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A FESTIVAL OF ARTIST-RUNCULTURE IN VANCOUVER, BCSept 7-9, 2007www.paark.caSWARM is Vancouver’s annualgallery-hop, meet-and-greet andart party extravaganza. Over 3nights, almost 20 galleries willopen their doors to celebrate thevibrant, diverse practices andpractitioners showing in Vancouver.Printed program with mapswill be available at each venueand on-line at www.paark.ca.Thursday, Sept 7KICK-OFF – Opening events andmedia launch at the Vancouver PublicLIbrary, begins 6pmal Dynasties of Japan, China, Korea,Myanmar, Cambodia, Tibet, Thailandand Nepal.BELLINGHAMAllied Arts of WhatcomCounty1418 Cornwall Ave ✆(360)676-8548www.alliedarts.orgtues-sat 12-5pm Thru Sep 15 Juriedartist 2007 series featuring Tore Ofteness,photographs and Susan Rotondo,mixed media; Sep 18-Oct 2 WhatcomCounty Studio Tour Artists, a juried artshow of many media; Oct 5-27 ReArtJuried Show, multiple artists showingworks from recycled materials.Western GalleryFine Arts Complex, Western WashingtonUniversity ✆(360)650-3963www.westerngallery.wwu.edu/mon-fri 10am-4pm wed 10am-8pm sat12-4pm Admission is free, galleryclosed statutory holidays Oct 1-Nov 30Fabric of Identity, investigates the representationof identities from a numberof different perspectives, taking into74 PREVIEWThursday, Sept 7MT. PLEASANT / MAIN STREET / EAST SIDEPARTICIPATING GALLERIES: Anti Social,8pm; Blim, 8pm; Defcon5, 7pm; gruntgallery, 8pm; ICAN, 7pm; The JEMGallery, 7pm; Studio 420, 7pm; TracySusheski, 8pm; Video In, 8pm; WesternFront, 8pmFriday, Sept 8DOWNTOWN AND GASTOWNPARTICIPATING GALLERIES: Access, 8pm;Artspeak, 8pm; Centre A, 8pm; Dynamo,7pm; Gallery Gachet, 7pm; Helen Pitt,8pm; Inter-Mission, 9pm; Interurban,8pm; Lobby Gallery, Dominion Hotel,7pm; Parking Spot, 7pm; Six Acres, 5pm;Tracy Susheski, 8pm; Variations onGreen, 7pm; SWARM7 Official Afterparty,Gallery Gachet, 10pmSaturday, Sept 9ARTISTS’ TALKSStephen Long, Gallery Gachet, 12pm;Mark Soo, Artspeak, 1pm; Ed Pien, CentreA, 2pm; David Diviney, Helen Pitt,2pm; Joseph Kohnke, grunt gallery, 2pm;Collin Johanson, Access, 3pm; SabineBitter and Adriana Kuiper, Western Front,3pm; Michael Drebert, Lobby Gallery,Dominion Hotel, 4pmaccount historical textiles and contemporaryartists’ fibre installations.Whatcom Museum ofHistory and Art121 Prospect StChildren’s Museum: 227 Prospect St(360)733-8769 ✆(360)676-6981www.whatcommuseum.orgtues-sun 12-5pm Admission is freeChildren’s Museum: thurs-sat 10am-5pm sun, tues, wed 12-5pm Admission:$3.50 Thru Nov 11 Brice Marden,Helen Frankenthaler, FrankStella, Richard Diebenkorn, JenniferBartlett, Jasper Johns, and others,“American Abstraction: Worksfrom the Washington Art ConsortiumCollection”, 52 works on paper.FRIDAY HARBORwaterworks gallery315 Spring St ✆(360)378-3060www.waterworksgallery.comtuesday-sat 10:30am-5:30pm mostsundays 12-5pm Preview showsonline 2 days before they open to thepublic; Sep 8-23 Coral Barclay, landscapepainting; Janis Miltenberger,lampworked glass; Oct 6-28 DavidSmith Harrison, colour intaglio andoil paintings; Kevin Pettelle, figurativebronze sculpture.LA CONNERMuseum of Northwest Art121 South 1st St ✆(360)466-4446www.museumofnwart.orgGalleries and museum store: daily10am-5pm Admission: $5 seniors, $4students, $2 members and youth under12 free Thru Oct 7 Mark Zirpel, BrianBoldon, Ben Wright, Rebeca Cummins,Robert Campbell, Jim Butler,(2006 Pilchuck Glass School HaubergFellows), “Affect/Effect: Adventures inImage, Light and Glass”, installation presentsboth collaborative and individualworks that explore the optical propertiesof glass and the image/glass relationship;Oct 13-Jan 6, 2008 Joseph Goldberg,retrospective exhibition of encaustics,drawings and wall sculpture.Skagit County HistoricalMuseum501 S 4th St ✆(360)466-3365www.skagitcounty.net/museumtues-sun 11am-5pm Admission: $4adults, $3 seniors and children (6-12),free for members and children under6. Thru Nov 4 David Grant Best, MattBrown, Dick Garvey, Jeanne Hansen,Carol Havens, Lewis Jones, LisaKuhnlein, Peter Kuhnlein, JoellaSolus, Cathy Stevens and Vince Streano,“Harvesting the Light: Images ofContemporary Skagit Farm Life”, atSkagit County Historical Museum isco-sponsored by Skagitonians to PreserveFarmland and features over 60contemporary photographs depictingthe labour and sweat that make theSkagit Valley some of the most productivefarmland in the world. Viewersexplore the farms, the people and thebounty of Skagit County through thelens of 11 local photographers. Alsoincludes activities for children.LONGVIEWBroadway Gallery1418 Commerce St ✆(360)577-0544www.the-broadway-gallery.common-sat 10am-5:30pm Co-operative★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS