MUSEUMS

recommended FRYE ART MUSEUM
William Cumming: The Image of Consequence. Through Jan 1. Acting Out: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore. Through Feb 12. 704 Terry Ave, 622-9250.

recommended HENRY ART GALLERY
Hershmanlandia: The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson. Through Jan 29. For 150 Works of Art, the architects Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo selected paintings and photographs from the gallery's permanent collection. Through Feb 26. 15th Ave NE and NE 41st St, 543-2280.

NORDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM
Parallel Paths is an exhibit of hand embroidery, textile, and fiber art by mother and daughter Finnish artists, Riitta-Liisa Haavisto and Anna-Riitta Haavisto. Through February 5. 3014 NW 67th St, 789-5707.

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. Louis Comfort Tiffany: Artist for the Ages is an exhibition by the son of Charles Tiffany, the founder of Tiffany & Co. Through Jan 4. 100 University St, 654-3100.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS

20Twenty
Sarah Sandman's show grownHOME attempts to arrive at a new and very personal definition of the word "home." Ongoing. 5009 20th Ave NW, 706-0969.

AOKI JAPANESE RESTAURANT
Lost Colors is the first-ever show by Aoki Omaki, a local painter whose work is airy and impressionistic. Through Dec 31. 621 E Broadway, 324-3633.

ALL CITY COFFEE
Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley's exhibit Icicle Surprise examines the "Victorian era's obsession with collecting and enshrining animal life." Through Dec 31. 125 Prefontaine Pl S, 652-8331.

BLUEBOTTLE GALLERY
Matthew Porter's Birds and Blossoms exhibit is inspired by vintage woodblock prints from the fabulous lands of Japan and China. Through Dec 30. 415 E Pine St, 325-1592.

CORRIDOR GALLERY
The TK Holiday Art Show and Sale will contain works produced by the fine residents of Tashiro-Kaplan Lofts. Through Dec 31. 306 & 312 S Washington St, 856-7037.

CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
Storm and Stress is an exhibit of work by Dawn Cerny, a painter who has the distinction of being very active in Seattle's art scene. Through Dec 23. Final Week. Also on exhibit is Copy, a collection of work by Cornish students that explores the strange (or estranged) substance of modern identity and the post-Fordist self. Through Dec 16. 1000 Lenora St, Main Campus Center Gallery, 726-5011.

recommended DAVIDSON CONTEMPORARY
The operators of this gallery describe Stillben as a small survey of work by the German painter and etcher Friedrich Meckseper. Through Dec 23. 310 S Washington St, 624-7684.

FOSTER/WHITE GALLERY
Small Works features art by gallery artists. To name but three: Dale Lindman, Eva Isaksen, and Alden Mason. Through Dec 23. 123 S Jackson St, 622-2833.

G. GIBSON GALLERY
Curated by Larry Sommers, Ink Plus Paper is an exhibit of contemporary printmakers. To name but three: Claire Cowie, Dionne Haroutunian, and Ben Moreau. Through Jan 14. 300 S Washington St, 587-4033.

GALLERY 63 ELEVEN
Karl Krogstad (a filmmaker turned painter) has new paintings for you to see and judge, and judge you must. Through Jan 11. 6311 24th Ave NW, 478-2238

recommended GALLERY 110
Kate Sweeney's Unfolding Form is precisely about that—forms that are in the process of unfolding. And rarely is something more beautiful than a form that is unfolding. Through Dec 30. 110 S Washington St, 624-9336.

GARDE RAIL GALLERY
The work of James "Buddy" Snipes, a self-taught artist from Alabama, is on display in this fine gallery. Through Dec 30. 110 Third Ave S, 621-1055.

GLOBE GALLERY
On exhibit are black-and-white photographs taken by Beb C. Reynol. The subject of the images is poor, poor Afghanistan. Through Dec 31. 105 S Main St, #100, 612-7655.

GREG KUCERA GALLERY
Here are to be seen paintings by a certain Anne Appleby and also drawings by a certain Philippe Weisbecker. Through Dec 31. 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770.

recommended HALO
stillLIFE is a new work by architect Christine Chaney. Through Jan 2. 1919 Third Ave, 256-0715.

recommended HOWARD HOUSE
The Sea Is the Ghost of the World is an exhibition of new art by L.A.-based artist Tony de los Reyes. Through Dec 30. 604 Second Ave, 256-6399.

INFOHAZARD
The artists rocking the art house this month are Marisa Cole, whose work is described as "transgender-themed surrealism," and Cliff Hare, who takes digital photographs of "alien friends and landscapes." Through Jan 3. 1716 E Olive Way, 324-6630.

LINDA HODGES GALLERY
New paintings by Gayle Bard. Through Dec 31. 316 First Ave S, 624-3034.

LIPSTICK TRACES
This space will contain the art of Le Merde. Through Jan 31. 303 E Pine St, 329-2813.

LIVE GIRLS! THEATER GALLERY
Final Week. New paintings by Seattle artist Kristina Hagman. Through Dec 18. 2220 NW Market St.

RETAIL THERAPY
The abstract paintings of Joseph Oguiza are presently on the four walls that contain this small business. Through Jan 1. 905 E Pike St, 324-4092.

recommended ROQ LA RUE
The pop surrealisms of Oksana Badrak and Miles Thompson are hanging on the four walls of this vital gallery. Through Jan 7. 2312 Second Ave, 374-8977.

SCHMANCY
The Witnesses of Flight is new work by California artist Blaine Fontana. Opening reception Sat Dec 17, 6 pm–9 pm. Through Jan 20. 1930 Second Ave, 728-8008.

recommended SHIFT STUDIO
Final Week. Little Shift: Small Works is a show that promises nothing less than affordable small-scale art by Shift Studio artists. Through Dec 17. 306 S Washington St #105, 962-0201.

SQUARE ROOM
Wholly new work by Saya Moriyasu, Graham Fracha, Randy Gachet, and Gregg Graff. Ongoing. 1316 E Pike St, 267-7120.

TOST
Local painter Michael McCabe has his first ever solo show in this here little town of ours. Through Dec 30. 513 N 36th St, Space E, 568-7419.

recommended WALL SPACE
Go to Gathering Calm and you'll find beautiful landscapes of the Northwest and Alaska by Elizabeth Carmel. Through Dec 31. 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.

ZEITGEIST
Kristin Cross's sculptures make familiar architectural elements (doors, windows) unfamiliar. Through Jan 4. 171 S Jackson St, 583-0497.