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We've been following brand-spankin'-new art blog That Ain't Art, a collaboration between Kirsten Anderson and Celeste Fuechsel of Roq La Rue, Damion Hayes of BLVD, and Larry Reid of the Fantagraphics store. With that lineup, it's no surprise that That Ain't Art's focuses on lowbrow and pop surrealism -- "the alternative art scene in the Northwest," as their about section says. In their first couple of weeks, they've talked up artists and exhibitions, noted with...

Damion Hayes of the Artstash blog and BLVD gallery has started doing a video series on local artists that looks like it's going to be really cool. He put the first one up on Artstash a few days ago - It's a short profile and interview with No Touching Ground who does wildlife paste-ups in town. We specifically remember seeing his wolf or coyote or whatever near the Alibi room. Seattlest even posted a picture of it once in an "All The News" post. Ah, there it is. Here are a bunch more Flickr shots of No Touching Ground's stuff.

Friday night Seattle gets a new art gallery -- BLVD, dedicated to urban contemporary art. (Note to the uninitiated: that's "boulevard," not "beloved.") We talked with gallerist Kirsten Anderson, who also owns Roq La Rue, the neighboring lowbrow/pop surrealism gallery, about urban contemporary art and what to expect from BLVD.