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The “2009 Juried Artist Series” continues at Allied Arts of Whatcom County, 1418 Cornwall Avenue in Bellingham,  with a series of works from painter Leonid Tornillo, as presented by local artist Time Pattison. The show, titled Guerra y Sueno (“War and Sleep”), will run through October 31.

“In the Loop,” a group show featuring wheel rims, nests, and compasses; swirls of nautilus shells and lollipops opens from 6-8pm at Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way. A variety of mediums include glass sculpture, quilts, artists’ books, metal sculpture, ceramic sculpture, encaustic, and digital media. Artists include Sam Garriott Antonacci, Michael Babinski,  Cameron Bahnson, Brian Berman, Marilyn Bergstrom, Linda Costello, Sue Cretarolo, Diana Cronin,  Kate Dwyer, Penny Grist, Maria Groat, Denise Harris, Jonilou Holland, Delila Katzka, Anne Lewis, Susan Lowdermilk, Laurel Lukaszewski, Brian Mackin, Donald MacLane, Christopher Mathie, Barry McAlister, Larry McCaffrey, Danis McDermott, Gerry Newcomb, Carol Roi Olsen, Joan Peter and Laurie Lewis, Karin Schminke, Cheryl Williams, and Cathy Woo. Shown: Christopher Mathie, Sequence IV.

A group show featuring Michael Moe’s mixed medium, Yvonne Buijs-Mancuso’s encaustics, Carla Dimitriou’s mixed medium and Anne Schreivogl’s ois and mixed medium opens for the Anacortes Art Walk from 6-9pm at Insights Gallery, 516 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes. Shown: Anne Schreivogl, Rivers.

Opening for the Bainbridge Island gallery walk from 6-8pm is “Invitational Printmaking” at the Roby King Gallery, 176 Winslow Way E. Artists featured are: Lynn Brofsky, Pam Christiansen, Mette Hanson, Max Hayslette, Mamie Joe, Stephen MacFarlane, Wendy Orville, Robert Schlegel, William Schlegel.

Featured at the Scott-Milo Gallery, 1004 Commercial in Anacortes,  through November 3 is ”Patty Forte Linna – Pastels,” many of which are inspired by World War II. The opening reception is from 6-9pm. Also showing are figures and landscapes in oil by Pepper Peterson, still lifes and figures in oil by Judythe Sherwood, abstract oils by Don de Llamas and landscapes in oil by Dederick Ward. Shown: Patty Forte Linna, Shoo Shoo Baby.

Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Avenue in Edison is featuring R.Allen Jensen, a Northwest master who doesn’t fit into the mold of the Northwest school, through October 31. The opening reception is scheduled for October 3 from 5-8pm.

An exhibit featuring works by Seattle artists Rodger Squirrell and Ben Taves is on view at the South Seattle Community College Art Gallery, 6000 16th. Avenue SW, through October 30. Squirrell’s direct metal sculptures feature diverse industrial remnants reinvented as bold, skeletal forms in the tradition of early 20 century sculptors. Taves uses the technique of carving steel with the torch combined with more traditional techniques of welding and fabricating. An opening reception is scheduled for October 7 from 12 – 1:30pm.

The Island Gallery, 100 Madison Avenue N. on Bainbridge Island, opens during the Bainbridge Art Walk with “Isnia: Decorating with Textiles,” on view through October 31. ISNIA stands for the collaborative team of Agus Ismoyo and Nia Fliam, renowned for their intricate, nuanced and time-intensive textiles. They are widely acknowledged as the first artists in Indonesia to go beyond the boundaries of modern batik painting and extensively explore the medium of Javanese batik as contemporary textile art.