MUSEUMS

recommended FRYE ART MUSEUM
Final week. Celebrity Soul, an exhibition of portraits by Franz von Lenbach. Through Oct 30. William Cumming: The Image of Consequence. Through Dec 31. Acting Out: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. Through Feb 12. 704 Terry Ave, 622-9250.

recommended HENRY ART GALLERY
Lead Pencil Studio explores the relationship between architectural space and land use in Minus Space. Through Nov 20. Also connected with Lead Pencil Studio is 150 Works of Art, which are paintings and photographs that the architects Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo selected from the gallery's permanent collection. Through Feb 26. 15th Ave NE and NE 41st St, 543-2280.

recommended NORDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM
The new exhibit on 12 modern Finnish churches must not be missed! Through Nov 13. 3014 NW 67th St, 789-5707.

recommended SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
Africa in America, ongoing in the gallery and the nation. Japanese paintings, screens, and hanging scrolls from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ongoing. 100 University St, 654-3100.

recommended VANCOUVER ART GALLERY
Protean Picasso: Drawings and Prints from the National Gallery of Canada and Selected Paintings from International Collections, a presentation of drawings, prints and the largest number of Picasso paintings ever exhibited in Vancouver. Through Jan 15. 750 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC, 604-662-4700.

GALLERY OPENINGS

KIMZEY MILLER GALLERY
New work by David Gignac and Peter Jordan. Through Nov 23. 1225 Second Ave, 682-2339.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS

4CULTURE
Final Week. Daydream, new paintings by Linda Davidson. Through Oct 28. 101 Prefontaine Pl S, 296-7580.

ART/NOT TERMINAL GALLERY
Pioneer Sunrise, paintings by Keene Crews. Ten Thousand Things, photo collages by John Schuh. Through Nov 3. bill.com, a tribute to Bill Gates, Microsoft, and the world of computers. Through Dec 1. 2045 Westlake Ave, 233-0680.

ART BOOKS PRESS BOOKSTORE & GALLERY
Final week. Work by more than 40 international artists pushing ever so hard the bound boundaries of bookmaking. Through Oct 29. 4703 Ballard Ave, 285-2665.

BALLARD FETHERSTON GALLERY
Final week. An exhibition featuring painter Kathy Moss and sculptor Lita Batho. Through Oct 29. 818 E Pike St, 322-9440.

recommended CHRISTOFF GALLERY
Final week. Something Wicked This Way Comes: Macabre and surrealist paintings by Joe Vollan, Gus Fink, and Ben Fedosky. Through Oct 31. 6004 12th Ave S #17, 767-0280.

CONSOLIDATED WORKS
Trimpin's Sheng High and Paul Rucker's Wall of Pieces run through Nov 27. 500 Boren Ave N, 381-3218.

CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
Final week. An exhibition featuring work by the Cornish art department faculty. Through Oct 31. 1000 Lenora St, Main Campus Center Gallery, 726-5011.

CRAWL SPACE GALLERY
Zebra Skin Cake Knife, an exhibit of drawing, paintings and collages by Diana Falchuk. 504 E Denny Way #1, 322-5752.

DAVIDSON CONTEMPORARY
Final week. Within, a new series of oil paintings by Susan Bennerstrom; Visionary Evidence, new woodcuts by Karen Kunc. Prints by Sosaku Hanga. Through Oct 29. 310 S Washington St, 624-7684.

DESIGN COMMISSION
Final week. On exhibit are strange sculptures and screen prints by New York artist Andrew Sutherland. Through Oct 29. 119 Prefontaine Pl S, 223-7709.

FRAME UP STUDIOS
Final week. Paintings by an artist wonderfully named Nan Wonderly. Through Nov 1. 3515 Fremont Ave N, 547-4657.

FRANCINE SEDERS GALLERY
Final week. New (not old and forgotten) work by Diann Knezovich and Anne Hirondelle. Through Oct 30. 6701 Greenwood Ave N, 782-0355.

GALLERY 110
Final week. New (not old and forgotten) work by Betsy Best-Spadaro and Jessica Dodge. Through Oct 29. 110 S Washington St, 624-9336.

GALLERY 1412
Vague Head Skeletons are new paintings and sculpture by Jamey Braden. Through Nov 27. 1412 18th Ave, 322-1533.

