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The Gift Shop Presents: Presents opens Friday, November 20 and runs through December 13 at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle.  If you find yourself in Seattle, check it out.  I sent a “gift” up to the Gift Shop.  You can make a gift, bring it in and exchange it for one in the shop.  The project is an on-going series of artist-initiated shows at the gift shop in the Henry, which was not being used.  Seattle artist Matthew Offenbacher proposed to do a series of exhibitions in the space, which will continue through January 31, 2010.  The current present exchange project is Sol Hashemi, Jason Hirata and Claire Cowie’s contribution to the Gift Shop series of shows.