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Anacortes artists and former owners of Insights Gallery, Alfred Currier and Anne Schreivogl are currently featured  in a two-person show at the Attic Gallery at 206 SW First Avenue in Portland through February 27. Schreivogl was recently named “Best of the West” by Southwest Art Magazine.  Currier was chosen to be the featured artist for the World Tulip Summit to be held in Washington State this Spring (April 13 - 15, 2010). Shown: Deception Pass by Al Currier.

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

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

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

Blitz, Capitol Hill Arts Walk from 5-10pm. More info and maps:www.blitzcapitolhill.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 206.78-4.9705.

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

Kingston Art Walk, 6pm-8pm.

Port Angeles Art Walk, 1pm-5pm.

February 12, 13 & 14

Seattle Print Fair marks their ninth anniversary. Hosted by Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Avenue S. in Pioneer Square, thousands of prints will be on view from galleries throughout the United States and Canada. A preview reception takes place on February 12 from 6-8:30pm and is sponsored by the Lenny Wilkens Foundation. Tickets to the Friday night preview reception from 6-8:30pm are $50  per couple  or $30 per individual. There is no charge for the Saturday and Sunday fair.

February 13

Bryan Ohno lectures on “Art-Engaging Outside the Norm” at 2pm at the Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Avenue S. in Seattle.  Ohno will share his experiences behind the creative process and how art can energize urban living spaces in unplanned ways.

The Wing Luke Museum, 719 South King Street in Seattle, celebrates the “Lunar New Year” from 11am-4pm in the Chinatown-International  District.

Linocut and vinyl block prints by Amanda Kindregan opens in an exhibit titled “It’s All Greek to Me” at the Bluebottle Art Gallery, 415 E. Pine Street in Seattle, in a reception for the artist on First Saturday from 5-7pm. The title of the show originates with certain liberties the artist has taken with the classical Greek myths.

Opening for First Saturday at Local Color, 1606 Pike Place in Seattle, is a group show featuring Traci Paulk, Clane Gessel, Astrid Candenas, Sonja Morgan and Elissa Stern. Also on view is a special jewelry trunk show with the work of Jennifer MacLean. Local Color offers free validated parking at the market garage located at 1531 Western Avenue. Shown: a piece from Traci Paulk’s mixed media exhibit.

Barbo Furniture and Gallery, 1321 Cornwall Avenue in Bellingham, is featuring acrylic abstracts from Nancy Emeral Haygeman’s work, “Inner Landscapes,” through February 28. The show highlights a gathering of her minimalist pieces and is called “Art for Awakening, a collection for winter.” 

The Allied Arts of Whatcom County continues the 2010 juried artist series with “Couplings” featuring Allison Hoagland, Will Stokes, Jacquie Bresadola and Jeff Aspnes. The public is invited to the opening night celebration at the Allied Arts Gallery located at 1418 Cornwall Avenue in downtown Bellingham during the Bellingham art walk on February 5th from 6pm to 10pm. There will be an exhibit walk-thru with the artist from 6pm to 7pm on opening night. The show runs through February 26. Shown is a piece by Alison Hoagland & Will Stokes.

Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way, opens for First Friday on Bainbridge with “Mixed Nuts” and “Almost Abstract: Delila Katzka  Sue Cretarolo, and Kari Bergstrom MacKenzie.” In the gallery’s annual “Mixed Nuts” local kids learn how artists and galleries work together.  “Almost Abstract” begins with recognizable subject matter which the artists bend, stretch, and bring it to the brink of abstraction.Shown at the right: Chelsea Sandbloom, Leaf, 2010. Photograph. 12^th grade, Bainbridge High School. The show runs through March 1.

A collection of artwork created by Gage Academy, 1501 10th Ave. East, #101, students and instructors exhibits alongside photographs and artifacts collected throughout the years.  The Steele Gallery exhibition features works by artists such as Bo Bartlett, Charles Emerson, Gabrielle Bakker, and Barbara Fugate. An artists’ reception takes place from 6-8pm in the Steele & Rosen Gallery.

The Rob Schouten Gallery, at Whidbey Island’s Greenbank Farm at 765 Wonn Road, Bld. C., opens in a reception from 5-8pm with the work of Ken Hassrick (1921-2004) who spent more than 30 years exploring the female body in his work. This retrospective will feature figurative compositions that range from realism to abstract. Light refreshments will be served and entertainment provided by “Yours Truly.”  The show runs through March 3. Shown at the right is one of Hassrick’s pieces.

