CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART (CoCA)

410 Terry Ave N (inside Consolidated Works), 728-1980

NORTHWEST ANNUAL 2001

The show the provides the grist for the yearly gripe-fest. Come see what Michael Sweney (director of the Charles Cowles Gallery in New York) thinks is the best we have to offer. Through July 31.

CONSOLIDATED WORKS

410 Terry Ave N, 381-3218

* NOTICE OF PROPOSED LAND USE ACTION

Bye-bye, building. As a grand farewell to the temporary space, ConWorks commissioned site-specific work by 10 artists, each of whom will address the building itself, either through objects found within it, drawings outside it, or looking through its innards with endoscopic cameras. Through July 8.

HENRY ART GALLERY

15th Ave NE at NE 41st St, 543-2280

MASTER OF FINE ARTS 2001

Work by UW's graduate students in sculpture, fibers, printmaking, metals, painting, photography, design, and ceramics. Through June 17.

ALEXIS ROCKMAN: FUTURE EVOLUTION

What happens when the natural is subject to continual and careless tinkering? New York artist Rockman puts genetic engineering in the crosshairs, and his aim is dead-on. Part meticulous Audubon illustration, part horror show, these paintings show us what kinds of flora and fauna might evolve (and therefore survive) in the terribly compromised circumstances we're creating on Earth. Through August 19.

* SHORT STORIES

A series of rotating exhibitions that includes work from the permanent collection commissioned projects, and installations. Over the course of the next year, the North Galleries will feature art by Ernesto Neto, George Stoll, Chris Finley, and other recognized and under-known artists. Through May 12, 2002.

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM

100 University St, 654-3100

SEWN

Sculpture by six local artists (Rachel Brumer, David Chatt, Alison Gates, Wendy Hanson, Sara Lanzillotta, and Keith Yurdana) who work with textiles and sewing. Through July 22.

TREASURES FROM A LOST CIVILIZATION: ANCIENT CHINESE ART FROM SICHUAN

These are wondrous, mysterious pieces--weapons, totems, vessels--the uses for which are still mostly unknown. The show is the culmination of five years' work by Jay Xu, SAM's Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art, and is the first large-scale U.S. exhibition of the archaeological finds (it goes on to the Kimbell Art Museum in Texas and the Metropolitan in New York). The patient anthropological guesswork goes on. Through Aug 12.

WHATCOM MUSEUM

121 Prospect St, Bellingham, 360-676-6981

DONUT SHOP FOUR

The donut shop folks from Portland have taken their concept on the road. Each show is in a different location, a kind of hit-and-run approach that we thoroughly approve of. This show, the fourth, features video, installation, and sculpture by Seoungho Cho, James Hegge, Susan Hornbeak-Ortiz, Michael O'Malley (the UW professor who has created great spatial/sculptural installations), John Torreano, and Cris Moss. Through Aug 19.

WRIGHT EXHIBITION SPACE

407 Dexter Ave N, 264-8200

* THE WRIGHT COLLECTION

Robin Wright Moll has selected works from all her family members' collections to ruminate on the idea of the Duchampian destabilization of art. Some of the high points include Andy Warhol's Oxidation (in which unspecified persons urinated on a canvas covered in metallic paint), an enormous Sol LeWitt wall drawing, and a set of Carlos Mollura's plastic pillows. Through August 11.

OPENING EXHIBITIONS

* BEFORE AND AFTER

A big group of good and weird photographers take on Vital 5's latest assignment: the time-lapse diptych. Including, but not limited to, Bootsy Holler, David Walega, Christian French, Spike Mafford, and some of The Stranger's regular photogs (David Belisle, Shane Carpenter). Opening reception Fri June 8, 7-11 pm. Vital 5 Productions, 2200 Westlake Ave, 254-0475. Through July 8.

CHRIS DOUGHTERY

New paintings, at once abstract and iconic. Opening reception Thurs June 7, 6-10 pm. Nico Gallery, 619 Western Ave, second floor, 264-1710. Through July 1.

