HENRY ART GALLERY
15th Ave NE and NE 41st St, 543-2280.

* ROY McMAKIN

I'm still not convinced that everything McMakin does is art, but the wall of refrigerators is worth the price of admission. Through May 10.

SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
100 University St, 654-3100.

ONLY SKIN DEEP

The entwined issues of race and photography, as they explore each other, in a show organized by the International Center of Photography. Opens Thurs March 25. Through June 13.

RENAISSANCE ART IN FOCUS: NERI di BICCI AND DEVOTIONAL PAINTING IN ITALY

A Neri di Bicci altarpiece fresh from SAM's conservators is the center of this exhibition on devotional art. Opens Thurs March 25. Through June 13.

THE WRIGHT EXHIBITION SPACE
407 Dexter Ave N, 264-8200.

THE FIGURE IN CONTEMPORARY ART

Thirty works from the Wrights' collection, including one of those newish Eric Fischls everyone's talking about. Through June 18.

GALLERY OPENINGS


VICTORIA ADAMS

Landscapes unspoiled by human intervention... until you look at them, of course. Opening reception Wed March 31, 6-8 pm. Winston W...chter Fine Art, 403 Dexter Ave N, 652-5855. Through April 30.

JAY MASON

Paintings about the world's cities. Artist's preview Thurs March 25, 6-10 pm. The Nico Gallery, 619 Western Ave, second floor, 229-4593. Through April 24.

THE NATURE OF DEVOTION

The idea of art as devotion, not to say devotional art. Opens Fri March 26. Seattle Academy of Fine Art, Steele Gallery, 1501 10th Ave E, 526-2787. Through May 1.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS


* GRETCHEN BENNETT, DEBRA BAXTER

Final week. "Tidal is made up of stickers cut apart and reassembled into an elongated form that happens to be the shape of a sycamore branch flipped over and repeated, but could also be a map, with a thick, busy main route and tapering back streets, or an illustration of an arterial or nervous system or some other kind of elegant diagram based on, but not necessarily of, the natural world." (Emily Hall) With Baxter's new powder-puff clouds. SOIL Gallery, 1317 E Pine St, 264-8061. Through March 28.

* GREGORY BLACKSTOCK

Final week. "Blackstock makes visual lists: drawings in graphite and crayon and Sharpie of mostly crammed-full groups of things--of ants, of balls, of bells, of noisemakers, of hammers, of pianos. It's all well and fine and compassionate to pretend that we're not interested in the art because the artist happens to be autistic, but the fact is that his condition gives the work the ring of urgency." (Emily Hall) Garde Rail Gallery, 4860 Rainier Ave S, 721-0107. Through March 27.

LESLIE WILLIAMS CAIN, KEVIN FLETCHER

Final week. Chalk pastels, by Cain, of the Eastern Washington landscape, with Fletcher's crazy, stunning industrial monotypes tucked in the back. Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Ave S, 624-7684. Through March 27.

CATHERINE COOK

Final week. Abstract paintings, slowly built. CDA Gallery, 506 Second Ave, Suite 200, second floor, 296-8674. Through March 26.

* CLAIRE COWIE

Final week. Unstable, multiple-horizoned landscapes, made of the artist's prints and drawings. James Harris Gallery, 309A Third Ave S, 903-6220. Through March 27.

BEN DARBY

Final week. A life-sized panda bear cut apart and painted with different and meticulous scenes of China. Bryan Ohno Gallery, 155 S Main St, 667-9572. Through March 27.

PAT DE CARO

Final week. The imperfect memory of childhood, with masked, heroic children, shifting layers, and unusual images paired. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave N, 782-0355. Through March 28.

MILO DUKE, LOUISE BRITTON

Final week. Duke's uncommon still lifes, which take place among what seem to be charged world events; Britton's local landscapes. Fountainhead Gallery, 625 W McGraw St, 285-4467. Through March 27.

OUTSITE

Final week. It's a student show, but one with a decent premise: Find an "under-detected" site in the Capitol Hill Art Center and illuminate it through installation work. Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave, 388-0500. Through March 31.

DAVID ULYSSES PORTNOW, VICTOR HAYDEN, ANNA KATZER, ERIC TODD

Final week. Portnow's palindromes and weird nursery rhymes; with excerpts from a new graphic novel by Hayden, who is a former Captain Beefheart member. Todd's work is up for one night only. Forgotten Works Gallery, 619 Western Ave, fourth floor, 343-7212. Through March 28.

ADDE RUSSELL, BRIAN CHAPMAN

Final week. Russell's paintings feature various creatures entangled in a meandering, red, threadlike line; Chapman's figures are falling, diving, jumping. Atelier 31, 2500 First Ave, 448-5250. Through March 28.

ROGER SHIMOMURA

Final week. Incidents of racial injustice and insensitivity, painted in high comics style. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770. Through March 27.

TRAPEZE STUDIO MEMBERS EXHIBITION

Final week. The artist collective known as Trapeze has been sort of quiet lately; here's a rotating show of its most recent work. Closing reception Fri March 26, 7-10 pm. Gallery of the Senses, 1402 E Pike St, 568-0291. Through March 31.

EVENTS


CAPITOL HILL WATERCOLOR SOCIETY SPRING SHOW

A bunch of young upstarts are trying to change watercolor's image. Just let them try! Fri March 26, 7-11 pm. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave, 839-0800, free.

REST IN PIECES: A PORTRAIT OF JOE COLEMAN

A documentary film about the paranoidly brilliant Coleman. Sat March 27, 7 pm, at the Seattle Art Museum, 100 University St, 654-3100, $7.

SEATTLE WOMEN'S ART COLLECTIVE

All kinds of work, from jewelry to trapeze to Butoh. Fri March 26, 6 pm. Lo_Fi Performance Gallery, 429B Eastlake Ave E, $7-$10 sliding scale.