Rain got you holed up? Wait it out with these indoor arts events

It's shaping up to be a very wet weekend here in the Puget Sound region. If you're channeling your inner Mossback and working up the nerve to wander about, we have some recommendations for you.

KUOW’s Kim Malcolm asked Crosscut Arts and Culture Editor Brangien Davis for her picks.

Everyday Artifacts: Working Class Waste from 1890's Seattle, at the Bellevue Arts Museum

During the 2018 excavation of the Washington State Convention Center, they discovered a sealed-off well that had been used as a garbage chute by local workers and residents in the late 1800s. It proved to be a treasure trove of everyday artifacts from that time period.

Archaeologists have gone through it and picked anything significant out. What artist Kate Clark has done is pull together all this detritus that is considered not important enough to be significant, but it still tells this incredible story about the people of Seattle during that time.

Ernestine Anderson Musical Tribute at Langston

Anderson grew up in Houston, and was already doing a lot of singing when her family relocated to Seattle. Her father chose Seattle, a quiet city where he could bring his family, and hopefully, where his daughter would focus on schoolwork.

She attended Garfield High School where there were all these other musicians. She started playing these clubs on Jackson Street and ended up playing with Quincy Jones when he was just a teenager and a trumpet player. The rest was history. She went on to record 30 albums. She got four Grammy nominations and just made an incredible mark on the city's music scene.

Luminosity: Native Glass Art at the Stonington Gallery in Pioneer Square

They're featuring three artists from the Northwest. Preston Singletary, whose heritage is Tlingit, makes baskets that would have been woven, but out of glass. They have these beautiful, highly geometric patterns around them.

Dan Friday, who is of Lummi heritage, also does glass baskets, but they look totally different. The patterns are very different. The weavings are different. They're much more fluid than geometric. He also has some of his traditional bear shapes that he makes with just these hints of color, that are really striking.

Raven Skyriver, who is also Tlingit, has a whole series of sea creatures that are so lifelike. They look like actual squid, octopus, and whales. His whole theme is bringing more consciousness to the sea creatures that need our assistance, if they're going to be around any longer.