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The pop-up A Gallery on Occidental Park, 117 South Main Street, opens at 6pm with  Ian, Theo, Johnny, an exhibition of selected works by Ryan Weatherly.

Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, 1210 Second Avenue, opens “William Morris: Archives Works|1985-2007” in a reception from 5-8pm. On view through July 28, the exhibit features over 20 archived sculptures that may have appeared in museum exhibitions or literature about William Morris, but are being released onto the market for the first time.  Morris’ work can be found in many museum collections, including Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Smithsonian National Museum of American Art (Washington DC) and Musee des Arts Decoratifs (Paris). Shown: Artifact Still Life.

“Sensing Color”  by Marcio Díaz, opens at the ArtXchange Gallery,  512 First Avenue S.  from 5-8pm and is on view through July 27. The paintings reveal the different qualities of light and weather that captivated Diaz after his move to the Pacific Northwest from Nicaragua. “His painting method is a bright-hued variation on the pointillism of Seurat, building an image from vibrant circles of color,” wrote Michael Upchurch in the Seattle Times. “The tensions between shimmer and almost-solid objects are exquisite.” Shown: Beautiful Trail.

Bryan Ohno Gallery opens its NEW Seattle, International District space for contemporary art  located at 521 S. Main Street, on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. Showing is “METAPHORS OF A LANDSCAPE ,”  featuring the intertwining nature of art and science by artist  Adrianne Smits. Yale-graduate artist Adrianne Smits, who just returned from a  scientific research in Phnom Penh will introduce her paintings at Bryan Ohno’s new gallery space.  At the artist talk on June 8, she will share her intersection between science and art.

Foster/White Gallery, 220 3rd Avenue South, opens from 6-8pm with the work of San Francisco photographer Carol Charney who creates contemplative compositions, pushing the boundaries between photography and painting. Using water and ice to create texture and brushstrokes, Charney captures points of transition, where interior meets the outside world.  Also on view is a selection of mixed media paintings by Eric Zener. Exhibitions of his work have been held nationally and internationally for over 20 years, including exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Palm Springs Art Museum and the Alfabia Museum in Sutmoto, Japan. Shown: Interior Landscape by Carol  Charney.

Gallery 110, 110 3rd. Avenue s. opens for First Thursday from 6-8pm  with new works by Sally Ketcham and “Windows” by Ray Schutte.

Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Avenue S.,  is showing their fourth one-person exhibition of sculpture and paintings by Seattle artist, Sherry Markovitz on view through June 29. Her work is in the permanent collections of The American Craft Museum, New York; The Corning Museum of Glass, New York; Dow Jones Collection, New York; Microsoft Corporation, Redmond; Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Henry Art Gallery; Seattle Art Museum and Tacoma Art Museum. Also showing is the ninth one-person exhibition of work by Seattle artist, Mark Calderon. The exhibition will include sculpture made from different materials ranging from cast bronze to repair tape for book spines. Both artists will give talks about their work on Saturday, June 8 at noon.

Juan Alonso Studio, 214 First Avenue S., opens from 5-8pm with a special reception for a Red Cross Disaster Relief  exhibition of Alonso’s art work. 50% of all proceeds will go to the Red Cross for tornado victims. He will also accept donations on line through his website.

Running  through June 28 at the Paper Hammer Gallery, 1400 Second Avenue, is Seattle artist Libby L. Gerber who will showcase work from her series “The Topography of Cracks.”  Gerber explores the intersections between urban life, the environment, and society. Gerber exhibits her work in both traditional and unconventional public spaces as well as formal galleries. She has shown work at the Center on Contemporary Art, Chaffey College, LAUNCH, The Audubon Center at Debs Park, The Milagro Allegro Community Garden, Gallery 825, Santa Ana College, The City of Brea Municipal Gallery, and the Angel’s Gate Cultural Center.  The opening reception is from 5 to 7 p.m.

Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place,  presents “ Beyond and Back,”  an exhibition of new work by Seattle painter Linda Jo Nazarenus. Inspired by travels in Sweden and the American Southwest, Nazarenus’ oil paintings communicate reverence for nature in a realist style. The artist will attend the opening reception First Thursday, June 6, from 6-8pm. Nazarenus majored in art history and Scandinavian studies at the University of Washington. She has been exhibiting with Lisa Harris Gallery since 2005. Shown: They, Them.

Gallery IMA, 123 S. Jackson, brings explosive color and experimental mixed media to the gallery to usher in Spring. Tactile explorations in glass, metal and paint by Bill Baber join forces with Stacie Chappell’s acrylics on canvas to bring light and warmth. The opening reception is from 6-8pm.

Peter Scherrer’s solo show,”EVERYTHING RIGHT AND ANYWHERE NOW,”  is on view in the Platform Gallery space, 114 Third Avenue S., in the Tashiro Kaplan Building,with a reception for the artist on June 6 from 6-8pm. Peter Scherrer’s latest work builds upon the dense and damp territories of his 2011 show and expands the frenetic energy found in his unyielding landscapes.  Working in both watercolor on paper and oil on canvas, this collection of new paintings creates views into fantastic worlds where night owls melt into trees while snakes hide in the branches.  In a spirit of camaraderie and mutual support, Platform has generously loaned the use of their space for this show to SEASON.

Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Place South, is showing “Urban Legend,” Justin Lee Martin’s videos, vocal scores and psycho-geographic drawings based on his explorations of urban wandering. Martin questions how we experience constructed space through individual or collective memory. On view through June 29, the show opens from 5-8pm.

Personal experiences, cultural engagement and transformation stories animate Rick Bartow’s wood sculpture, monotypes and paintings on view through June 29 at the Stonington Gallery, 125 S. Jackson Street. “Origin of Song” presents over twenty brand new works on panel and paper, as well as recent sculpture and paintings. Bartow has shown work in museum and gallery exhibitions both nationally and internationally. His work is in the permanent collections of over 20 museums, and he is the recipient of multiple awards and residencies. The reception for his show is from 6-8pm. Shown: Man and Owl Conversation.

Opening from 5-8pm at the Traver Gallery, 110 Union Street, is “Australian Glass Now,” an exhibition of glass sculpture by twelve contemporary artists who have made significant contributions to the Australian Studio Glass Movement,  and the ongoing creative exchange between Australia and the Pacific Northwest.  The exhibition coincides with the Museum of Glass’ exhibition Links: Australian Glass and the Pacific Northwest and summer programming at Pilchuck Glass School.

First Wednesday

Wallingford Art Walk, 6pm-9pm, from May-October. Call 206.547.5177 or visit info@oasisinseattle.com

First Thursday

Gallery Walks in Pioneer Square and the Seattle Art Museum  area 6pm-8pm.

