Visual Arts Calendar

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Lectures and Events

Benefit Auction: Contemporary Northwest Coast Art In a fundraiser for the Burke's new Bill Holm Center for the study of Northwest native art, 70 artists including Susan Point, Preston Singletary, and Bill Holm, donate works for auction. 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Sun. May 23. Burke Museum, UW campus, N. E. 45th St. and 17th Ave. N.E., $100, 206-543-5590.

Driftwood Sculpture Show Now for something completely different: Feast your eyes on nature's woodworking at the 41st annual (!) showcase of driftwood that's tastefully collected, finished, and mounted using the patented LuRon® method. The show will be juried and yes, folks, you can bring your cameras. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. May 22 & 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun. May 23. Country Village Courtyard Hall, 23714 Bothell-Everett Hwy., free.

panel discussion: art in the new library Three artists whose work is featured in the new Koolhaas showcase downtown will speak: Ohio's Ann Hamilton, whose hardwood floor design incorporates raised letters; Seattle's Gary Hill, who did a video installation; and Tony Oursler of New York, who created three video sculptures. SAM's Lisa Corrin will moderate. 5:30 p.m. Sun. May 23. Seattle Art Museum, 100 University St., free but tickets required, 206-654-3121.

Workshop: Stop-Motion Animation Acclaimed animators Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh share techniques for building 3-D animated figures the old-fashioned way: with clay and large reserves of patience. 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sat. May 22. Seattle Art Museum, 100 University St., $40, 206-654-3100.

Openings

SCCC M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery "Windows on the Old Country" displays work by two Ukrainian artists: Oleksiy Kovalenko's paintings of Kiev and Oleksandra Pryveda's finely-wrought twists on traditional Ukrainian crafts using batik and other materials. Reception: 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Wed. May 19. 801 E. Pine, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. and 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Tues. & Thurs. 206-344-4379

William Traver Tacoma "Effigy" brings us yet more of Preston Singletary's Northwest Coast Indian forms rendered in blown and sand-carved glass. Reception: 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Sat. May 22. 1821 E. Dock St., #100, Tacoma, 253-383-3685. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun.

Last Chance

Frye Art Museum Political cartoons by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Horsey. 704 Terry Ave., 206-622-9250. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; noon-5 p.m. Sun.; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thurs. Ends Sun. May 23.

Galleries

1506 Projects 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.

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.

Benham "The True Nature of Light" presents photographs by nudist specialist Jock Sturges and chronicler of the garden Tod Gangler. 1216 First Ave., 206-622-2480. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun.

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.

City Space "Seattle Collects" showcases 2003 City of Seattle purchases of art by Claudia Fitch, Patrick Holderfield, Akio Takamori and others. 701 Fifth Ave. (Bank of America Tower), 3rd floor, 206-749-9525, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Ends Fri. Sept 20.

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.