Visual Art Search
Dabble Lab
Mon–Fri. Through May 20.Gallery
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Dabble Lab: This temporary workshop venue affords casual users the opportunity to take short classes on everything from "contour drawing and sock bunny making to fixing a flat bicycle tire and chicken wrangling." Available during week at lunch hour and evenings. Free.
Akiva Segan
Mon–Fri. Through May 21.Gallery
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Akiva Segan: mixed-media mosaic collage portraits of victims of human rights abuses.
Free.
Psychedelic Phantasm
Through May 23.Gallery
Psychedelic Phantasm: Dobro player, polyglot, former farmer, and octogenarian Betty Sander displays her electric drawings on the second floor of the Broadway Market.
Free.
Easton Richmond and Mike Monaghan
Mon–Sun. Through May 27.Gallery
New work by local photographers Easton Richmond and Mike Monaghan.
Plastics Unwrapped
Through May 27.Museums
Plastics Unwrapped expands upon the prescient sentiment of Mr. McGuire in The Graduate: plastics. Unwrapped acknowledges that this prevalent and troublingly useful substance is thoroughly integrated into every aspect of our lives, and asks us—through works presented in a variety of mediums—to make thoughtful choices. $10.
Punctum/Poetry
Mon–Sun. Through May 27.Museums
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Punctum/Poetry: Seattle high-school students working with Arts Corps share poems inspired by photos from MOHAI’s archive.
$14.
Spinning Yarns: Photographic Storytellers
Mon–Sun. Through May 28.Gallery
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Spinning Yarns: Photographic Storytellers: Photographers tell stories using diptychs, titles, grids, timelines, installations, abstraction.
Free.
Barb Campell and Javier Cervantes
Through May 30.Gallery
Barb Campell and Javier Cervantes: Functional and sculptural ceramics. Free.
Out of the Silence: Ending Bullying for LGBTQ Youth
Mon–Sun. Through May 31.Gallery
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Out of the Silence: Ending Bullying for LGBTQ Youth features more than 60 pieces by 39 calligraphers from across the U.S. and Canada. Proceeds from the show go to Pizza Klatch—the funnily named organization that does seriously important work, providing anti-bullying training and free pizza to high schoolers during their lunch period.
Free.
Cats and Dogs
Mon–Fri. Through May 31.Gallery
Cats and Dogs: Paintings, photographs, and mixed-media collages of man's best friend. And cats.
Free.
Gust Burns
Mon–Fri. Through May 31.Gallery
Gust Burns: a triptych composed of a disassembled piano, an erased score, and a record that deteriorates a little more every time it’s played. Free.
Historic Fellows Show
Mon–Fri. Through May 31.Gallery
Historic Fellows Show features paintings and sculptures by artists who have been active with the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters—"America's oldest fraternity of professional artists"—for at least 25 years.
Free.
Kathryn Abarbanel: Rathaus
Mon–Fri. Through May 31.Gallery
Rathaus: Kathryn Abarbanel's installation of found fabric sculptures from a run-down old house. Free.
The Pleasure of Pattern: An Informal Installation of Decorated Paper
Mon–Sat. Through May 31.Gallery
The Pleasure of Pattern: An Informal Installation of Decorated Paper: A lot of paper. Basically the gallery is one giant sample book of paper from around the world.
Wax and Water
Mon–Sat. Through May 31.Gallery
Wax and Water: Encaustic paintings from Deeanna Heily.
Free.
The City and the City
Open by appointment.Gallery
The City and the City: a collaboration between LxWxH owner Sharon Arnold and Portland artist Daniel Glendening. Free.
Civic Partners Funding Program
Deadline Wed June 1, 11 pm.Calls to Artists
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The Office of Arts and Culture's Civic Partners program seeks to strengthen the arts community by offering two years of funding to "Seattle-based arts, cultural and heritage organizations of all sizes and disciplines with a minimum three-year history of continuous operation and programming and a not-for-profit business structure (does not have to have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status)." Visit the website or contact Kathy Hsieh at kathy.hsieh@seattle.gov for more information.
Group Show: Rotary Boys and Girls Club
Mon–Fri. Through June 1.Gallery
Group Show: Rotary Boys and Girls Club features paintings by 12 young people. Free.
Pussy Light: Wicklified
Through June 1.Gallery
Pussy Light: Wicklified: collages and drawings from artist/musician Troy Ayala.
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