On the first Thursday of every month, Seattleites flock to the streets of Pioneer Square for the city’s central and oldest art walk, which offers opportunities to stroll, sip on wine, and attend as many gallery openings as possible. But, in most cases, the shows are up for longer than just one night, and the historic neighborhood is a great place to check out art any day of the year. So, below, we’ve compiled the most promising exhibits that are having opening receptions tonight—complete with a Google map at the bottom. You can also find more options on our First Thursday calendar, including one-night affairs like Ian “Bub” Davis’s Antiheroes and second receptions like for Girlfriends of the Guerilla Girls. For art in other neighborhoods, check out our complete visual art calendar.
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Ann Leda Shapiro: Diagnosing Disasters
Acupuncturist Shapiro is not an outsider artist—she attended the San Francisco Art Institute and the University of California, Davis in the ’60s—but her cut and painted works on paper have that brut but beautiful look. She combines fanciful depictions of human anatomy with equally inventive riffs on nature, animals, and microbes.
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