CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART (CoCA)
408 Dexter Ave, 728-1980.
ART PACK ARTISTS GROUP SHOW
Here it is: Lucky Strike’s art-promotion competition. I still think it’s corrupt as all get-out to use artists to make your promotional material, but, hell, they picked some good artists. Opening reception Fri April 9, 9 pm-1 am. Through May 5.
CONSOLIDATED WORKS
500 Boren Ave N, 381-3218.
* CHRISTIAN MARCLAY
In conjunction with Marclay’s mid-career retrospective at SAM, ConWorks presents Marclay’s Guitar Drag, a video projection (and the harsh sounds) of a guitar pulled along behind a truck in Texas and being utterly destroyed, with the terrible echoes of a black man murdered in a similar fashion in 1998. Through April 25.
HENRY ART GALLERY
15th Ave NE and NE 41st St, 543-2280.
* TRISHA BROWN
“Dancer and choreographer Brown has made exhibiting her dances easier by collaborating with visual artists, and collecting compelling artifacts… the idea of collaboration–not just between people, but between art forms and between the past and the present–may very well be this exhibition’s true subject.” (Emily Hall) Through July 18.
NORDIC HERITAGE MUSEUM
3014 NW 67th St, 789-5707.
RANDY JAMES
Digital montage prints. Opens Fri April 9. Through June 11.
LIBBIE MASTERSON
The Norwegian landscape, rendered in watercolors. Opens Fri April 9. Through June 11.
ROYAL NEBEKER
An exhibition, in collaboration with the Lisa Harris Gallery, of the artist’s Ibsen-inspired paintings. Opens Fri April 9. Through June 11.
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
100 University St, 654-3100.
* CHRISTIAN MARCLAY
This exhibition, which is mostly made up of Marclay’s art objects–rather than his performance and audio work–also features Video Quartet, a 15-minute four-channel video that you should drop everything and run over to the museum and see immediately. Through April 25.
SEATTLE ASIAN ART MUSEUM
Volunteer Park, 654-3100.
LI JIN: A FEAST
Final week. Two modern scrolls by a Chinese master. Through April 11.
WING LUKE ASIAN MUSEUM
407 Seventh Ave S, 623-5124.
THROUGH MY FATHER’S EYES
Final week. Photographs of Seattle’s Filipino Americans in the ’40s and ’50s by Ricardo Ocreto Alvarado. Through April 11.
GALLERY OPENINGS
BLUE EARTH ALLIANCE
Images of Bosnians who survived the war. Opens Sat April 10, reception later this month. Washington State Convention and Trade Center, 800 Convention Place, 694-5805. Through June 24.
VIRNA HAFFER
Work by Virna Haffer, prominent local photographer, who died in 1974. Opens Thurs April 8. Martin-Zambito Fine Art, 721 E Pike St, 726-9509. Through May 5.
JESSALYN HAGGENJOS, NISHA KELEN
Haggenjos incorporates found and discarded objects (a fine difference) into Misshapen Life; Kelen’s paintings are large and abstract. Opening reception Sat April 10, 6-9 pm. Artemis Gallery, 3107 S Day St, 323-0562. Through May 22.
* JEAN HICKS
Hicks does things with felt that you never would have imagined could (or should) be done with felt. Opening reception Fri April 9, noon-4 pm. Gulassa & Co., 10 Dravus St, 283-1810. Through May 3.
MEMBERS/VOLUNTEER VISUAL ART SHOWCASE
They got lots of talent down there. Opens Sat April 10, 6-7:30 pm. Vera Art Gallery, 1916 Fourth Ave, 956-8372. Through May 13.
JUAN VEGAS MIRANDA, SEGUNDO RAMON “SEKIN” TUME RUMICHE
Abstract oil paintings by two Peruvian artists. Opens Thurs April 8. Collabo Art & Design, 5 Lake St, Kirkland, 425-827-3504. Through May 13.
JAY STEENSMA
Abstract work by one of the artists of the Northwest School. Opens Fri April 9, 6-10 pm. James Crespinel Studio, 2312 Second Ave, 728-6276. Through April 18.
MONA SUPERHERO, DONOVAN CROSBY
Superhero creates intricate spectacle-driven work–informed by graphic design and pop images–in utility tape. Crosby’s work takes on voodoo folklore. Opens Fri April 9, 6-10 pm. Roq la Rue Gallery, 2316 Second Ave, 374-8997. Through May 1.
CONTINUING EXHIBITIONS
13 LUCID EGGS
Bluebottle regulars tackle a springtime theme. Bluebottle Art Gallery and Store, 415 E Pine St, 325-1592. Through April 29.
ANIMALS: JAPANESE PRINTS AND PAINTINGS
With works by Utagawa Hiroshige, Takeuchi Seiho, Watanabe Seitei, Jun’ichiro Sekino, and others. Carolyn Staley Fine Japanese Prints, 314 Occidental Ave S, 621-1888. Through April 17.
DAN AYALA
Paintings in oil. Phinney Center Gallery, 6532 Phinney Ave N, 783-2244. Through April 30.
* FRANCESCA BERRINI, MANDY GREER
Collage maps and an installation set in fairyland. Priceless Works Gallery, 619 N 35th St, Suite 100, 349-9943. Through May 2.
ANNA DAEDALUS, RAE MAHAFFEY
Daedalus’ new works are digital tableaux with themes borrowed from fairy tales. Bryan Ohno Gallery, 155 S Main St, 667-9572. Through May 15.