Scott-Milo Gallery, 1004 Commercial in Anacortes, shows new pastels by Janice Wall who presents a selection of landscapes, figures and animals at an exhibit running through March 2. An artist’s reception takes place from 6-9pm during the Anacortes art walk.  Shown at the right: On Purpose, Janice Wall.

“New Year/Fresh Eyes” features artwork by nine artists from around the world. The First Thursday reception takes place at the ArtXchange Gallery, 512 1st Ave S., from 5-8pm.

Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Avenue S., opens from 6-8pm with “Contemporary Mezzotints” featuring works by six artists new to Davidson Galleries  in addition to recent works by artists currently represented by the gallery including: Art Werger, Carol Wax, Frederick Mershimer and Daniel Carrillo, all from the U.S.  New artists include Michel Estebe (France), James Groleau (U.S.), Pekka Hokkanen (Finland), Julie Niskanen (U.S.), Cleo Wilkinson (Australia) and Malgorzata Zurakowska (Poland/U.S.).

“MadArt Redox” exhibits new works by seventeen emerging Seattle artists at Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Avenue South #100. Co-curated by Bryan Ohno and Phen Huang, the exhibit represents a number of local artists who have a variety of experiences and levels of contributions using different materials and construction methods to demonstrate what emerging, contemporary artists are doing in the Seattle area. The show ends February 27.

Gallery 110, now located at 110 3rd. Avenue S., opens from 6-8pm with “Inner Mind” featuring Mistie, Erickson, Ann Maki and Jim Matthew who attempt to explore the hidden pathways of their minds.  Also on view is Patrice Colvin in “Journeys.” Shown at the left is Every Scrap Matters by Ann Maki.

Gallery IMA,  123 S. Jackson St., opens from 6-8pm with Bill Baber’s latest series of steel and glass wall scultpure and Karen Hibbard’s recent works on paper examining the visually poetic paths, patterns and gestures found in daily ritual This is Hibbard’s first show with the gallery. The exhibition ends on February 28. Shown at the right: Bill Baber, Dress Rehearsal.

Gallery4Culture, 101 Prefontaine Place S., presents, “Object History Awareness,” a solo exhibition of photographs by Seattle-based artist Sol Hashemi. Opening from 6-8pm, the show runs through February 26.

Landscape paintings by Emily Wood open in an exhibition from 6-8pm at the Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, Wood’s oils depict the rural character of Washington, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming through color and a perspective on familiar views. Wood has been included in important regional survey shows at The Tacoma Art Museum and the Whatcom Museum of History and Art. Her paintings may be found in the collections of Seattle University Sullivan Law Center, Merrill Lynch, Seattle Cancer Alliance, UW Medical Center, and Tacoma Art Museum as well as in private collections on the East and West Coasts.The artist will be present at the opening Thursday, February 4 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.Shown at the left: Emily Wood, Trees Near Virginia Peak.

Northwest Fine Woodworking, 101 S. Jackson, opens for the First Thursday Art Walk by showcasing gallery artists in celebration of their 30 years in Pioneer Square. Shown at the right is one of the gallery artist’s creations.

Opening from 6-10pm for First Thursday, OHGE Ltd., 831 Airport Way S., is Mandy Greer’s “Zuster Sweostor Systir.”  (Frankly, I’d like to tell  you more about this exhibit, but the press release was so convoluted I gave up trying to understand it)

“Invasive Beauty” new works by Northwest painter Joyce Gehl, opens at the Patricia Rovzar Gallery, 1225 Second Avenue,  in a reception from 6-8pm and continues through March 2. Working in encaustic, Gehl's body of work is informed by the natural world where flowers and plants are rendered. Shown at the left: Gehl’s Urban Density.

“De Kooning's Women & Other Collages” opens in a reception from 5-8pm at the Punch Gallery,  119 Prefontaine Place South. Joanna Thomas offers an installment of her pointed collage work with her  wit and unapologetically feminist slant, while she takes jabs at the art establishment.