Downtown Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park are free all day on First Thursdays. Maps: www.firstthursdayseattle.com

First Friday

Anacortes Galleries are open from 6pm-9pm. Visit www.anacortesart.com

Bainbridge Island Galleries are open from 5pm-8 or 9pm. www.bainbridgedowntown.org/

Bellingham Downtown Art Walk from 6pm-10pm. Visit http://www.downtownbellingham.com/artwalk/

Bremerton Gallery Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Bremerton. www.ci.bremerton.wa.us

Ellensburg Art Walk, 5pm-7:30pm, in Historic Downtown Ellensburg.

Fremont Art Walk, 6pm-9pm. Visit http://fremontfirstfriday.com/

Issaquah Art Walk, 5pm-9pm, from May-September only, in Downtown Issaquah.

Sequim Art Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Sequim.

Vashon Island Gallery Cruise, 6pm-9pm. Call Silverwood Gallery 206.463.1722.

Second Saturday

Ballard Art Walk, 6pm-9pm. Call Ballard Chamber of Commerce at 206.784.9705. www.centraldistrictartwalk.com/.

Central District Art Walk from 1pm-5pm. at various locations around 23rd Ave & E Cherry St.

Georgetown Art Attack, 6-9pm. Visit www.georgetownartattack.com

Port Angeles Art Walk, 5-8pm. Visit www.portangelesdowntown.com/

Poulsbo Art Walk from 5-8pm. http://poulsboartwalk.com/default.aspx

June 7

Join a  late night soiree  to celebrate Minimalism at SAM Remix on Friday, June 7, 8 pm–midnight. Seattle Art Museum  downtown will be alive with Seattle’s hottest DJ’s, dance performances, interactive art making, live music, and more. The first 50 people sporting a monochrome outfit get in free.  Advance ticket purchase is highly encouraged. SAM Remix is open to ages 18 and over only.

June 7-8

Anacortes Summer Art Walk features over 20 artists all along Commercial Avenue, Friday 6-9pm, Saturday 10am-5pm. Call Kathy at Scott Milo Gallery, 360/293-6938.

June 8

ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery, 14th Annual Gala & Auction. A night of food, wine, bidding, entertainment, and camaraderie is set to take place June 8 at the Seattle Design Center. Splash of Color, ArtsWest’s 14th annual Gala & Auction, benefits ArtsWest’s artistic and education programs. For more information,  please contact Loryn Hatten at 206-938-0963 or lorynh@artswest.org

During Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May, ArtXchange Gallery,   512 First Avenue South, exhibits five contemporary artists whose artworks present alternatives to the traditional, Western-European image of mosaic art. The featured artists are Naoko Morisawa, Jongsook Lee, Bui Cong Khanh, and the Le Brothers (Hai & Thanh).   Naoko Morisawa will be in attendance at the opening reception, First Thursday May 2, 5-8pm.  Preview the show on the website!

The Cullom Gallery, 603 S. Main Street, opens from 6-8pm with “Manifestations: Drawings by Robert Hardgrave.”

Davidson Galleries, 313 S. Occidental, presents, through June 1,  a collection of Shin-hanga woodblock prints by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957), Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950), Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991), and Ishwata Koitsu (1897-1987). Shin-hanga ("new prints") was a Japanese print movement which flourished 1920-1955. The gallery is also previewing four works from Seattle artist Barbara Robertson’s new “Wave Series,”  which will show in June.

Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Avenue S., opens from 6-8pm with an exhibit featuring Canadian painter Sheri Bakes. Her latest body of work, ‘Wind Song’, is dedicated to a dear friend, who was taken back to nature far too soon. While hiking in the fields and estuary wetlands surrounding Vancouver, Bakes was comforted by the beauty of the land and the realization that we are all part of this system, even if not present. Her work has been placed in numerous private collections across North America and Europe, and in permanent collections such as Emaar Properties, Dubai, UAE, Enuciate Conferencing, Toronto Dominion Bank, Vancouver General Hospital, and St. Paul’s Hospital.

Gallery 110, 110 Third Avenue S., features “The Other Gun Show.”  The group show joins the national gun control debate using their art to stimulate dialogue. The show runs through June 1.

 Gallery IMA, 123 S. Jackson, pairs  the slinky ceramic chainmail of Ruth Borgenicht
with Andrée Carter’s, textured canvases in a celebration of tactility in an exhibit on view May 31. Borgenicht’s works are held in five museum collections while Carter has exhibited across the northwest and is widely collected.

Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, presents new work by painters Kathryn Altus and Joel Brock. Both artists will be in attendance at the opening of the exhibition’s “First” Thursday, May 2, from 6-8pm. Brock’s work has been shown at the Museum of Northwest Art and Whatcom Museum and is included in the collections of numerous Pacific Northwest institutions. While electing to show his work primarily regionally, the artist is represented in private collections nationwide as well as in Tokyo. Altus is a past Artist Trust Gap grant recipient who has been represented by Lisa Harris Gallery since 1993. In 1996 she was included in the Northwest International Exhibition at the Whatcom Museum of History of Art. Among other exhibitions in which her art has been featured are: “Temporary Contemporary,” (Missoula Art Museum,)“American Landscapes,” (Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore), “Olympia: Through Artists’ Eyes” (Washington State Capitol Museum), and most recently, the Wright Exhibition Space (The Artists of Artech).

In May, Paper Hammer Gallery, 1400 Second Avenue at Union,  will be transformed into a giant paper sample book. Sheets of paper, from all over the world, will be on display in the gallery for the exhibition The Pleasure of Pattern. The paper belongs to Claudia Cohen, a bookbinder who has collected paper for more than thirty years and uses it to create covers, endsheets, and box linings. The reception is from 5-7pm.

Patricia Rovzar Gallery, 220 Second Avenue, opens from 6-8pm with “Void & Full Color,” black and white photography and acrylic on aluminum by Mark and Jerri Lisk.

Raven Skyriver (Tlingit/Makah) returns to the Stonington Gallery, 119 S. Jackson Street,  for a third solo exhibition of his celebrated glass sculptures that celebrate the Northwest’s abundance of animal life. “Oceanic”  focuses on aquatic creatures of the Puget Sound area, such as salmon, whales, octopuses, seals and otters. He uses foil to connote the iridescent scales on a salmon’s skin, or coaxing the shape of a fin out of molten glass. Skyriver has worked with William Morris, Lino Tagliapietra, and Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen and currently collaborates on projects with artists such as Marvin Oliver, Martin Janecky and Pilchuck Glass School staff and alumni.

