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 on October 3—complete with a Google map at the bottom. You can also find more options on our First Thursday calendar, including receptions for continuing exhibitions like James Castle: Drawings and the multi-media experience Visions Of Infinity. For art in other neighborhoods, check out our complete visual art calendar.
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April Surgent: In the Space Separating
It’s that time of year where the warm sun of summer gives way to the crisp chill of fall—at least in a world before climate change walloped our ideas of what weather is like during each season. But I think the work of glass artist April Surgent is apt for this time of year—misty and contemplative, the engraved glass panels composed of landscapes of the Pacific Northwest’s majestic beauty. Craggy mountain ranges, low skies, the way that fog rolls through the quiet of an evergreen forest. Surgent’s work captures the way I always like to think of this area I call home: eternal, all-knowing, and bigger than I could ever conceive. JASMYNE KEIMIG
Traver Gallery