ALAN LAU, DAVID GEORGE

Lau's paintings use traditional calligraphy materials, such as sumi, toward decidedly non-traditional ends. With cameraless photograms by George. Opening reception Sun June 10, 2-4 pm. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave N, 782-0355. Through July 1.

DEBORAH LAWRENCE, KEVIN WILDERMUTH

Layered, sophisticated, visually complex, Lawrence's paintings are political and socially aware--as befits a show called Propaganda. With ink-jet prints from Wildermuth. Opening reception Thurs June 7, 6-8 pm. Esther Claypool Gallery, 617 Western Ave, 264-1586. Through June 30.

LIQUID EXPRESSIONS

Underwater photography by Hawaiian photographer Dorys Foltin. Opening reception Fri June 8, 6-10 pm. Artmosphere Gallery, 1213 Pine St, 356-3454. Through July 28.

GENE McVARISH

Large-scale works that mix painting and 3-D objects toward a Pop sensibility. Opening reception Thurs June 7, 6-8 pm. Gallery Zeitgeist, 171 S Jackson St, 583-0497. Through July 4.

* YUKI NAKAMURA

In an installation entitled Danger, Nakamura makes a slight left turn from her previous work, using signs and symbols in addition to her austere porcelain shapes. Opening reception Thurs June 7, 6-8 pm. King County Art Gallery, 506 Second Ave, Room 200, 296-7580. Through June 29.

PHENOMANON: TWO DECADES OF EPHEMERAL URBAN GUERRILLA ARTFARE

Art terrorism from the past 20 years. See Stranger Suggests. Opening reception Sat June 9, 2-10 pm. Independent Media Center, 1415 Third Ave, 262-0721. Through July 31.

* READ ALL ABOUT IT!

A very nicely selected survey of art that incorporates text into its body--work that talks back. Opening reception Thurs June 7, 6-8 pm. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770. Through June 30.

CHRISTOPHER REILLY, T. ELLEN SOLLOD

Encaustic paintings and sculpture. Opening reception Thurs June 7, 6-8 pm. Eyre/Moore Gallery, 913 Western Ave, 624-5596. Through June 30.

DAVID TUPPER, ART GARCIA

Tupper incorporates images that impart a certain heat to his work: Cal-Mex-style men and women loitering in doorways, deep, hot colors, Catholic icons. Garcia's paintings take on the fantasy architecture of Las Vegas, devoid of messy human reality. Opening reception Fri June 8, 6-10 pm. Roq La Rue, 2224 Second Ave, 374-8977. Through June 30.

JESSE JOSHUA WATSON

New paintings. Opening reception, Thurs June 7, 6-8 pm. Bohemian Cafe, First and Yesler. Through July 31.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS

KYNAN ANTOS

New work, in a series of portraits (both paint and multi-media) entitled Skin Deep. Nation, 1921 Fifth Ave, 374-9492. Through June 24.

HENRY CHAMBERLAIN

Drawings based on Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog. Glo's Diner, 1621 E Olive Way, 529-2735. Through June 30.

ELLE Q

New paintings in May Flowers. I Capolavori, 2519 Fifth Ave, 448-2825. Through June 20.

MICHAEL GESINGER, PHYLLIS UITTI-MASLIN, TERRY VINE

Photography pulled in three directions: hand-colored (Gesinger), collaged with needle and thread (Uitti-Maslin), and foreign/narrative (Vine). Benham Photography Studio/Gallery, 1216 First Ave, 622-6383. Through June 14.

GRADUATING STUDENTS EXHIBITION

They worked hard! Come pay your respects. Photographic Center Northwest, 900 12th Ave, 720-7222. Through June 29.

MORRIS GRAVES MEMORIAL EXHIBITIONS

There are two, so far. One at the Henry Art Gallery (15th Ave NE and NE 41st, through Aug 12) and one at SAM (First and University, through October 20, 2002). If you didn't know anything about his work, now you have no excuse.