Traver Gallery, 110 Union Street is showing two new solo exhibitions by Seattle artists Doug Jeck and Ginny Ruffner, opening on May 2nd.  Ceramic artist Doug Jeck, known for his hyper-real figurative work in clay and mixed media, will exhibit a haunting new group of figures exploring themes of historicity and physicality. Ginny Ruffner continues to explore her Aesthetic Engineering series with a new group of drawings, glass sculptures, and bronze sculptures. Shown at the left: Ginny Ruffner, Crest of the Grouse King.

Woodside/Braseth Gallery, 2101 9th Ave. at Lenora St.,  presents a special tribute to the work of Paul Havas (1940-2012)  through June 1. On display will be a selection of Northwest landscapes from the Skagit Valley to the Washington Coast as only  Havas could capture them. A special reception will be from 5:30-8:30pm.  Shown at the the right: Ho River Edge.

First Wednesday

Wallingford Art Walk, 6pm-9pm, from May-October. Call 206.547.5177 or visit info@oasisinseattle.com

First Thursday

Gallery Walks in Pioneer Square and the Seattle Art Museum area, 6pm-8pm.

Downtown Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park are free all day on First Thursdays. Maps: www.firstthursdayseattle.com

First Friday

Anacortes Galleries are open from 6pm-9pm. Visit www.anacortesart.com

Bainbridge Island Galleries are open from 5pm-8 or 9pm. www.bainbridgedowntown.org/

Bellingham Downtown Art Walk from 6pm-10pm. Visit http://www.downtownbellingham.com/artwalk/

Bremerton Gallery Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Bremerton. www.ci.bremerton.wa.us

Ellensburg Art Walk, 5pm-7:30pm, in Historic Downtown Ellensburg.

Fremont Art Walk, 6pm-9pm. Visit http://fremontfirstfriday.com/

Issaquah Art Walk, 5pm-9pm, from May-September only, in Downtown Issaquah.

Sequim Art Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Sequim.

Vashon Island Gallery Cruise, 6pm-9pm. Call Silverwood Gallery 206.463.1722.

First Saturday

Gig Harbor Art Walk along the waterfront, 1pm-5pm, and every Thursday night in the Summer until 8pm. www.gigharborguide.com

Langley on Whidbey Island Art Walk www.visitlangley.com/, 5pm-7pm.

Port Townsend Art Walk, 5:30pm-8:30pm. Visit www.ptguide.com or call Williams Gallery at 360.385.3630

Quilcene Art Walk, 11am-6pm. Email info@olympicartgallery.com.

April 15 – May 31

Northwest Watercolor Society  73 Annual International Open Exhibition at Mercer View Gallery, 8236 S.E. 24 Street, Mercer Island. Visit NWWS.org.

Thru May

Clymer Museum Art Auction Preview, Clymer Museum, 416 North Pearl Street, Ellensburg. Visit www.clymermuseum.org. The art auction will be held June 22 at the Canyon River Ranch. Tickets for the auction are $75.00 until June 1st. Limited space available. The preview of the 3rd Annual Clymer Art Auction May 3rd, 2013 as well as featured artist, Frederick Hubbard.

May 2

SPRING EXHIBIT, an inspirational evening of art created by adults living in Seattle who are working hard to rebuild and improve their lives. This one-night-only visual art exhibit will feature over 50 works of art created by Path with Art student artists over the past 6 months. Student artists will be present at the exhibit with brief remarks at 6:00pm. Frye Hotel Community Space in Pioneer Square, 223 Yesler Way in Seattle from 5-7pm.

May 3

Frye Art Museum in Seattle from 11:15-11:45 am storytelling for children three to five years old and their parents or caregivers. 

May 4

Pratt’s 31^st Annual Fine Art Auction, Bell Harbor Conference Center, 2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66, 5pm. Art from more than 300 artists. Visit www.pratt.org. This year’s auction theme, The Mad Pratter, draws inspiration from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Featuring over 200 unique works of art by emerging and established artists

May 4-5; 11-12

Vashon Island Open Tour features artists in all mediums in group shows as well as 30-40 open studios. Maps available at island galleries and the Chamber of Commerce. The Spring 2013 Vashon Island Art Studio Tour will be held on two weekends from 10-5 each day. It’s a free, self-guided event with 23 participating studios. Follow the numbers designated on the Studio Tour map which is available online at www.VashonIslandArtStudioTour.com and at most island businesses once you are on the island.

May 5

The Henry Art Gallery Arty Party 11:30am – 3:30pm.  A full day of all kinds of art activities for adults and children. $10 charge for non-member adults.

May 7-14

Pilchuck Glass School  Spring Group Tours, advance reservations required, minimum Groups of 10. Call 206/621-8422, ext 40,  or email reservations@pilchuck.com. Experience the picturesque Pilchuck campus and watch live hot- glassmaking by the 2013 Poleturners, a group of volunteer glassmakers that come together on campus each spring to make the centerpieces for the Annual Auction. Centerpieces will be on display at the Annual Auction Gala, October 18, 2013.

Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art, 1210 Second Avenue, is showing Ron Ehrlich’s “Drunken Horses” in a reception from 5-8pm. 14 oil and wax paintings on wood contain two parts: abstract expressionist painting that occupies the majority of the surface and a horse that is rendered expressionistically in the center of the panel. Shown at the left: HORSE IN LANDSCAPE.

ArtXchange Gallery, 512 First Avenue S., opens from 5-8pm with “ HiiH Lights presents INDIGO,”  a solo exhibition of lighted sculptures inspired by the dress, culture, and arts of the hill tribes in Northwest Vietnam. The centerpiece of the exhibit, entitled Hut, is inspired by traditional stilt houses often built into the sides of mountain slopes in the Sapa region of Northwest Vietnam. Shown at the right: HUT.

The Cullom Gallery, 603 S. Main Street,  opens from 6-8pm with “Shannon Durbin: Forest Fires.” Durbin’s handling of paint in overlapping puddles of color and spindly, expressive marks, and her multiple points of perspective, unknowingly reference qualities of early Chinese landscape painting inviting comparison with stylized clouds that drift across the landscapes of so many ukiyo-e woodblock prints

On view at the Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Avenue S., is the work of Casey McGlynn   In his latest series, “Hang Loose,” inspired by the familiar hand signal that he and his father shared. Now passed, his father still guides him, reminding him to “let go of preconceptions, old paradigms and the things that stiffen me up”.

Now showing through May 18 at the Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Avenue S., is an 87-year old artist who has never shown in an art gallery before. Kucera says, “How often in any art dealer’s career does one get offered the chance to work with a mature artist of significant vision who’s had no influence from the market on his work? In April we will show such an artist, a discovery of a significant and, as yet, unseen talent.  David Byrd is an 87 year old painter and sculptor who has been making paintings and sculptures in rural NY for the last 65 years.”  Shown at the right: Lobotomy.

Hanson Scott Gallery, 121 Prefontaine Pl. S., opens from 5-8pm with “Watermedia, Physics and the Universe,” featuring the work of Darlene Lucas and David Jayne. A reception to meet the artists and hear them speak about their work- April 20- 5-7 PM.

Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place Market,  presents “Occitania,” oil paintings on copper by nationally recognized artist, Kent Lovelace. The artist, whose experience as a master lithographer for such artists as Claes Oldenberg, Russell Chatham, Dale Chihuly, and Jacob Lawrence, led to his revelation that copper would make an ideal canvas for his light-filled oil landscapes of the French countryside. Lovelace will attend the First Thursday reception, April 4, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Shown on the left: Winter Pond.

 Paper Hammer Gallery, 1400 Second Avenue,  will host a solo exhibition of the work of Barbara Earl Thomas—visual artist, award-winning writer, and Deputy Director of the Northwest African American Museum from 5 to 7 p.m. Thomas has exhibited her work consistently since 1982 and is currently represented by Francine Seders Gallery. She is a maker of things that include all manner of visual media and words. Egg tempera is her painting medium of choice, but her foray into printmaking, which started in 2006, has become her new love.

Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Place S.,  are featuring Renee Adams and Justin Gibbens are opening in a reception from 5-8pm with “Are we not drawn onward to new erA.”

Stonington Gallery, inaugurates their new location at 125 S. Jackson Street, from 5-9pm with “Facing Forward,” a group exhibition of masks from the Northwest Coast by contemporary carvers, jewelers and glass artists. Featured artists include Trevor and Stan Hunt, Scott Jensen (in collaboration with Courtney Lipson), Larry Ahvakana, David R. Boxley, Duane Pasco, Shaun Peterson, Joe David and Preston Singletary.

The second exhibit on view is  “Small Pieces,” in  which  Hib Sabin is inspired by Southwest rock fetishes and shamanic tools, presenting an accessible collection of miniature works, including animal figures, masks, talking sticks, and amulets. Shown at the left: ) Hib Sabin, Owl Totem (detail).

On view at the Traver Gallery, 110 Union Street are works by Alan Fulle and Preston Singletary. Fulle’s work takes a sampling of life – of its beauty, diversity, explosiveness, and sensuality – and encapsulates it in a painting. Singletary’s new body of work is a reflection of the past year in the studio, a year of forging new ideas and concepts, and a year of synthesizing much of the cultural and artistic learning.

Foster/White Gallery, 220 3rd. Avenue S., opens from 6-8pm with “Jamie Evrard: IL Giardino.”  Her floral bouquets push towards abstraction, as she aims to capture the changes in our world, the season, weather, and less the tangible objects before her. Also showing is Cameron Anne Mason’s  “Madrone,” honoring the Madrone trees. The exhibits run through March 30.

Gallery 110, 110 3rd. Avenue S., is showing “East Meets West,” by Peter Serko and “Things May Have Shifted in Flight,” by Sarah Dillon. The shows open on March 7 from 6-8pm with a special reception for the artists on March 9 from 5-8pm.

Gallery IMA, 123 S. Jackson Street, opens from 6-8pm with “Heny Steinberg: New Works.” Heny Steinberg uses cities and maps as a framework and inspiration for her recent paintings on canvas and glass. The show runs through March 30.

Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 3rd. Avenue S., presents their tenth one-person exhibition of sculpture by Seattle artist Edward Wicklander.  The artist’s work is included in the collections of, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX; Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA; Seattle Arts Commission; Swedish Hospital, Seattle, and many more. Showing concurrently are drawings and paintings by Dallas artist William Burton Binnie.  Shown at the right: Wasting Time by Edward Wicklander.  The gallery opens from 6-8pm on First Thursday and is sponsoring a “Saturday After” talk on March 9 at noon.

On view through March 31 at the Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, is Royal Nebeker’s “Recollections and Dreamscapes.” The artist’s reception is from 6-8pm. From 1993 to 1994, the museum of the University of Oregon at Eugene (now the Jordan Schnitzer Museum) presented a retrospective of his work (Royal Nebeker’s Journey, catalogue essay by Steve McGough). The artist has shown in Europe, Scandinavia, as well as widely through out the U.S. His paintings and prints may be found in numerous museum collections nationally and internationally including the Portland, Seattle, and Tacoma Art Museums, the National Gallery of Krakow, Poland, Norway’s Henie/Onstad Art Center, Tamarind Institute, and several universities. Shown at the left: Loss and Revelation (Til Ostban).

M.I.A. Gallery, 1203 A Second Avenue, is showing “Wayne Levin, Underworld,” through April 13.

Paper Hammer Gallery, 1400 Second Avenue, opens from 5-7pm with “MARKINGS: Selected Work of Tom Hausken.”  The work, which is on view through March 30,  spans from the years  2007 to 2012. In 2010, Hausken was the recipient of the Clowes Foundation Fellowship at The Vermont Studio Center. His work can be found in public and private collections all across the United States. He currently lives and paints in the Yakima Valley. Shown at the right: Reciprocal Loss.

Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Place South, opens from 5-8pm with “xoxo”, work from  Howard and Lorraine Barlow. The artists anticipate and acknowledge one another’s inescapable deaths by creating sculptural works examining oath, love, loss, ritual, and tradition in a way that is anything but dull, distanced, or businesslike. Gallery goers will also have the opportunity to send letters to loved ones who have died with words they wish they had said, but didn’t, and would like them to know now.

“Facing Forward,” a group masks exhibition opens at the Stonington Gallery, now located at 125 S. Jackson Street, from 6-8pm. “Facing Forward” brings the focus on the human face with masks which change our features, hide our identities, protect our skin and transform ourselves. Shown at the left: Bella Coola Moon Mask, Art Thompson.

Traver Gallery, 110 Union Street presents “ New Work,” a solo exhibition by Northwest artist Mark Bennion.  Known for his studious Buddhism-based approach to painting, in this new exhibition Bennion explores modes of abstraction through collage, sculpture, and the continuation of his well known Fresco series. Concurrently, the gallery is showing “ Float”, Amie McNeel’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Drawing upon "a vocabulary of forms that combine the familiar and the mysterious," McNeel’s newest sculptures point to the poetic relationship between natural phenomena and our contemporary scientific life.  Shown at the right: Mark Bennion, Untitled (Collage #2).

