1. The collaborative team of Joey Kirkpatrick and Flora C. Mace were pioneers of early contemporary glass but have never been as widely celebrated as their contemporaries Dale Chihuly and William Morris. Until now. Welcome to Every Soil Bears Not Everything, a retrospective of works by Kirkpatrick and Mace.
Every Soil Bears Not Everything, opens Sept. 23, Museum of Glass, 1801 Dock St., Tacoma, museumofglass.org/exhibition/every-soil-bears-not-everything

2. The Department of Ecology in Olympia is a little-known but excellent art venue curated by local painter Jeffree Stewart who will be showing his own paintings along with paintings by Barlow Palmintieri. Stewart's paintings are rough and expressive; Palmintieri's realistic and reminiscent of Phillip Pearlstein, but without the nudes. I highly recommend seeing this show.
Jeffree Stewart and Barlow Palmintieri, Now on view with indefinite closing date, Department of Ecology, 300 Desmond Dr. SE, Lacey

“Gloves” - 24”x18”x2”, acrylic ink, pencil, organza, cotton thread paper on panel by Cathy Sarkowsky, at Moss+Mineral. Photo courtesy Lisa Kinoshita

3. Collins Library at University of Puget Sound is doing an interdisciplinary art/science exhibition called Dirt, including work from 65 different book artists and poets with a display of geological and natural history specimens discussed in the artist books and poems.
Dirt, Aug. 6-Dec. 4, University of Puget Sound Collins Memorial Library, N. Warner St., Tacoma

4. The folks at B2 Fine Art Gallery have a way of coming up with surprising and unique theme shows such as Ringside: A Boxing Exhibition, featuring two-and-three-dimensional art and photography. We don't yet know what to expect of this one, but bets are it will be a knockout.
Ringside: A Boxing Exhibition, Nov. 7 to Jan. 9, B2 Fine Arts Gallery, 711 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, 253.238.5065

5. No two ways about it, Salon Refu in Olympia is my favorite "fringe" or "little" art gallery, and I'm looking forward to Michael Dickter's unusually expressive bird paintings plus two major paintings on the story of Daedalus/Icarus in a show called Fear of Flying.
Fear of Flying, Salon Refu, Oct. 2-24, Thursdays-Fridays-Sundays 2-6 p.m., Saturdays, 2-8 p.m.114 N. Capitol Way, Olympia.

6. Childhood's End is nearly always one of the biggest hits at Olympia's Arts Walk. This year they're showing photo collages by Doyle Fanning, Susan Aurand's "Ghost Bird" drawings, monotypes & pastels by Marilyn Frasca, John and Robin Gumaelius' ceramic & steel sculptures, Kristen Etmund woodblock prints and needle felted birds, Chandler O'Leary, linocuts, and needle felt art by Stacy Polson.
Arts Walk, Childhood's End, Oct. 2- Nov. 15, 222 Fourth Ave. W., Olympia, 360.943.3724

7. Art AIDS America at Tacoma Art Museum focuses on 30 years of art made in response to the AIDS epidemic with more than 125 works. This will be a major event. Opening Oct. 3. Art AIDS America, Oct. 3-Jan. 10, Tacoma Art Museum, www.TacomaArtMuseum.org

8. For the thinking person and the person who cares there is Sensations That Announce the Future at The Evergreen State College, a show that proposes that art thinks about emergent political, social and personal states and has a particular stake and capacity to intuit what is coming.
Sensations That Announce the Future, Sept. 19-Dec. 2, The Evergreen State College, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia

9. Cathy Sarkowsky's Invisible at Moss+Mineral is a series of paintings on waxed mulberry paper that promise to be well worth time spent studying them.
Cathy Sarkowsky's Invisible, Oct. 17-Nov. 21, Moss+Mineral, 305 S. 9th St., Tacoma, 253.961.5220, www.mossandmineral.com

10. The big event of the fall is the Tacoma Studio Tour. Tour the studios of your choice among 57 local artists, as many as you can cram into a weekend. Studio Tour maps are available at http://tacomaartsmonth.com/tacoma-studio-tour/.
Tacoma Studio Tour, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 17 and 18.