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Bherd Studios Gallery , 8537 Greenwood Avenue N. Suite 1, presents the urban contemporary work of Jeremy Gregory, PaperMarbles and John Osgood. Although each artist has their own distinct style, they have many common elements used throughout their work, including their sense of humor, character portraits and sensibilities. The opening reception is held in conjunction with the Second Friday Monthly Artwalk in Greenwood-Phinney. The show closes April  2.

This biannual exhibition features new or recent work by current Cornish art faculty members Judy Allen, Tina Aufiero, Bonnie Biggs, Robert Campbell, Linda Davidson, Julie Gaskill, Claudia Hollander-Lucas, David Nechak, Barbara Noah, Heather Dew Oaksen, John Overton, Kathleen Rabel, Ruth Tomlinson, Kristen Ramirez, Kristin Tollefson, and David Ulrich.The 2010 Art Faculty Exhibition  is on view at the Cornish College of the Arts in the main gallery, 1000 Lenora Street, through April 14.

Seattle ArtREsource, 625 First Avenue in Seattle, is showing a selection of paintings by Paul Horiuchi through May 8. The exhibition includes work loaned from the Horiuchi estate and which is available for purchase. The exhibit is available for view on line.

Gunnar Nordstrom Gallery, 800 Bellevue Way N.E. Ste.111 in Bellevue, opens from 6-8pm March 10 for an artist reception and preview of Dan Larsen’s series, “Organic Interludes. The current paintings are created utilizing an industrial resin formulated to include microscopic heat treated glass flakes, which give the paintings extra depth and durability. The show runs through April 11.

Second Tuesday

Hotel Murano glass collection tour, 1320 Broadway Plaza in Tacoma. $5 per person is donated to the Museum of Glass. Jana Clifford 253.591.4141 for reservations.

Second Thursday

Blitz, Capitol Hill Art Walk from 5-8m.

Kirkland Art Walk.  Downtown galleries are open from 6pm-8pm.

West Seattle Art Walk, 6pm-9pm,  Visit www.westseattleartwalk.blogspot.com.

Second Friday

Belltown Art Walk, 6pm until closing.  Visit http://belltownartwalk.com/

Greenwood-Phinney Art Up Art Walk, 6pm-9pm, along Greenwood Ave. North from 67th-87th St.  Visit http://artupgreenwood-phinneyblogspot.com/

Second Saturday

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

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

Kingston Art Walk, 6pm-8pm.

Port Angeles Art Walk, 1pm-5pm.

March 8

The Vancouver Problem: a panel on visual art, identity, geography and discourse held at 7pm at Schneebeck Concert Hall, the University of Puget Sound, N. 14th and Union in Tacoma.

Local Color, 1606 Pike Place in Seattle, opens a group show on March 6 from 6-8pm. Included in the show are Chuck Pefley (photography), Ty Kelly (mixed media) and Ryan Doran (acrylic/mixed media).  Shown: a piece by Ryan Doran.

Yesterday I received a press release from the Greg Kucera Gallery about a show opening in April. The words so impressed me that I asked Greg if I could reproduce it in its entirety. What he says is so very true for our art community here and all across this country. Below is the press release:

“As Americans, and as consumers, we are confronted every day with purchasing decisions about what to buy and where to spend our hard-earned money. We notice with dismay that so few of the products we buy in our stores are made in this country. We’re well aware that very little manufacturing is done here any longer. Our raw resources are often shipped elsewhere to become products from other countries. Even our very jobs are often outsourced in favor of cheaper labor elsewhere. All of this weighs heavy on our collective conscience.

At the same time we are exhorted by the media to “buy local!” To “reduce our carbon footprints.” To “think green!” And we are bombarded with buzzwords like “sustainable” and “globalization.”

