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Lectures and Events
Art Benefit: Artists for Animals This fund-raiser for Northwest Animal Rights Network includes animal-related works by a variety of local artists and musical performances by bands including Nu SolTribe. 7 p.m. Fri. July 17. Capitol Hill Arts Center, $10, 1621 12th Ave.
Lecture: Hatch Show Print The famed Hatch Show Print company, which has been producing woodblock print posters in Nashville for over 100 years, has advertised everything from state fairs to Pearl Jam. Hatch manager and lead designer Jim Sherraden discusses the distinctive Hatch style in a lecture and book signing, with music provided by singer-songwriter Rosie Thomas. 6 p.m. Thurs. July 15. Showbox Theater, 1426 First Ave., $15, 206-628-3151.
Open House: Pilchuck Glass School Normally closed to the public, once a year the Pilchuck Glass School (founded by some guy named Dale Chihuly) opens its 54-acre campus to all visitors for artists talks, glassblowing demonstrations, and guided tours. Noon-5 p.m. Sun. July 18. Pilchuck Glass School, 1201 316th St. N.W. (Stanwood) $20 (reservations required), 206-621-8422, extension 44 or e-mail reservations@pilchuck.com.
Van Gogh Family Festival A day of kid-friendly events—music, dance, art projects, and more—to get the little ones interested in SAM's exhibit "Van Gogh to Mondrian." 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. July 17. Seattle Art Museum, 100 University St., free with admission, 206-654-3100.
Openings
Davidson Three sculptors arrive at Davidson: Carla Grahn makes use of everyday industrial metals—nails, nuts, bolts, and bike chains—but arranges them in soft, floral forms. Juan Alfaro's sculptural installations use video documentation to capture objects in surprising motion, while Kate Hunt's stark minimalist pieces employ burnt paper and steel. Reception: 6-8 p.m. Thurs. July 15. 313 Occidental Ave. S., 206-624-7684. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Last Chance
Henry Art Gallery "Dance and Art in Dialogue, 1961–2001" chronicles Trisha Brown's collaborations with visual artists, displaying pieces of sets, costumes, and artworks that emerged from or inspired her work. UW campus, 206-543-2280. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thurs. Ends Sun. July 18.
James Harris Brazilian artist Efrain Almeida's wall sculptures in cedar and umburana wood draw inspiration from the folk art of Northeastern Brazil: A series of hummingbird pictures uses inlaid wood to create little shimmering portraits, while a row of birdhouses weep bulbous tears of lust. 309A Third Ave., 206-903-6220. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Fri. July 17.
Galleries
Artemis Laura Amussen's big, abstract, and intriguing installations make use of bamboo and other natural materials to create some rather Freudian-looking holes and other patterns that aim to "initiate a dialog between emptiness and desire." 3107 S. Day St., 206-323-0562. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Atelier 31 Amarillo-based artist Scott Frish creates big, mixed-media compositions from antique photographs and layer upon layer of color screens. Also on display, manipulated nude photographs from recent Cornish grad Alison Katica, whose "Outerwear Series" examines issues of the body as commodity. 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.
Bluebottle Cornish alum and SubLevel3 contributor Tory Franklin's "Sketches for Fleet of the S.S. Marie Antoinette" is part of a larger project to create a sculptural book—these 3-D "sketches" include cut relief, intaglio, silkscreen, letterpress printing, and hand drawings. 415 E. Pine St., 206-325-1592. 1-7 p.m. Tue.-Fri., noon-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
Bryan Ohno San Francisco sculptor Bella Feldman's "War Toy Redux" offers a panoply of streamlined, dangerous-looking mobile sculptures that explore the age-old question: why is weaponry so darned cool? 155 S. Main St., 206-667-9572. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Cafe Solstice Cool, weirdly abstract microscope photography, plus assorted collages and other stuff by photographer and UW research scientist Mark Moody. 4116 University Way, 206-675-0850.
D'Adamo/Woltz Abstract paintings layered with calligraphy and Tibetan motifs by Chinese artist Huang Gang. 303/307 Occidental S., 206-652-4414. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; noon-5 p.m. Sun.
Francine Seders The group show "Big and Small" displays one large painting and several small ones from artists Alfonse Borysewicz, Lauri Chambers, Denzil Hurley, Robert C. Jones, and Julie Shapiro.6701 Greenwood Ave. N., 206-782-0355. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.- Sat, 1-5 p.m. Sun.
G. Gibson Randy Hayes' well-executed "Birds of Mississippi" uses collages of photographs and over-painted images to capture the poverty and distinctive character of rural Mississippi. 514 E. Pike St., 206-587-4033. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wed.-Fri.; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.
Gallery 4Culture Perla Sitcov's close-up macro photographs of thumbtacks, plastic flowers, and other cast-aside stuff evoke colorful little landscapes and fictional flora. Sitcov's imagined world is a place populated by pirouetting puffballs and candy-coated flowers: an honestly phony place that feels both cozy and vaguely threatening in its Prozac cheeriness. 506 Second Ave., Suite 200 (Smith Tower), 206-296-7580. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon-Fri.
Gallery 63 Eleven "At Sea," a series of painted adventures between a cat and a polar bear by Kelly Staton, and Mona J. Lang's campy struggles for survival called "Wintertime." Reception: 6-10 p.m. Sat. July 10. 6311 N.W. 24th (Ballard), 206-478-2238. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
