On the first Thursday of every month, Seattleites flock to the streets of Pioneer Square for the city's central and oldest art walk, which offers opportunities to stroll, sip on wine, and attend as many gallery openings as possible. But, in most cases, the shows are up for longer than just one night, and the historic neighborhood is a great place to check out art any day of the year. So, below, we've compiled the most promising exhibits that are having opening receptions on October 3—complete with a Google map at the bottom. You can also find more options on our First Thursday calendar, including receptions for continuing exhibitions like James Castle: Drawings Past Event Like List and the multi-media experience Visions Of Infinity Past Event Like List . For art in other neighborhoods, check out our complete visual art calendar.

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April Surgent: In the Space Separating Past Event Like List
It’s that time of year where the warm sun of summer gives way to the crisp chill of fall—at least in a world before climate change walloped our ideas of what weather is like during each season. But I think the work of glass artist April Surgent is apt for this time of year—misty and contemplative, the engraved glass panels composed of landscapes of the Pacific Northwest’s majestic beauty. Craggy mountain ranges, low skies, the way that fog rolls through the quiet of an evergreen forest. Surgent’s work captures the way I always like to think of this area I call home: eternal, all-knowing, and bigger than I could ever conceive. JASMYNE KEIMIG
Traver Gallery

Ceci N'est Pas une Pipe d'un Homme Past Event Like List
In partnership with Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience Past Event Like List , the gallery presents glass pipes by femme-identified artists. It's a celebration both of queers and women in the arts and of the legalization of weed, both things of which Seattle should be proud.
Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA)

Introductions Past Event Like List
This will be J. Rinehart Gallery’s first exhibition inside of its new physical space. Nestled along Third Avenue South, it will be set up like an “inviting living room” to create an environment “where anyone can feel comfortable visiting the gallery and not feel intimidated by the experiences of purchasing fine art.” Introductions will feature works by artists from the gallery's impressive roster: Lakshmi Muirhead, Shaun Kardinal, Daisy Patton, Kelda Martensen, Kim Van Someren, Jennifer Zwick, Meggan Joy, Jazz Brown, Melana Bontrager, Tara Flores, Guy Merrill, Joseph Steininger, and last, but never least, Clyde Petersen. JASMYNE KEIMIG
J. Rinehart Gallery

John Kiley and Dante Marioni: Incalmo Past Event Like List
Jasmyne Keimig admired John Kiley's "carefully balanced" abstract glass sculpture at the 2019 Seattle Art Fair. See more of his work alongside that of Dante Marioni, whose lovely and justly celebrated glass art is often a throwback to the beautiful, symmetrical design of Venetian, Greek, Etruscan, and African traditions.
Traver Gallery

Ken Barnes: Recent Stone Sculptures Past Event Like List
Former rock climber and current sculptor Ken Barnes shapes elegant, simple objects in beautiful stone. He's known for reflecting natural forms in works like Fluke, Corona, and Corpuscles. He writes: "Stone is among the oldest of sculptural materials and might seem irrelevant in a petrochemical world, but people react to stone from an ancient place within. It brings them back to simpler times, with forms and textures not pulled from a machine mold, and they are drawn to touch and caress the surfaces."
Shift Gallery

Mapping the Grid Past Event Like List
The gallery welcomes artists who employ or adapt images of grids, maps, and geometry—Harold Hollingsworth, Ryan Molenkamp, Jo Moniz, Nina Tichava, and more.
SAM Gallery

Michael Schunke: High-Tech Past Event Like List
Witness the products of Schunke's consummate skill in fashioning beautiful, delicate goblets.
Vetri

Raven Skyriver and Preston Singletary Past Event Like List
This collaborative show will feature the work of two Tlingit glass artists who approach the medium from different points of view. Raven Skyriver’s work is more in tune with the rhythm of ecosystems and animal life, while Preston Singletary draws from narrative mythology and traditional objects. Skyriver will be exhibiting glass sea creatures from both oceans and rivers; Singletary will be presenting works on paper, glass, and bronze depicting shamanic implements, woven hats and baskets, and legendary characters in his distinct style. Put simply, this will be good! JASMYNE KEIMIG
Stonington Gallery

Robert Connell and Michael Kareken Past Event Like List
Connell uses sumi ink and acrylic to create glimpses of Pacific Northwestern beauty, from dreamy swaths of sand, trees, and water to de Chirico-like images of Georgetown's industrial brick buildings. Kareken, a professor at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design, produces evocative monotypes, paintings, and drawings of thickly wooded landscapes.
Davidson Galleries

Terry Turrell: Spirit World Past Event Like List
An autodidact mixed-media painter and sculptor who often mixes the two mediums, Turrell exults in highly textured techniques that often incorporate recycled materials.
Patricia Rovzar Gallery

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