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Exclusive tastes from over 40 restaurants and wineries Saturday, June 9, 2012, 6 to 9 p.m. at Fremont Studios
FareStart is celebrating 20 years of transforming lives! Please join us for a special anniversary celebration, featuring: Tastes from more than 20 top Northwest chefs and restaurants. Wine and beer from 20 local wineries and breweries.
BY GWENDOLYN ELLIOTT
Openings & Events BAINBRIDGE STUDENT ART SHOW Artwork from
promising young artists is featured. Reception Fri., May 25, 4–6 p.m. Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, 151 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island, 842-3132, bacart.org. Wed.–Sat., 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun., May 27, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Through May 27. MYTH & MURDER Artists collective New Mystics presents signage, hand-painted printed graphics, screen printing, paintings, and performance pieces. Extended through Sat., May 26 (closing reception 7 p.m.–midnight). Vermillion, 1508 11th Ave., 709-9797, vermillionseattle. com. Tues.–Thurs. & Sun., 4 p.m.–midnight; Fri.–Sat., 4 p.m.–1:30 a.m. Through May 26.
• UW SCHOOL OF ART MASTER OF FINE ARTS
AND MASTER OF DESIGN ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Graduating students present their work. Featuring Caitlin Berndt, Byung Cho, Lyndsey Colburn, Tamblyn Gawley, Hilary Gray, Hannah O’Gorman, Amy Keeling, Sergei Larionov, Snehal Mantri, Adam Matthew, Dan Ostrowski, Shaun Roberts, Andrew Salituri, Steve Sewell, Anthony Sonnenberg, and Rodrigo Valenzuela. Note opening reception Fri., May 25, 7–9 p.m in the North Galleries. RSVP required. Through June 17. Henry Art Gallery, 4100 15th Ave. N.E., 543-2280, henryart.org. $6–$10. Opens May 26. Sat.–Sun. & Wed., 11 a.m.–4 p.m.; Thurs.–Fri., 11 a.m.–9 p.m. Through June 17.
Special cooking demonstrations, a raffle featuring a prize package of $100 gift cards from participating restaurants (valued at $2,000), live music, wine games, and much more! Appearances by FareStart founder Chef David Lee, and other special guests!
Galleries
AFTER DINNER PARTY Sculptures, videos, digital
General Admission Tickets: $120 Tickets available online at www.farestart.org (21+ only). Proceeds benefit FareStart.
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TheFussyeye » by brian miller
April Showers Bring Steel Flowers
Ginny Ruffner is, deservedly, a local art institution. A breakout star during the ’80s, she suffered a debilitating car crash in 1991. Last year’s documentary A Not So Still Life chronicled her career and partial recovery, coinciding with the installation of her five-ton The Urban Garden near the Convention Center. After seeing that movie, which depicts a proud, lively, but clearly impaired woman (“I talk funny, I walk slow, but so what?”), I was in no hurry to visit the 27-foot-tall installation. You don’t want to confuse the pathos of the creator with the permanent creation. What with Hammering Man and Waiting for the Interurban, Seattle has more than its share of mediocre public art. Once something bad is planted on the sidewalk (or plaza or park), it never goes away. With its giant red watering can that regularly tilts water onto a colorful daisy and sprig of bluebells, Urban Garden isn’t entirely bad. But it is certainly badly sited. Union is here basically a freeway off-ramp, flanked by the hideous Sheraton—which donated the site—and Convention Center. A few pedestrians may pass by to reach ACT (in the old Eagles Auditorium Building) or Two Union Square, but this is mainly a bleak
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collages, installations, drawings, and paintings in this group show explore the role of the clitoris. Corridor Gallery, 306 S. Washington St., 856-7037, tklofts.com. Fri.–Sat., noon–5 p.m. Through June 2. THE ALLEY ART PROJECT In Nord Alley, which runs between S. Main St. and S. Jackson St., Patrick Maher, Christopher Sternberg-Powidzki, Christine Betow, Tyron Zane Hutcheson, Matthew Nelson, James Salay,
Kareem Tai, and Alair Wells install diverse new works in metal, glass, and other pigeon-resistant materials. Pioneer Square, Yesler Way, 667-0687. Daily. JENNIFER BEEDON SNOW She exhibits her paintings of suburban spaces. Linda Hodges Gallery, 316 First Ave. S., 624-3034, lindahodgesgallery.com. Tues.–Fri., 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Through June 2. EVAN BLACKWELL Blackwell’s BOOM-BUST, Where Do We Go From Here? found and recycled materials that explore the natural environment and the constructed world. Typical materials include plastic forks, lawn chairs, and other consumer detritus. Foster/White Gallery, 220 Third Ave. S., 622-2833, fosterwhite.com. Tues.–Sat., 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Through May 26. CARRIE BODLE Her Wavelines expands on two previous works, Sewing Sonification (2009) and Waveforms (2010), interpreting ecosystem-derived data from the Washington Coast through a video and sound installation. Seattle Design Center, 5701 Sixth Ave. S., 762-1200, seattledesigncenter.com. Mon.–Fri., 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Through June 18. PETER BOOME Salish Connections will showcase paintings and prints of Native American design. Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center, 4750 W. Marginal Way S.W., 431-1582, duwamishtribe.org. Mon.–Sat., 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Through May 26. CAN’T GET THERE FROM HERE Themes on the impulse to create art—from ecstasy to aesthetics—and the attraction it holds for viewers are explored in this group show of photographs, gelatin prints, stop-motion animation, and video. With Hiroshi Sugimoto, Amanda Manitach, and others. Through June 30. Lawrimore Project, 117 S. Main St., 501-1231, lawrimoreproject.com. Wed.–Sat., 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Through June 30. CARTASONIC In this group installation, Perri Lynch, Lara Swimmer, and Robert Zimmer offer field recordings, projections, and photo montages to show the architecture of Civita di Bagnoregio, a remote Italian hill town. Note artist talk 7 p.m. Fri., June 1. Jack Straw New Media Gallery, 4261 Roosevelt Way N.E., 634-0919, jack straw.org. Mon.–Fri., 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Through June 8. CELEBRATING 40 YEARS This group show features the small paintings of the gallery’s most popular contributors, including Ann Rutter, Steve Mayo, Robert Kirsten-Daiensai, Fumiko Kimura, and more. On view through July 1. Kirsten Gallery, 5320 Roosevelt Way N.E., 522-2011, kirstengallery.com. Wed.–Sun., 11
street for taxis to queue. (If the Sheraton truly wanted to be generous, it would convert its south tower to a pocket park.) Something as aggressively whimsical and tourist-friendly as Urban Garden deserves better, deserves grass and families: near the Market perhaps, on the waterfront (though not in the Olympic Sculpture Park), or at Seattle Center—where kids could peer at the mechanical workings through a window in the pot. Flowers need sun, and public art needs eyeballs to thrive. This corner provides neither. Seventh Avenue & Union Street, ginnyruffner.com.