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420 LOFT Art Gallery, 420 N. Pearl in Ellensburg, opens from 5-7pm during the Ellensburg First Friday Art Walk with “Richard Elliot: Meditative Line.” The exhibit examines the early and late paintings and prints of Richard Elliot, widely regarded for his reflector works in the 80’s and 90’s. The show runs through May 31.

Whatcom County students will display their works of art during the 13^th annual Children’s Art Walk presented by Allied Arts of Whatcom County. On Friday May 3 from 6 to 9 pm, art lovers can stroll through downtown Bellingham and see children’s creative expressions displayed in store windows, hear live youth musical performances, and participate in special offerings at The Whatcom Museum’s Lightcatcher building and Mount Baker Theater. The Allied Arts Gallery exhibit will feature professional work by Allied Arts Teaching Artists in Whatcom County. Art will stay on display through May 31 in honor of the state wide Arts Education Month.

“The Harmony of Silence” opens from 6-9pm at the Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial, during the Anacortes Art Walk. The artists mine the expressive potential of quiet restraint, using white as both ground and palette in a variety of media: textile, porcelain, oil paint and twine.

Ornamental Arts Gallery, 13805 Smokey Point Blvd. Suite 105 in Marysville, will feature Winston Rockwell, photographer, in a reception on Friday, May 3, from 4-7pm. Rockwell’s photography has been published in Life Images, National Geographic, numerous calendar and postcard companies as well as galleries locally and internationally. Winston’s photography is primarily landscape and micro-environment subjects printed onto canvas. Live music this month will be two members of the Campbell Road Celtic music group, Jessamyn Tuttle and Jon Nauert. Visit the website for more details at OrnamentalArtsGallery.com. Shown at the left: Shades of Evening.

Pottery Northwest  presents "Coloring Outside the LInes," a solo exhibition of work by Meg Murch. The show will run from May 3 through May 24, 2013 in the Gallery of Pottery Northwest’s historic home at 226 First Avenue North (between Thomas and John), just one block south of the Key Arena at the Seattle Center. The opening reception is May 3  from 6-8:30pm and features a talk by the artist at 7pm.

Roby King Galleries, 176 Winslow Way, opens from 6-8pm during the Bainbridge Art Walk with “Storytellers,” featuring Brian Fisher and Martha Brouwer. Fisher derives his imagery from Greek mythology, and Brouwer’s images are guided by birds, fish and human figures.

Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial,  presents new pastels by Lopez Island artist, Steve Hill. He brings  a selection of landscapes from our region. Also showing are color photographs by Randy Dana, a collaborative theme of oils by Dederick Ward and photographs by poet, Jane Alynn, oils by Anne Belov and acrylics by Cynthia Richardson. The opening reception with many of the artists is Friday, May 3 from 6-9 pm during the Anacortes Art Walk. Shown: Marking Time and Pushing 100 by Steve Hill.

“Isnia, Symbols of Nature & Man: A Journey of 40,000 Years” is on view through May 24 at The Island Gallery, 400 Winslow on Bainbridge Island. The reception during the Bainbridge Art Walk  features Peter Spencer & Friends in concert. A reception for the artists takes place May 10 from 6—8pm. Currently in exhibition at the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., the artists will travel across the country to visit Bainbridge Island for an adjunct showing of their major works. (The D.C. exhibit, Out of Southeast Asia: Art that Sustains, opened Friday, April 12th and runs through October 13th.)

Scott Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, presents new acrylic paintings by Jennifer Bowman in a reception during the Anacortes Art Walk on First Friday from 6-9pm. ! Also showing are photographs by Randy Dana, Dick Garvey and Lewis Jones, fused glass by Robin Larson, pastels by Amanda Houston and acrylics by Joel Brock. The show runs through January 29. Shown: Mystic Forest.

Fidalgo Island Fiber Art , 713 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes,is the studio of Dolly J. Hein who weaves large, room size area rugs and uses the same fibers woven in her rugs throughout different elements in a room setting. She will be open for the Anacortes Christmas Art Walk on Friday, December 7 from 6 to 9pm. and will  feature her “Holiday Collection.”