Rock|Dement, 306 S. Washington, opens from 6-9pm with a new exhibit, “ What: Holy #$%@… When the #$#% did that happen?” featuring six new studio partners: Therese Buchmiller, Chris Crites, Jeff Mihalyo, Jen T. Mills, Cheri O’Brien and David Robinson. The show will be up through March 1.

Traver Gallery, 110 Union Street #200, opens from 5-8pm with exhibitions featuring Ethan Stern’s “Zoom,” and Mark Bennion’s “Amhairghin.” Stern has been a summer staff member at Pilchuck Glass School for almost a decade and in the summer of 2009 he taught a course there called "The Unexpected Object". Bennion is a painter and sculptor who has shown his work across the United States, Canada and Europe since 1968. Shown at the right: Bennion’s “untitled (Fresco 6)”.

On view through April 18, and in celebration of their fifth anniversary, the Oasis Art Gallery is featuring a special  show called “Allure” with detailed 'wavescapes' in acrylics by Scott McDougall, the flow of koi fish and time in acrylics by Nicole Stremlow-Monahan,  landscape and floral photography by Richard Lawson, deconstructed and saturated abstracts of the body and soul by Sharon Wherland, contemporary abstract nature inspired paintings by Natalie Goods, and dream-like acrylic and watercolor landscapes by Hossein Peigahi. Oasis is  located at 3644 Wallingford in North Seattle and will be open for the First Wednesday Gallery Walk from 6-9pm. Shown: Tree Series by Natalie Goods.

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

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.

February 5 –7

Bellevue Arts Museum  launches a three-day jewelry marketplace called “Indulge.” Preview from 6-9pm on February 5 with the marketplace from 11am – 5pm on February 6 and 7.

February 6

Arts, Hearts & Hammers Benefit Auction held at Open Door Gallery  at 5603 Bayview Rd. in Langley on Whidbey island. Reception and silent auction from 5-8pm.

In 1885, Wilson A. Bentley was the first person to successfully photograph an individual snow crystal through a microscope. He photographed over 5,000 crystals in his lifetime, demonstrating that no two snowflakes are alike. During Bentley’s lifetime, because of widespread interest in his work, he made up glass slides to use in his lectures. Schools, universities, and scientists purchased sets. These rare slides will be shown every half-hour, starting at 5:30pm, with the last show at 7:30pm at the Fine Impressions Gallery, 8300 Fifth Avenue NE in Seattle. For more  information, call the gallery at 206.784.5270.

A group show of new works in on view at the Howard/Mandville Gallery, 120 Park Lane in Kirkland, through February 24. Shown: Amsterdam Canal by Richard Boyer. 

A project that began at School 52 in the South Bronx in 1981 between Tim Rollins and a group of students described as “academically or emotionally at risk” turned into a collaboration where they produced art and found an interest in doing their schoolwork. Rollins or one of the students read aloud from the selected text while the other members drew, relating the stories to their own experiences. Their signature style was born as Rollins and K.O.S.—Kids of Survival—began producing works of art directly on the pages of these books, cut out and laid in a grid on canvas. Today there are active K.O.S. members in Philadelphia, Memphis, San Francisco, and New York, and their work has appeared  throughout the world. The exhibition will be on view until May 31 at the Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Avenue in Seattle. Robin Held, Frye Deputy Director, has scheduled a talk about the exhibit at 2pm on February 20.

Opening January 21 in a reception from 6-9pm at the Fulcrum Gallery, 1308 Martin Luther  King Way in Tacoma, is artist Troy Gua’s exhibit, “Monument.” The exhibit attempts to understand loss, especially the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. A closing reception is  scheduled for February 18 at 6pm.

Artist Matthew Offenbacher and curator Yoko Ott with the assistance of a group of artists will convert the Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University, 901 12th Avenue, into a physical database of material collected from the work spaces of select academic professionals. Each week participating artists will visit their assigned academic professional, learn about their work, and select material to add to “Intellectual Property.” In total fourteen artists will pair up with fourteen academic professionals over the course of seven weeks. The exhibit closes March 20.

Museum of Glass, 1801 Dock Street in Tacoma, welcomes glass artists Beth Lipman (Sheboygan, WI) and Ingalena Klenell (Sunne, Sweden) to the Hot Shop for a two-week Visiting Artist residency beginning  January 20. During this session, the two artists will work on elements for Glimmering Gone, an exhibition organized by MOG opening in October, 2010.