ArtXchange Gallery, 512 First Avenue South, opens for First Thursday with six artists who examine the role culture plays in constructing and deconstructing femininity. Through painting, photography, sculpture, installation, video, and printmaking, each artist illustrates her perspective on the search for feminist identity throughout different cultures. Exhibiting: Humaira Abid, Maura Donegan, Kathy Liao, Beni O’Donnell, Gazelle Samizay, and Judy Shintani  Shown at the left: Engagement by Beni O’Donnell.

Davidson Galleries,  313 Occidental Avenue S., opens from 6-8pm with an exhibition by renowned international artist, Stephen Talasnik whose work has been recently acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA), and the Centre Pompidou (Paris). Talasnik will present an important collection of drawings in ink and graphite, resin encased wood sculptures, and a towering, multi-component, graphite-infused wood wall installation. Shown at the right: Observation Tower (detail).

Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Avenue S., opens from 6-8pm with James Martin’s “Whole Cloth and Mirrors.”  His paintings host a range of characters, from Morris Graves and Picasso, to a truck driving lion and a spaceship flying cowboy. At first glance one might find his paintings random, but with time, Martin weaves a fantastical story where anything can happen and anyone can appear. The show runs through February 28.

Gallery 110, 110 Third Avenue S., presents their  Third  Annual Juried Exhibition with the works of twenty nine artists on view for First Thursday evening.  Juror, Luis Croquer is Deputy Director of Art and Education at the Henry Art Gallery.  Mr. Croquer’s curatorial work includes En plein air and Now Here is also Nowhere. A separate special reception for the artists is February 9 from 5-8pm.

Gallery IMA, 123 S. Jackson, opens from 6-8pm with “Mieko Hara: Shapes of Things to Come,” and “Lori Swartz: Fiction Factory.”  Piece on the right by Mieko Hara.

Hanson Scott Gallery, 121 Prefontaine Place S.,  opens during First Thursday with “lucid: by Barbara De Pirro. The artist is showing an installation of recycled materials, new paintings and new sculptures. The artist will give a talk about her work on February 23 from 5-7pm at the gallery.

Juan Alonso Studio, 214 1st. Avenue S., opens from 6-8pm with a show featuring his newest works. Alonso was the recipient of a 2012 City Artists Projects Grant to further develop a new body of photographic work of a recent trip to Cuba.

Emily Wood’s recent paintings are on view at the Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, through March 3.  Wood is known for her deft handling of color, from subtle value shifts to intense hues, creating landscapes that boldly dramatize the West’s varied topography. This exhibition features terrain from both sides of the Cascades, from Deception Pass to Walla Walla. The artist will be present at the exhibition opening reception from 6-8pm. Shown at the left: Lake Easton.

Paper Hammer Gallery, 1400 Second Avenue, opens from 5-7pm with “Endless Horizons: Snapshots and Stories from the American West,” photography by John A. Kane. A dedicated observer of the West, Kane seeks in the landscape traces of our history, evidence of our values, and signs of our intentions.

The pop-up A Gallery on Occidental Park, 117 S. Main Street, opens for First Thursday with an exhibition of photographic portraits by Phillip Carpenter. The owners of this little gallery are two University of Washington students: Lauren Palmor, who is a PhD student in the Department of Art History, and her partner, Adam Newman, and the support of Integrus Architecture. They  hope to initiate a series of programs highlighting the work of emerging Seattle artists.

Cynthia Camlin’s “Cracked Prospects,” opens from 5-8pm at Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Place S.. Currently an associate professor of painting and drawing at Western Washington University, Camlin’s work is landscape-based, often referring to ice sheet collapse and glacial melt, but also to geological and mathematical pattern and biological growth and decay.

Traver Gallery, 110 Union Street, illustrates that, when it comes to art, the more is indeed the merrier. With the arrival of new works from the studios of Mark Bennion, Alex Gabriel Bernstein, John Kiley, Amie McNeel, Preston Singletary, Lino Tagliapietra and others, we launch a new year of exhibitions beginning with a group show that also includes works by Marsha Blaker-DeSomma, Martin Blank, Dale Chihuly, Alan Fulle, Tobias Møhl,  Kait Rhoads, Cappy Thompson, Dick Weiss, Ann Wåhlström, Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen, Hiroshi Yamano and Jiro Yonezawa. Shown at the left: Lino Tagliapietra, KOOKABURRA.

On view at the Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Avenue S., is Bobbie Burgers’ “Eternalism.”  The exhibit, up through January 31 and opening in a reception from  explores time, place, light, and the ever shifting point of view.

Opening in a reception from 6-8pm at Gallery 110, is “Looking Up,” new work from mixed-media artist Betty Sapp Ragan. The exhibit features hand colored photo collages using Pre-Modern architectural ornamentation as a basis for development.

Gallery IMA, 123 S. Jackson Street, is featuring “Ann Vandervelde: Deep Geography,” in a reception from 5-8pm. The show, which is a collaboration between Anne McDuffie & Janika Vandervelde,  investigates the intersections where the natural and the built worlds meet: the bumping-up-against, the overlap, and the layering that happens as boundaries shift. Shown at the right: Chi.

Works by Susan Skilling and Jeffrey Simmons open at the Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Avenue S., in a reception from 6-8pm.

The Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, opens from 6-8pm featuring new work by Karen Kosoglad. The show, on view through February 3,  highlights subject matter that encompasses landscape in a literal fashion, but also alludes to the color fields that are an integral part of the artist’s figurative work. Shown at the left: Lorelei and Reflection.

Paper Hammer Gallery, 1400 Second Avenue at Union, is featuring Robert Teeple who explores connections between technology and language in his LED animated artwork. Included works are Oracle, a word piece based on Noam Chomsky’s writings about language and the human brain, and his new installation, Beat, which pays homage to writers from that generation. “Bea.”

Patricia Rovzar Gallery, 1225 Second Avenue,  presents "LYLE SILVER, 60 Years of Art" from through February 14.  A reception for Lyle will be held Thursday, January 3rd from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. The exhibition is  a month-long tribute and celebration of an artist whose commitment and dedication to art, and to the Northwest art culture, has been nothing short of extraordinary. The exhibition features an eclectic mix of pieces that demonstrate Silver’s ability to work in many mediums and will include works in oil bar on board, a selection of courtroom sketches and works in watercolor. Shown at the left: Pergola.

On view through February 2  at the Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Place South, and opening from 5-8pm, is  “Mason Dixon” is a continuation of Justin Colt Beckman’s ongoing investigation and comparison of urban and rural cultures and the characteristics from each that help define us as American. Going back 150 years to explore the Civil War and how it relates to the current divisiveness in American culture, Beckman uses video, sound, painting and photography to explore and understand both sides of America from 1861 to 1865, and the role he may have played during the bloodiest period of American history.

