Visual Art Search
Under My Skin: Artists Explore Race in the 21st Century
Through Nov 17.Museums
Under My Skin: Artists Explore Race in the 21st Century: Race, that unstable category, must always be considered critically and with great care. In Under My Skin 26 artists confront their experiences with race and interactive elements allow visitors to confront their own.
$12.95.
In a Silent Way
Wed–Sun. Through Dec 1.Museums
In a Silent Way: SAM pulls work from Roy deCarava, David Hammons, Carrie Mae Weems, Glenn Ligon and Rashid Johnson out of the permanent collection. The exhibition features pieces that “quietly reflect on African American histories and identities” and have a distinct Miles Davis mood. $15 suggested.
Ellen Dicola and Dakota Gearhart
Mon–Sun. Through Feb 28.Gallery
Ellen Dicola's trippy Arborealis video of found Northern Lights images overlaid with footage of steam, alternating with Dakota Gearhart's Odes to Me, which involves a small singing fish with a large eyeball.
Free.
Sanctum
Through Nov 30, 2015.Museums
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Sanctum: For this installation you don't even need to go indoors. Six surveillance cameras capture you as you walk by the museum. If you get within 12 feet (as you are warned by signs), you'll be profiled—sensors will scan the "landmarks" of your face, as the artists Juan Pampin and James Coupe describe them, and you'll appear on the video screens in the windows. Text taken from volunteers' Facebook posts (anyone can sign up to donate their status updates) will appear as a story on your image. You'll get a story the system thinks represents you demographically, and the voice in the speakers above modulates accordingly, too (male/female, slow/fast for older/younger). Creepy or entertaining?
Free.
Feminist Form
Mon–Sun.Calls to Artists
This monthly screening series seeks submissions of feminist and queer video from the Northwest. Contact Stranger Genius Wynne Greenwood for info. Free.
Storefronts Seattle
www.storefrontsseattle.wordpress.comGallery
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In 2010, Storefronts Seattle started matching empty commercial spaces in Belltown, Chinatown, and Pioneer Square with local artists. The project has since expanded to Bellevue, Auburn, and Mount Vernon. Storefronts Seattle starts off 2013 with new installations by Meghan Trainor, RSVR visual research, and Ryan Everson.
Free.
Painting and Sculpting the Land
Mon–Sun.Gallery
Opening ceremony for Elizabeth Connor's rain garden/water feature with plants, Painting and Sculpting the Land, and her rows of colored concrete contour lines that indicate the depth of the original reservoir, Drawing the Land. Free.
Eric Olsen
Ongoing.Gallery
Eric Olsen: Two videos from Olsen’s I<3NY wherein he descants on his return to Seattle from New York.
Free.
Figure Drawing at Canoe Social Club
Every other Mon.Event
While this every-other-week session is ostensibly just about drawing, each meeting comes with the ancillary benefit of a meticulously (and often bizarrely) crafted three-hour soundtrack selected by your meticulous and bizarre host, Jed Dunkerley. $5-$10.
James Turrell's "skyspace" Light Reign
Wed–Sun.Museums
James Turrell’s “skyspace” Light Reign is the only thing that’s really on always-and-forever display at the Henry. It’s an outdoor room that lives like a barnacle on the side of the museum, with an opening in the ceiling so that you can sit and watch the sky go by. The experience is mind bogglingly more fascinating than you’d think, which is why Turrell has “skyspaces” all over the world. The Henry’s is furniturey, ringed with wooden bench seating. $10 suggested.
Rise and Fall
Wed–Sat.Gallery
Rise and Fall: Salvaged building materials become fluid in Sarah Fansler Lavin's installations. Free.
Artful Reproductions
Ongoing.Museums
Artful Reproductions: The permanent collection is full of treasures to be discovered for a first time or rediscovered anew. The wall of diminutive snuffboxes—each one delicately painted with a scene that draws you into its tiny alternate reality—is in itself enough to warrant multiple visits. $7 suggested.
Art/Not Terminal
Mon–Sun.Calls to Artists
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Seattle's oldest non-profit gallery is always recruiting. Artists who pay the monthly hanging fee may display their work in this non-juried, all-volunteer space.
Fluent Steps
Mon–Sun.Museums
Fluent Steps: An installation by Martin Blank of four water-filled glass sculptures suspended above water.
$12.
Gathering Light
Wed–Sun.Museums
Gathering Light: Seattle artist Cappy Thompson's painted stories on glass in the Grand Hall.
$12.
Permanent Collection
Wed–Sun.Museums
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The history and culture of Northwest African Americans in art, photos, and documents.
$6.
Permanent Collections
Wed–Sun.Museums
Permanent collections in African, Asian, Native American, early American, European, modernism, decorative arts, and contemporary arts. $15 suggested.
Seattle artREsource
Tues–Sat.Gallery
Greg Kucera and Larry Yocom venture into affordable resales from local collectors, with an ever-changing lineup of works. Free.
Values and Dreams as Expressed through Lines, Colors and Textures
Wed–Fri.Gallery
Vivid acrylic paintings by Ethiopian artist Kerima Ahmed. Free.
Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic
Mon–Sun.Museums
Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic: The nerdiest new permanent exhibit in Middle-earth features costumes, props, and original manuscripts from some of our favorite mythical adventures, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter, and Xena: Warrior Princess. $20.
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