This year the special dual phase Heartbreak Science Fair will explode into 2 venues:

Vermillion

• From: Feb 13th (opening reception 6p-9p)

• To: March 7th

• 21+

A/NT Gallery

• From: Feb 1st (opening reception 6p-9p)

• To: Feb 29th

• All ages

The Heartbreak Science Fair, a medley of science-meets-art event, offers opportunities for people of all ages and interests to connect on the relationships of art, science and heartbreak. The biennial event varies largely based off of the projects proposed, and can very largely from one year to another.

This year’s Heartbreak Science Fair is excited to team up with InterConnection, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Seattle whose mission is to bridge the digital divide by making information and communication technology accessible to under-served communities.

Juried by Alina Cohen

Animals elicit human’s interest through their simultaneous estrangement from and congruence with ourselves. They mark continuity: they are what we evolved from. But they also mark rupture: the seemingly fundamental disconnect between humanity and the rest of the natural world. The artists in this show work within these connected aporias and contradictions. They employ a wide range of concepts, styles, techniques, and mediums to explore, express, and understand the creatures with whom we share the world. Much of the work is figurative, with nods towards abstraction, fantasy, and science-fiction as well.

Some of the work examines how, from our earliest recorded history onwards, animals have been employed in fairy tales and allegories, possessing both a life of their own, and being used as an instrument for humankind’s intellectual and moral expression. Updating this long tradition, a number of artists deftly weaved what we usually consider more anthropomorphic concerns such as feminism, consumption, and disgust, into their practice. The work ranges across mediums well. Some, as our juror Alina Cohen noted, “used clay to convey animal elements. Assemblage also seems to be in right now—I saw some clear threads, in line with what's up at the Whitney Biennial, that Rauschenberg's influence is as strong as ever on contemporary artists.” While formal techniques and mediums vary, each work, in its own way, attempts to grapple with exceedingly complex, strange, and important relationship humanity has with the animal kingdom.

Opening Reception Friday, September 20th 6-9PM

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May 23 – June 23, 2019
Opening Reception: May 23, 2019, 6-8pm

Hend Al-Mansour, Diane Cionni, d’Anne de Simone, Kathryn Hart, Jody Joldersma, Katherine Mann, Jennifer McCandless, Mimi Ortisky, Ruth Owens, Allison Paschke, Simone Paterson, Laura Petrovich Cheney, Alice Pixley Young, Martha Sedgwick, Ann Stoddard, Marlana Stoddard Hayes, Vicky Tomayko, Ellyn Weiss, Holly Wong, and Mineko Yoshida

Curated by Alexis Wilkinson

The 2019 A.I.R. National Members exhibition, Active directions of the mind, highlights the ways in which attention can operate as an activated mode of questioning and care, as expressed by the artworks included.

To give attention to something is generous; it denotes consideration and observant care, and the artwork made by twenty of A.I.R. Gallery’s National Members demonstrates their orientation toward a thoughtful mode of attending to. They create artworks with a wide range of stylistic and material approaches, reflecting a plurality of experiences and perspectives that A.I.R. has historically embraced since its inception — a testament to the fact that we each see, hear, feel, experience, and perceive differently.

At its root, the term attention is defined by “active direction of the mind upon some object or topic,” a mind which is “stretching toward.” Considering that active minds do wander, the logic of the exhibition as installed in the galleries at A.I.R. is intended to allow the viewer to be guided by the artworks of the National Members, organized not by formal or thematic groupings but instead with adjacencies that are intended to amplify ideas, resonate formally, and reveal unexpected affinities. If we look closely, we might notice that, together, the works in the exhibition signal the ways that difference can spark generative dialogue.

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This exhibit will feature "Tarot, Oracle, and Divination decks" alongside framed originals, prints, giclées, etchings, and more by dozens of artists.

Exhibit opens Thur, Feb. 14th and runs through Mar. 10th, 2019

Each Holiday season Ghost Gallery brings you 100's of small works from local & global artists and designers. 10" x 10" and smaller, affordably priced for gifting, collecting and coveting. All work can be taken home right away when purchased!

Exhibit opens Thur, Dec. 13th and runs through Feb. 10th, 2019

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Six artists will present a wide range of interpretations of the animals that co-exist with us on our planet, inspire our imagination and sense of fantasy, and inhabit our dreams and subconscious. These varied points of view will be on exhibit at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History from Thursday, August 30 (Member Preview) through February 17, 2019.

The animal images that are presented range from realistic to child-like, oddly humorous to whimsically disturbing. The wide range of styles and viewpoints is not surprising considering the differing backgrounds, experience, and education of the artists.

Member's Preview Thursday August 30th at 5:00pm

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In science, a center of gravity is a point or place where an object can be balanced. The City of Shoreline’s first exhibition devoted to the creation of a permanent collection strives to create a balance of media and artistic backgrounds in keeping with a 21st century city with rapidly changing demographics.

The exhibition opens Saturday, June 9, 2018 from 5:00pm -7:30pm, at Shoreline City Hall, on the third and fourth floors with artists in attendance.

Participating artists: Gala Bent, Patti Bowman, Weldon Butler, Minh Carrico, MalPina Chan, Diem Chau, Maura Donegan, Shruti Ghatak, Justin Gibbens, Clare Johnson, Jody Joldersma, Amanda Knowles, BethAnn Lawson, Rich Lehl, Terry Leness, Vikram Madan, Carol Milne, Daphne Minkoff, Naoko Morisawa, Saya Moriyasu, Kemba Opio, Megan Reisinger, Jane Richlovsky, George Rodriguez, Samantha Scherer, Tee Gee Story, Thuy Van Vu. Matthew Whitney, Suze Woolf, Angie Yusef.

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Selected works from A.I.R. Gallery National Artists. Curated by Judith Tolnick Champa.
Opens Thursday, May 24th, on view through June 24th

Founded in 1972, A.I.R. Gallery (Artists in Residence) is the first all female artists cooperative gallery in the United States.

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Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA) presents the 2018 CoCA Members’ Show. Curated by Jody Bento.

Opens Thursday, May 3rd at 6pm, on view through May 26th

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Let's celebrate the almost 8 years at Denny & Olive with a gorgeous group exhibit featuring some incredibly talented local artists that we've worked with over the years. 

Artists include Andie DeRoux, Braden Duncan, Cait Willis, Counsel Langley, Erin Kendig, Grant Rehnberg, Jody Joldersma, Joseph Patrick Gray-Smith, Krisna Schumann, Levi Hastings, Michael Alm, Michelle Anderst, Natalia Czajkiewicz, Stasia Burrington, Yoona Lee and more TBA!
Opens during Capitol Hill Art Walk Thur, Jan. 11th 5-9pm!

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Affordable miniature works by an incredible lineup of 80+ top contemporary artists curated by Zoe Williams. Each trading card size (2.5"x3.5") will be priced at $100 each, with online sales to follow. Opening Reception: Saturday, December 2, 2017. Show runs through January 6, 2018.

Virago Gallery will be presenting their yearly exhibit Our Daily Armor which features themed Contemporary Art and Adornment. Opening reception: Saturday November 18th, 2017 from 6-9pm.

Gathering Differences: A.I.R. National Artists curated by Helga Christoffersen in Galleries I II & III, Opening Reception on Thursday, May 25, 2017 from 6-8pm