It occurs to us that Seattle’s galleries, all of which are small businesses, provide American-made goods and products of exceptional value and quality. “Made in the U.S.A.,” the group show we have curated this month, is an example of that American ideal. Not as some jingoistic expression of xenophobia, but as a celebration of this country and all it can achieve.

While none of the artists represented in this exhibition were asked to create work about or referencing the idea of American made, all of these artists are making their work here in their own studios, often employing local assistants, nearby fabricators and other artists in their production. They are using materials that are bought here and sometimes made here as well. These artists are part of a complex food chain of very small increments but they represent the continuation of a long held American tradition, emblematically referred to as “Made in U.S.A.”

This gallery employs four full-time staff members, our Gallery Frames shop has three employees, and our resale business, Seattle ArtREsource, has one more. A total payroll of ten including its owners. We have not sent any of their jobs overseas, nor do we plan to. Neither do we maintain an offshore banking account.

No big deal. We’re just saying.

We hope that you will join us as we support and celebrate these American artists.”

Sincerely,
Greg Kucera
G R E G K U C E R A G A L L E R Y , I N C .
212 Third Avenue South Seattle WA 98104.2608 t: 206.624.0770

Allied Arts of Whatcom County, 1418 Cornwall in Bellingham, presents the “Allied Arts Annual Member’s Show” through March 26. Featured are works from over 100 Allied Arts members, including professional artists and new or emerging and range from traditional paintings to photography to contemporary sculptures and everything in between.

Anchor Art Space, 216 Commercial Avenue in Anacortes, opens Friday, March 5th for the Anacortes Art Walk from 5-8pm with with sculptural work by Stephen Kafer. “Selected Wall Works…Some Thoughts.” The exhibit continues through April 24th.

Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way on Bainbridge Island invited several artists to participate in a group show called “Art Couture.”  The surprising results are on view through March 29. Shown at the right: Peggy Vanbianchi, Lend a Hand.

Blue Horse Gallery, 301 West Holly Street in Bellingham, opens from 6-10pm with an artist reception for Didy Lutz. Lutz will exhibit her mixed media work in a solo show through March 26.

Gasworks Gallery, 3815 4th. Avenue NE in Seattle, invites all to a party and studio opening from 8-10pm.

An opening reception from 5-8pm is scheduled at the Rob Schouten Gallery, located on Whidbey Island at Greenbank Farm at 765 Wonn Rd. C-103 in Greenbank. On view is an exhibition of eight students of oil painting instructor Milo Duke of the Gage Academy of Art who will show the results their newly acquired skills. The paintings in this show thus cover a variety of subjects and approaches to painting. The show runs through March 30.

Scott-Milo Gallery, 1004 Commercial Avenue, opens for the Anacortes Art Walk from 6-9pm with Eric Wiegardt’s “Watercolors.” Shown at the right: Monolith. The show runs through May 4.

“With the Wind,” new work by Edison artist John Simon is on view at the Smith & Vallee Gallery, 5742 Gilkey Avenue in Edison, through March 28. The artist’s work is also in the permanent collection of the Museum of Northwest Art. An opening reception is scheduled for March 6 from 5-8pm.

Ten Latino artists of the Pacific Northwest open in “Sense Us 2010” at the ArtXchange Gallery, 512 First Avenue S. from 5-8pm. The exhibition, partnered with Latino arts collective La Sala, strives to raise the visibility of Latino artists in the Seattle community, as well as challenge previous assumptions about Latino art. Shown: Blooming by Marcio Diaz.

Bluebottle Art Gallery, 415 East Pine Street, is showing “Birds & Blooms of the 50 States,” through March 31. The show is comprised of the Dutch Door Press’s original illustrations of the state bird and flower of every state in the U.S. Each illustration is letterpress printed in an edition of 100.

“Paperweight,” a survey of works on paper featuring six artists is on view at the Catherine Person Gallery, 319 3rd. Avenue  S., through March 27. 

Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Avenue S., opens from 6-8pm with the work of four painters:  Marlene Bauer (Oregon), Selene Santucci (Washington), Jessie Morgan (Massachusetts) and Dory Goode (Oregon).  The works vary from pure gestural abstraction to a vocabulary of personal symbols inhabiting an implied space, inside or out. Shown at the left: Marlene Bauer’s Puff.

Artist Tom Burrows’ “Polar,” an exhibition inspired by the Arctic and Antarctic regions, opens from 6-8pm in his fourth exhibit at the Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Avenue S. #100. Burows’ work is in private, corporate and public collections around the world. Shown at the right: Moubray Bay.

Gallery 110, opens for First Thursday from 6-8pm in their new location at 110 3rd. Avenue S. in a show called “Foundations: Reaching Beyond the Simple Attire.” A preview reception also takes place on March 3 from 6-8p.

A solo show by Northwest artist Dale Witherow opens at Gallery IMA, 123 S. Jackson from 6-8pm. This is the latest series of abstract acrylic on canvas paintings display his love of color, design and hidden symbolism. The show runs through March 28. Shown at the left: Signaletics.

Alicia Basinger opens in “Souvenir” at Gallery4Culture, 101 Prefontaine Place S., in a reception from 6-8pm. Basinger is presently a ceramic instructor and resident artist at the Seattle non-profit Pottery Northwest.  Basinger will present an artist talk at Pottery Northwest, 226 First Avenue North, on Friday, February 26th  at 7 p.m. The talk is free and open to the public.

Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place Market, opens from 6-8pm with solo exhibitions by Ed Kamuda and Richard Hutter. Paintings by Ed Kamuda are included in the collections of Microsoft, SAFECO, Zymogenetics, and in Washington schools through Art in Public Places Program. In 1999, he was included in the Whatcom Museum of History and Art’s Beyond the Horizon: Artists of the Rural Landscape.Hutter was invited to do a residency at the Morris Graves Foundation near Eureka in Northern California. One of the series he created there, "Lake Music," comprises this small exhibition. His work has been included in a number of nationally organized exhibitions, including some juried by prominent curators at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum. His work was featured The Tacoma Art Museum’s Northwest Biennial in 2004. Hutter will give an artist talk at the gallery on March 13 at 2pm. Shown above at the right:  Richard Hutter, Lake Music II.

“Emotional Color,” an exhibition of new works by Ursula O’Farrell, opens at the Patricia Rovzar Gallery, 1225 Second Avenue, in a reception held for the artist on Thursday, March 4 from 6-8pm in conjunction Seattle’s First Thursday Art Walk. In 2007, her work was featured in a solo show at the Art Museum of Los Gatos in California and most recently O’Farrell was juried by renowned artist Theophilus Brown to participate in Art Space 712’s exhibition titled "I'll Bet You Can't Paint a Portrait: The Genesis of Bay Area Figurative Art Now" and was awarded the grand prize. The exhibition will continue through March 29. Shown at the left: Visitation.

Pratt Fine Arts Center, 306 S Washington St, Suite 102, presents “Forged from Fire,” a group show featuring forged metal sculpture by artists Andy Blakney, Paul Casey, Lisa Geersten, Patrick Maher, Lauren Osmolski and David Tuthill. The show opens on First Thursday from 6-8pm and continues until March 26.

Punch Gallery, 119 Prefontaine Place South, opens from 5-8pm with Ries Niemi and Sheila Klein, married artists who work  in textiles and other mediums.

R E Welch Gallery, 1214 First Avenue South opens with European pastel artist Rulggeri’s new work.  Shown at the right: Poppies on the Plain.

Rock|Dement Visual Art Space, 306 S. Washington, presents “Legend,” a collaboration of eight artists exploring multiple contexts navigated in the world. A reception is scheduled from 6-9pm on First Thursday. The show runs through March 27.

