Item #2: Angry Woebots at OK OK Clothing & Curiosities opened May 20th. The shop is located at 709 Broadway East on Capitol Hill in the Historic Loveless Building. The folks here are trying to present non-tradition art forms in an informal art context. Their shop contains some of the most unusual variety of limited vinyl sculpture and graphics that you can find in Seattle. For a VR tour of the Grand Opening click here.

Item #3: New Age Old: 19th century ideals through a 21st century lens features artists; Dawn Cerny, Shawn Ferris, Thom Heileson, Stephen Hilyard, Tivon Rice, Heather Sheppard, Garrick Uhl, and Ellen Ziegler. To be held at The Sandpoint Gallery from June 4th to June 19th, 2005. In the 19th century debates raged as to the purpose of art. Should the artist strive to present an idealized image capable of transporting its viewer to another time and place, or rather confront the viewer with the less palatable realities of the present? New-Age-Old offers an opportunity for eight artists to reflect on the ideals of the nineteenth century, and reinterpret them using a twenty-first century perspective.An Artist’s Reception and opening celebration will be held on June 3rd, 2005 at 5PM The Sandpoint Gallery Hours: Friday – Sunday: 12 – 5PM The address: Sandpoint Bldg. #5, Bay C, 2nd Fl, 7527 63rd Ave NE.DIRECTIONS: Enter at 74th & Sandpoint Way. Continue straight to sign marked 63rd directing you towards the University of Washington Building #5. Gallery is in Bay C, 2nd floor.

Item #4:“OUTSIDE IT, Brian Barks to Me Obsessively” June 3 through July 3 an opening reception will be held on June 3 at OlivoDoce Art Space 7pm • 1203 E Olive St • 206/372.5861. Local cartoonist and painter Brian Sendelbach is set to present his unique brand of art on patrons of Seattle. The evening begins at 7 pm on Friday, June 3 at OlivoDoce, where the artist will be presenting a series of new paintings. While Sendelbach is best-known to Seattle art lovers for his clean-lined “Smell of Steve” comic strips (www.smellofsteve.com), these paintings feature a striking cut-and-paste collage technique that brings out a strangely organized raw energy. Pyramids on Mars, girls fighting dragons, underwater birds, human-animal hybrids … unsure of what it all means, we know we like it. This marks the first one-man exhibit for both Sendelbach and Olivodoce.

Item #5: Laura Pizzuto-Velaz: New Paintings The Baas Art Gallery showcases the recent works of Laura Pizzuto-Velaz. June 1 - 30, 2005 , with an opening Reception: Wednesday June 1st, 5 to 8 p.m. Expressive figurative works are the core of Laura Pizzuto-Velaz's artistic practice. With over forty years of experience drawing from life models and working in a variety of media, Laura Pizzuto-Velaz’s paintings show the draftsmanship and understanding of forms. Influenced by Velazquez, she acknowledges that the artist is strongly present in any subject, The Baas Gallery is conveniently located in the Madison Valley, on the corner of 27th & Madison. Business hours are Monday through Saturday, 10am to 6pm. The gallery features rotating 4 to 6 week exhibits of emerging artists from the Northwest and around the world. Visit them on the web at www.baasartgallery.com