Museums Bellevue Art Museum Islamic calligraphy by Mohamed Zakariya. Through Feb 18, 2007. Turning Wood into Art: The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection: work by major North American and European wood turners. Through Apr 8, 2007. William Morris: Native Species. Through Apr 29, 2007. 510 Bellevue Way NE, 425-519-0745. Burke Museum Vanished Kingdoms: The Wulsin Photographs of Tibet, China and Mongolia 1921-1925: hand-tinted lantern slides. Through Feb 4, 2007. NE 45th St and 17th Ave NE, 543-5590. HFrye Art Museum Klompen: Trimpin's coin-operated Dutch clogs dancing in air. Through Jan 21, 2007. I Love My Time, I Don't Like My Time: the Viennese artist Erwin Wurm explores the heart of sculpture through funny, serious, provocative, and self-effacing performance, video, photography, and drawing. Through Jan 28, 2007. Spectatorship and Desire: Love restores the paintings that curator Robin Held removed from the walls, set beside visitor comments made in their absence. Through Mar 4, 2007. "Demon seed or sweet innocent?" That's the question about the children in the historical folk art portraits of Little Women, Little Men. Through Feb 4, 2007. 704 Terry Ave, 622-9250. HHenry Art Gallery We Decided to Let Them Say "We Are Convinced" Twice. It Was More Convincing This Way: Raad's photographs of the 1982 siege of Beirut, taken when he was 15 and now reprinted from the degraded negatives, are certainly guilty of being distant and beautiful. Raad is making the radical proposition that these empty post-traumatic frames, with their winsome static, represent best the way the world really looks. Through Feb 11, 2007. Floating Plaster/City Motion: the return (and expansion) of the terrific animated floor installation by Yuki Nakamura and Robert Campbell that premiered at 911 Media Arts in September. Through Dec 31. Up to Date: Monsen Collects Contemporary: Selected photographs from the collection of Joseph and Elaine Monsen, including works by Nan Goldin, Katy Grannan, Justine Kurland, Laura Letinsky, Yasumasa Morimura, and Grant Mudford. Through Dec 31. neuroTransmitter: Beyond Territory: two multimedia installations by Valerie Tevere and Angel Nevarez exploring the history of pirate radio. Through Dec 31. The Biographical Landscape: the groundbreaking photography of Stephen Shore, 1968-1993. Through Dec 31. 15th Ave NE at NE 41st St, 543-2280. Museum of Glass Transparently Built: exploring the diverse architectural properties of glass. Through May 27, 2007. Fresh! Contemporary Takes on Nature and Allegory. Through Dec 31. 1801 Dock St, 253-284-4732. Museum of History and Industry Home for the Holidays: Norman Rockwell's original hand-drawn holiday covers for the Saturday Evening Post. Through Jan 15, 2007. 2700 24th Ave E, 324-1126. Museum of Northwest Art Entering Ether is five interrelated, site-specific installations by Lanny Bergner, interspersed with screen and wire studio works. Through Jan 7, 2007. 121 S First Street, 360-466-4446. Nordic Heritage Museum Tapestry on the Edge: 45 tapestries by Northwest artists juried by Rock Hushka, senior curator at Tacoma Art Museum. Through Jan 7, 2007. 3014 NW 67th Street, (206) 789-5707. HSeattle Asian Art Museum Art deco sculpture from the collection, and drawings for a deco-designed space at the museum that didn't come to be. Through Jan 15, 2007. Iranian-born exile Shirin Neshat's Tooba is a 12-minute video installation of a woman on a dusty hill menaced by a band of men until she makes a sort of escape. Through Apr 8, 2007. Discovering Buddhist Art, Seeking the Sublime. Ongoing. Vik Muniz: Reflex, a retrospective of the Brazilian-born artist who arranges sculptural mosaics made of unusual (often edible) materials, photographs them, and afterward destroys them. Through Jan 15, 2007. 