Downtown CdA set for Art Walk kickoff
Downtown Coeur d’Alene kicks off its 2006 season of Second Friday Art Walks this week.
The Lake City’s art galleries and downtown businesses throw open their doors on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. to celebrate the visual arts.
The Art Spirit Gallery’s show, “New Works by 10 Artists,” is anchored with objects by acclaimed Harrison, Idaho, artist George Carlson.
The internationally exhibited artist is showing equine bronze sculptures, human figurative drawings on rice paper and a rare pastel from his 1980s Tarahumara Indian series.
Also on view will be Spirit Lake, Idaho, artist Don Ealy’s loose, impressionistic landscape and portrait paintings; figurative and landscape charcoal drawings by Moscow artist Elaine Green; abstract configurations by Spokane painter Robert Grimes; whimsical narrative oils by Dara Harvey of Spokane; and abstract figurative paintings by Spokane Valley artist Mel McCuddin.
Other works include welded copper sculptures and enamel panels by Spokane artist Harold Balazs; mixed-media wall sculptures with found objects and natural materials by Coeur d’Alene artist Michael Horswill; and forged steel sculptures and metal tables by Spokane’s Peter Jagoda.
Spokane ceramist Terry Gieber is showing tornado jars, saggar jars from his Southwest series and anagama wood-fired works.
Meet the artists Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. The work is up through May 6.
More Second Friday
All of the downtown Coeur d’Alene galleries are open Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. The majority of shows are up through April.
“ Angel Gallery of Fine Art & Antiques, 423 Sherman Ave.: paintings by Patsey Parsons.
“ Coeur d’Alene Galleries, Coeur d’Alene Resort Lobby: original paintings by the late Stephen Lyman, with special guest Andrea Lyman.
“ Devin Galleries, 507 Sherman Ave.: “Arrival,” works by several new gallery artists.
“ Eclectic Artisans Gallery (formerly Mosgrove Gallery), 211 Coeur d’Alene Ave. No. 101: handcrafted items, oils, acrylics, watercolors, photography and ceramics by Tim Mosgrove.
“ Erlendson Art Glass, 116 E. Lakeside Ave.: “Reverse Axis Montage Vases” and handblown glass by Spencer Erlendson.
“ Frame of Mind Gallery and Framing, 119 N. Second St.: raku pottery by Bill Meehan and paintings by Carrie Stuart Parks, Carl Funseth, Barbara Peretti, Jim Carkhuff and Nona Hengen.
“ Northwest Artists, 217 Sherman Ave.: Derk Klein and Mary Alderete’s nature-inspired metals-in-motion.
“ The Painter’s Chair Gallery, 223 Sherman Ave.: works by new artists including sculptor Dorothy Fowler. Live music.
“ Summer’s Glass, 211 Sherman Ave.: Tia Flynn’s colorful collection of watercolor weaves. Free fused glass workshop.
Additional venues on Sherman Avenue displaying artwork include All Things Irish, Coeur d’Alene Symphony Orchestra and Art Association, Figpickels Toy Emporium, Sweetpea Home Interiors, Tiffany Blue and Worthington’s Fine Antiques.
Downtown restaurants featuring art include Barrel Room No. 6, Bella Rosa, Brix, The Beacon, Cafe Doma, Crickets Steakhouse, Pita Pit, Toro Viejo and Wine Cellar.
Sublett at EWU
Landscape photographs by former Eastern Washington University art professor Chris Sublett are hanging in the EWU Gallery of Art in Cheney.
The small-scale color photographs are up through May 11 and can be viewed weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There is an opening reception today from noon to 2 p.m.
‘Belief’ at UI
“Belief” is the third in a unique series of one-week exhibits, known as “WeekSpots,” at the University of Idaho’s Prichard Art Gallery, 416 S. Main St. in Moscow.
Running through Sunday are several experimental and commercial works created by Belief, a Southern California design and live action studio.
“Their inclusion in the WeekSpot series blurs the lines between art and design, as well as the purely aesthetic and economics of art and the gallery system,” says gallery director Roger Rowley.
The show can be seen free Tuesday through Friday from noon to 8 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
WSU’s MFAs
“Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition” begins Monday in Washington State University’s Museum of Art on the Pullman campus and continues through May 7.
“The strength of the Fine Arts department and the MFA program is that we don’t have a certain style,” said graduate advisor Chris Watts in a news release. “Each student is allowed to shine on their own, find their own path.”
This year’s show includes Daiken Asakawa, ceramics/sculpture; Ron Davis and Shane Prine, drawing; Jason Gatewood and Rafael Ortega, sculpture; Zach Mazur and Jennifer Scott, photography; Daniela Rumpf, ceramics; and Josephine Topholm, printmaking.
Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Visit the WSU Museum of Art Web site at www.wsu.edu/artmuse.
Other galleries
“ Suzi Hokonson is showing more than 150 needlework pieces during a three-day show beginning today at 1315 W. Woodside Ave. in Spokane. Hours are today, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“ During April, CenterStage, 1017 W. First Ave., is displaying photographer Robert Lloyd’s “Beyond African Walls, 2005.” The show includes images of modern Africa and its people taken during a recent trip to South Africa, Kenya and Uganda.
“ Gloria de los Santos’ photographic landscapes are on view at Washington Mutual Bank, 298 S. Main St., in Colville. The lobby is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
“ Garric Simonsen’s gritty charcoal and watercolor “Urban Landscapes” of downtown Spokane are hanging through June in the Rocket Bakery, 157 S. Howard St.
“ During April, the Old Hotel Gallery, 33 E. Larch St., in Othello, Wash., is showing the functional wood-turned items of Don and Betty Lennon of Ellensburg.