, noon - 4), historic Campbell House (1898). Unique Museum campus with varied sculptures.

Feb 4-Sep 22 Dig It! The Secrets of Soil, travelling exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History; fine art and history exhibits from the MAC's permanent collections; Thru Feb 25 "Seeing Impressionism: Europe, America and the Northwest", works by French Impressionists include Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro, American artists include Wm. Glackens and Maurice Prendergast; Thru 2014 Lasting Heritage, the most expansive American Indian installation to date at the MAC; Ongoing Campbell House (1898), hourly tours wed-sat 12-3pm and Carriage House Activity Center.

Platform Gallery
114 Third Ave S
Seattle, WA
98104
Tel: 206-323-2808
Fax:
Hours: wed-fri 11am-5:30pm sat 11am-5pm
E-mail: info@platformgallery.com
Web: www.platformgallery.com

Thru Feb 11 Suzanne Opton, "Soldier/Many Wars", photographs of American soldiers close up, laying their heads before the camera and portraits of veterans from American wars over the past 70 years; Feb 16-Mar 17 Ariana Page Russell and Jesse Burke, "New Photographs"; Mar 22-Apr 28 Lauren Grossman, "New Work".

Port Angeles Fine Arts Center
1203 E Lauridsen Blvd
Port Angeles, WA
98362
Tel: 360-457-3532
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Hours: Mar-Oct: wed-sun 11am-5pm, Nov-Feb: wed-sun 10am-4pm. Webster's Woods Art Park: open all daylight hours. Admission is free
E-mail: pafac@olypen.com
Web: www.pafac.org

Hilltop aerie surrounded by 5-acre art park is a treasure-box of discoveries wherein provocative contemporary Northwest art is surrounded by a frame of sublime nature.

Thru Mar 10 Ghost Stories: Erik Sandgren’s Mythic Landscapes, paintings of the Northwest landscape with sensitivity to myth and origins using the palimpsest as both technique and philosophy, Sandgren brings traces of the aboriginal past to the highly textured surfaces; Opens Mar 18 Strait Art 2012, annual survey of artists from Juan de Fuca country; Ongoing "Art Outside", 12th season of enchanting Webster’s Woods Art Park, one of the most distinctive outdoor art experiences in the Northwest, more than 100 works on five acres, artists include Shirley Wiebe, Nicole Dextras, Peter Richards, Buster Simpson, Carolyn Law, Ann Morris, Rebecca Cummins, Jyoti Duwadi, Ingrid Lahti, Carolyn Law, David Nechak and many more.

Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan Studios
312 S. Washington, Studio 1A
Seattle, WA
98144
Tel: 206-328-2200
Fax:
Hours: wed-sat 12-5pm, 1st thurs 5-8pm and by appt
E-mail: jcuster@pratt.org
Web: www.pratt.org

The Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan Studios showcases the artwork of its instructors, students and renters, demonstrating the quality, strength and range of talent that is cultivated and made possible by programs offered at Pratt Fine Arts Center.

Feb 2-25 Lisa Geertsen: Show of Hearts, hand-forged metal sculptures based on the human heart's role in our lives and language, annual exhibit of Geertsen's personal 'heart project'; Mar 1-31 Susan Balshor, Nancy Blair, Granite Calimpong, Patricia Haase, Judy Hill, Jessi Li, Julie Lindell, Carol Milne, Crista Matteson and Sue Rose, "Earth & Fire: Materials and Methods Exhibition", works in clay and glass.

Prographica/fine works on paper
3419 E Denny Way
Seattle, WA
98122
Tel: 206-322-3851
Fax:
Hours: wed-sat 11am-5pm
E-mail: info@prographicadrawings.com
Web: www.prographicadrawings.com

Prographica/fine works on paper opened in December 2010. The gallery specializes in contemporary drawing, photography, and other work on paper. The artists featured include some in the early stages of their careers and others with substantial work histories. The art ranges from straightforward traditional realism to abstraction. Prographica’s exhibition model is similar to that of a repertory theatre wherein the work of gallery and invited artists is showcased in rotating thematic exhibitions. Norman Lundin, the gallery director, is a respected painter and Professor of Art Emeritus at the University of Washington.

Thru Mar 3 "Landscape Part I: Urban and Rural", featuring Kimberly Clark, Michael Howard, Carolyn Krieg and Robert Schlegel; Mar 10-Apr 14 "Landscape Part II: Urban and Rural", featuring Fred Birchman, Philip Govedare, Susan Wides and Andrew Yates.

Seattle Art Museum (2 ctns)
1300 First Ave
Seattle, WA
98101-2003
Tel: 206-654-3100
Fax: 206-654-3135
Hours: SAM hours: wed-sun 10am-5pm, thurs & fri 10am-9pm. Suggested admission: adults $15, seniors (62 and over) and military (with ID) $12, students $9, children 12 & under free, SAM members free. Olympic Sculpture Park (2901 Western Ave) hours: open daily, opens 30 min prior to sunrise, closes 30 min after sunset. Free to the public
E-mail: webmaster@seattleartmuseum.org
Web: www.seattleartmuseum.org

One museum in three locations: SAM Downtown, Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park, and the Olympic Sculpture Park on the downtown waterfront. Collection includes some 25,000 objects, primarily Asian, African, Northwest Coast Native American, modern art and European painting and decorative arts. The Volunteer Park building houses the majority of the Asian art collection.

