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Lectures and Events
Artist Lecture: Pat Graney & Mary Ann Peters In the first in a series of "Art Out Loud" lectures in Columbia City, Seattle choreographer Graney and visual artist Peters talk about "Keeping the Faith," a three-month residency program that provides art instruction to women in prisons. 2 p.m. Sat. Mar. 13 Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S. Alaska, $6, 206-760-4285.
Artist Lecture: Susan Bennerstrom The Bellingham painter talks about her work with oil pastels. 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Thurs. Mar. 11. Pratt Fine Arts Center 1902 S. Main St., 206-328-2200.
Lecture: Virginia Nicholson The British author and historic preservationist gives a lecture, "Among the Bohemians," about those wacky, avant-garde artists and writers of the early twentieth century. 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Sat. Mar. 13. Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave., $15, 206-622-9250.
Book Signing: Rem Koolhaas With his new Central Library slated to open in May, Dutch anti-architect Rem Koolhaas will sign advance copies of his latest manifesto, a 500-page tome entitled Content. Essays range from "Kill the Skyscraper" to the "The Evil Architects Do." It's as if the editors of Adbusters were given the reigns of a multinational architecture firm. Yet Koolhaas has a knack for cozying up to those in power, too: OMA's latest commission is for the Beijing headquarters of Chinese state television. Book signing: 8 p.m. Sat. Mar. 13. Peter Miller Books, 1930 First Ave., free, 206-441-4114.
Seven Days in March A one-week show of work by artists represented by local art consultant Catherine Person. Mostly abstract painting, with pieces by Deborah Bell, Laura Castellanos, and Drake Deknatel. Reception: 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Fri. Mar. 12. James Crespinel Studio, 2312 Second Ave., 206-726-1836. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Ends Wed. Mar. 17.
UNCLAD 2004 Sixty-eight Puget Sound artists celebrate the human nude. Organized by Camano Island sculptor David Maritz and his wife Gayle. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat. March 13-Sun. March 14 and Sat. March 20 and Sun. March 21. David Maritz Studio, 3 W. North Camano Dr. 360-387-5149. See uncladart.com for directions.
Openings
Crawl Space For a second year, ten University of Washington art students have teamed with Seattle artists, in a month-long collaboration resulting in "Coupling 2," which will hopefully be more successful than the TV series. 504 E. Denny Way (near Olive), 206-240-6015. Noon-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
Gulassa & Co. "Images of Hope," is a benefit exhibition organized to help African children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic. Features photos by Gulassa & Co. employee Marin Kaetzel and art donated by Jennifer Beedon-Snow, Nikki McClure and Faryn Davis. Reception/silent auction: 6 p.m. Fri. Mar. 12. 10 Dravus St., 206-283-181. Noon-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
JACK STRAW NEW MEDIA Randy Moss's interactive video and sound installation, "dislocator," promises to connect viewers "with the moment of their own conception." Yuck! Reception: 7 p.m. Fri. Mar. 12. 4261 Roosevelt Way NE, 206-634-0919. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Patricia Cameron Fine Art Intensely spiritual mixed-media drawings of women and birds by UW MFA alum Helene Wilder. 105 S. Main St. #204 (second floor), 206-343-9647. Noon-5 p.m. Tues.-Fri.
Roq la Rue SEE SW THIS WEEK, P. 47. 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sat.
Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery SEE SW THIS WEEK, P. 47. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat.
Galleries
Art Institute of Seattle Gallery "Wee Works" refers not to bodily fluids, but the miniscule scale of some 200 pieces by college art students from the U.S. and Scotland. 2323 Elliott Avenue, 206-448-0900. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat.
Art/Not Terminal Digital photographs by Thomas Brown and a memorial showing of photographs by Chari Brevik-Fairly, sponsored by the African American Photographers Association. 2045 Westlake Ave., 206-233-0680, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Sun. Ends Thurs. Mar. 4.
Artemis This often-overlooked but dependable little gallery in the Mount Baker neighborhood is now under new ownership and relaunches with a show of work from three locals: Jamie Gray's abstract canvases, Todd Karam's mixed-media paintings of bikes and furniture, and James Drury's brilliantly acerbic line drawings. 3107 S. Day St., 206-323-0562. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Atelier 31 New work by Seattle artist Adde Russell, whose paintings of birds, insects, and other animals find these creatures tangled in confining ribbons of paint. Also on display, figure studies of humans and apes by dancer/painter Brian Chapman. 2500 First Ave., 206-448-5250. 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Tues.; 10:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat.; noon-5 p.m. Sun.
Black Lab "Parades and Other Disturbances," features new work by local photographer Keith Johnson. 4216 Sixth Ave NW, 206-781-2392. Noon- 5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Bluebottle Seattle artist and designer Blaine Fontana is much-sought-after in the contemporary design scene, and his debut show of paintings entitled "The Manifest Soup Transcripts, Chapter 1-9" offers a narrative of personal experiences from the late 1990s. 415 E. Pine St., 206-325-1592. 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Tue.-Fri., noon-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
Capitol Hill Arts Center "Numerosity," is an installation focusing on the "practicality and accessibility of fine art" by Corrie Greenberg. 1621 12th Ave., 6 p.m.-2 a.m. (age 21 and over only).