Thirty-five artists turn their focus to the nuttiness and fruitiness of the season at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way, through December 31 in a show called “Fruitcake.” The opening is during the Bainbridge Art Walk from 6-8pm. Shown at the right: Dana Ziesemer, Spiraling.

On view through December 29 at the Roby King Galleries, 176 Winslow Way on Bainbridge Island, is their “Annual Holiday Small Works Invitational Exhibition.” The show opens during the art walk from 6-8pm.

Scott-Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes,  presents new acrylic paintings by Jennifer Bowman, with a painting demonstration during the art walk on Friday, Dec. 7. Also showing are photographs by Randy Dana, Dick Garvey and Lewis Jones, fused glass by Robin Larson, oils and pastels by Amanda Houston and pastels and acrylics by Joel Brock. The opening reception with many of the artists is from 6-9 pm during the Anacortes Art Walk. Shown at the left: Knee Deep by Jennifer Bowman.

The Island Gallery, 400 Winslow Way on Bainbridge Island, opens from 6-8pm with their “7th Annual Wearable Art Show.” On view through December 31, the show features jewelry, clothing and textile creations.

Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, opens from 6-9pm with a show called “Shelter.” It brings together visual artists, architects, designers, videographers, and photographers to address the physical, spiritual and emotional connections to the walls we build between ourselves and the world and the ways identity can be formed by these constructs. The show runs through September 16.

Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way, showcases textile artists with “Streaming: Textile Artists Think About Water.” in a reception during the Bainbridge Art Walk from 5-8pm.  The group show includes Deborah Babin, Linda McFarland, Kimberly Morris, Pamela Mostek, Carol Roi Olsen, Lynnette Sandbloom, and Dana Ziesemer. On August 4 at 12:30pm, Deborah Babin will demonstrate her techniques for turning fabric into collage. Shown at the left: Nautilus by Deborah Babin.

The Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly in Bellingham, is showing the abstract work of Tim Alexander through September 4. The opening reception is from 6-9pm.

“Faces and Places,” a solo exhibition featuring the work of Pam Ingalls, is on view at the Roby King Galleries, 176 Winslow Way E. on Bainbridge Island, through September 1. The reception for the artist is from 6-8pm.

Scott-Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, welcomes back to the gallery, oils by Diane Ainsworth of Port Townsend. Also showing are oils by Jeanne Levasseur, color photographs by Lewis Jones, pastels by Sandy Byers and oils by James Moore. The opening reception for the artists is from 6-9pm, in conjunction with opening night of the Anacortes Arts Festival. Shown at the left: Lilly Pad Abstract by Diane Ainsworth.

The Island Gallery, 400 Winslow Way E. on Bainbridge Island, is showcasing the work of Jenny Andersen and Steve Sauer in “Fire and Imagination: Sculptures of the Earth” through August 31. A reception for the artists is from 6-8pm. Shown at the right: Spirit Bird Feasting at the End of the World by Jenny Andersen.

Allied Arts of Whatcom County, 1418 Cornwall in Bellingham, kicks off the 2012 Juried Artist Series from 6-9pm during the Bellingham Art Walk. Showing is “Contrast & Harmony” featuring work from Deb Steinkamp, Richard Nevels, Chris Murphy, Jonelle Johnson and John D’OnofrioThe show runs through June 28.

Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, is showing “extended outlook” as a group of artists take on the weather locally and globally as they reveal how weather shapes the planet. The opening reception is from 6-9pm during the Anacortes Art Walk.

Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way, opens during the Bainbridge Art Walk from 6-8pm with Tracy Lang’s digital images on fabrics and prints using giant-sized woodblocks. Also on view is “Island Garden,” an exhibit featuring artists who find inspiration in the patterns and palettes of the garden. Both shows run through July 1. Shown at the right: Terry Siebert, Lobelia Tupa Bowl.

