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COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND P.P.O.W. GALLERY, NY / PHOTO: JASON SCHMIDTwww.bellevuearts.orgTravelers: Objects of Dream and RevelationBELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM, BELLEVUE WA – Aug 26-Dec 31, 2011 Travelers: Objects of Dream and Revelationbrings together the work of nine contemporary artists who loosely explore the theme of travel.Sculptural objects and installations provoke fantasies and dream-oriented ideas about the anticipationof travel and what can be experienced and what actually happens during travel.The artists – Janice Arnold, Margarita Cabrera, Marc Dombrosky, Erika Harrsch, TimothyHorn, Cal Lane, Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz, and Robb Putnam – investigate the alluringnotion of escape from routine in lyricalworks with imaginary narratives. Theirpieces are unified by an emphasis onsurrealist qualities that sometimes parallelthe actual experience of travel inour culture.In particular, snow globe sculpturesby Walter Martin & Paloma Muñozconjure memories from childhoodexcursions, while Margarita Cabrera’sdeflated-looking bicycle made fromvinyl, thread, wire and foam feels likesomething from an escapist dream thatTimothy Horn, Mother-Load (2008), crystallized rock sugar, plywood, steel[Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue WA, Aug 26-Dec 31]went awry. Janice Arnold and TimothyHorn both present ambitious life-sizedworks. Arnold’s tent-like installationfashioned from elegant and luxuriousfabrics evokes images of exotic lands, while Horn’s fantastical carriage made of crystallized rock sugarseems like it came from an extravagant tale in a world where baroque sensibilities collide with WillyWonka-like playfulness. Allyn Cantoring Artful Reproductions, pairs andsets of similar art objects that are aresult of the Chinese ‘modular’ modeof productivity; Live Long and Prosper:Auspicious Motifs in East AsianArt, work from the Chinese, Japaneseand Korean collections includepaintings, lacquerware, jade, textilesand porcelain; “Looking West, FindingEast”, modern Japanese printsfrom the 50s and 60s, with sculpturesand paintings by Northwestmasters George Tsutakawa andPaul Horiuchi, also showing modernand contemporary ceramics byYanagihara Mutsuo.★ Shift Studio105-306 S Washington St, TashiroKaplan Bldg info@shiftstudio.orgwww.shiftstudio.orgfri & sat 12-5pm or by appt. Nov 3-26Ellen Hochberg, “Home”, Hochberginvestigates the place we call home,based on work by philosopher GastonBachelard; Susan Gans, “Vernacular”,photography creates images like stagesets to tell stories about momentsshared by many but not really ‘seen’,by exploring the backstory aspect withtext added to images to furtherdescribe the encounters; Dec 1-31Cass Nevada, “New Works”, series ofthe nature of line using natural pigments,plant fragments and inkthreads on paper and fabric; AdeleEustis, series of drawings using inkand wax on old dictionary pages; Jan5-28 Shift, members of the collectivechallenge and explore new artisticpossibilities using the concept of‘shift’ as a departure point, a differentperspective or a new interpretation ofimage or process.SPAC GallerySeattle Pacific University3 W Cremona ✆206-281-2079www.spu.edu/depts/viscom/page/community/cgallery.aspmon-fri 9am-5pm. Thru Nov 22William Kentridge, Vija Celmins,Elizabeth Murray and Ellsworth Kelly,“Still Small Voice: Selections fromthe Friesen Print Collection”, inspiredby the Prophet Elijah’s transformativeencounter with a ‘still, small voice’,features artworks whose profoundmessages are conveyed through gentleness,subtlety and silence and realvoices of mercy and charity.Street Bean Espresso2702 Third Ave ✆206-708-6803www.gallery.me.com/seanfreemanmon-fri 6am-7pm sat 9am-4pm.Nov 1-29 Sean Freeman, works onpaper.★ Traver Gallery200-110 Union St ✆206-587-6501www.travergallery.comtues-fri 10am-6pm sat 10am-5pm sun12-5pm Open 1st Thurs Artwalks 5-8pm. Thru Nov 13 Alan Fulle,“Beacon”, painting and sculpture;Alessandro Diaz de Santillana, “Mercury”,blown glass; Laura de Santillana,“Liquid Glass”, blown glass; Nov17-Dec 13 Paul Marioni, “All Over thePlace”, blown, cast and painted glass;86 PREVIEW ■ NOVEMBER/DECEMBER/JANUARY 2011/12 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS