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Lectures and Events
Reception: White Center Teens Project In an event in conjunction with the Aperture 50th anniversary photo exhibit, the White Center project puts digital cameras and books of photos by noted photographers (Bernice Abbot, Walker Evans, etc.) into the hands of teens from this predominantly low-income neighborhood. 6-8 p.m. Thurs. Sept. 23. Benham Gallery, 1216 First Ave., 206-622-2480.
Openings
Howard House Talk about good timing: Victoria Haven was recently announced as the 2004 winner of Seattle Art Museum's prestigious Betty Bowen award, just prior to the opening of a show of her new work at Howard House. Haven is known for her delicate and intricate geometric paintings, drawings, and wall sculptures that seem so ephemeral as to have almost no physical substance at all. This new work, titled "Wonderland" will feature fragile cut-paper constructions and other works on paper. Reception: 6-8 p.m. Thurs. Sept. 23. 604 Second Ave., 206-256-6399. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
SAM Rental/Sales Gallery A sampler of painting and drawing from Cornish College instructors Patrick LoCicero, Kathleen Rabel, and Mark Takamichi Miller, among others. Reception: 5-7 p.m. Thurs. Sept. 23. 1220 Third Ave., 206-654-3158. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat.
Last Chance
Capitol Hill Arts Center "Claustrophilia," features artwork by those whose day jobs are in the tech industry. On hand will be work (not necessarily tech-related) by Beatrice Billard, Vlada Breiburg, Janet Galore, Sharon Matsumoto, and Erin Moscatello 1621 12th Ave., 206-388-0600. 6-10 p.m. Wed.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat. Ends Sun. Sept. 26.
Garde Rail If you like outsider art (and I do), this is the kind of show that tests your faith. Rick Borg paints with what you want to be rough, visionary brilliance, but "rough" here most of the time means simply inept and careless. In places, though, like on the coarse slats of a found piece of wood on which Borg has painted a cigar store Indian, his crazy array of colors achieve a crude, accidental glory that makes you believe again. 110 Third Ave. S. 206-621-1055 11 a.m.-5 p.m Wed.-Sat. Ends Sat. Sept. 25.
Galleries
1506 Projects "Moving Digital," a collection of video-based art, film loops, and TV-show inspired prints from artists Iole Alessandrini, Brad Ewing, Sean Frego, Joseph Gray, Thom Heileson, David Herbert, Jamisen Ogg, Keith Tilford, Tony Weathers and John Wells. 1506 E. Olive, 206-920-8618. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
Artemis Dynamic electrical assemblages cobbled together from industrial trash, light bulbs, and other detritus by Jay Humphreys and Jules Manoogian 3107 S. Day St., 206-323-0562. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Baas Gallery Nature-inspired paintings from Jared Rue Thornton and accomplished mixed-media paintings laden with wildlife and intricate abstraction by M.A. Papanek-Miller. 2703 E. Madison, 206-324-4742. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Sat.
Ballard Fetherston Pleasant, scratchy abstractions in oil and wax by Kirsten Stolle and pleasant, spacey abstractions in acrylic and graphite by Chris Metze. 818 E. Pike St., 206-322-9440. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun.
Bryan Ohno Larry Bemm's open, casual abstractions in pastel-colored oils are painted directly on wood panels. 155 S. Main St., 206-667-9572. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Cafe Septieme Erin Frost's erotic black-and-white self-portraits. 214 Broadway E., 206-860-8858.
Cornish College Gallery The familiar mustiness, the stale coffee, the filthy microwave, and those battered old couches: Yes, it's "Staff Lounge," a great idea for a show, put together by Cornish staff for those who know such rooms all too well, and those who can catch only tantalizing glimpses of them from the outside. 1000 Lenora St. 206-726-5011. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Davidson Steven Heino's paintings on phenolic cloth (a fiberglass fabric he discovered during his days working for Boeing) have a rich, three-dimensional quality. In large-scale paintings of dynamos, big solids, and coiled springs, Heino paints and then sands layers away to achieve a pleasing, luminous sheen to his abstraction. Also showing: surrealist paintings stocked with 19th-century technology and anemic-looking people by local Russian-born painter Alexander Petrov. 313 Occidental Ave. S., 206-624-7684. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Forgotten Works Yet another gallery sets up shop in the Tashiro-Kaplan complex. The show, "Before, During and After," is an assortment of work from past and present gallery members, including Allison Agostinelli, Antjuan Oden, David Chick, and Su Job. 619 Western Ave., 206-343-7212. noon- 3 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
Francine Seders Fred Birchman's "History of Flight" includes two-dimensional works and several sculptures that engage in near-abstract meditations on airplanes, flight and freedom. 6701 Greenwood Ave. N., 206-782-0355. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.- Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun.
Gallery 63 Eleven Sturdy, heavy, manly objects made by blacksmith David Tuthill. 6311 24th N.W., 206-478-2238. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Gallery 110 Thomas Ager's "(E)Scapes Landscape Project"—transparencies of paintings and collages lit from behind and displayed to great effect in the darkened west gallery. My colleague David Stoesz thinks they're impressive, I'm of the opinion they're amateurish and disjointed. Also: Lisa Sheets' collages fuse pop images, religious iconography and fabric patterns into tightly controlled compositions of no great interest. 110 S. Washington St., 206-624-9336. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat.