1400 E Prospect St (Volunteer Park), 654-3100. Tacoma Art Museum The Art of Eric Carle: originals by the artist known for the children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Through Jan 21, 2007. Symphonic Poem: Sculpture and flatwork by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson conjures the lives of Africans and African-Americans. Through Jan 28, 2007. Trimpin's installation Conloninpurple: a five-octave, playable, room-sized instrument. Through Dec 31. 1701 Pacific Ave, 253-272-4258. Vancouver Art Gallery Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon. Through Jan 7, 2007. Paint: a generation of it in BC. Through Feb 25, 2007. Kyohei Sakaguchi<0x2019>s installation Zero Yen House: the architecture of temporary dwellings. Through Jan 1, 2007. 750 Hornby St, 604-662-4719. Whatcom Museum of History and Art Building Tradition: Contemporary Northwest Art from the Tacoma Art Museum. Through Apr 29, 2007. 121 Prospect St, 360-676-6981. Continuing Exhibitions H4 Culture The History of Television, 1974-2006: Tivon Rice reduces television to form and light, and confronts the normally passive function of watching. Through Dec 29. 101 Prefontaine Place S. Alibi Room Refugees of Fundamentalism: paintings in a Renaissance fashion by John Berry. Through Dec 31. 85 Pike St, 625-9647 (office). Art on Center Songs of Iris: new works by Frank d'lppolito connecting abstraction in painting and music. Through Dec 23. 1604 Center St, 253-627-8180. Arthead Gallery Paintings by Brom Wikstrom. Through Jan 5, 2007. 5411 Meridian Ave N, 633-5544. Art/Not Terminal Gallery Surreal paintings by Rob Clarke, an artist who moonlights as a cremationist. Through Jan 4, 2007. 2045 Westlake Ave, 233-0680. ArtsWest Winter Reflections: mixed media by Jacqui Beck and Regina Rubin Cody, encaustics by Carol Chellino and, monotypes by Lisa Snow Lady. In conjunction with the holiday show Voices of Christmas. Through Jan 6, 2007. 4711 California Ave SW, 938-0339. ArtXchange Empty Space: a retrospective body of work exploring personal memories and experiences by Vietnamese artist Tu Duy. Through Dec 30. 512 First Ave S, 839-0377. Belle and Wissell Studio Gallery Beasts!: a big show of "monstrous" art by more than 90 artists in comics, illustration, skateboard graphics, rock posters, animation, children's books, and "fine" art. Through Feb 17, 2007. 6014 12th Avenue S, 206 322-7908. Benham Gallery Women Empowered: work from Phil Borges' latest book illuminates ordinary women around the world. Through Dec 24. 1216 First Ave, 622-2480. Bizzarro Italian Cafe White Dresses: vintage portraits by Karin Bolstad. Through Feb 28, 2007. 1307 N 46th St, 632-7277. Bluebottle Gallery New Works: robot drawings by R. Nicholas Kuszyk. Through Dec 30. 415 E Pine St, 325-1592. Cafe Flora Paintings by James Sutherland. Through Jan 2, 2007. 2901 E Madison St, 325-9100. Caffe Fiore Cabinet of Curiosities: by Dana Vallery. Through Dec 31. 224 W Galer St, 282-1441. Caffe Ladro Recent paintings by Natalie Oswald. Through Dec 31. 7011 California Ave SW. Caffe Ladro Aerial photography by Long Nguyen. Through Dec 31. 2205 Queen Anne Ave N, 282-5313. Caffe Ladro New paintings by Rachel Dory. Through Dec 31. 452 N 36th St. Caffe Ladro Michele Leal's portraits of Guatemalan coffee farmers affiliated with Tony's Coffee Roasting Co. Through Dec 31. 435 15th Ave E, 282-1549. Caffe Ladro Portraits by Joey Bates. Through Dec 31. 108 Union St., (206) 267-0600. Caffe Ladro Acrylic works by Carmen Cano. Through Dec 31. 435 15th Ave E, 282-1549. Caffe Ladro Photographs by Phil Petrocelli. Through Jan 31, 2007. 600 Queen Anne Ave N. Caffe Vita Recent work by Jim Hodge. Through Dec 31. 1005 East Pike, 709-4440. Catherine Person Gallery Illumine: illuminated photographs by Seattle artist Yancy Wright. Through Dec 22. 319 Third Ave, 726-1836. HCenter on Contemporary Art The 2006 CoCA Annual: the sleeper hit of the moment. Through Dec 30. 410 Dexter Ave N, 728-1980. Christoff Gallery Hand painted photographs and presidential portraits by Andrew Miller. Through Dec 31. 6004 12th Ave S #17, 767-0280. Columbia City Gallery Adornments and Small Works and From the Furnace: jewelry and glass. Through Jan 14, 2007.