Gasworks Gallery, 3815 4th. Avenue NE in Seattle, invites all to their summer gallery party to keep alive the awareness about art and MashedPotatoes.org. They like it if you bring canned goods and maybe a little party food too.

Abstract artist Christopher Murphy will be showing his reverse glass oil paintings at Honey Salon,  310 W. Holly in Bellingham from June 1 through July 3.  The opening reception is from 6-9pm.

Ornamental Arts Gallery will be hosting an artist reception on Friday, June 1from 4-7 PM for Ginny Conrow and Anne Anderson. The gallery is located at 13805 Smokey Point Blvd. Suite 105 Marysville.

Roby King Galleries, 176 Winslow Way E. on Bainbridge Island, opens from 6-8pm with “Barrku!, Treasures from a Distant Land.” This this first-ever exhibit of art on bark is from a remote art center in the tiny township of Yirrkala in Northeast Arnhem Land in Australia.

The Island Gallery, 400 Winslow Way on Bainbridge Island, opens from 6-8pm with “Sculptural Illuminations, featuring art by L. Wendy Dunder. A professional watercolor and acrylic painter, Dunder has shifted her focus to sculptural lamps of bent wood and laminated paper.

“Piece Work,” a juried show of collage is on view at the Northwind Arts Center, 2409 Jefferson in Port Townsend, through July 1.

Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, is featuring eight artists working in locations from Bellingham to Berlin in the drawing medium. The artists include Mara Baker, Lanny Bergner, Richard Brothers, Margaret Davidson, Cara Jaye, Douglas Loewen, Natalie Niblack and Madeline Stillwell. On view through May 4, the reception is from 6-9pm during the Anacortes Art Walk.

“Scmoozing with the Jewelers” in on view at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way E., through April with an opening during the Bainbridge Island Art Walk. Over the weekend, gallery visitors can meet over a dozen artists who’ll be making jewelry in a variety of materials and methods.

The Blue Horse Gallery, 301 W. Holly Street, features works by Troy Terpstra, Dianna Shyne, Nancy Emeral and Willow Bader in an opening party during the Bellingham Art Walk from 6-10pm. Live music will be featured during the reception.

Acclaimed Northwest photographer Mary Randlett and fine art jeweler Jane Penman are on view this month at Gallery Cygnus, 109 Commercial Avenue in La Conner. The opening reception will be April 7 from 3-5pm.

An artist reception will be held at Ornamental Arts Gallery,  13805 Smokey Point Blvd. Suite 105 Marysville, from 4-7 p.m. Featured are photographers Kent and Roberta Baker whohave an extensive body of work showcasing the wild beauty of the Western United States. Also featured, is Mary Simmons – Fused Glass.

Roby King Galleries, 176 Winslow Way E. on Bainbridge Island, is featuring an all gallery artists special exhibition with no sales tax “because April  is taxing enough!” The First Friday reception is from 6-8pm.

Scott-Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Ave. in Anacortes, features Ramona Hammerly with her current show of local mountain scenes opening from 6-8pm.   Also showing are pastels from Barbara Benedetti Newton, pastels and acrylics by Joel Brock, color photographs by Randy Dana and oils and pastels by Amanda Houston as well as a selection of work by local quilters. Shown at the right: Timberline by Ramona Hammerly.

Opening in a reception from 6-8pm at The Island Gallery, 400 Winslow Way on Bainbridge, is “Spring Collections: Home Decor & Wearable Art.”  The show runs through April 29. Shown at the left: Kyoto, necklace, by Begona Rentero.

Allied Arts of Whatcom County’s First Annual Door Art Throwdown will take place on Friday, October 7 from 6 – 9pm in the Federal Building Parking Lot in the 1400 block of Cornwall Avenue in downtown Bellingham. Ten teams of artists will have one hour to create a masterpiece on a repurposed door. Art walk participants will be able to watch the artists in action and vote on which team they liked best by “tipping” their team of choice. The doors will then be sold that evening through a silent auction.

Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, opens from 6-9pm for the Anacortes Art walk with a one-person show called “The Way Things Are,” new paintings, prints and a series of  objects by Fairhaven College Art Professor John Feodorov.  Professor Feodorov will give a talk about his work on Saturday, November 5 at 4:30pm. Shown at the right: My God.

Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way E., opens for the Bainbridge First Friday Art Walk from 6-8pm with exhibitions featuring  Jeffrey Brown, Amy Roberts and Cathy Woo. Brown, who will  give a gallery talk on October 8 at 12:30pm,  has  made a group of playful side tables of aluminum and steel, finding inspiration in sources as diverse as Incan art and Detroit design. Roberts has taken her sculpture in a new direction by emphasizing many forms and textures of glass.  Woo uses repeated patterns in her abstract paintings modulating from  one color  to  another. Shown at the left: Cathy Woo, Love Yourself No. 4.

Childhood’s End Gallery, 222 4th. Avenue W. in Olympia, opens for the Olympia Arts Walk from 5-10pm with a group show called “Place. Featured artists are: Susan Aurand, Beth Brooks, Shelley Carr, Alfred Currier, Mary Denning, Lucia Harrison, Keith Lazelle, Ross Matteson, Barbara Noonan, and Marianne Partlow. The show is on view through November 13. A piece by one of the artists in the show is at the right.

Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery says, “Join us for a Vernissage and happy hour from 6-8pm featuring the work of Dan Larsen.” The gallery, located at 800 Bellevue Way NE, is having a special celebration with door prizes for attending and lots more. Piece at the left by Dan Larsen.

Roby King Galleries, 176 Winslow Way E. on Bainbridge Island, participates in the Bainbridge Art Walk by opening from 6-8pm with a “2011 Printmaking Exhibition” featuring the work of Lynn Brofsky, Brian Fisher, Kristina Hagman, Irene Klar, Stephen MacFarlane, Wendy Orville, William Schlegel.

The Island Gallery, 400 Winslow Way E., opens for the Bainbridge Art Walk from 6-8pm with a special reception for “Take a Seat: Benches and Boxes,” by Bainbridge Island and northwest wood artists. Entertainment for the reception features the Bainbridge Island Jazz Trio. Table shown at the right by Jeffrey Hummel. The show runs through October 30.

Julie Lindell’s new work opens at Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, from July 29 through August 27. The opening reception will take place on August 5 from 6-9pm during the first day of the Anacortes Arts Festival 

Works by Ries Niemi and Sheila Klein are on view at Anchor art space, 216 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes through July 24 in a show called “wingspan: paradise now.” The gallery is sponsoring a special talk with the artists on July 21 from 11-4pm.

Insights Gallery, 604 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, features "COHERENCE," paintings from Suzanne Anderson and Nathan Drushinin, blown sculptured glass by Marc Boutte` and turned wooden bowls by Bill Lefeber, from July 9 through August 5.. The debut of guest artist Emily Schultz. Show runs Saturday, July 9 through Friday (Art Walk) August 5, 2011.

Local Color, 1606 Pike Place, opens July 9 from 6-9pm with a group show featuring Jessica Lambert, Stephanie Reilly, Jennifer Hatters and P.J. Andrews. Shown at the right: an interior shot of Local Color.

The San Juan Islands Museum  of Art and Sculpture Park, 285 Spring Street in Friday Harbor, is hosting a closing reception of the Steve Harrold exhibition from 4-7pm.

Works by Ries Niemi and Sheila Klein are on view at Anchor art space, 216 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes from June 23 through July 24 in a show called “wingspan: paradise now.” The opening reception is on Friday, July 1 from 6-9pm.

Opening from 5-8pm  on March 5 at Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Avenue in Edison, is new work by Edison artist John Robbins. His latest body of work is entirely made up of portraits, and although the subject matter stays the same, each work is intrinsically distinct. Robbins has been showing in the Northwest for over 40 years with exhibitions in Seattle as well as closer to his home in Skagit Valley.The show runs for the month of March.

Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, opens from 6-9pm during the Anacortes Art Walk with “traces,” Jasmine Valandani’s installation and works on paper. The work includes layered traceries in transparent media creating subtle spaces that embrace the tenuous and transient. In the back gallery space, Clarity Miller will exhibit suspended soft sculptural forms and forms mounted on the wall.

In March, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way, turns the spotlight ,during an opening reception from 6-8pm, on five artists who have mastered their materials. They work in fiber, ceramics, painting, sheet metal, or steel, and each artist tells a story, evokes a time and place, or makes an idea tangible. The artists are Barbara Wilson (painting), Mark Horiuchi (ceramics), Don MacLane (kinetic sculpture), Shane Miller, (photoetched assemblage), and Caroline Cooley Browne (textiles). On March 5 from 1-3pm Barbara Wilson will demonstrate painting with the IPad. Shown at the right: Barbara Wilson, Man on the Ferry.

Blaubak Gallery of Modern Art,  168 Lake Street South in Kirkland, features a spring exhibit featuring the work of eight artists including Margot Bird’s contemporary paintings in a reception from 6-9pm. The show runs through March 28. Shown at the left: Purple Triangles by Margot Bird.

Laurie Potter’s new acrylic on panel, and pastel, paintings will be featured in a show called “Viewpoint” at Honey Salon ,  310 W. Holly in Bellingham, through March 31. The opening reception is from 6-9pm.

“Curt Labitzke: Expressions, New Prints and Paintings” opens at The Island Gallery, 400 Winslow Way on Bainbridge Island, in a reception from 6-8pm. The show runs through March 31.

James Moore is showing his images of Italy at Insights Gallery, 604 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, through March 24. The artist says, “ For me, this show is a travelogue; it’s my portrait of Italy-at least the region I visited last year during an arts expedition to Torgiano, Umbria with the Pacific Northwest Art School.” Shown: Ciao Bella.

Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, opens from 6-9pm during the Anacortes Holiday Art Walk with “This is Us: Lindsey, Klamser, Roberts & Moe.” Included in the exhibit is work in painting, ceramics, cast and combined media bringing together a complimentary and broad focus in their subject and process.

Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way, is featuring “The Play of Light,” opening in a reception from 6-8pm during the Bainbridge Art Walk. In this group show artists create light, manipulate light, and play with light. Shown at the right: River of Light by Barbara Wilson. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Blaubak Gallery of Modern Art, 168 Lake Street in Kirkland, opens from 6-8pm with newly-completed works by six local artists.

Gasworks Gallery, 3815 4th. Avenue, is having their celebrated holiday benefit for the Northwest Harvest from 8-10pm. The party is free, but the gallery would appreciate all contributions.

Olympic Gallery Custom Framing, 321 W. Railroad Avenue in Shelton, invites all to a holiday party from 5-8pm featuring new work from ten local atists in “Art That Touches the Soul.” The show continues through February 25.

Roby King Galleries, 176 Winslow Way in Winslow, introduces their annual Bainbridge Island Invitational Small Works Show in a reception from 6-8pm.

Scott-Milo Gallery, 420 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, presents a variety of work featuring gallery artists including Diane Ainsworth, Jennifer Bowman, Joel Brock, Randy Dana, Dick Garvey, Amanda Houston, Lewis Jones and Eric Wiegardt. We also have many new tables, glass pieces, sculptures, purses, turned wood bowls and jewelry in stock. The opening reception with the artists is Friday, December 3 from 6 – 9 pm, in conjunction with the Anacortes Chamber Holiday Artwalk and a second reception on Friday, January 7 from 6 – 9 pm.

“Landed,” an exhibit of works by Bellingham painters James Lourie and Sharon Kingston & Skagit Valley painter and jewelry artist Kathleen Faulkner will be on display at Works on Canvas Gallery December 3 through January 1st. The opening reception with the artists is December 3rd, 6pm to 10 pm during downtown Bellingham’s First Friday Artwalk.  The gallery is located at 301 W Holly Street, M5 in the Bay Street Village Building in downtown Bellingham.