Feb 9-Apr 29 Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise, the complex relationship between Paul Gauguin’s work and the art and culture of Polynesia, SAM is the only U.S. stop; Thru Apr 22 Adrian Paci: Video Work, select productions dating from 1997–2007, including a work that brought the artist to the forefront of the contemporary art world; Thru Jun 17 SAM Next: Mika Tajima, "After the Martini Shot", dynamic, architectural installation that explores the structure and language of painting as well as complicates the institutional history of displaying objects in a gallery; Thru Jul 1 Picturing the Artist, photographic portraits of and by some of the 20th century's most important and celebrated artists including painters, sculptors, writers, dancers and photographers; Theaster Gates: The Listening Room, explores the ways history, place and performance intersect, recipient of the 2011–12 Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Fellowship; Thru Oct 1 Jenny Heishman: 2011 Betty Bowen Award Winner, approachable objects created through the use and alteration of everyday materials that elicit misunderstanding and require a shift in perspective; Thru Oct 21 Order and Border, visual analysis of how stripes decorate and structure objects, bodies and spaces; Ongoing Light in the Darkness, six paintings in the European art galleries on the theme of luminescence; "Burden of History", paintings by Anselm Kiefer, Elizabeth Murray and Rashid Johnson and sculptures by Do Ho Suh, Katharina Fritsch and Jeff Koons; American Art in the 1930s and 1940s, a glimpse of the creative forces that made the Seattle art scene so distinctive in these years; Olympic Sculpture Park, 2901 Western Ave Ongoing More than 20 sculptures on 9 acres including Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Mark Dion, Mark Di Suvero, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy McMakin, Richard Serra and Tony Smith; Thru Mar 4 Trenton Doyle Hancock, "A Better Promise", site-specific, immersive installation telling his dramatic story through text and images including wall drawings and some sculptural elements.

Seattle Asian Art Museum
1400 E Prospect St
, Volunteer Park
Seattle, WA
98101-2003
Tel: 206-654-3100
Fax: 206-654-3135
Hours: wed-sun 10am-5pm thurs 10am-9pm. Suggested admission: adults $7, seniors (62 and over), students and military $5, children 12 & under free, SAM members free. First Thurs free admission. First Fri seniors free. First Sat families free
E-mail: webmaster@seattleartmuseum.org
Web: www.seattleartmuseum.org

The Seattle Asian Art Museum: 1933 art deco structure in Volunteer Park, designed by the Seattle architect Carl Gould.

Thru Feb 12 Live Long and Prosper: Auspicious Motifs in East Asian Art, work from the Chinese, Japanese and Korean collections include paintings, lacquerware, jade, textiles and porcelain; Looking West, Finding East, modern Japanese prints from the 1950s and 60s with sculptures and paintings by Northwest masters; Thru Feb 19 Painting Seattle: Kamekichi Tokita and Kenjiro Nomura, featured works by two painters known in 1930s Seattle for their American realist style of landscape painting and who shared the cultural legacy of Japan and the active cultural life of Seattle’s Japantown; Mar 15-Aug 5 Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats, highlights robes rich in colour bound by multifaceted processes, Central Asian influence, sharp graphic designs of rigorous abstraction, delicate harmonies and flowing floral motifs; Ongoing Artful Reproductions, pairs and sets of similar art objects that are a result of the Chinese 'modular' mode of productivity.

Seattle Convention Centre (2 ctns)
701 Pine St, Suite 800
Seattle, WA

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Shift Studio
105-306 S Washington St
, Tashiro Kaplan Bldg
Seattle, WA
98104
Tel:
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Hours: fri & sat 12-5pm or by appt
E-mail: info@shiftstudio.org
Web: www.shiftstudio.org

Shift is a collaborative gallery that was established in 2004 as an artist-run space with the primary goal of supporting emergent, practicing, Northwest area artists.

Feb 2-25 (re)shift, each member of Shift will invite one artist, someone not part of the collective, to explore the theme 'shift', featuring a variety of media by local, regional and international artists, shifting the focus of the collective to showcasing the work by others; Mar 1-31 Sharon Birzer, "Folio", series of woodblock monoprints/paintings and drawings inspired by observations of nature; Yun Hong Chang, "Memory", series of delicate sculptures created with porcelain, hair, fabric and thread to visualize the fragility of memories and emotions.

REPRESENTING: Sharon Birzer, Kamla Kakaria, Paula Stokes, Yun Hong Chang, Jo Moniz, Ellen Hochberg, Daya Bonnie Astor, Adele Eustis, Kerstin Graudins, Susan Gans, Cass Nevada, Romson Regarde Bustillo, Ted Hiebert, David Traylor, Patrice M Donohue and Eric Mead.

SPAC Gallery, Seattle Pacific University
3 W Cremona
Seattle, WA
98119
Tel: 206-281-2079
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Hours: mon-fri 9am-5pm
E-mail:
Web: www.spu.edu/depts/viscom/page/ community/cgallery.asp

The SPAC Gallery, affiliated with Seattle Pacific University, features work by contemporary artists and SPU students. Admission is free and visitors are welcome.

Thru Feb 17 Spellbound: The Art of Jang Lee, fine artist and Disney animator Lee shares his love of visual storytelling through animation concept sketches and traditional Chinese watercolours; Feb 24-Mar 16 Being/Becoming, juried show of student work on themes of eternity and transformation; Mar 26-Apr 20 Senior thesis shows.