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Lectures and Events
Artist Demonstration: Jaq Chartier The Seattle-based painter, whose abstract works involve experiments with various pigments and mediums, talks about the ins and outs of acrylics, including health safety. 2 p.m. Sat. April 23. Seattle Academy of Fine Art, Zeisel/Arnold Studio, Room 202, 1501 10th Ave. E., free, 206-526-2787.
Artist Lecture: John Divola The L.A.–based photographer talks about his recent work, which involves finding old photos shot on the sets of B-movies, then collectively displaying these anonymous works to create a wonderfully fake world. 6:30 p.m. Thurs. April 21. Henry Art Gallery, UW campus, free, 206-543-2280.
Lecture: Galleries vs. Alternative Spaces Local artists Su Job (Ace Studios Gallery), Allison Faye (Gallery 110), Carol Bolt (Platform) and Randy Wood (SOIL) discuss the pros and cons of working with commercial galleries versus co-op and alternative venues. 12:30-2 p.m. Thurs. April 21, Seattle Academy of Fine Art, 1501 10th Ave. E., free, 206-526-2787.
Earth Day Arts Festival A variety of Earth-friendly art events at Issaquah's Gilman Village, including nature scenes in pastels by Colette Taber and lots of art that makes use of recycled materials. Artist's reception: 6-8 p.m. Fri. April 22. Art Festival: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wed. April 20-Sat. April 23. Revolutions Gallery, 317 N.W. Gilman Blvd. #26, Issaquah, free, 425-392-4982.
La Festa Del Arte An evening of performance, food, drink, and funk music—all to raise money for ArtsCorps, a nonprofit, youth-focused arts education program. 7:30 p.m.-midnight. Sat. April 23. Museum of History & Industry, 2700 24th Ave. E., $50 (reservations required), 800-838-3006.
Lecture: Bismark and the Cult of Leadership Author Richard Frankel and curator Robin Held discuss how a portrait of German leader Otto von Bismark (one of those in the Frye's collection) presaged the rise of Nazi art and Soviet-era social realism. 7 p.m. Thurs. April 21. Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave., free, 206-622-9250.
Video Screening & Lecture: Neil Goldberg The New York–based video artist (whose multiple-screen video of Manhattan weather, 19 Rainstorms, is now at Western Bridge) screens and talks about his work, which takes the banal and transforms it through repetition and creative editing. Among the works screened will be the self-explanatory My Parents Read Dreams I've Had About Them and Hallelujah Anyway, a sequence of videos of Manhattan shopkeepers opening up the gates of their businesses. 7 p.m. Tues. April 26. Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave., $3, 206-267-5380.
Openings
Priceless Works In "A Lot Like Love," art imitates film . . . or something like that. Kristen Imig's photos of kissing couples were used in the new romantic movie of the same name, in which Amanda Peet plays a woman who finds her calling as a photographer. Apparently, Imig has staked out this odd little niche, providing photos for other films including Spider-Man and Welcome to Collinwood. Reception: 7-10 p.m. Fri. April 22. 619 N. 35th St., Suite 100, 206-349-9943. Noon-6 p.m. Thurs.-Sun.
Seattle Art Museum A sampling of works in SAM's collection of 19th-century French artists, including academy-style painter Bouguereau and the anti- academy work of impressionists such as Monet and Berthe Morisot. Opens Sat. April 23. University St., 206-654-3100. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sun.; 10 a.m.- 9 p.m. Thurs.
Wright Exhibition Space "Aboriginal Vision" offers selections of contemporary Australian Aboriginal art from the expansive collection of UW international studies professor Margaret Levi and her husband Robert Kaplan. Opens Thurs. April 21. 407 Dexter Ave. N., 206-264-8200. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thurs.-Sat.
Last Chance
CoCA Seattle-based Born magazine, an online crucible where visual artists, writers, and computer programmers cross-pollinate their talents, is the inspiration for "Help Wanted," a smart and funny group show. Shawn Wolfe's Ballard and Ballard project creates a faux 1990s talk show hosted by two very scary pseudo-intellectuals. In The Estate of Beverly Thomas, playwright Tim Sanders, architect Brian McWatters, and others re-create the household knickknacks of a 90-year-old woman who lived in Everett. But best of show goes to Think Tank, the brainchild of artist Trimpin and computer programmer Cheb Sevrel. Plunk your quarter in, and in a few minutes the carousel of chicken-bobber toys and George W. Bush action figures generates a random assortment of snippets from Bush's speeches, much more cogent than the original material. 410 Dexter Ave. N., 206-728-1980. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun. Ends Sat. April 23.
Empty Space Theatre In conjunction with Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine's play Biro, which tells the story of a Ugandan man's efforts to obtain health care for HIV/AIDS in America, Empty Space displays Mwine's photos documenting life in contemporary Uganda and Cuba, which he shot while doing research for the play. 3509 Fremont Ave. N., 206-547-7500. Noon-5 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; noon-8 p.m. Sat.; noon-7:30 p.m. Sun. Ends Sat. April 23.
Jacob Lawrence Gallery Paintings and drawings by Bachelor of Fine Art graduates at the University of Washington. UW campus, School of Art, 206-685-1805. Noon-4 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Sat. April 23.
Suyama Space Roger Feldman's architectural sculptures are designed to be unsettling—literally. The three installations, each about the size of Thoreau's cabin, are built simply from 2-by-4s and other framing materials, and they rock and teeter as you walk inside them, providing a wonderfully disorienting approach to architecture. 2324 Second Ave., 206-256-0809. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Ends Fri. April 22.
