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Opening Night CelebrationFriday, Nov 18, 5-9pmVIP Party, 5-7pmRSVP to our VIP Party forfirst choice of unique gifts$50 AdmissionGeneral Admission, 7-9pm$20 Admission at the doorHands-on Holiday Arts SaleHandcrafted GiftsCool Hands-on Projects for AllHo Ho Ho!ONE WEEKEND ONLYNovember 18-20, 2011Pratt Fine Arts Center, 1902 S. Main St, Seattlehttp://www.pratt.org ■ 206-328-2200complemented by his large-scaleglass bamboo installations.★ Davidson Galleries313 Occidental Ave S, Pioneer Square✆206-624-7684www.davidsongalleries.comtues-sat 10am-5:30pm. Call thegallery for exhibition information.★ Foster/White Gallery220 3rd Ave S, Pioneer Square✆206-622-2833www.fosterwhite.comtues-sat 10am-6pm. Nov 3-26 GeorgeRodriguez, “George”, Why is it thatwhen we meet someone who sharesour name we immediately create abond, however slight it may be?Ceramicist Rodriguez explores thisquestion by morphing and multiplyingan oversized bust of himself intoornately decorated versions of hisfavourite Georges – George Clinton,Boy George and George Jetson; Dec1-24 Tony Angell, “Conversations withNature in Stone and Bronze”, Angell’slatest demonstration of his uniqueinsight into the essence of being acreature in nature; Eva Isaksen,“Tales”, Isaksen builds her paintingslayer upon layer, each part relating tothose coming before, each paintingsuggests, rather than tells a story, themessage or meaning is the final layer,which continues to shift and evolve;Jan 5-28 Gallery Group Gala.★ Frye Art Museum704 Terry Ave ✆206-622-9250www.fryemuseum.orgtues-sun 11am-5pm thurs 11am-7pm. Admission is free. Nov 19-Jan22 Isaac Layman – Paradise, highlyconstructed photographic imagesoffer psychologically charged visionsof the spaces and objects found in hisSeattle home; Thru Jan 8 Tête-à-tête,paintings from the Frye Founding Collectionhung salon-style, floor-to-ceilingin the museum’s largest gallery★ G. Gibson Gallery300 S Washington St ✆206-587-4033www.ggibsongallery.comwed-sat 11am-5pm and tues by appt.Thru Nov 26 Joann Verburg, “Interruptions”,photographs; Thuy-VanVu, “New Drawings and Paintings”;Dec 1-Jan 7 Michael Kenna, “NewWork”; Gala Bent, Rachel Maxi,Saya Moriyasu and others, “SelectedWorks”; Jan 113- Feb 18 LookingForward, Looking Back, a Selectionof 20th Century Photography.★ Gallery 110110 3rd Ave S ✆206-624-9336www.gallery110.comwed-sat 12-5pm. Nov 3-26 MAINGALLERY Souls of Sweetness: RobertHorton, vivid series about Haitian cultureand history, part of commission to bedonated to local Haitian charities; SMALLSPACE Claire Renaut: New and Newsed,spun newspaper from all the cities andcountries where Renaud has lived, shespins this material into yarn, knits it,knots it and sculpts it to express therooting system by which she lives. Thepaper is both a metaphor and a vehiclefor her growth and adaptation; Dec 1-30MAIN GALLERY & SMALL SPACE White,showcases the metaphors, conceptualmeaning and visual aesthetic of ‘white’,from a simple reflection of the winterseason, to emotional implications ofpeace, purity, cleanliness and renewal,celebrating the absence of colour; Dec24, 25 and 31 Gallery closed; Jan 5-28MAIN GALLERY & SMALL SPACE “NewMembers at Gallery 110”, the gallerywelcomes new five new artists – SeanFansler, Veronique Le Merre, JimPirie, Betty Sapp Ragan and SusanWalker, the interplay between physical,psychological and architectural environmentsis explored with paint, photographyand drawing which offer variedapproaches to landscape.Greg Kucera Gallery212 3rd Ave S ✆206-624-0770www.gregkucera.comtues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm. Thru Nov12 Glenn Ligon, prints; Mars vsVenus: Images of Male and Female,male and female images, variousartists approach the sexes in sometimesidealized, humorous, confrontational,academic and ambiguousways; Nov 17-Dec 24 LesleyDill, "Selections", prints and workson paper; Katy Stone, "Myriad",paintings on mylar; Jan 15-Feb 18Sean McFarland, “Recent selectionsfrom ULAE”.★ Henry Art GalleryUniversity of Washington✆206-543-2281 www.henryart.orgwed 11am-4pm thurs-fri 11am-9pmsat-sun 11am-4pm. Admission:adults $10, seniors (62 and older) $6,members, children under 14, UW students,faculty, staff, high school andcollege students with ID free, thurs11am-8pm free. Nov 4-Mar 18 Materialand Document: Experiments inwww.preview-art.com PREVIEW 77