Brangien Davis

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Plus, local art shows with “opening sequence” vibes and three inventive takes on memoir. Seattle-based creative studio Plains of Yonder created the opening sequences for all three seasons of ‘The White Lotus.’ (Plains of Yonder/HBO) Presidential decrees continue to hit close to home, including executive orders threatening funding for public media, museums and libraries, and arts and cultural organizations.

2 weeks ago | cascadepbs.org | Brangien Davis

Plus, avant-garde performance takes local stages, from Cherdonna dancing through absurdity to Eddie Izzard doing Shakespeare. “Cougar Mountain,” by Seattle artist Jed Dunkerley, imposes the enzymes of consumption over scenes natural beauty. (Roq La Rue Gallery) April is Earth Month, and if at this point that feels like shouting into the wind (rather, into an extreme weather event), remember that this planet can use all the support we can muster.

2 weeks ago | cascadepbs.org | Brangien Davis

At Seattle Asian Art Museum, world-renowned artist and activist Ai Weiwei shows his massive toy-brick homage to the impressionist painter. The first thing that hits you about Ai Weiwei’s ‘Water Lilies’ is the electric colors — bright splotches of pink and orange bleeding into a purple/blue background. An homage to Claude Monet’s painting series of the same name, the piece is similarly Impressionistic.

3 weeks ago | cascadepbs.org | Brangien Davis

Plus, more big moves in Northwest arts and culture, including shifts at Seattle University, The 5th Avenue Theater and Pacific Science Center. A digital rendering of the new West Canal Yards complex, where Seattle’s Traver Gallery is the anchor tenant and hopes to draw other creative businesses. (Graham Baba) In a large industrial building abutting the Salmon Bay waterway, Vetri Gallery director Sheila Strobel recently gave me a tour of her new pop-up space.

4 weeks ago | cascadepbs.org | Brangien Davis

With bonsai treehouses, a wooden womb, angelic paintings and an astrological symphony, Seattle arts events provide an escape from the headline churn. “Garden,” an enamel-on-blown-glass painting by longtime Seattle artist Cappy Thompson, is on view in her new show ‘Thinking of Angels.’ (Studio e) With the Trump Administration’s “flood the zone” strategy generating a constant stream of worrisome headlines, many of us are desperately seeking a pause in the pandemonium.