SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
100 University St, 654-3100.

* BAJA TO VANCOUVER: THE WEST COAST AND CONTEMPORARY ART

Final week. "The feeling you get from B2V is that of a defining claim that does not exclude--West Coast artists looking at West Coast issues and West Coast themes, but not limited by them. It's a complex show, full of both icons and iconoclasm, and the slightly coy feeling that the curatoriat has asked a question and then denied asking it. But art, thank goodness, thrives on paradox, and much (but not all) of B2V's art rises to the occasion. " (Emily Hall) Through Jan 4.

WING LUKE ASIAN MUSEUM
407 Seventh Ave S, 623-5124.

THROUGH MY FATHER'S EYES

Photographs of Seattle's Filipino-Americans in the '40s and '50s by Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado. Through April 11.

OPENINGS


SUZANNE BROOKER

New figurative paintings. That means they have figures in 'em. Art Center Gallery, Seattle Pacific University, 3 W Cremona St, 281-2079. Through Jan 24.

CONTRA NATURUM

See Stranger Suggests. Opening reception Fri Jan 2, 7-11 pm. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave, 839-0880. Through Jan 18.

PHIL FAGERHOLM

Collages in A Taste of Scandinavia, plus a 10-year retrospective. Opening reception Sat Jan 3, 7-10 pm. Art/Not Terminal Gallery, 2045 Westlake Ave, 233-0680. Through Feb 5.

JJ GAMA-LOBO

Photographs and paintings of Haiti. Opening reception Fri Jan 2, 6-9 pm. Frame Up Studios, 3515 Fremont Ave N, 547-4657. Through Feb 2.

BRUCE HALL

Hall has photographed thousands of gloves for his series Famous Glove Photos. Caffè Fiorè, 3215 NW 85th St, 706-7580. Through Jan 31.

NATHALIE HARVEY

Recent paintings. She's French! Opening reception Fri Jan 2, 6-10 pm. Pitcairn Scott Gallery, 2207 Second Ave, 448-5380. Through Jan 31.

JAMES MATTEI, DIMITRI MICHAELIDES

Abstract paining and glass. Foster/White Gallery at Pioneer Square, 123 S Jackson St, 622-2833. Through Jan 27.

MEMBERS EXHIBITION

PCNW's annual show, juried this year by TAM's Patricia McDonnell. Photographic Center Northwest, 900 12th Ave, 720-7222. Through Jan 30.

NORTHWEST MASTERS

You know the list. Foster/White Gallery in Rainier Square, 1331 Fifth Ave, 583-0100. Through Jan 27.

PHOTOGRAPHS FROM GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL

Work by advanced photography students. Opening reception Tues Jan 6, 6-8 pm. Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 329-2629. Through Feb 3.

DOUG PLUMMER

Photographs of Ireland. Caffe Zingaro, 127 Mercer St, 352-2861. Through Feb 29.

JENNY SAMPSON

Photographic portraits. Opening reception Wed Jan 7, 7-9 pm. Essential Baking Company, 1604 N 34th St, 545-0444. Through Feb 1.

STEPHEN SCHILDBACH

Objects as containers for memory. Opening reception Sat Jan 3, 7-11pm. Bluebottle Art Gallery and Store, 415 E Pine St, 325-1592. Through Jan 31.

SIX IN THE CITY

Work by Pratt faculty members Theresa Batty, Mark Brinton, Catherine Grisez, Chad Holliday, Katrina Hude, and Kamla Kakaria. Opening reception next week. Solomon Fine Art, 1215 First Ave, 297-1400. Through Feb 6.

WORK ON PAPER

Brand-new gallery! With work by Ted Galaday, Sarah Bergmann, Neal Bashor, Dianna Molzan, and Juliet Jacobson. Opening reception Sat Jan 3, 6-9 pm. 1506 Projects, 1506 E Olive Way, 860-4197. Through Jan 31.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS


CHRISTINE CHENEY

New drawings and paintings. Portalis, 5310 Ballard Ave NW, 783-2007. Through Feb 7.

BARBARA CONNER-REED, R. J. STOCKWELL

These guys just love landscape and nature. Artists' Gallery of Seattle, 902 First Ave S, 340-0830. Through Jan 31.

* BRUCE DAVIDSON, DARREN WATERSTON

Final week. Davidson's been pointing his camera at American culture and life for six decades; Waterston's dreamy, hazy, slightly creepy (in a sort of biological way) watercolors are more introspective. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770. Through Jan 3.

EIGHTH ANNUAL EDWIN T. PRATT EXHIBITION

Final week. Work in diverse media by 30 diverse artists representing the diversity of Seattle's diverseness. Odessa Brown Center, 21st Ave S and Yesler Way S, 328-2200. Through Jan 2.

RAJAA GHARBI, DEBORAH WALKER

Final week. You can almost see the Arabic calligraphy in Gharbi's work; Walker leans more on an early-Renaissance iconic style to mourn lost species. Gallery 110, 110 S Washington St, 624-9336. Through Jan 3.

KAREN KARGIANIS, CAROLE d'INVERNO

Final week. Stoneware and porcelain sculpture textured by bones and plants from Kargianis; jazz-inspired portraits from d'Inverno. Atelier 31, 2500 First Ave, 448-5250. Through Jan 4.

JAMES MONGRAIN

Final week. Chandeliers, vases, and goblets. Not really anything like IKEA. William Traver Gallery, 110 Union St, second floor, 587-6501. Through Jan 4.

JOE NEWTON

Final week. Illustrations from Savage Love, in this very paper. The Rose Club, 3601 S McClellan St, 725-3654. Through Jan 3.

JOHN OSGOOD

He paints live, and will be doing so Thurs Jan 1, 6-8 pm. The Last Supper Club, 124 S Washington St, 748-9975. Through Jan 31.

RARE WORKS FROM THE GALLERY COLLECTION

Final week. Like the name says. With work by Morris Graves, Guy Anderson, Wendell Brazeau, Mabel Lisle Ducasse, and others. Martin-Zambito Fine Art, 721 E Pike St, 726-9509. Through Jan 6.

ELIZABETH SANDVIG

Final week. Happy animal groups, in The Peaceable Kingdom. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave N, 782-0355. Through Jan 4.

STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY

Final week. Work about personal conflict. ERAC Galleria, 2119 Second Ave, 461-6923. Through Jan 3.

JAMES SUTHERLAND

Final week. Autumnal works, if you're into that kind of thing. Cafe Flora, 2901 E Madison St, 322-7450. Through Jan 4.

TREASURES OF THE HEART

Final week. A group exhibition of offerings. Fountainhead Gallery, 625 W McGraw St, 285-4467. Through Jan 3.

WORKS BY CORNISH COLLEGE ALUMNI

Final week. You'll be pleasantly surprised how many of our most talented come from the halls of Cornish. With work by, among many others, Dan Webb, Helen Gamble, Rich Lehl, Jennifer McNeely, and the extremely young and weird Sutton/Beres/Culler trio. Washington State Convention & Trade Center, 800 Convention Pl, Galleria Level 2. Through Jan 5.

EVENTS


* ELEPHANT

Portland's artist team Charm Bracelet (Brad Adkins and Christopher Buckingham) are bringing their stupendous PR-stuffed vinyl elephant to Seattle--a great and weird and lucky thing. The artists are giving a free lecture on Weds Jan 7 at 7:30 pm, and the elephant will live in ConWorks' lobby for the next three months or so. Consolidated Works, 500 Boren Ave N, 381-3218.