Walking into the Seattle Art Museum has never been so fun. As you walk up to the front door, you can’t help but notice a line of a few hundred “Seattle” branded people waiting to get in the door. Although this particular SAM REMIX party sold out, there was a fair amount of people with leftover tickets hovering around the front door. You couldn’t help but notice a fair amount of people dressed in wigs which is hardly a rare thing but there were just enough to notice some sort …

Opening Thursday, June 3rd:
New Members: New Work @ Gallery 110
For the month of June, Gallery 110 will feature a group show of new artists. With no theme uniting the featured works other than their mutual newness to the gallery, this is sure to be a show filled with dramatically different work.
New artists to Gallery 110 include Jan Cook, Meredith Essex, Becky Frehse, David Jayne, Robert Horton, Gary Oliveira, Claire Renaut, Nancee Rostad, Ray Schutte, Sonya Stockton and Sue Wren.
Opening reception: Thursday, June 3rd – 6-8pm
Gallery 110
110 3rd Ave. S
Justin Gibbens: …

Normally when I go on the First Thursday art walk around Pioneer Square, I go straight from Howard House to SOIL, passing the space on the corner of Washington and Third. But last week, a friend of mine suggested we check out what Gallery4Culture had to offer for the month of May.

Open until May 27th, Amy-Ellen Flatchestedmama Trefsger showcases photographs and clothing items from a month long performance piece that she has been dedicated to for the past three years. Beginning in 2007, Trefsger began Monochromatic May: 31 days in …

This month Howard House is featuring Patti Warashina, “Conversations”.
“Warashina might best be described as a lyrical absurdist, her work merging the sensibilities of René Magritte and Hieronymus Bosch. Over her long and celebrated career, now spanning almost 45 years, the artist’s ceramic figures and objects have blended realism with wit and satire. Notably for Warashina, the body is almost always at the center of these narratives of the absurd, serving as a marker of the physical and psychological, of events both political and personal.” – via Howard House

Photos by Henk …

This Month, Davidson Galleries is featuring Tram Bui.

“Tram Bui’s exhibition of new oil paintings on panel extends her interest in dichromatic silhouettes of buildings under construction. The colors are vivid and the drawing precise, but the surfaces are more meticulously rendered. Unlike her previous shows, this body is conceived as a whole, systematically exploring basic color theory through a succession of two-color pairings, alternating the descriptions of the sky and the building. All but one of the images draw on various views of the same building rather than different buildings. …

Seattle Scenester takes pride in Seattle’s arts, music, food & drink, and non-profits and these are the foundation of the mission and vision. So, what better event to attend than a night capturing some of the best of all of these in the same room?
Blank Canvas, a Seattle non-profit, is an organization with a wide array of ideas collaborating art, Seattle artists, and other non-profits. For four years, Kristen Young, Executive Director of Blank Canvas, has been throwing annual events hosting teams of artists and non-artists that join …

So after learning that there are two bars named “Taste” in downtown Seattle and completely missing my party (sorry guys, I promise I didn’t ditch you on purpose!), I found myself left exploring the First Thursday art exhibits by myself. As a result of my lateness, I didn’t really get past the Seattle Art Museum, but that’s alright, because it had plenty to entertain me for an hour and a half while I lost track of time. For those of you who didn’t go this month, I would highly recommend …

First Thursdays in Pioneer Square, Seattle’s original art walk, is your best monthly opportunity to see what is going on in the local art scene. Whether you are an art lover or just someone looking for an inexpensive Thursday night activity, consider checking out what Seattle’s galleries have to offer.
Opening Thursday, May 6:
Tram Bui @ Davidson Galleries
Tram Bui’s latest collection of architectural studies will be on display this Thursday. Bui is known for her stark representations of buildings under construction, in which she simplifies the chaotic construction process into a …