Fall Arts Guide | Visual arts: Picasso and much more

Picasso, the performance group Implied Violence, quilts and more are part of the Seattle visual-arts scene this fall.

Obituaries

SANDFORD MALLARY BIRDSEY Sandford Mallary Birdsey, iconic Key West artist whose paintings have been collected internationally and whose "plein air" art classes have been a familiar island sight for... read more

Kent artist Danny Pierce, whose work graces collections at MOMA, Smithsonian, Seattle Art Museum, to have birthday gala

Kent artist Danny Pierce was just 4 years old when he saw a magazine photo of a cow that he wanted to trace. Pierce's cousin, however, had other ideas. "I wanted to trace it but he wouldn't let me," Pierce said. "I drew it. That started it." That cow drawing at his Woodlake, Calif., home helped launch Pierce's lifelong career as an artist and art instructor. He created a legacy of nationally ...

Seattle art fight: Who owns First Thursday?

First Thursday has been a Pioneer Square fixture and one of Seattle's best-known, art-scene hangouts. But the concept, billed as the country's first art walk, has spawned imitators and followers.

Glass artists find Pittsburgh to be a city of opportunities

Jeffrey Phelps, Michael Mangiafico, and Drew and Jeannine Hine are among the glass artists finding inspiration in the region.