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carvings, porcelains, netsuke, snuff bottles,paintings, textiles, Peking glass,jade and much more. Cultural exhibitions,lectures and symposiums are presentedthroughout the calendar year –call for current schedule.BELLINGHAMAllied Arts of WhatcomCounty1418 Cornwall Ave ✆(360)676-8548www.alliedarts.orgtues-sat 12-5pm Nov 3-25 MeredithW. McPherson, Audrey Mei-YeeTsui, works on wood and paper; Dec1 7-10pm Downtown Gallery Walk;Dec Bonnie Lebesch, Dimitri Katsaros,photographs.Western GalleryWestern Washington UniversityFine Arts Complex ✆(360)650-3963www.westerngallery.wwu.edu/Oct-Jun: mon-fri 10am-4pm wed10am-8pm sat 12-4pm Nov 22-26 andDec 1-Jan 16: closed. Thru Dec 1 Shootthe Family, 16 contemporary artistsportray members of their own familiesand offer a multi-layered representationof the family as a dynamic social institution;Jan 16-Mar The Coffin Makers ofGhana, woodcarvers customize coffinsinto contemporary icons.Whatcom Museumof History and Art121 Prospect St ✆(360)676-6981www.whatcommuseum.orgtues-sun 12-5pm Thru Dec 10Auguste Rodin, (1840-1917), “Rodin:In His Own Words, Selections fromthe Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection”,features 35 bronze sculptures;Thru May 27, 2007 Bert Huntoon andthe Mt. Baker Lodge, photographs.FRIDAY HARBORWaterworks Gallery315 Spring St ✆(360)378-3060www.waterworksgallery.comtues-sat 10:30am-5:30pm most sun11am-4pm other hours by request Nov4-26 Redefining the container: to holdwithin – part 1, an invitational juriedcontemporary vessel show featuring 25artists’ work; Dec 9-Jan 7, 2007 “TheHoliday Show”, new works by JaimeEllsworth, encaustic and oil paintings ofdogs; Jill Trear, wearables; Tom Small,Will Mentor, Fieeeld (2005), oil and acrylicon canvas [TrépanierBaer, Calgary AB,through Nov 25]carved granite and basalt sculpturesand Jeff Patterson, ceramic vessels.LA CONNERMuseum of Northwest Art121 South 1st St ✆(360)466-4446www.museumofnwart.orgGalleries and museum store: daily10am-5pm Admission: $5 seniors, $4students, $2 members and youth under12 free Thru Jan 7, 2007 Lanny Bergner,“Entering Ether”, installation bymultimedia sculptor; Jan 13-Mar 25Deborah Butterfield, C. S. Price andTheodore Waddell, “Range”.LONGVIEWThe Broadway Gallery1418 Commerce St ✆(360)577-0544www.the-broadway-gallery.common-sat 10am-5:30pm Co-operativegallery featuring original artwork andcrafts produced by SW Washingtonartists. A wide range of media is representedincluding oils, watercolours,acrylics, mixed media, photographs,decorative and functional pottery,fused glass, Intaglio prints, handwovenrugs, quilling, wearable art and jewellery.A featured artist display from themembership is presented monthly.OLYMPIANorthwest Contemporary3011 Pacific Ave SE, Suite 102✆(360)352-6817www.northwestcontemporary.comwed-sat 10am-5:30pm Opening receptions:fri 5:30-7pm Thru Nov 30 "Confluenceof Land and Water", featuringNaomi Zentmyer, Mic Muhlbauer, KenLeap, Michele Hardy and Alice Watterson;Dec-Jan Naomi Zentmyer,"Portraits of the Nisqually", semiabstractinterpretations of the NisquallyNational Wildlife Refuge with calligraphicbrushwork.PORT ANGELESPort Angeles Fine ArtsCenter & Webster’sWoods Art Park1203 E Lauridsen Blvd✆(360)417-4590 www.pafac.orgtues-sun 10am-4pm WEBSTER’SWOODS: open daylight hours yearround Admission is free Nov 5-Dec 30Retrospective 20: Part 1, celebratesPAFAC's 20th anniversary as theOlympic Peninsula's ContemporaryArt Museum. "Part 1" covers the years1986-1996 with works by George Tsutakawa,Leo Kenney, Guy Anderson,Charles Stokes, Dale Chihuly, AlfredoArreguin, Susan Bennerstrom, ,and others; Jan 7-Feb 25 “Part II” covers1997-2006 and includes works byWilliam Morris, Gerard Tsutakawa,Phil McCracken, Dennis Evans, NancyMee, and others. Art Outside presentsmore than 75 sculptures and siteworks throughout Webster's Woods.Works are rotated on an ongoingbasis, with a major renewal each May.SEATTLE★ Baas Art Gallery2703 E Madison St ✆(206)324-4742www.baasartgallery.common-sat 10am-6pm Nov FulgencioLazo, “New Paintings”, explore themesof community and culture; Dec-Jan .★ Billy King Showroom1935 1st Ave ✆(206)448-6906Studio: (206)340-8881www.billyking.comUntil Jan 1, 2007: daily 11am-7pmtues by appt. Nov-Dec Billy King,“20th Annual Billy King Holiday ArtShow and Sale”. An independent,pacific northwest artist, King presentsa colourful new series, “Modern StillLife”, as well as variations on theongoing theme “Urban Faces”.Center on ContemporaryArt (CoCA)410 Dexter Ave N ✆(206)728-1980www.cocaseattle.orgwed-sun 12-5pm Thru Nov 5 Circumstance:Art as Context”; Dec-JanContact the gallery for information.★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS PREVIEW 71