Strolling to the Lake City

Coeur d’Alene kicks off its fourth season of Second Friday Art Walks.

The Lake City’s art galleries and downtown businesses welcome spring and celebrate the visual arts on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m.

Anchoring the art walk is the Art Spirit Gallery’s show, “13 Artists on Friday the 13th.” Many of the artists in this inaugural event will be featured in gallery shows during its 2007 season.

“This is essentially a preview show that gives people a small taste of lies ahead for the year,” says gallery owner Steve Gibbs.

One of those artists is Charles Timothy Prutzer of Colorado Springs, Colo.

“Prutzer paints plein air wildlife—sometimes from the back of elephants, sometimes through a telescope—but always with a meticulous attention to detail for subjects in their natural environment,” says Gibbs.

From Spokane are printmaker Mary Farrell, painter and sculptor Robert Grimes, ceramist Terry Gieber and painter Dara Harvey.

Other Washington artists are acclaimed Northwest enamellist Harold Balazs of Mead, mixed media sculptor Morse Clary of Pasco, charcoal artist Katherine Nelson of Colbert and Spokane Valley painter Mel McCuddin.

Idaho artists include Elaine Green of Moscow, internationally-exhibited George Carlson of Harrison, painter Don Ealy of Spirit Lake and painter Kyle Paliotto of Hayden,

Meet the artists on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the gallery, 415 Sherman Ave. The work is up through May 6.

More Second Friday

All of the downtown Coeur d’Alene galleries are open Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. The majority of shows are up through the first week in May.

“ Angel Gallery of Fine Art & Antiques, 423 Sherman Ave.: Idaho oil painter Chuck Houck and his latest “Frog Art.”

“ Coeur d’Alene Galleries, Coeur d’Alene Resort Lobby: Western art by renowned artists

“ Devin Galleries, 507 Sherman Ave.: “In Celebration of Art,” new works and new artists.

“ Frame of Mind Gallery and Framing, 119 N. Second St.: Raku pottery by Bill Meehan and paintings by Carrie Stuart Parks, Carl Funseth, Barbara Peretti, Jim Carkhuff and Nona Hengen..

“ J D Gray’s Jewelry Design, 210 Sherman Ave., Plaza Shops, Ste. 156: Custom designed jewelry, unique glass lampshades, abstract acrylic on canvas and blown art glass.

“ Northwest Artists, 217 Sherman Ave.: Vern Judkins’ sculpted walking sticks, combining wood, silver and semiprecious gems. New pottery by Hilda Bradshaw in “Art Dancing with Nature.”

“ The Painter’s Chair Gallery, 223 Sherman Ave.: Recent paintings by Stephen Shortridge. Live music.

“ Studio 107, 107 N. Fourth St.: Urban-inspired custom jewelry and fine art gallery.

“ Summer’s Glass, 211 Sherman Ave.: Spring flowers, new collection of glass flowers. Free fused glass workshop.

Downtown restaurants featuring art include Barrel Room No. 6, Brix, The Beacon, Crickets Steakhouse, Pita Pit and Wine Cellar.

Kaz McCue at EWU

“Bad Seed: A Selection of Work by Kaz McCue” opens today in the Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art in Cheney.

There is an opening reception today at noon in the EWU Gallery of Art. McCue will give a lecture on May 3 at noon in the Art Auditorium. The show is up through May 10.

McCue’s work is “an interactive commentary on contemporary culture with a focus on the material and visual,” according to a news release from Kristine Kaeding, assistant to the EWU gallery director.

His works range from found object, multi-media sculpture to full-scale installations that “draw the viewer into the work to create an experimental quality,” says Kaeding.

The free gallery is open to the public weekdays between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. The gallery is in the Art Building, located in the center of the fine and performing arts complex on the college campus at Seventh and I streets in Cheney.

WSU MFA exhibit

“Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition” begins Friday in the Washington State University’s Museum of Art on the Pullman campus.

This years’ group includes: Chris Ireland, digital media; Laura Mogollon-Lee, printmaking; Roman Lystvak, painting; Isaac Powell, painting and drawing; Valerie Powell, painting and sculpture; Peter Reichardt, printmaking; Michael Richardson, sculpture; Charles C. Siegfried, painting and drawing; and Jamie Marie Waelchli, digital media and drawing.

There is an opening reception Friday at 6 p.m. at the Museum of Art on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium in the Fine Arts Center. The show continues through May 7.

Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Visit the WSU Museum of Art Web site at www.wsu.edu/artmuse.

UI MFA show

The Prichard Gallery is showing “Transformations,” the University of Idaho Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition.

The exhibit begins Friday with an artists’ reception from 5 to 8 p.m. and runs through May 5.

In the main gallery space will be artwork by graduating students Aimee Graham, Heather D.S. Anderson and Blake Johnson.

The free gallery, 414 S. Main St. in downtown Moscow, is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call (208) 885-3586.

‘WCA New Works 2007’

While in Moscow, stop by the Above the Rim Gallery for the “WCA New Works 2007” show opening Friday.

The show is “a wildly eclectic, exuberant sampling” of artwork, says participating artist Gerri Sayler in an email.

The artists from the Palouse Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for the Arts are Celia Boland, Valerie Boydo, Carol Bradford, Ann Brewer, Michelle Carr, Zelda Carrico, Sally Chang, Louise Colson, Lizette Fife, Marcia Lehman-Kessler, Sally Machlis, Judith Marvin, Kay Montgomery, Gina Murray, Pam Overholtzer, Linda Puccio, Melissa Rockwood, Jenny Rod, Mel Siebe and Shelley Werner.

View the work through June 9 at the gallery, 513 S. Main St. in Moscow.

Bank Left Gallery

Pullman artists Nicole Taflinger and Valerie Boydo are showing at the Bank Left Gallery in Palouse, Wash., Saturday through May 5.

Taflinger’s exhibit is a retrospective collection with paintings spanning more than 40 years. She is well-known for co-founding the NICA Art Gallery in Pullman during the 1970s and “is responsible for starting an art revolution that fused Washington State University with the Pullman community,” says gallery owner Nelson Duran.

Boydo has been an artist for 20 years and is showing a new “Night Mare” series of ceramic sculpture.

Meet the artists during a reception on Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. Live music performed by the Camassia Woodwind Trio.

The gallery, 100 S. Bridge St., is open Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information on artists or directions, call owners Nelson or Pamela Duran at (509) 878-8425.

Budding artists show

Somewhere around 65 budding young artists from Stevens Elementary School are showing their art in a four-day exhibit opening Tuesday in the Whitworth College art gallery.

This “Elementary Artists Exhibit” is a project of Whitworth’s Evening Teacher Certification Program.

“I wanted art methods students to have a hands-on experience critiquing young artists,” says Whitworth associate professor Carol Ann Hollar. “And I thought it would be a neat thing for the kids to have their work shown in Whitworth’s great venue.”

A reception for the artists is Tuesday from 6 to 6:30 p.m. in the Hixson Union Building Multipurpose Room, followed by an opening from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Art Building gallery.

The free show is open for view on Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 8 p.m.; and next Thursday and April 20 from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 6 p.m.

Other galleries

“ The Spring Art and Craft event this weekend at St. Joseph’s Church, 4521 Arden Rd., in Otis Orchards, near Harvard Road and Wellesley Avenue. Hours are Saturday, from 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“ River Ridge Association of Fine Arts members are demonstrating their work at the Lincoln Heights Shopping Center on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.