* BILL DANIEL
Final week. Daniel, who documents different kinds of subculture in unexpected ways, here presents Seadrift, Texas–a video/living room installation about a fishing town’s clash with a plastics plant–in Tollbooth’s tiny little video gallery space. Tollbooth Gallery, 11th St and Broadway Ave, Tacoma, 253-572-0995. Through April 10.
ISA D’ARLEANS
New paintings. Ballard Fetherston Gallery, 818 E Pike St, 322-9440. Through April 30.
DOODLE BUG
Work by six illustrators. Gallery of the Senses, 1402 E Pike St, 568-0291. Through April 30.
CHAD E. DOWNARD
Paintings on travel and perception. Vérité Coffee, 1101 34th Ave, 709-4497. Through April 25.
LORIAN ELBERT
A series of photographs, called Tattoo. Uncle Elizabeth’s Internet Cafe, 1123 Pike St, 381-1600. Through May 31.
SHAWN FERRIS
Ferris’ inspired and odd heraldry–royal eggs, imperious baby chicks–in Wonder World. Two Bells Tavern, 2313 Fourth Ave, 441-3050. Through June 2.
* ANNIE HAN AND DANIEL MIHALYO
An architectural installation by the duo known as Lead Pencil Studio. Suyama Space, 2324 Second Ave, 256-0809. Through April 30.
MARIANNA HANIGER
Assisted Nature is a three-channel video projected onto 432 glass balls; the idea is to shimmer like a salmon, to preserve through digital means what’s been lost in the natural world. 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave N, 682-6552. Through April 17.
KEVIN HUNDSNURSCHER
New work. S N M Underworld, 219 Broadway Ave E, 322-5541. Through April 30.
FAY JONES
New paintings, featuring her recurring cast of characters, by the hugely popular artist. Grover/Thurston Gallery, 309 Occidental Ave S, 223-0816. Through April 30.
MARGOT QUAN KNIGHT, RINEKE ENGWERDA
Photographs of dismembered bodies from Knight, a former photographer for the R&D arm of Benetton, and hyperrealist paintings from the Dutch painter Engwerda. Atelier 31 Gallery, 2500 First Ave, 448-5250. Through May 2.
LIFE/AFTER
Art by artists diagnosed with cancer. Gilda’s Club Seattle, 1400 Broadway, 709-1400. Through June 26.
RANDY MOSS
An installation with a philosophical edge, proposing that all moments of one’s life exist concurrently in the present. Jack Straw New Media Gallery, 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, 634-0919. Through May 28.
TREVOR MUZIK
New oil paintings. Mr. Spot’s Chai House, 5463 Leary Ave NW, 297-2424. Through May 3.
ROYAL NEBEKER
Nebeker’s new paintings take their cues from plays by Henrik Ibsen (see listing in Nordic Heritage Museum, above). Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, 443-3315. Through April 30.
DYLAN NEUWIRTH
Sculpture about living on Beacon Hill–including tiny terrariums in gumball-machine prize bubbles, and a miniature bucolic waterfall in a trash can that might be his best work ever. Zero Plus and James Graham, 1205 E Pike St #1d, 323-4009. Through May 1.
NKO
New oil paintings about the possibilities of order in chaos. Zeitgeist, 171 S Jackson St, 583-0497. Through May 5.
NORTHWEST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY
Their 64th annual open exhibition. Opening reception later this month. Art Institute of Seattle, 2523 Elliott Ave, 800-275-2471. Through May 12.
ALLAN PACKER, STEVE YAMIN, STEPHEN HAZEL, MARC CHAGALL
Packer creates grid sculptures inspired by vintage model kits. Davidson Galleries, 313 Occidental Ave S, 624-7684. Through May 1.
LILLIAN PITT
New work, in Spirits Keep Whistling Me Home. Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, Discovery Park, 285-4425. Through July 31.
JODI ROCKWELL, TIMEA TIHANYI
Structural and conceptual interpretations of the mattress, in a show entitled Fluid Exchange. SOIL, 1317 E Pine St, 264-8061. Through April 25.
* GLENN RUDOLPH
Photographs documenting the vanishing Western frontier. James Harris Gallery, 309A Third Ave S, 903-6220. Through May 8.
BRIAN SENDELBACH
New paintings from the Stranger illustrator and comics artist. Victrola Coffee, 411 15th Ave E, 325-6520. Through April 30.
ADAM LEE SPENCER
New work. Seattle LGBT Arts Council, 1115 E Pike St, 323-2227. Through April 30.
NORMA JEAN STRAW, TIM “BLASE” ROUNDS
Color and black-and-white photographs of Some People. VAIN, 2018 First Ave, 441-3441. Through April 30.
SAUNDRA VALENCIA
Final week. Photographs of the Ballard Wrestling Federation. Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave, 706-7017. Through April 11.
* JOHN WATERS, ENRIQUE MARTêNEZ CELAYA
New photos from the Baltimore master of schlock, plus new works on paper from the enigmatic Mart,nez Celaya. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave S, 624-0770. Through May 8.
EVENTS
ARTKOAMIA
Visual and musical improvisation by Virginia Paquette, Suiren, William O. Smith, and Stuart Dempster. Fri April 9, 8 pm. Polestar Music Gallery, 1412 18th Ave, 784-0345, $6.
SWARMING THE BEEHIVE
A multimedia art exhibition inspired by and dedicated to Jim Clowes, the former director of UW’s Comparative History of Ideas (CHID) program. Sounds a little corny but, no kidding, the smartest people I know are graduates of CHID. There might be something great here. Sat April 10, 6 pm-2 am. Consolidated Works, 500 Boren Ave N, 381-3218, $15, $10 students.