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Good Earth Pottery, 1000 Harris in Bellingham’s Fairhaven District, is featuring the work of Linda Stone for October.  Her three design collections are inspired by nature and the fishnet on her “Beachware” symbolizes the interconnectedness of all life.  Shown: Beachware Water Crock.

First Thursday

Gallery Walks in Pioneer Square and the Seattle Art Museum area, 6-8pm. Downtown Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park are free all day on First Thursdays. For maps check out www.firstthursdayseattle.com/

First Friday

Anacortes Galleries are open from 6-8pm.  Visit www.anacortesart.com.

Bainbridge Island Galleries are open from 5-8 or 9pm.

Bellingham Downtown Art Walk from 6-10 pm. For more information go to http://www.downtownbellingham.com/gallerywalk/

Belltown Seattle monthly art walk from 6-8pm. Call Carol d'Amelio at 206.443.6003 for more information.

Bremerton Gallery Walk, 5-8pm, in Downtown Bremerton.

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

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

Issaquah Art Walk 6-9pm in downtown Issaquah.

Sequim Art Walk, 5-8pm, downtown.

Vashon Island Gallery Cruise, 6-9pm.  Call Silverwood Gallery 206/463-1722.

First Saturday

Gig Harbor Art Walk, 1-5pm., along the waterfront

Langley on Whidbey Island Galleries extend their hours to 8pm.

Port Townsend Art Walk, 5:30-8:30.  Call Ancestral Spirits Gallery at 360/385-0078.

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

First Saturday Quarterly

Coupeville Arts and Antiques Walk, 5-8pm. September 5.

October 2

Olympia Fall  Arts Walk.

October 2-4

LaConner Quilt Festival.  Visit www.laconnerquilts.com

Rainier Arts Festival at Mt. Rainier, a celebration of works inspired by Mt. Rainier.  Call1.800.238.5756

October 3

8th Annual PONCHO Invitational Fine Art Auction, Grow Art, Saturday, October 3, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel featuring artworks by Northwest luminaries: Kenneth Callahan, Doris Chase, Dale Chihuly, Dennis Evans, Peter Juvonen, John Franklin Koenig, Nancy Mee, and Richard Royal as well as artists new to PONCHO: Mark Dion, Isaac Layman, Vesna Pavlovic, and Kinu Watanabe and over fifteen vacations, tours, and experiences. Patron level tickets of $200. For ticket levels and information, and to purchase tickets online please visit http://www.poncho.org

October 3-4

ARTSTOCK celebrates the diverse artistic culture of San Juan Island.  Open studios and gallery events showcase local art, music, and literature.  Visit www.artstocksanjuanisland.com.

Issaquah Salmon Days Festival, 10am-6pm in downtown Issaquah.  Weekend of free fun with over 300 artists booths.  Visit www.salmondays.org

October 3-4, 10-11

Whatcom Juried Artist Studio Tour, 10am-5pm.  Contact Tom Dolese at dolesejt@msn.com or visit www.studiotour.net.

Cairo 507 E. Mercer Street on Capitol Hill, opens a new show Wednesday, September 30 in a reception from 7-9pm. Gathered from a group of young artists across the continental United States, the work in this show is a response to the question “What constitutes your experience of home?” Steven Vroom, writing for the Capitol Hill Times, says, “Cairo is more than just the new kid on the block.” The show is curated by Francesca Lohmann and Anna Lynett.

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A major retrospective of work by Joe Feddersen, Joe Feddersen: Vital Signs, is on view at the Tacoma Art Museum through January 10. Featured are selections of  Feddersen’s printmaking, collage, glass, and weaving created since 1996. Following in the footsteps of his Plateau Indian ancestors, who interpreted their environment in the patterns of their baskets, Feddersen transforms the rhythms of the urban centers and natural landscapes surrounding him into art forms that are both coolly modern and warmly impressionistic.

Drawn from the permanent collection of the Frye Art Museum,  Open Roads and Bedside Tables focuses on American painting from the early twentieth century, when artists turned away from European academic traditions to develop a distinctly American style. Included in the exhibition are paintings and works on paper by regionalist and American scene artists such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Marsden Hartley, John Sloan, and Maurice Prendergast. Open Roads and Bedside Tables is curated by Jayme Yahr, Frye Art Museum curatorial intern. Shown: Rockwell Kent. Resurrection Bay, Alaska, c. 1939. Oil on fabric on board. 28 x 44 1/2 in. Frye Art Museum Purchase, 1998. ©Plattsburgh State Art Museum, Plattsburgh, NY.

The Seattle Times says, Several local museums offer free admission today as part of Smithsonian magazine's annual Museum Day. The participating museums are: Bellevue Arts Museum; Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture; Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame; Fort Nisqually Living History Museum; Frye Art Museum; Henry Art Gallery; Log House Museum; Museum of Glass; Museum of History & Industry; Nordic Heritage Museum; Seattle Art Museum; The Museum of Flight; Tacoma Art Museum; Wing Luke Asian Museum; and Washington State History Museum. Admission cards good for two people and a list of participating museums can be found at microsite.smithsonianmag.com/museumday.”