* WENDY HANSON

A window installation by Hanson, whose work is featured in SAM's Sewn show. Entitled Horn of Plenty--Memorial for a Weary Economy, this work uses discarded clothing and thread to meditate on things lost and changed. SAM Rental Sales Gallery, 1334 First Ave, 654-3183. Through July 15.

CLARK HUMPHREY

In his debut exhibition, Words: Who Needs 'Em?, Humphrey shows photographs of past-its-prime signage and places he's lived; he claims the reason for the shift from words to images is that the market is overcrowded with writers. (Good luck, Clark.) Belltown Underground Art Gallery, 2211 First Ave, 448-3325. Through July 5.

STEFAN KNORR, JENNIFER DIXON, CHRISTOPHER BUENING

Go back to the little video room for Knorr's Dining Table; the video screens at its four place settings serve up delicious images every 30 seconds. With assembled works in sculpture and two-dimensions from Dixon and Buening. Commencement Art Gallery, 902 Commerce St, Tacoma, 253-591-2002. Through June 14.

MARC LAWRENCE

Light sculpture! Velocity Art and Design, 2206 Queen Anne Ave N, #201, 781-9494. Through June 30.

RICHARD MARQUIS

In a show called Whole Elk Theory, Marquis creates assemblages of glass and pop-icon elements that are a few steps removed from the technique-obsessed glass you usually see around town. Elliott Brown Gallery, 215 Westlake Ave N, 340-8000. Through July 28.

CAMERON MARTIN

Martin plays with landscape painting by altering the very things that allow us to identify it. The use of iridescent and industrial paints further complicates his take on a stale old genre. Howard House, 2017 Second Ave, 256-6399. Through June 9.

MR. JAGO

Mr. Jago is a British artist who takes the craft of doodling into the realms of high art. His work is incorporated into murals right on the gallery walls. Houston, 907 E Pike St, 860-7820. Through July 12.

NEDDY FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION

In painting, Dennis Evans, Ken Kelly, Mark Takamichi Miller, and Robert Yoder; in sculpture, Cris Bruch, Pam Gazale, and Doug Jeck. Bank of America Gallery, 701 Fifth Ave, third floor, 585-3200. Through July 6.

PRINT SHOW THE FIRST

New gallery! The inaugural show features West Coast printmakers, with an emphasis on letterpress. Cracked Compass Productions, 2129 Third Ave, 770-5900. Through June 30.

MELANIE REED

Landscapes collaged from found images--the surreal, dreamy nature comes right to the surface. Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 675-2055. Through June 30.

LAURIE REID

The faintest of marks--watercolor with only a trace of pigment--takes the act of painting down to pure gesture. James Harris Gallery, 309A Third Ave S, 903-6220. Through June 9.

JANICE TOULOUSE SHINGWAAK, LEONARD BEAM

In The Traveling Alter Native Medicine Show, Toulouse Shingwaak and Beam document their journey to sacred and historical sites across Canada and the United States with rubbings of objects from those sites. Sacred Circle Gallery of American Indian Art, Daybreak Star Arts Center, Discovery Park, 285-4425. Through Aug 14.

UNBECOMING

The title refers to received notions of beauty, as when my mother would tell me it was unbecoming to sit with my legs splayed apart... six artists working in different media blow this idea out of the water. SOIL Artist Cooperative, 1205 E Pike, 264-8061. Through July 1.

* SEAN VALE, JASON GLOVER

For Archive, Vale provides the visuals and Glover provides the sound, investigating aspects of repetition, white noise, and the very idea of content itself. Pound Gallery, 1216 10th Ave, 323-0557. Through June 30.

FRITZ WESTMAN

Pushpins, road paint, and photocopies transformed into conceptual objects. Li'l Red Shack Gallery, 1028 First Ave S, 621-7807. Through June 30.