CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART (CoCA)
1420 11th Ave, 728-1980.

* CROSSROADS: NEW ART FROM THE NORTHWEST

“Crossroads is not so much about individual works as what curators call “conversations”: what happens when you put one work of art next to another. The idea is that such comparisons call forth ideas and associations that the work alone does not, providing a kind of access to difficult art. Conversations often work very well; so well, in fact, that you’re not aware of the hand behind the arrangement. But at Crossroads, the hand is everywhere apparent.” (Emily Hall) Through April 30.

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

* JAMES TURRELL

New light installations, with models and drawings from his literally monumental Roden Crater–a volcano in Arizona he is resculpting in order to, in his words, “reshape the sky.” Through Oct 5.

* GILLIAN WEARING

See review this issue. Through May 4.

OPENINGS

CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS ART BFA EXHIBIT

It’s mortarboard season, which brings with it the yearly barrage of graduate art shows from every institution in town. Here’s another one. Opening reception Fri April 25, 6-9 pm. Cornish College Senior Studios, 306 Westlake Ave, 622-1951. Through May 9.

CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS DESIGN BFA EXHIBIT

See above, but with extra words and lines or something. Opening reception Fri April 25, 6-9 pm. Consolidated Works, 500 Boren Ave N, 381-3218. Through May 7.

JEANNIE GRISHAM, BARBARA BENEDETTI NEWTON

Grisham’s murky mixed media on canvas, with Newton’s crystal-clear still lifes in watercolor and pencil. Opening reception Sun April 27, 3-5 pm. ArtsWest Gallery, 4711 California Ave SW, 938-0963. Through May 17.

STUDIO WORKS: SCCC’S FINE ARTS PROGRAM

Graduate deluge continued: Seattle Central Community College. Opening reception Tues April 29, 5-7 pm. M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery, Seattle Central Community College, 1701 Broadway, 344-4379. Through May 15.

CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS

* TIM BAVINGTON, LYNN WOODS TURNER

Final week. With an elaborate system of color wheels, tonal scale, and some math that’s probably way over my head, Bavington maps the movements of sound–a visual record of a sonic moment in narrow stripe. With Turner’s incredibly intricate idlings. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770. Through April 26.

LINCOLN CLARKES

Final week. The powerful double-entendre of Clarkes’ nationally recognized photo collection Heroines finds its way to PCN in the form of 30 portraits documenting the addicted women of Vancouver, BC’s Downtown Eastside. Photographic Center Northwest, 900 12th Ave, 720-7222. Through April 29.

DIANA FALCHUK

A work in progress, Falchuk’s sculpture reflects our city’s controversial public communicator, combining four telephone poles and a mess of torn paper–with “viewer participation encouraged.” Post Alley Sculpture Garden, 1417 Post Alley, 286-9096. Through May 31.

* MANDY GREER

Final week. More animals, more darkness, more–if you can imagine it–delightful memento mori. King County Art Gallery, 506 Second Ave, second floor, 296-7580. Through April 25.

YUMIKO KAYUKAWA, JOHN JOHN JESSE

The Kayukawa fantasy factory churns out 16 new frigid forms of the feminine in her aggressively cute style. With Jesse’s troubled pinups. Roq la Rue Gallery, 2316 Second Ave, 374-8977. Through May 2.

* KLAVIER NONETTE

Final week. An installation of nine antique toy pianos souped up with electromechanics and programmed with compositions commissioned specifically for the exhibition. Bring a quarter for their jukebox-coaxed mechanisms, and immerse yourself in clang. Jack Straw Productions, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, 634-0919. Through April 27.

JIM KRAFT, JAMES WATERMAN

Final week. Dude. “Fabricated earthenware vessels.” I know, right? Along with Waterman’s floral still lifes. Foster/White Gallery, 123 S Jackson St, 622-2833. Through April 27.

* LISA LIEDGREN

Final week. Keeping time with wax (and wane), Liedgren’s subtle timelines reflect epochs of importance, in the soft ticks of the lunar cycle. James Harris Gallery, 309A Third Ave S, 903-6220. Through April 26.