G. GIBSON GALLERY
Ruth Bernhard: At One Hundred, a selection of prints. New work from Japan by Michael Kenna. Through Nov 26. 300 S Washington St, 587-4033.

GLOBE GALLERY
Final week. A new series of color photographs by Kristen Imig. Through Oct 31. 105 S Main St #100, 612-7655.

recommended GORDON WOODSIDE/JOHN BRASETH GALLERY
Final week. Recent paintings by old man William Cumming. Through Oct 29. 2101 Ninth Ave, 622-7243.

recommended GREG KUCERA GALLERY
New paintings by Jeffrey Simmons and new drawings by Joe Biel. Through Nov 12. 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770.

recommended HALO
Final week. Le Merde and Charles Whiteside present a medieval-themed show with work from 15 artists. Through Oct 31. 1919 Third Ave, 256-0715.

recommended HOWARD HOUSE
Evicted is an exhibition of new paintings by Seattle artist Mark Takamichi Miller. And Mapping the Moment is an exhibition of new sculptures by Seattle artist Yuki Nakamura. Through Nov 12. 604 Second Ave, 256-6399.

INFOHAZARD
Final week. The weird paintings of Seva Rzhondkovsky and Michael Colello are here on display. Through Nov 1. 1716 E Olive Way, 324-6630.

recommended JAMES HARRIS GALLERY
Black Market, sculpture, photography, and video by Stephanie Syjuco, ongoing. 309A Third Ave S, 903-6220.

JOHN PAGE GALLERY
Final week. The series of paintings by John Page titled Island Innovations are not based on the popular TV show. Through Oct 30. 1090 N Northlake Way, 632-7710.

LINDA HODGES GALLERY
Final week. New paintings by Chester Arnold. Through Oct 29. 316 First Ave S, 624-3034.

LIPSTICK TRACES
Paintings by Alan Hurley. Through Nov 30. 303 E Pine St, 329-2813.

LISA HARRIS GALLERY
Final week. Paintings by Ed Kamuda and sculpture by Jerry Wingren. Through Oct 29. 1922 Pike Pl, 443-3315.

PATRICIA CAMERON GALLERY
Final week. Life Lines is a collection of new paintings and drawings by Cheryl Hahn. Through Oct 29. 234 Dexter Ave N, 343-9647.

recommended PLATFORM GALLERY
A new exhibit by Jennifer McNeeley entitled ...and another thing! Artist gallery talk, Sat Oct 29, 1 pm. Through Nov 19. 114 Third Ave S, 323-2808.

RICHARD HUGO HOUSE ART GALLERY
New Edition Work, a collection of prints and sculptures by Saya Moriyasu. Through Nov 30. 1634 11th Ave, 322-7030.

recommended ROQ LA RUE
Bad Moon Rising is a "Halloween-themed group show" in the gallery's new space, which is next door to its old space. Through Nov 6. 2312 Second Ave, 374-8977.

SEATTLE ACADEMY OF FINE ART
Abstraction & Dimension, figurative sculptures and abstract paintings by SAFA students. Forgotten Masters: NW Artists of the Early 20th Century, curated by art historian David Martin. Through Nov 23. 1501 10th Ave E, 526-ARTS.

recommended SOIL ART GALLERY
Final week. An exhibition celebrating 10 years of SOIL, featuring work by 39 past and present SOIL members. Through Oct 30. 112 Third Ave S, 264-8061.

SQUARE ROOM
Wholly new work by Brian McGuffey and Leif Holland. 1316 E Pike St, 267-7120.

TOST
Queen Mergatroid's Court, an exhibit by sewing artist Sara Lanzillotta. 513 N 36th St, Space E, 568-7419.

VÉRITÉ COFFEE AND CUPCAKE ROYALE
Curiously Intense Art is an exhibit by a woman with a curious surname, Rachel Van Citters. 2052 NW Market St, 782-9557.

WALL SPACE
Timeless Kyoto, Ron Reeder's palladium prints of his recent sojourn to Kyoto, Japan. 600 First Ave, Suite 322, 330-9137.

recommended WESTERN BRIDGE
In Crash. Pause. Rewind. 12 artists and groups look at "the disaster imagery generated by Hollywood and the news media alike as contemporary equivalents to the Romantic attraction to ruins." Absolutely fantastic! Through March 4. 3412 Fourth Ave S, 838-7444.