Visual Art Search
Chris Jordan Lecture
Wed June 19, 7:30-9 pm.Event
The Seattle photographer offers an exploration of “fabled Midway Island,” a critical habitat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean as part of the Sightline Institute's 20th anniversary speaker series.
$5.
Duane Pasco: Life As Art
Wed June 19, 6 pm.Event
Artist talk and book release party with a preview of Pasco's solo exhibition in September. Bonus! Free.
Art, Ecology, Community
Thurs June 20, 6-8 pm.Event
Join this panel discussion with artists, academics, and a biologist, as part of the Art+Science Salon series, a collaboration of the Tacoma Art Museum and the University of Puget Sound. Free.
Long Shot 24-Hour Photo Shoot
Fri June 21, 6 pm-Sat June 22, 6 pm.Event
Photographers have one calendar day to capture “a theme, community, or subject” of their choosing. Free.
Solstice Party to Benefit Fremont Arts Council
Friday 8 am-2 am, Saturday 10 am-2 am.Event
Celebrate the tilt of our planet's semi axis directly towards the sun with two days of eating, drinking (beer garden!), and supporting local arts. Free.
Artist Talk With Patte Loper
Sat June 22, 1 pm.Event
The Brooklyn artist on How to Stay Alive in the Woods, her fourth solo show at the gallery. Free.
Walking Tour of Alden Mason: In Memoriam 1919-2013
Sat June 22, noon.Event
Co-curators Phen Huang and Greg Kucera offer a walking tour of this soon-to-close exhibition. Free.
Artist Talk: Sean Alexander and Henry Lee Walls
Sat June 22, 1 pm.Event
Artist Alexander and Hilltop celebrity Walls discuss their Life is OOD collaboration. Free.
Greet the Dodge Challenger Race Car
Sat June 22, 11 am-2 pm.Event
Al Young, the color-line-breaking Seattle drag racer, helps welcome his championship-winning 1970 Dodge Challenger into the MOHAI collection. Free with admission.
Art Car Blowout
Sat June 21, 10 am-8 pm; Sun June 22, 11 am-6 pm.Event
More than 50 over-decorated cars on display a stone's throw from under-clothed bicyclists at the Fremont Fair. Free.
Swimming the List
Mon-Wed June 24-26, 5-7 pm.Event
Check out the open rehearsals for Stranger Genius Award winner Susie Lee's fusion of dance, technology, and music before the ensemble leaves for the Beijing International Fringe Festival. Free.
SAM Talks: Akiko Fukai
Thurs June 27, 7 pm.Event
Director of the Kyoto Costume Institute and curator of Future Beauty: Thirty Years of Japanese Fashion discusses the exhibition and Japanese fashion in general. $10.
Artist Talk: Ørnulf Opdahl
Sat June 29, 2 pmEvent
Opdahl comes to visit all the way from Norway to discuss his show, Mood Paintings of the North. free with admission.
Swimming the List: Preview and Discussion
Sat June 29, 6-7:30 pm.Event
Preview and discuss Genius Award winner Susie Lee's fusion of dance, technology and music before the ensemble leaves for the Beijing International Fringe Festival. Free.
Learn to Crochet
Thurs June 27 & Sun June 30, 12-3 pm.Event
Fiber artist Mandy Greer plans to flood Bellevue with a "fiber river expanding over 2 city blocks" and she will teach you how to crochet if you help her carry out her diabolical plot. Free.
Open Studio
Thurs July 11, noon-8 pm.Event
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The Tashiro Kaplan Building opens its doors for the Pioneer Square Art walk. Five featured artists using different mediums. Free.
Artist Reception: Stretchable Moment
Sat July 13, 6-8 pm.Event
David Beckley, Nancy Coleman, and Cass Walker are on-hand at their group show. Free.
Artist Talk: SuttonBeresCuller
Sat July 13, noonEvent
The Genius Award-winning art collaborative/band of troublemakers known for shutting down the 520 bridge with a floating “desert island” discuss their sculpture exhibition and who knows what else. Free.
Artist Talk: Reilly Sinanan and Natasha Kuring
Tues July 16, 6 pm.Event
Sinanan and Kuring dialogue about social phenomenon and the psyche in conjunction with their group show METHODology. Free.
Four Baroque Capitals: Prague, Rome, Madrid, Paris
Tues July 16, 9:30 am-noon.Event
Get a history lesson at the Frye on the formation of Baroque art in the abovementioned cities during the age of absolute monarchy. Taught by Rebecca Albiani. $175.
Recapitulation
Starts Aug. 1. Mon–Fri. Through Aug 30.Event
Recapitulation: Multimedia project from visual artist/composer/musician Paul Rucker that connects slavery to the current prison system. Free.
First Thursday
Thurs Feb 7, 6-8 pm.Event
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The first and largest art walk in the city, held in Seattle's oldest neighborhood.
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.
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