CASEY McGLYNN

The second in Garde Rail’s great white curatorial series Blame Canada, Toronto-based “outsider” artist McGlynn presents her wood and canvas assemblages. Inside. Garde Rail Gallery, 4860 Rainier Ave S, 721-0107. Through May 31.

KOKEN MURATA

Final week. Meticulously worn works on rice paper in the Japanese tradition of urushi, Murata crafts warm and delicate florals. Bryan Ohno Gallery, 155 S Main St, 667-9572. Through April 26.

* YUKI NAKAMURA, CLAUDE ZERVAS

Final week. “Zervas’ Tomorrowland is so packed with contradictions that even as these indistinct images recede, their ideas continue to build: The vision of the future–the rocket ship ride, the various ramps and elevators and flashing lights–from so far in the past that it seems dated and a little shabby. The odd recipe of different technologies, essentially a series of electronic filters, offset by the unpredictability and softness of watercolor paper. This softness applied to a futuristic vision. The disintegrating old technology brought to life by the new. And so on.” (Emily Hall) Soil, 1317 E Pine St, 264-8061. Through April 26.

MATTHEW PARKER

Final week. Rummage co-curator Parker presents his solo debut, a series of his polished, design-informed paintings. Alibi Room, 85 Pike St, 623-3180. Through April 30.

JOAN STUART ROSS

Noted for her recent works in encaustic, Ross exhibits a mixed amassment of paintings and prints. Still Life on the Ave, 1405 NE 50th St, 729-3542. Through June 12.

JAMIE SKOLFIELD

Final week. Skolfield’s form:emptiness is a mixed-media photo series that unites static urban façades with the fluid movement of humanity. Elliott Bay Art, 101 S Main St, 682-6664. Through April 30.

KATY STONE

Final week. With a welcome return to the Rental/Sales Gallery, Stone provides topics of frivolous conversation in a window display entitled Weather. Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, 1334 First Ave, 748-9282. Through April 27.

BARBARA EARL THOMAS, LYNDA K. ROCKWOOD

Final week. Thomas’ tempera and silver leaf, with Rockwood’s hydrostone, fossil, and ash. Francine Seders Gallery, 6701 Greenwood Ave N, 782-0355. Through April 27.

ROBERT WEINGARTEN, ROBERT GLENN KETCHEM, STEVEN FEY

Pictures of places. You know, like those other pictures of places you’ve seen. Benham Gallery, 1216 First Ave, 622-2480. Through May 31.

THOMAS WURST

Vivid, fantastic acrylics and oils in between those fancy Pumas you’ve been eyeing. Edie’s Shoes, 319 E Pine St, 839-1111. Through May 3.

* ROBERT YODER

Fragmented mosaics of tiled bits of magazine, and strict, formalist assemblages of LEGO blocks. These small, tight, controlled gestures grow louder the longer you look at them, as if rocketing through an echo chamber. Howard House, 2017 Second Ave, 256-6399. Through May 23.

EVENTS

HER HOME MAGIC SET

Opening. An intriguing multidisciplinary exposition on the oppressed housewife of the 1950s, in a week-long installation/performance piece as crafted by Manual Arts Theater and Vanessa DeWolf. Opening reception Sun April 27, noon-6 pm. Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave, 227-7757. $6-$12. See manarts.blog-city.com for full details. Through May 4.

STREET FAIR VENDORS: KEEP IT LEGAL

One day only. Of particular interest to art walk street vendors getting hassled by the man, a workshop featuring a host of speakers on the topic of legal sales. Second and Seneca Building, 1191 Second Ave, 328-7053. $32 registration fee for starving artists. Sun April 27 at 1:30 pm.

STROKE

This week only. Goddamn those homos love themselves a double-entendre–a two-day art exhibition whose only qualifier appears to be a predilection for same-sex sodomy. Opening reception Fri April 25 at 7 pm. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave, 860-6969. Through April 26.