A retrospective of works by Chris Watts, emeritus professor of fine arts at WSU, will run Aug. 22-Sept. 17 at the Museum of Art/WSU. An opening reception at 6 p.m. and artist talk at 7 p.m. will be Thursday, Aug. 25, in the museum gallery. Admission is free.
Citing influences as diverse as Bronze Age monuments, spirals and mazes, Pythagoras, counting processes, scientific structures, bell ringing, Theosophy and the geometric tradition in art, Watts pursues a long-term inquiry into systems of order, patterning and – to a certain degree – spiritual or esoteric ideas.