October 7 Westside Art Openings

Mapping Utopia by Manal Abu-Shaheen’s are photographs exposed in Beirut, Lebanon. He was born in 1982. The civil war slightly overlapped. Most of the work is urban photography with an ironic and surreal bent admixed with The Yale School. 

Noelle Mason has X-Ray Vision vs. Invisibility. We each have eyes and a gaze. Technical means such as night vision, radar, and infrared sensors are available and they are used to surveil the US border with Mexico. Mason has sampled and recontextualized images from the the US Border Patrol and border vigilantes. She has also commissioned a carpet hand woven in Mexico from a satellite image. Her work was selected by the Critical Mass competition. This show is strongly recommended. Check the video of her gallery talk as available.  

Artist talk 5PM tonight by Noelle Mason. Saturday 11AM by Manal Abu-Shaheen. Registration for the artist talks is required to limit safe attendance. Proof of vaccination required. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org Map 122 NW 8th early close 6PM-8 Free

 

Michael Brophy has Passage, NW landscape paintings inspired by road trips. Audrey Tulimiero Welch has Damascus: Mapping Place, Home, & Exile, abstract paintings. At Laura Russo Lee Gallery www.russoleegallery.com 805 NW 21st early close 5:30PM-7 Free

Everett Lofts has one opening on a spooky theme tonight at the Chaos Gallery. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map 6PM-10 Free

The Elizabeth Leach Gallery is doing their opening of Stephen Hayes and Gregg Renfrow on Youtube and Facebook live. Details on thir website. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map Free

As far as we can tell, the other usual suspects have continuing shows and/or are open regular hours or by appointment, but not First Thursday evening in Covid time.