Oct. 5-11, 2005

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Lectures and Events

Artist Conversation: William Cumming KUOW-FM reporter Marcie Sillman talks with longtime Seattle painter William Cumming about his varied career, from his days as a rabble- rousing WPA painter during the Depression to his recent colorful, figurative works. 2 p.m. Sun. Oct. 9. Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave., free (tickets available one hour prior), 206-622-9250.

Foto Revu Give your photos the critical treatment at this annual event, where a panel of professional photographers, curators, artists, and critics will be on hand at Photographic Center Northwest to give you helpful pointers on your technique. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. Oct. 9. Photographic Center Northwest, 900 12th Ave., $150 for half-day, $200 for full-day session, 206-720-7222, www.pcnw.org.

Sand Point Antique & Design Market Vendors will peddle decor, antiques, crafts, and so on dating way, way back to the last century. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. Oct. 9. 7400 Sand Point Way, $10 early buyers (8-10 a.m.), $6 general, 360-978-4154.

First Thursday

Ace Studios Upset that none of the art displayed on First Thursday depicts you? Well, now it will, as the folks at Ace Studios and Studio o2 team up to help art scenesters create their own Polaroid portraits on watercolor paper, at 20 bucks a pop. Also on display: photographs of New Orleans by Cindy Apple, images of Chile by Darcia Davis, Holga camera images by Wanda Holt, and works by Amrita Huja. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to hurricane relief. Reception: 6:30-8:30 p.m. 619 Western Ave., 206-623-1288. 1-5 p.m. Sat. or by appointment.

Art Patch "Room Four" is the outgrowth of Chad Downard's recent participation in the "Touching Art" project at UW's Jacob Lawrence Gallery. Here he's created an installation that lets those without sight experience art through touch, smell, hearing, and taste. Reception: 5-9 p.m. 306 S. Washington St. #102, www.artpatch.org. One night only.

Carolyn Staley Selections of intricate cut-paper Japanese stencils from the late Edo, Meiji (1868–1912), and Taisho (1912–1926) periods. Reception: 5-8 p.m. 314 Occidental Ave., 206-621-1888. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Nov. 19.

Catherine Person Abstract-symbolic collages by local artist Laura Castellanos. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 319 Third Ave. S., 206-726-1836. 11 a.m-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Nov. 12.

Cornish College Gallery This year's Cornish College faculty group show features work by instructors Gretchen Bennett, Su Job, Ron Lambert, David Nechak, and others. Reception: 5-8 p.m. First Floor, 100 Lenora St., 206-726-5011. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Ends Oct. 31.

Davidson Contemporary Davidson Galleries celebrates the move of its contemporary painting and sculpture department to the Tashiro-Kaplan complex—its print gallery will remain at Occidental—with a solo show by Washington painter Susan Bennerstrom. "Within," the result of Bennerstrom's recent residency in Ireland, features spare, realist interiors of empty rooms. Reception: 5-7 p.m. 310 S. Washington St., 206-624-7684. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Oct. 29

Davidson Galleries A selection of woodblock prints from Japan's Sosaku Hanga movement of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, plus nature-inspired woodcuts by Nebraska artist Karen Kunc. Reception: 5-7 p.m. 313 Occidental Ave. S., 206-624-7684. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Oct. 29.

Foster/White Nearly abstract paintings of rural Eastern Washington landscapes by Allison Collins. 123 S. Jackson St., 206-622-2833. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; noon-5 p.m. Sun. Ends Oct. 29.

Gallery 4 Culture Inaugurating the King County art gallery's move to a more prominent home in the Tashiro-Kaplan building is this solo show of Seattle artist Linda Davidson's hundreds of small paintings collectively depicting a cloudy sky. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 101 Prefontaine Pl. S., 206-296-8674. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri.

Gallery 110 "What the Water Told Me" offers linoleum block prints of bathers and flowing colors by Betsy Best-Spadaro, plus satirical paintings on glass by Jessica Dodge. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 110 S. Washington St., 206-624-9336. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Meet the artists: 1-3 p.m. Sat. Oct. 15. Ends Oct. 29.

Garde Rail New mud-based works by Alabama outsider artist Jimmy Lee Sudduth, who's still painting, whooping, hollering, and joking at the ripe age of 95. 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. Ends Nov. 12.

Greg Kucera Jeffrey Simmons' new series of abstract paintings glow like LEDs or flashing text on an antiquated computer screen. Also on display: minimal, weirdly comic vignettes of symbolic slapstick by L.A. artist Joe Biel. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 212 Third Ave., 206-624-0770. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Nov. 12.

Grover/Thurston Sure, it's been done before, but I have a soft spot for Kenna Moser's romantic little collages combining botanical flower paintings, layers of beeswax, and antique letters. Reception: 6-8 p.m. 309 Occidental St., 206-223-0816. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.

Howard House Mark Takamichi Miller's large-scale paintings based on found snapshots and local artist Yuki Nakamura's tribute to her late brother, a series of 36 porcelain soccer balls. (See spotlight, this page.) Reception: 6-8 p.m. 604 Second Ave., 206-256-6399. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Nov. 12.