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Lectures and Events
18th Annual Benefit Auction for Artist Trust Work by over 200 Northwest artists will be sold to benefit this statewide nonprofit that gives grants to artists. Opening party: 7-10 p.m. Fri. Feb. 10. Admission: $15 ($10 members). Open gallery: noon-6 p.m. Sat. Feb. 11. Free. Champagne brunch and auction: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sun. Feb. 12. Consolidated Works, 500 Boren Ave. N., 206-467-8734, ext. 16, www.artisttrust.org. Tickets: $120 (at www.brownpapertickets.com).
Romantic Rococo: The Art of Love in Eighteenth Century France Art historian Rebecca Albiani recounts the gilded era d'amour when King Louis XV's mistress, Madame De Pompadour, influenced taste (for better or for worse). 7 p.m. Thurs. Feb. 9 and 11 a.m. Fri. Feb. 10. $10 ($5 members; $4 students/ seniors/artists). Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave., 206-622-9250, ext. 264, www.fryemuseum.org.
SAFA Art Walkabout Twice a year, the Seattle Academy of Fine Art in Capitol Hill opens its student and faculty studios to the public. Also features live music and art demonstrations. 6-8 p.m. Fri. Feb. 10. Free. Seattle Academy of Fine Art, 1501 10th Ave. E. (#101), 206-526-2787, www.seattlefineart.org.
Openings
Capitol Hill Arts Center "Still Beaming," illuminated mixed-media work by emerging artists presented by the Twilight Artist Collective. 1621 12th Ave., 206-388-0500, www.capitolhillarts.com. Reception: 6-10 p.m. Wed.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sat. Ends March 27.
CoCA "Shard," curated by Seattle poet David Francis, explores the intersection of visual and textual art, featuring over 60 poetry-inspired works by 30 artists from the U.S. and Europe. Opening reading by poet Heather McHugh: 8:15 p.m. Sat. Feb. 11. $5. 410 Dexter Ave. N., 206-728-1980, www.cocaseattle.org. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun. Ends March 12.
Roq la Rue Gallery "Sweetest Taboo" promises to be "a group show of random naughtiness" by pop surrealist and urban contemporary artists. How can you resist? Reception: 6-10 p.m. Fri. Feb. 10. 2312 Second Ave., 206-374-8977, www.roqlarue.com. 2-6 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; noon-4 p.m. Sun. Ends March 4.
Space This new downtown gallery launches with paintings, photography, and sculpture by Derrick Voss, Jose Torres Jr., Roland Rodriguez, Brian White, Shannon Welles, and gallery owner Guy Warren. Reception: 5-9 p.m. Thurs. Feb. 9. Noon-5 p.m. Tues.-Fri. 1907 Second Ave., 206-443-7743. Ends March 1.
Viveza "Double-Click" is figurative painter Doug Smithenry's collection of distorted and sometimes pixilated images he's found randomly on the Internet. Reception: 6-10 p.m. Fri. Feb. 10. 2604 Western Ave., 206-956-3584, www.viveza.com. Noon-5 p.m. Wed.-Sun. Ends Mar. 19.
Last Chance
ArtsWest "Extravagant Icons" features acrylics by Layne Cook, oils by Louise Britton, found-object assemblages by Douglas Remy, and Julie Lindell's ceramics. 4711 California Ave. S.W. (West Seattle), 206-938-0963, www.artswest.org. 1-7 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Feb. 11.
Crawl Space "Illusion, Disillusion" reconfigures the gallery with inflating rooms and transforming sculpture by Shawn Patrick Landis. 504 E. Denny Way (#1), 206-322-5752, www.crawlspacegallery.com. Noon-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Ends Feb. 12.
Frye Art Museum Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore were pioneering gender-benders in the freewheeling art world of 1920s Paris. Images from the two female photographers explore complex notions of sexuality and identity. Also: Candida Höfer's fascination with empty public spaces is on display in "Architecture of Absence," the first North American retrospective of this German photographer's work. 704 Terry Ave., 206-622-9250, www.fryemuseum.org. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; noon-5 p.m. Sun.; 10 a.m.- 8 p.m. Thurs. Cahun and Moore ends Feb. 12; Höfer ends April 16.
Gallery63Eleven Local artist and writer Molly Norris Curtis displays her whimsically offbeat watercolors and sculptures in "Something Borrowed." 6311 24th Ave. N.W., 206-478-2238, www.gallery63eleven.com. 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Feb. 8.
Greg Kucera Tim Roda's large black-and-white photographs on fiber paper depict slightly dark, ambiguous scenes starring the artist and his family. Also: Peter Millett's "Drawings from Oysterville," sumi ink on paper, and selected sculptural works. 212 Third Ave. S., 206-624-0770, www.gregkucera.com. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Feb. 11.
Howard House In his latest acrylic paintings, local artist Mark Danielson continues to explore postwar American architecture in a minimalist, graphic-art style. 604 Second Ave., 206-256-6399, www.howardhouse.net. 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends. Feb. 11.
James Harris In her gauzy abstractions, "Works on Paper," artist Mary Ann Peters draws on both Western and Arabic influences using graphite and gouache on polypropylene paper. 309A Third Ave. S., 206-903-6220, www.jamesharrisgallery.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends Feb. 11.
Platform Gallery "Build" explores conceptual architectural space with the work of Lucas Kelly, Sebastian Lemm, and Will Yackulik. 114 Third Ave. S., 206-323-2808, www.platformgallery.com. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. Ends Feb. 11.
South Seattle Community College Art Gallery Work by Alfredo Arreguin, known for his detailed and richly colored paintings, and Gordon H. Wood, who creates slightly surreal organic abstractions in acrylic. 6000 16th Ave. S.W., 206-764-5337, www.southseattle.edu. 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Ends Feb. 8.
Galleries
Art/Not Terminal Paintings by Shirley Travis in "Tangled Exposure." Also: "Thinking of Australia: Landscapes, Images and Abstraction" features work by Australian painters Bronwyn Bancroft and Judy Hawking-Burnett, mixed-media artist Esha Xavier Quinn, and photographer Jason Kimberley. 2045 Westlake Ave., 206-233-0680, www.antgallery.org. "Australia": 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri.; 1-6 p.m. Sat.; 1:30-5 p.m. Sun. "Tangled": 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Sat.; noon-5 p.m. Sun. Ends March 2.