Opening in a new show at the Sisko Gallery, 3126 Elliott Avenue, is “Seattle Winter,” photography by Mel Curtis, and “Sunday Club III.” The reception is from 5-8pm.

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First Wednesday

Wallingford Art Walk, 6pm-9pm, from May-October. Call 206.547.5177 or visit info@oasisinseattle.com

First Thursday

Gallery Walks in Pioneer Square and the Seattle Art Museum area, 6pm-8pm.

Downtown Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park are free all day on First Thursdays. Maps: www.firstthursdayseattle.com

First Friday

Anacortes Galleries are open from 6pm-9pm. Visit www.anacortesart.com

Bainbridge Island Galleries are open from 5pm-8 or 9pm. www.bainbridgedowntown.org/

Bellingham Downtown Art Walk from 6pm-10pm. Visit http://www.downtownbellingham.com/artwalk/

Bremerton Gallery Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Bremerton. www.ci.bremerton.wa.us

Ellensburg Art Walk, 5pm-7:30pm, in Historic Downtown Ellensburg.

Fremont Art Walk, 6pm-9pm. Visit http://fremontfirstfriday.com/

Issaquah Art Walk, 5pm-9pm, from May-September only, in Downtown Issaquah.

Sequim Art Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Sequim.

Vashon Island Gallery Cruise, 6pm-9pm. Call Silverwood Gallery 206.463.1722.

First Saturday

Gig Harbor Art Walk along the waterfront, 1pm-5pm, and every Thursday night in the Summer until 8pm. www.gigharborguide.com

Langley on Whidbey Island Art Walk www.visitlangley.com/, 5pm-7pm.

Port Townsend Art Walk, 5:30pm-8:30pm. Visit www.ptguide.com or call Williams Gallery at 360.385.3630

Quilcene Art Walk, 11am-6pm. Email info@olympicartgallery.com.

January 4

Storytelling for the small ones three to five years old at the Frye Art Museum from 11:15 – 11:45am.

Angle Gallery, Tashiro Kaplan Building, 312 S. Washington St., opens from 6-8pm with an interdisciplinary exhibition of work by the Artist Trust  staff. Artists include: Pat Bako, Lana Blinderman, Nichole DeMent, Libby L. Gerber, Miguel Guillén, Lila Hurwitz, Stephanie Moore, Sheila Siden and Freya Wormus.

30 Day Art Challenge, located in the T.K. Gallery Artist Lofts, 115 Prefontaine Place, consists of over 100  local artists who have created some 3,000 works of art in all mediums. The special holiday event takes places from 6-11pm.

“Dog, Monkey, Crow,” new carved sculpture by Elaine Hanowell, is showing at the Artxchange Gallery, 512 First Avenue S.,  through January 26 and opens on First Thursday from 5-8pm. Hanowell presents a body of sculptural work in hand-carved wood exploring the power and fragility inherent in animal forms. Shown at the left: Laughing Monkey.

Foster/White Gallery, 220 3rd. Avenue S., opens from 6-8pm with George Rodriguez’s “In Costume,” an exhibit which examines how  our dress defines who we are, consciously and unconsciously. Also on view is an exhibit by Shawn Huckins. Huckins’ work contrasts today’s culture of tweets with the refined elegance of 18th. century society. Showing concurrently is an exhibit featuring the female nudes of Chelsey Tyler Wood. Shown at the right: Untitled Box Series 3 by Chelsey Tyler Wood.

Friesen Abmeyer Fine Art, 1210 Second Avenue, hosts the first solo exhibit in Seattle for Mexican painter Victor Hugo Zayas through January 27. His work was featured in a solo exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum in Spring 2012 is also included in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo (Mexico City) and numerous other museums in Mexico. The reception for the show is from 5-8pm. Shown at the left: Grid Series.

Gallery 110, 110 3rd. Avenue S., opens from 6-8pm with “Boxism,” a group exhibition featuring the myriad uses of boxes in society and how they are used.

“With a Bang! (Not A Whimper): End-of-Year Group Exhibition,” opens at Gallery IMA, 123 S. Jackson, from 6-8pm. The show runs through December 29.  In this exhibition, the gallery has asked the artists to show their gutsiest works of the year.

On view at the Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Avenue S., through December 22 are “Recent Works on Paper” by Gregory Blackstock and “Ladies’ Choice,” works by women artists chosen by women artists.

On view through February 2 at the Hanson Scott Gallery, 121 Prefontaine Place S., is the encaustic work of Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch. Also featured are Claudia Zimmerman’s Alice Series and Angela Bandurka’s Tea Series. The opening is from 5-8pm.

Juan Alonso Studio, 214 1st. Avenue S., celebrates the last First Thursday of 2012 from 5-8pm with new paintings, drawings, photographs, greeting cards, scarves & T-shirts in collaboration with Carole McClellan, art rugs woven in Nepal. Shown at the right: Art Rugs.

The Lisa Harris Gallery 1922 Pike Place, opens from 6-8pm with a reception for the “Line Paintings” of Richard Morhous. Featured are new works of urban scenes from New York, San Francisco and Seattle, landscapes and floral subjects. The show runs through December 30. Shown at the left: Stroll.

The show in the main gallery at the OK Hotel, 212 Alaskan Way is  “Shadows and Doc Rot” and Third Eye Assembly (Jewelry) will be set up there. DeLille Winery has donated a few cases of wine for the event. The rest of the artists will be set up in the downstairs area. The show is from 6-9pm.

The Patricia Rovzar Gallery, 1225 Second Avenue, is featuring their “20th Annual Group Exhibition”  in an opening reception from  6-8pm. The show runs through December 31.

The Pratt Gallery at Tashiro Kaplan Studios, 306 S. Washington Street, is featuring “Northwest Anvil IV,”  through December 22 with an opening reception from 5-8pm. The show is an invitational group exhibition featuring the work of members of the Northwest Blacksmith Association.

The Shift Collaborative Studio, 306 S. Washington Street, opens from 5-8pm with “Shift of Perspective,” an exhibit curated by Ted Hiebert and Cass Nevada.

“Treasures of the Northwest,” a group  exhibition of various gallery artists, is featured through January 25 at the Stonington Gallery, 119 S. Jackson Street. The opening reception is from 6-8pm. Shown at the right: Left: “Beige/Pink Tlingit Glass Basket” (detail) Preston Singletary (Tlingit), Center: “Portrait Maskette”(detail) Scott Jensen (Non-Indigenous), Right: “At the Celebration, Seated Inupiaq Woman”(detail) Larry Ahvakana (Inupiaq).

The Wing Luke Museum, 719 S. King Street, opens from 6-8pm with a reception for “Homelessness,” focusing on homelessness and finding a sense of home.  The museum welcomes donations of food, clothing, and toys during the reception.

