There are a number of wonderful art exhibitions for you to visit in Seattle this September. At the top of the list is Carletta Carrington Wilson’s large exhibition at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. “Carletta Carrington Wilson: Object Lessons” closes on Sept 20. The Museum makes a perfect day trip with a bus to downtown Seattle, a beautiful ferry ride and a short walk to the museum. Wilson is a poet as much as a visual artist, and her wonderful sense of the multiple meanings of words...

As I sat down to talk with Inye Wokoma about the multimedia art center Wa Na Wari, I asked him what I thought was a simple question: how did you get the idea to start a multimedia art center here? The answer took an hour and a half. The story is fascinating. It begins in Arkansas where Inye’s grandparents and his seven siblings worked as tenant farmers. But then World War II came and his grandfather, Frank Green, served in the military in the South Pacific . As soon as he returned he decided...

A. McLean Emenegger! That is the name of the dynamic director of the unusually titled AMcE Creative Arts gallery located at 612 19th Ave East. As I walked along 19th Street, its small storefront popped out with the ceramics by Sonja Peterson. The director herself was explaining the significance of several offbeat cookie jars by Ryan Kelly. It was clear that this dynamic woman was articulate! She told me she came from Los Angeles and had worked in all aspects of art for over 20 years. She...