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Lectures and Events
First Annual Northwest Tile Festival Hundreds of handmade clay, glass, and concrete tiles by over 25 local artists will be for sale at this one-day event, with a drawing for commemorative tiles designed by artist John Taylor. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. June 24. Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., 360-331-1295, www.ArtisanTileNW.org. Free.
Hiroshi Yamano A lecture and slide presentation by this visiting Japanese glass artist. 2-3 p.m. Sun. June 25. Museum of Glass, 1801 E. Dock St., Tacoma, 253-284-4750, www.museumofglass.org. Free with museum admission ($10 adults, $8 seniors/students).
Kurt Kiefer on Maya Lin UW's campus art coordinator elucidates how Lin's large-scale work has influenced our perception of memorials and public art. 7 p.m. Thurs. June 22. Henry Art Gallery, 15th Ave. N.E. and N.E. 41st St., 206-543-2280, www.henryart.org. Free.
Starving Artist's Feast & Art Sale Gage Academy of Art hosts a banquet and the sale of 100 pieces of work by student and emerging artists. Proceeds benefit the artists and Gage's educational programs. Price categories: $100, $250, $375, $500. 7-10 p.m. Sat. June 24. Skinner Auditorium, St. Nicholas Bldg. (next to the Gage Academy of Art, 1501 10th Ave. E.), 206-323-4243, ext. 17, www.gageacademy.org. $30 general; $75 sneak preview buying.
"XY: a Rare Collection of Male Photographs" The sale of 90-plus photos of (many nude) fellows by such luminaries as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Richard Avedon (Nureyev sans tights, 1961), Margaret Bourke-White, Herb Ritts, and Irving Penn (Patissiers, Paris, 1950) will benefit the Gay City Health Project. Prices range from $400 to $57,000 for the rare Penn print. (Complete catalog at: www.editionq.com.) Reception and sale: 7-9 p.m. Fri. June 23. Greg Kucera Gallery, 212 Third Ave. S., www.gregkucera.com. $25 advance (206-388-1708, www.gaycity.org), $30 at door.
Openings
James Harris Local artist Todd Simeone plays with perceptions in his digital manipulations of ordinary objects (FedEx boxes, dice) in "A Difference of Outlines and Outcomes." Reception: 6-8 p.m. Thurs. June 22. 309A Third Ave. S., 206-903-6220, www.jamesharrisgallery.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wed.-Sat. Ends July 29.
Lawrimore Project The much-anticipated new art space by former Kucera Gallery manager Scott Lawrimore finally opens with a mysterious performance installation by the local idiosyncratic art team of SuttonBeresCuller. In "If These Walls . . . " SBC will disappear into a 32-foot by 32-foot by 12-foot box at 7 p.m. on June 22 and secretly create an exhibit, emerging July 15 with God knows what. Not sure what there will be to see or hear in the meantime—the sounds of tapping and sawing and No Exit–style exhortations? Let's hope all three members reappear in the end. . . . There is historical artistic precedent for this sort of site-specific collaborative experiment, by Marcel Duchamp, Robert Morris, and others. And there will be other sideshows by the team on view elsewhere in the gallery. Definitely worth investigating. Sealing ceremony (and farewell?): 6-10 p.m. Thurs. June 22. Lawrimore Project, 831 Airport Way S., 206-501-1231, www.lawrimoreproject.com. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends July 29.
911 Media Arts Center Images of five years of sculptural installation work by innovative local art team SuttonBeresCuller will be projected onto the four walls of the gallery in "Documentation Cube." Curated by local art blogger Steven Michael Vroom. Reception: 6-9 p.m. Wed. June 21. 911 Media Arts Center, 402 Ninth Ave. N., 206-682-6552, www.911media.org. Noon- 6 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Ends July 7.
Last Chance
Art & Soul Matt Calcavecchia presents his latest array of irreverent ape paintings. 2860 N.W. Market St., 206-297-1223. Through June.
Davidson Contemporary John Grade's Cleave transforms the gallery into a viscerally evocative environment, constructed of clay, goat fur, and resin, that intends to replicate the landscape—think the canyons of Escalante in Utah or the glaciers of Mount Rainier, although spook house is the first experience that comes to mind as you enter the darkened gallery. 310 S. Washington St., 206-624-7684, www.davidsongalleries.com. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends June 24.
Foster/White "Chokoku," which means "sculpture" in Japanese, is also the title of Gerard Tsutakawa's new exhibit of wood, wire, and bronze sculptures. 220 Third Ave. S., 206-622-2833, www.fosterwhite.com. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-Sat. Ends June 24.
Fountainhead "Dogs in Art and One Cat" are 20 whimsical animal portraits in acrylic by Nancy Schutt. Also: "Architectural Art," a group exhibit by Jennifer Frohwerk, Andrew Hare, Thu Nguyen, and Susie Wind. 625 W. McGraw St., 206-285-4467, www.fountainheadgallery.com. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thurs.-Fri., noon-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun., and by appointment. Both end June 25.
Jack Straw New Media Korean artist Kichul Kim's Rapport is a sound installation exploring the connection between seeing sound and reaching Nirvana, an idea he has explored for over 10 years. 4261 Roosevelt Way N.E., 206-634-0919, www.jackstraw.org. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Ends June 23.
Sam Day Gallery "Carl Skoog: Backcountry Visionary." The lasting vision of the late photographer who died last October in a ski mountaineering fall in Argentina will inspire more than a few trips to the pristine regions he captured in his vivid images for outdoor adventure magazines. 79 S. Main St., 206-382-7413. Noon-5 p.m. Sat. Extended to June 27.