Zeitgeist, 171 S. Jackson Street, is featuring a first Seattle show for  Chris Maynard, an artist who works with feathers in a new way, during the month of December. The reception is from 6-8pm.

First Wednesday

Wallingford Art Walk, 6pm-9pm, from May-October. Call 206.547.5177 or visit info@oasisinseattle.com

First Thursday

Gallery Walks in Pioneer Square and the Seattle Art Museum area, 6pm-8pm.

Downtown Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park are free all day on First Thursdays. Maps: www.firstthursdayseattle.com

First Friday

Anacortes Galleries are open from 6pm-9pm for a holiday artwalk. Visit www.anacortesart.com

Bainbridge Island Galleries are open from 5pm-8 or 9pm. www.bainbridgedowntown.org/

Bellingham Downtown Art Walk from 6pm-10pm. Visit http://www.downtownbellingham.com/artwalk/

Bremerton Gallery Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Bremerton. www.ci.bremerton.wa.us

Ellensburg Art Walk, 5pm-7:30pm, in Historic Downtown Ellensburg.

Fremont Art Walk, 6pm-9pm. Visit http://fremontfirstfriday.com/

Issaquah Art Walk, 5pm-9pm, from May-September only, in Downtown Issaquah.

Sequim Art Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Sequim.

Vashon Island Gallery Cruise, 6pm-9pm. Call Silverwood Gallery 206.463.1722.

Second Saturday

Ballard Art Walk, 6pm-9pm. Call Ballard Chamber of Commerce at 206.784.9705.

Central District Art Walk from 1pm-5pm. at various locations around 23rd Ave & E Cherry St .www.centraldistrictartwalk.com/.

Georgetown Art Attack, 6-9pm. Visit www.georgetownartattack.com

Port Angeles Art Walk, 5-8pm. Visit www.portangelesdowntown.com/

Poulsbo Art Walk from 5-8pm. http://poulsboartwalk.com/default.aspx

Thru December 24

Allied Arts of Whatcom County 33^rd Annual Holiday Festival of the Arts, 3548 Meridian Street, Bellingham. Visit www.alliedarts.org.

December 5 – 9

Visiting artist Richard Marquis at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma.

December 7

Seattle Art Museum Teen Night Out from 7-10pm at the downtown SAM.

December 7-8

Anacortes Holiday Art Walk features the work of many Skagit Valley artists, Fri., 6pm-9pm., Sat.,10am-5pm. Call Kathy at Scott Milo Gallery, 360/293-6938.

December 8

Georgetown Art Attack  and holiday arts celebration from 5:30-9pm. Kicked off with a tree lighting ceremony at 5:30pm located at  Airport Way S &13th Ave S plaza, next to Ground Control. Lots of art, live music, food and spirits.

December  8-9

Vashon Island Open Studio Tours. Over 35 studios participate from 10am-4pm.Call Vashon Allied Arts at 206/463-5131.

December 9

“Let it Snow,” free community festival at the Tacoma Art Museum from 10am – 4pm. Music, craft fair and more.

Artist Trust is having an awards party tonight from 6:30-8:30pm at the Experience Music Project at Seattle Center.

Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Avenue South, opens dual exhibits featuring sculptor Paul Vexler’s “”Rhyme or Reason” and glass artist David Schwarz’s “’Architecture/Nature.” The show runs through November 24. Shown at the left by David Schwarz.

Recent paintings and drawings by Los Angeles artist John Sonsini is the 29th Anniversary Exhibition presented by the Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Avenue S.  Included will be four large paintings, several medium format paintings, and eight graphite drawings. Also showing is the fifth one-person exhibition of work by Seattle artist Margie Livingston. Titled Paint Objects, this exhibition continues the artist’s exploration of the physical qualities of acrylic paint in both its liquid and solid states. Shown at the right: Francisco and Maynor by John Sonsini.

Juan Alonso Studio, 214 1st. Avenue S., is showing a limited edition of wool rugs and paintings and drawings from 1993 – present. Shown at the left is one of the rugs.

Lisa Harris Gallery,1922 Pike Place, opens her show with sculpture by Jerry Wingren and Victoria Johnson’s paintings.. Shown at the right by Jerry Wingren,. The shows are on view through December 2.

The Northwest Woodworkers Gallery, 2111 First Avenue, is hosting the 33rd Annual Box and Container Show in November and December 2012. More than 40 hand-crafted wood boxes debut at the opening night festivities on Thursday November 1st with musical performances by world folk music duo, Whitefort between 5-8pm. Shown at the left: ‘Not Another Pecker’ by Don Aiello.

Paper Hammer Gallery, 1400 2nd. Avenue, is hosting "The Seduction of Color: Photographs from the Collection of Robert E. Jackson,"  through December 29. Jackson is a local art lover whose thoughtfully acquired collection of American snapshots was shown at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in 2007.

Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Place South, hosts “Arrest Me,” an exhibition juried by Scott Lawrimore, through December 15.

Shift Collaborative Studio, 306 South Washington, is showing “Transformation,” featuring work by Eric Mead and Paula Stokes.A reception for the artists will be held November 14 fro 6-8pm.

Traver Gallery, 110 Union Street, opens on First Thursday with John Kiley’s “Aurorae.” Kiley’s second solo exhibition at Traver, builds on the richly hued and delicately balanced forms featured in his sell-out debut in 2010 and introduces a new body of opaque works.

First Thursday

Gallery Walks in Pioneer Square and the Seattle Art Museum area, 6pm-8pm.

Downtown Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park are free all day on First Thursdays. Maps: www.firstthursdayseattle.com

First Friday

Anacortes Galleries are open from 6pm-9pm. Visit www.anacortesart.com

Bainbridge Island Galleries are open from 5pm-8 or 9pm. www.bainbridgedowntown.org/

Bellingham Downtown Art Walk from 6pm-10pm. Visit http://www.downtownbellingham.com/artwalk/

Bremerton Gallery Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Bremerton. www.ci.bremerton.wa.us

Ellensburg Art Walk, 5pm-7:30pm, in Historic Downtown Ellensburg.

Fremont Art Walk, 6pm-9pm. Visit http://fremontfirstfriday.com/

Issaquah Art Walk, 5pm-9pm, from May-September only, in Downtown Issaquah.

Sequim Art Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Sequim.

Vashon Island Gallery Cruise, 6pm-9pm. Call Silverwood Gallery 206.463.1722.

First Saturday

Gig Harbor Art Walk along the waterfront, 1pm-5pm, and every Thursday night in the Summer until 8pm. www.gigharborguide.com

Langley on Whidbey Island Art Walk www.visitlangley.com/, 5pm-7pm.

