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First Thursday
Ace Studios Distressed and antique-looking photographs of deserted interiors and landscapes explore the artists' struggles with fibromyalgia. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 619 Western Ave., 206-623-1288. 1-5 p.m. Sat., or by appointment.
Bryan Ohno Katina Huston's lovely, near-abstract studies of bicycles employ a variety of inks and washes on Mylar. Reception: 6-8 p.m. Artist talk: noon-1 p.m. Sat. March 5. 155 S. Main St., 206-667-9572. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Crespinel Studio Patrick Finney's lascivious and satirical comic art drawings skewer religious and sexual hypocrisy. Reception: 6-10 p.m. 2312 Second Ave., 206-427-1987. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
Gallery 4 Culture Eric Olson generates his dot paintings using random tables of numbers, then hand-paints each tiny blob of acrylic on sheets of aluminum—for that personal touch. It's a clever if slightly sterile excursion into issues of chaos, order, and how much of our creative process is driven by forces we have no control over. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 506 Second Ave., Suite 200 (Smith Tower), 206- 296-7580. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
Gallery 110 Gary Oliveira's photos of post-coital motel rooms (clothes strewn about the Magic- Fingers bed, cigarette burns on the nightstand); plus, Cynthia Bittenfield's photographs of Normandy beaches, which pay earnest tribute to her father's involvement in D-Day. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 110 S. Washington St., 206-624-9336. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat.
Garde Rail New ship sculptures cobbled from lumber, tin cans, and other flotsam by John Taylor. (See SW This Week, p. 41). Reception: 6-8 p.m. 110 Third Ave. S., 206-621-1055. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wed.-Fri.; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat.
Greg Kucera Minimal, color-saturated abstractions and near abstractions (stars seen through tree branches, landscapes, and such), executed in encaustic by Northwest painter Joseph Goldberg. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 212 Third Ave., 206-624-0770. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Grover/Thurston More figurative paintings of sorta-surreal tricycles, fedora hats, and other everyday objects by Patrick LoCicero. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 309 Occidental St., 206-223-0816. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
James Harris New work by Peter Schuyff, whose carved pencils and obsessively layered paintings make excursions into pattern and geometry. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 309A Third Ave., 206-903-6220. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat.
Linda Hodges Brad Rude's paintings and sculptures place animals in vaguely ritualistic or shamanist compositions. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 316 First Ave. S., 206-624-3034. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Lisa Harris New, vigorous, boldly colored Northwest landscapes by Brit-born transplant John Cole—all of which are firmly rooted in the tradition of Madsen Hartley, Arthur Dove, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 1922 Pike Pl., 206-443-3315. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun.
Vera Project A silent auction and group gallery show to support Broken Ground, a new nonprofit that works with artists to provide funds to humanitarian causes. Art featured includes work by UW ceramics major Charles Thomas and local photographers Jacob Canini and Sean Simpson. Reception: 6 p.m. 1122 E. Pike Street #849, 206-956-8372. 2-6 p.m. Tues.-Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Fri.-Sat.
Other Openings
Baas Art Barbara Eiswerth's watery-mystical paintings of flowers and abstract swirls suggest certain parts of the female reproductive anatomy. Reception: 5-8 p.m. Wed. March 2. 2703 E. Madison, 206-324-4742. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Sat.
Ballard/Fetherston Big, sunny abstraction by Benton Peugh, and Dorothy Rissman's meticulously layered and sanded multimedia paintings. Reception: 5-7 p.m. Sat. March 4. 818 E. Pike St., 206-322-9440. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
Blue Heron Gallery Art Hansen's watercolors, drawings, and lithographs of Northwest landscapes are quite rewarding—a pleasing mix of recurring patterns, textures, and spare forms. All proceeds from this exhibit will be donated to Vashon Allied Arts. Reception: 7-9 p.m. Fri. March 4. 19704 Vashon Hwy. S.W., Vashon Island, 206-463-5131. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; noon-5 p.m. Sat.
Bluebottle Mike Maas' "TV Party" offers a bunch of tiki- and mod-retro 1970s nostalgia paintings made three-dimensional with multiple layers of cut Masonite. Call me crazy, but I feel like Planet of the Apes characters drinking from coconuts is just kind of . . . tired. Reception: 7-10 p.m. Sat. March 5. 415 E. Pine St., 206-325-1592. 1-7 p.m. Tues.-Fri., noon-6 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
Francine Seders New mixed-media assemblages by Robert Mirenzi, who works with materials ranging from plastic doll heads to cheap Chinese party favors. Also: Juliana Heyne's monoprints and landscape paintings inspired by a recent trip to Spain. Reception: 2-4 p.m. Sun. March 6. 6701 Greenwood Ave. N., 206-782-0355. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat., 1-5 p.m. Sun.
Goods Illustration and type design by the Vancouver-based team of Robin Cameron and Niall McClelland. Reception: 7-10 p.m. Fri. March 4. 1112 Pike St., 206-622-0459, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon.-Sat., noon-5 p.m. Sun.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery Children's drawings created during wartime, from the Spanish Civil War to Kosovo. Opens Wed. March 2. UW campus, Art Building, Room 132, 206-685-1805. Noon-4 p.m. Tues.-Sat.
