This weekend—or rather, Thursday through Sunday—is one of the biggest and busiest periods for the Seattle art scene, thanks to the excitement of the massive fifth annual Seattle Art Fair at the CenturyLink Field Event Center. But that’s not all: It’s also the First Thursday Pioneer Square Art Walk, which will be full of scrappy and stately artistic riches, and many independent organizers are producing other artsy events and shows throughout the city. To help guide you through it all, Stranger art critic Jasmyne Keimig has listed all the things you need to see at the Fair here (from gallery exhibitors like Greg Kucera Gallery and Patricia Piccinini to special projects and talks like Bread Face and Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Kate Neckel), and, below, we’ve rounded up everything else artsy that’s worth your time this weekend (and doesn’t require an Art Fair ticket). Plus, make sure to check out our complete First Thursday and Seattle Art Fair calendars for comprehensive listings.
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TOP FIRST THURSDAY OPENINGS
Chad Yenney: Can’t Wait for Yesterday
The genre of analog collage assembled from 1950s advertising, magazines, and children’s books is inherently fun, given the juxtaposition of vintage surface-level wholesomeness and the festering dark we expect underneath it. Wenatchee artist Chad Yenney’s work, full of “imagined nostalgia of a yesterday that never was” is no exception. Visit an unreal world of human-car hybrids and segmented faces.
A Gallery