Port Townsend Art Walk, 5:30pm-8:30pm. Visit www.ptguide.com or call Williams Gallery at 360.385.3630

Quilcene Art Walk, 11am-6pm. Email info@olympicartgallery.com.

November 1

SAM Talks series. French illustrator and cartoonist Nine Antico discusses her approach and the influence of female figures in her work.

thru November

"Art at Work" - Tacoma Arts Month; one whole month to involve people in the arts; and showcase the collective talent in Tacoma. Visit www.artatworktacoma.com.

November 2-4

LaConner’s 26th Annual Arts Alive! Weekend festival and Invitational Art Show. Visit www.laconnerchamber.com

November 3 & 4

Tacoma Studio Tour from 11am – 5pm in 37 locations around Tacoma. Check out www.ArtAtWorkTacoma.com for the full list of artists, schedule, and an interactive map where you can plot your custom tour course.

November 4

For the eighth consecutive year, celebrate “Dia de los Muertos” (Day of the Dead) at Tacoma Art Museum  with art-making, performances, and exhibitions of a tapete (sand painting) and community altars to honor the cycle of life. Museum admission free.

ArtXchange Gallery,  512 First Avenue S.,  presents “Conversations,” a new series of paintings by Donald Cole. The works, on view through November 17, are formed from the layered experiences of 40+ years as a painter, teacher and world traveler. Weathered surfaces hint at ancient relics and mysterious totem forms, expressing Cole’s lifetime exploration of transcultural archetypes.

Friesen Abmeyer Fine Art, showcases Laura Sharp Wilson’s “Mountain,” in an opening from 5-8pm. Sharp’s work, on view through November 11 can be found in prominent corporate and private collections. Shown at the  left: Surrounded.

Hanson Scott Gallery , 121 Prefontaine Pl . S.,  is showing an installation and works by Michelle Montjoy and William Feeney through December 1 and will be featured in First Thursday Art Walks: Oct.4 and Nov. 1, 5-8 PM. Wine and Cheese Reception, Oct. 6, 5-7 PM. Hear the artists speak about their past and present artistic journeys. Shown at the right: Nerve Endings by Michelle Montjoy.

Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, opens from 6-8pm with Ed Kamuda’s “Music in the Wood.”  Shown at the left: Music in the Wood.

The first US solo exhibition dedicated to the Iranian interdisciplinary artist, Negar Farajiani is on view through November 16 at the M.I.A. Gallery, 1203 Second Avenue.

Paper Hammer Gallery, 1400 2nd. Avenue is be hosting an exhibition of handmade kites made by master craftsman Nobuhiko Yoshizumi from Kyoto, Japan through October 27. Shown at the right is the artist at work.

Patricia Rovzar Gallery, 1225 Second Avenue, opens a show featuring realist works by  Michael Zigmond. The artists has been in over 50 exhibitions including shows in Boston, San Francisco and New York.

On view through October 27 at the Stonington Gallery, 119 S. Jackson Street, is a group exhibition called “A Generation Rises.” The artists are the vanguard of formline design and make use of two sets of tools: those of traditional painting and carving, and those of digital design and fabrication. Shown at the right: Where Noise Becomes Sound by Sheldon Skille (Haida/Lakota).

John Kiley’s new exhibition, “Aurorae,” opens at the Traver Gallery, 110 Union Street, and is on view through November 11. The artist, who has worked with world-renowned artists such as Lino Tagliapietra, Dale Chihuly, and Dante Marioni for nearly 20 years, has shown once before with Traver. Shown at the left: Falling Nest.

First Wednesday

Wallingford Art Walk, 6pm-9pm, from May-October. Call 206.547.5177 or visit info@oasisinseattle.com

First Thursday

Gallery Walks in Pioneer Square and the Seattle Art Museum area, 6pm-8pm.

Downtown Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park are free all day on First Thursdays. Maps: www.firstthursdayseattle.com

First Friday

Anacortes Galleries are open from 6pm-9pm. Visit www.anacortesart.com

Bainbridge Island Galleries are open from 5pm-8 or 9pm. www.bainbridgedowntown.org/

Bellingham Downtown Art Walk from 6pm-10pm. Visit http://www.downtownbellingham.com/artwalk/

Bremerton Gallery Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Bremerton. www.ci.bremerton.wa.us

Ellensburg Art Walk, 5pm-7:30pm, in Historic Downtown Ellensburg.

Fremont Art Walk, 6pm-9pm. Visit http://fremontfirstfriday.com/

Issaquah Art Walk, 5pm-9pm, from May-September only, in Downtown Issaquah.

Sequim Art Walk, 5pm-8pm, in Downtown Sequim.

Vashon Island Gallery Cruise, 6pm-9pm. Call Silverwood Gallery 206.463.1722.

First Saturday

Gig Harbor Art Walk along the waterfront, 1pm-5pm, and every Thursday night in the Summer until 8pm. www.gigharborguide.com

Langley on Whidbey Island Art Walk www.visitlangley.com/, 5pm-7pm.

Port Townsend Art Walk, 5:30pm-8:30pm. Visit www.ptguide.com or call Williams Gallery at 360.385.3630

Quilcene Art Walk, 11am-6pm. Email info@olympicartgallery.com.

October 5

Enjoy live jazz music while you view the art for six northwest portrait artists at the Evergreen Gallery, 17700 First Avenue S. in Burien. Admission: 2 cans of food for the Transform Burien Food Bank.

October 5-6

Cornish College of the Arts, at Cornish’s Main Campus Center in the Denny Triangle , presents “Our Creative Society,” the first of an annual program centered on a theme that reflects the cultural currents and discourse taking place at the College and in the community. The event will be anchored in Cornish’s mission and revolves around conversations and topics that relate to the development and cultivation of our students as artists, innovators and citizens.

October 5-7

Rainier Arts Festival at Mt. Rainier. A celebration of works inspired by Mt. Rainier. Call 800.238.5756.

October 6-7

ARTSTOCK celebrates arts of San Juan Island. Open studios and galleries. Visit www.artstocksandjuanisland.com.

Croatia Fest 2012 celebrates Croatian Culture with authentic, traditional Croatian food, dancing and music, art, historical displays, food demos, lectures, children’s activities with special programming honoring notable Croatian-American innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs. held at the Armory/Center House at 305 Harrison Street in Seattle.

Issaquah Salmon Days Festival, l0am-6pm in downtown Issaquah. Weekend of free fun with over 300 artists’ booths. Visit www.salmondays.org.

The Whidbey Island Open Studio Tour, 7960 Scatchet Head Rd in Clinton on Whidbey Island. from 10am-5pm.