CONSOLIDATED WORKS
500 Boren Ave N, 381-3218.
ALTOIDS CURIOUSLY STRONG COLLECTION
They do a pretty good job, those minty suckers do. This year’s show includes work by Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Monique van Genderen, and absolutely no one from Seattle. Through Jan 25.
* ELEPHANT
Don’t miss Charm Bracelet’s (the Portland duo Brad Adkins and Christopher Buckingham) vinyl elephant–hanging out in ConWorks’ lobby–stuffed full of press releases, postcards, and reviews from the last few years of Portland art shows. Through March.
EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT (EMP)
325 Fifth Ave, 262-3221.
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ: AMERICAN MUSIC
Final week. “When Leibovitz deals with the utterly new and foreign–such as the photo of rapper Mos Def, the second-best image in this collection–she seems to be in a position of invention rather than convention. ” (Charles Mudede) Through Jan 19.
HENRY ART GALLERY
15th Ave NE and NE 41st St, 543-2280.
ELLEN GALLAGHER
Opening. See Stranger Suggests. Opening reception Thurs Jan 15, 7 pm. Through April 18.
NORDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM
3014 NW 67th St, 789-5707.
DR. WEDHOLM’S WINDOW THROUGH TIME
Silver gelatin prints (by Anton Borys) from negatives taken by Karl Wedholm between 1928 and 1937. Opening Fri Jan 16. Through March 28.
OPENINGS
LA CASA DE ARTES: SYMBOLS
The roots of Latino culture. Opening reception Wed Jan 21, 5-7 pm. M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery, Seattle Central Community College, 1701 Broadway Ave, 344-4379. Through Feb 11.
MODERN DOG MUSIC POSTER SHOW
Designers include Robynne Raye, Michael Strassburger, Junichi Tsuneoka, and Vittorio Costarella. Opens Jan 18. Lighthouse Roasters, 400 N 43rd St, 634-3140. Through Feb 29.
CHANDRU NARAYAN
Photographs of flowers, Paris, and–if you’re lucky–flowers in Paris. Opening reception Sat Jan 17, 7-9 pm. Cafe Solstice, 4116 University Way, 675-0850. Through Jan 31.
PRATT FINE ARTS CENTER JURIED EXHIBITION
Two-dimensional work by Pratt instructors. Opening reception Thurs Jan 15, 5-7 pm. SAM Rental/Sales Gallery, 1220 Third Ave, 343-1101. Through Feb 14.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
* CONTRA NATURUM
Final week. Artificial nature, with work by Eve Cohen, Mandy Greer, Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley, Andrea Rogalski, Taylor Vogland Dreiling, and Jennifer Zwick. Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Ave, 839-0880. Through Jan 18.
EIGHTH ANNUAL WINTER GROUP SHOW
Final week. Including work by Harold Hollingsworth, whose big canvases are often as inspired by games as they are by pop-art concerns. Baas Gallery, 2703 E Madison St, 324-4742. Through Jan 17.
GARY FAIGIN
New still-life drawings and paintings. Woodside/Braseth Gallery, 1533 Ninth Ave, 622-7243. Through Feb 2.
DAVIE HAGAR
Final week. Graffiti-style works. Belltown Lofts, 66 Bell St, 321-3351. Through Jan 16.
BRUCE HALL
Hall has photographed thousands of gloves for his series Famous Glove Photos. Reception Thurs Jan 15, 5-8 pm. Caffè Fiorè, 3215 NW 85th St, 706-7580. Through Jan 31.
* PATRICK HOLDERFIELD
New work: an installation of sculpture and drawings based on the eminent Géricault obstacle The Raft of the Medusa. James Harris Gallery, 309A Third Ave S, 903-6220. Through Feb 14.
RANDY JAMES, JACQUE LARRAINZAR, JOE TINSLEY, BILLY MILLER
Work by four artists in Color Coded. Seattle LGBT Community Center Gallery, 1115 E Pike St, 323-5428. Through Jan 30.
REILLY JENSEN
Final week. Humanizing technology with paint. SCCC Fine Arts Gallery, 801 E Pine St, Fine Arts Building, fourth floor, 587-4162. Through Jan 16.
TODD KARAM
New work about birds. Bird on a Wire Espresso, 9007 35th Ave SW, 932-1143. Through Feb 1.
LAUREN BAXTER, TAYLOR VOGLANG DREILING
New work–pen and ink drawings from Baxter, painting from Dreiling–in Living in the Plain States. Crawl Space, 504 E Denny Way, 817-5328. Through Feb 8.
BEVERLY RAYNER
New, distinctly un-biological photographs in furtherance of Rayner’s interest in biology and genetics. G. Gibson Gallery, 514 E Pike St, 587-4033. Through Feb 28.
LIZ RANDALL
Possibly radical time-warp mindfuck with video set against animated photographs. The Joint Gallery, Capitol Hill Arts Center, 1621 12th Ave, 322-3569. Through Jan 30.
RECENT ACQUISITIONS
Work by six new members: Debra Baxter, Buddy Bunting, Dan Dean, Thom Heileson, Bret Marion (yeah!), and Jennifer Zwick. SOIL Gallery, 1317 E Pine St, 264-8061. Through Jan 25
STEPHEN SCHILDBACH
Objects as containers for memory. Bluebottle Art Gallery and Store, 415 E Pine St, 325-1592. Through Jan 31.
WORK ON PAPER
Brand-new gallery! With work by Ted Galaday, Sarah Bergmann, Neal Bashor, Dianna Molzan, and Juliet Jacobson. 1506 Projects, 1506 E Olive Way, 860-4197. Through Jan 31.
EVENTS
ARTIFACT IDENTIFICATION DAY
Burke curators will be on hand to identify your cultural artifacts and/or objects from the natural world. No appraisals though, so leave your “oh my!” faces at home. Sat Jan 17, 1-4 pm. Burke Museum, corner of NE 45th St and 17th Ave NE, 543-7907.
SEATTLE MUSEUM OF MYSTERIES
The grand opening of a smorgasbord of the otherworldly, from the good folks at the Seattle UFO/Paranormal Group. Ribbon cutting Sat Jan 17, noon. Seattle Museum of Mysteries, 623 Broadway Ave E, 324-5177.
SEX WORKERS ART SHOW
Sex workers show what else they can do, in a cabaret-style event featuring Michelle Tea, Scarlot Harlot, and others. Sat Jan 17, 8 pm. Capitol Theatre, 206 Fifth Ave, Olympia, 360-280-2170.
TEAM COLORS: FOLK COSTUMES IN SCANDINAVIA
A lecture by Syrene Forsman. Sat Jan 17, 7 pm. Art/Not Terminal Gallery, 2045 Westlake Ave, 233-0680.
WASHINGTON UNDER THE LENS
Photographer Glenn Rudolph speaks about shooting the Northwest. Thurs Jan 15, 7:30 pm. Seattle Art Museum, 100 University St, 654-3121. Free with museum admission.