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Lectures and Events
Art Auction Bid on over 300 works by Northwest artists to raise money for Pratt. Preview: 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Fri. May 14. Auction: 5 p.m. Sat. May 15. Pratt Fine Arts Center, 1902 S. Main St., 206-328-2200.
Art of Resistance A two-day consciousness-raising event to promote and advance political-minded art. Workshops, performances, exhibits, etc. 10 a.m.-midnight Sat. May 15 and 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sun. May 16. Arts Brewery, 3100 Airport Way So., http://riseup.net/artofresistance.
Openings
Benham "The True Nature of Light" presents photographs by nudist specialist Jock Sturges and chronicler of the garden Tod Gangler. Reception: 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Thurs. May 13. 1216 First Ave., 206-622-2480. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun.
bryan ohno Monumental bronze sculptures from Washington state native son James Lee Hansen. Reception: 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Thurs. May 13. 155 So. Main St., 206-667-9572. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat.
Greg Kucera "The BIG Print Show" offers large-scale prints from BIG names like Chuck Close, Ed Ruscha and Helen Frankenthaler. Opens Fri. May 14. 212 Third Ave., 206-624-0770. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
James Harris Fantastic-looking drawings from recent Cornish grad Keith Tilford, plus his sculpture made of plastic snap ties. Reception: 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Thurs. May 13. 309A Third Ave., 206-903-6220. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Kirkland Arts Center KAC's resident ceramic artists show their stuff. Reception: 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Thurs. May 13. 620 Market St. 425-822-7161. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Winston Wachter New work from the sculptural, geometric California painter Kris Cox. Reception: 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Wed. May 12. 403 Dexter Ave. N., 206-652-5855. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Galleries
1506 Projects You can play the guessing game at "Pseudononymous," a show of completely anonymous work at this new alternative space created by artists Sarah Bergmann, Dianna Molzan and Neal Bashor. 1506 E. Olive, 206-329-5400. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat-Sun.
Aftermath Work by 16 rising artists in Portland's scene, curated by Jim Archer & Paul Fujita (the exhibit is an exchange with Seattle representative show curated by SAW's Dan Ayala). 728 12th Ave., 206-709-9797. Noon-5 p.m., Sat.-Sun.
Art/Not Terminal Sculpture by Charles Parrish and paintings by locals Patrick Donnelly, Jr. and Joel. A. Astley. 2045 Westlake, 206-233-0680, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Sun.
Atelier 31 Elegant photos of European cityscapes sans people by Michael Eastman, as well as Adele Sypesteyn' s mixed-media geometric abstractions incorporating handmade papers. 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.
Aurafice Cafe Ian Goebel's paintings address, according to the artist, issues of "aesthetics, politics, tentacles and llamas." 513 Third, 206-786-1369.
Black Lab "Pattern and Happenstance" is art collective Sublevel 3's final show: a multimedia exploration of randomness, rhythm, order, language and chaos. Includes work by Eroyn Franklin, David Herbert, Jason Smith, Super Jew and Alice Tippit. 4216 6th Ave., 206-778-6528. Noon-5 p.m. Sat. –Mon.
Bluebottle Big, superflat paintings of all creatures fast and slow by Seattle artist and frequent Rivet magazine contributor Kynan Antos. 415 E. Pine St., 206-325-1592. 1 p.m.-7 p.m. Tue.-Fri., noon-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
Bryan Ohno In her show of photographs, "60-Watt Fairy Tales," Anna Daedelus masterfully intertwines the realms of childhood and adulthood using light and shadow and a number of stuffed-animal costumes. 155 So. Main St., 206-667-9572, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Ends. Sat. May 15.
Crespinel Studios Controversial art and banned album covers collected by Peter Blecha. 2312 Second Ave., Noon-6 p.m. daily. Ends Sun. May 15.
D'Adamo/Woltz Sorta-mysterious paintings of imagined landscapes by Cary Henrie. 303/307 Occidental S., 206-652-4414. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun.
Davidson Seattle artist Susan Bennerstrom's oil pastels of interior and outdoor spaces have evolved into such refined studies of pattern, form and color that it's a stretch to call them realist. Like the 1930s precisionist paintings of Charles Sheeler and Georgia O'Keefe, Bennerstrom's art is clean and formalist, but never cold. 313 Occidental Ave. S., 206-624-7684. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Forgotten Works Three photographers try their hand at primitive or pinhole cameras for unusual effects: Amy Bates uses a cheap Chinese camera called the Holga, Patrick Gergen shoots flowers as they combust, and David Chick builds and snaps shots with giant pinhole cameras, including one fashioned from a thrift shop suitcase. He calls it the "pinhole-aroid." I love saying that. 619 Western Ave., 206-343-7212. noon-3 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
Francine Seders Seattle artist Lynda Rockwood's abstract elliptical wall sculptures and other free-standing works utilize a variety of materials including cast bronze, sheet lead, marine fossils, and gypsum cement. 6701 Greenwood Ave. N., 206-782-0355. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.- Sat, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sun.
Gallery 110 Chris Buening's mixed-media paintings, "The Mind's Last Great Trick" are peppered with elements of the surreal: Hearts, valves, veins and other visual tropes remind us we're just a bunch of overgrown infants with oral fixations. Also on display, Betsy Best-Spadara's lovely, patterned linocut abstract collages. 110 S. Washington St., 206-624-9336. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat.