“Winner Takes All” at the Punch Gallery, 119  Prefontaine Place South in Seattle. They’re auctioning off the entire gallery collection to make way for new art and to reduce member dues. Beginning October 1, each $10 donation receives a ticket for a chance to win. When the exhibition closes on October 31, the winner will be drawn at 5pm.

Lawrimore Project, 831 Airport Way South, is hosting a benefit auction, “re:Focus,” for Photographic Center Northwest on Saturday, September 26 at 6pm. According to their email, “enticers include: red carpet and paparazzi, snazzy cocktail party and heavy appetizers, silent and live auctions, and an after party.” Tickets are $150. For more information, email PCNW@PCNW.ORG or phone 206.720.7222.

On display at Autumn’s Framing & Gallery, 537 Main Street in Edmonds, are original pastels by architect/artist Marcel Schwarb. The show, “Euroscapes,” will run through October 13. Shown: Enna Heights.

“Deep, Dark,” new work by Seattle artist Leo Saul Berk, opens at  Lawrimore Project, 831 Airport Way South in a reception on September 22 from 6-9pm. An artist talk and exhibition catalogue launch is scheduled for October 3 at noon. Four major world events bind the works in the exhibition: 9/11, the battle for Tora Bora, the Quecreek Mine rescue, and Saddam Hussein’s spider hole capture.His work has been included in many group exhibitions including: "Essential Elements, "Northwest Museum of Art, La Conner, WA (currently on view); "Gimme," Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle; "Swallow Harder: Selections from the Ben and Aileen Krohn Collection," Frye Art Museum, Seattle; "Woods," d.u.m.b.o. arts center, Brooklyn, NY; "Remodeling," California State University Art Museum, Long Beach (catalogue); and "Multiplex," Bumbershoot, Seattle. The show runs through October 31.

4Culture, the cultural  development agency for King County, announced $250,000 in federal stimulus funds to help preserve local arts jobs at 40 arts and cultural organizations. Among the organizations receiving funds are the Bellevue Art Museum, The Attic Theatre in Bothell, The Burien Arts Commission, Kirkland Art Center, Fall City Arts, Arcade Magazine (NW Architectural League), Arts and Visually Impaired Audiences, Degenerate Art Ensemble, Town Hall, ArtsWest, Langston Hughes, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle International Film Festival, and Giant Magnet: For a complete list of 4Culture funded groups visit: www.4culture.org/arts/saveartjobs/awards.htm

September 24

Artist Trust and the Seattle Art Dealers Association are sponsoring : “Trust Your Eye: How to Acquire Art in Seattle, “ from 6-8:30 pm at the Foster/White Gallery, 220  Third Avenue South in Seattle. Tickets are $50 and all  proceeds benefit Artist Trust’s grants and resources for Washington State artists in all disciplines. The panel consists of David Martin, Barbara Robertson, Francine Seders and will be moderated by Tacoma Art Museum Curator, Rock Hushka.

September 25

Art Walk in Poulsbo from 5-8 pm. Call Marie Sipple at the Shorelines Gallery, 253.514.3415, or more information.

September 26

Museum Day with free admission to all participating museums.

September 26 - 27

Cloudstone Sculpture Park & Gallery Opening at 5056 Cloudstone Lane in Freeland, WA on Whidbey Island from 10am – 5pm. A benefit for Eriso House on September 26 from 6-8:30pm includes a guided tour of the sculpture park, music, a light buffet and beverages for a $20 donation.

Whidbey Island Open Studio Tour from 10  am to 6 pm. The two-day tour provides the rare chance to meet these artists while experiencing the actual settings in which they work. The $10 ticket includes a map of studio locations and a color 2010  wall calendar. Proceeds help to provide scholarships for local artists.  Two free preview exhibits from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. in Coupeville at the Crockett Barn, September 19-20 and September 25-27.; and in Langley at the Bayview Cash Store Open Door Gallery & Coffee, September 22-27. For  more information, go to http://www.whidbeyopenstudiotour.org or call 360.221.4121

ARTrails of Southwest Washington, Seventh Annual Open Studio Tour. Visit over sixty artists in their rural studios in the small towns along the I-5 corridor between Kelso & Olympia with a free, self-guided tour. Web site for tour maps and information: www.artrailsofsww.org .

Coming October 3

8th Annual PONCHO Invitational Fine Art Auction, Grow Art, Saturday, October 3, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel featuring artworks by Northwest luminaries: Kenneth Callahan, Doris Chase, Dale Chihuly, Dennis Evans, Peter Juvonen, John Franklin Koenig, Nancy Mee, and Richard Royal as well as artists new to PONCHO: Mark Dion, Isaac Layman, Vesna Pavlovic, and Kinu Watanabe and over fifteen vacations, tours, and experiences. Patron level tickets of $200. For ticket levels and information, and to purchase tickets online please visit http://www.poncho.org

A group exhibition titled, “Garden of Delights,” is on view at Winston Wachter Fine Art, 203 Dexter Avenue North in Seattle, through October 20. The exhibition, features Rachel Denny, Katherine Gray, Mark Licari and Erich Wohl and is curated by Dena Rigby. Shown: Rachel Denny, Trophy.

“A Debut of Contemporary Realism in Oil,” paintings by Walt Meldrich, are currently showing at the Kaewyn Gallery, 10101 Main Street in Bothell, through October 20. Shown: Harbor Morning.