Seattle ArtREsource, 625 First Avenue, opens from 5-7pm with paintings from several decades in Paul Horiuchi’s life “Paintings and Collages.” Horiuchi has been the recipient of many honors and awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Wing Luke Asian Museum in 1955. His works are in the collections of major museums, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Fogg Art Museum (Harvard University) and Cambridge University, England. The show continues through May 8. Shown above and to the left: Dormant Blue, 1981.

Shift Collaborative Studio, 306 S. Washington Street, opens on First Thursday from 5-8pm with emerging artist and sculptor, Jo  Moniz.

Traver Gallery Seattle, 110 Union Street, opens from 5-8pm for First Thursday by introducing “Stig Persson: Progression.” Persson focuses on glass for its structural qualities as well as delicacy, has exhibited all over Europe and the United States, and his work can be found in the permanent collections of The Glasmuseum Ebletoft, as well as the Danish Museum for Art and Craft. Shown at the left: Layers No. 1.

Gordon Woodside/John Braseth Gallery,  2101 9th. Ave.  at Lenor, opens in a reception from 5:30-8:30pm for Paul Havas’ new works. The artist has taught at the University of Washington, the University of Idaho, and Stanford University and was good friends with Northwest painter William Ivey. He has had numerous exhibits throughout his career as an artist in the Pacific Northwest. Shown at the right : Paul Havas, Grayland Light.

On view at the Frye Art Museum through January 2, 2011 is “Tête-à-tête,” featuring 150 paintings from the Frye Art Museum’s Founding Collection, recreating the viewing experience enjoyed by visitors to the art gallery Charles and Emma Frye had in their home. The Fryes’ salon-style exhibitions, which showcased artists of the renowned Munich Secession and the “stars” of the preceding Artists’ Association, the Munich Künstlergenossenschaft, literally filled the walls of their large home. Is it any wonder they decided to open a gallery? The undated picture here is from their home.

ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery, 4711 California Avenue SW in Seattle, features Keith Troester, Amirra Malak, Lyosha Grechishkin and Susan Bari Price in “Relics of Light” through March 27. An artists’ reception is scheduled for March 11 from 6-7:30pm. Also showing is New York video artist, Keith Troester with “In a Landscape”, a 6 minute projection of two contrasting urban scenes, inspired by avant-garde composer, John Cage. Shown: Mezzo by Susan Bari Price.

“Incubator for Artists: Revitalizing the Seattle Arts Community,” a group show celebrating the role the Pratt Fine Arts Center  has played in lives of Seattle artists throughout the past 34 years will be on display at the City Hall Lobby Gallery and Anne Focke Gallery, 600 4th. Avenue, from March 1 - April 13, 2010. A public reception is schedules for March 25 from 5-6pm. Shown: Boyd Sugiki, Composition.

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.  Call 360.293.6938 for information.

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

Bellingham Downtown Art Walk from 6pm-10pm.  Visit www.downtownbellingham.com/gallerywalk/

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

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.

Langley on Whidbey Island Art Walk in the galleries, 5pm-7pm.

Port Townsend Art Walk, 5:30pm-8:30pm.  Call Ancestral Spirits Gallery at 360.385.0078.

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

March 6

Coupeville Musselfest and Langley on Whidbey Island Early Spring Art Walks.

March 6 & 7

Whidbey Working Artists Art Studio Tour from 10am to 5pm. Click  on the link for a map.

Budding ceramic artists from high schools throughout Whatcom County will have their creations on display at Good Earth Pottery  through the month of March.  A reception for the students and their teachers will be held on March 20^th from 2-5pm at the gallery, located at 1000 Harris Avenue in Bellingham.

The Ouch My Eye Gallery, located at 1022 1st Avenue S., opens from 7-12pm on February 27 for their Annual International Invitational. According to the gallery, “The artists participating this year were carefully selected from a large field of international, national, and local talent who exemplify the passion to create regardless of popularity, esteem, or financial marketability.” The show runs through March 24. Piece shown by Tracy Boyd.