SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
100 University St, 654-3100.
* BAJA TO VANCOUVER: THE WEST COAST AND CONTEMPORARY ART
See Stranger Suggests. Opening reception Thurs Oct 9, 5:30 pm-midnight. Through Jan 4.
OPENINGS
MAGDA BAKER
Prints about aphorisms. Opening reception Sat Oct 11, 7-10 pm. Sev Shoon Arts Center, 5200 Ballard Ave NW, 782-2415. Through Nov 4.
* LEIV FAGERENG
Bright new paintings of the disturbingly accessorized real world. Opening reception Fri Oct 10, 6-9 pm. Gulassa & Co, 10 Dravus St, 283-1810. Through Nov 3.
GRAVE MATTERS
All things dying, death, and afterward. Opening reception Fri Oct 10, 6-10 pm. Roq la Rue, 2316 Second Ave S, 374-8977. Through Oct 31.
* ROY McMAKIN
McMakin’s work involves everyday domestic stuff–drawers, bookcases, refrigerators–and is sometimes altered and unusable, and sometimes more subtly provisional. Some people love this; others are driven crazy by it. Opening reception Wed Oct 8, 6-8 pm. James Harris Gallery, 309A Third Ave S, 903-6220. Through Nov 15.
DK PAN
An installation, called There Is No There There, that includes salt, Q-tips, and a human body. Opening reception Fri Oct 10, 7-11 pm. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave, 839-0880. Through Oct 12.
* KATY STONE
In Degrees of Appearance, Stone creates a shifting, ephemeral-seeming space with layers of painted acetate. Opening reception Fri Oct 10, 5-7 pm. Artist talk Sat Oct 11, noon. Suyama Space, 2324 Second Ave, 684-7312. Through Jan 9.
WELL HEELED
Art about shoes. Opening reception Thurs Oct 9, 6-9 pm. Kirkland Arts Center, 620 Market St, Kirkland, 425-822-7161. Through Nov 14.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
* JOHN GRADE
Sculpture that is at once biological, landscape, monumental, and creepy/fuzzy. Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Ave S, 624-7684. Through Nov 1.
TRISH GRANTHAM
Funny paintings with charming little Japanese-style characters: toast, bunnies, pandas… excellent! Fancy, 1932 Second Ave, 443-4621. Through Oct 31.
PERRI LYNCH
Visual and audio field recordings from Seattle’s survey stations. Jack Straw New Media Gallery, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, 634-0919. Through Nov 26.
CHLOE RIZZO, CHAUNEY PECK
Rizzo’s crocheted-together body parts combine the homey and the repellent. With Peck’s paintings of animals and fish. Priceless Works Gallery, 619 N 35th St, Suite 100, 349-9943. Through Nov 2.
MICHAEL SCHULTHEIS
Inspired by mathematical and economic principles, Schultheis’ paintings have more life and mystery than most abstract work. Ballard Fetherston Gallery, 818 E Pike St, 322-9440. Through Oct 31.
MELODIE SMITH
Dangerous cover girls, in Siren. Lipstick Traces, 500 E Pine St, 329-2813. Through Nov 1.
* DAN WEBB
“Aspects of insomnia’s sliding world are tied together by a ball that runs along a carved wooden track throughout the gallery. Somnolent, crazy, repetitive, unexpected–the only thing that sets the ball in motion is our own will to do so.” (Emily Hall) Howard House, 2017 Second Ave, 256-6399. Through Oct 18.
EVENTS
* ARBITRARY ART GRANT
See Stranger Suggests. Sat Oct 11. Send submissions to info@vital5productions.com.
THE ART OF HISTORY
A conversation with John Boylan, Robin Oppenheimer, Andrew Schulz, and Astrid Larsen. Mon Oct 13, 7-9 pm at Otis Cafe, 1005 Boren Ave, 342-9866.