"Missing", Ronald Hall, 2007, oil, mixed media and collaged elements on canvas.

Time for a Guerrilla Girls pop quiz: If February is Black History month, what happens the rest of the year?

Answer: Discrimination.

In Seattle, African-American artists don't have to wait for February to be over. They can experience the same discrimination in February they do the rest of the year.

There are almost no art exhibits on view this month featuring black artists. Why? Francine Seders Gallery has the best record in the city for diversity, yet Seders shuns the tie-in because she thinks it's patronizing to the artists, as if the calendar is the reason they made the cut.

Even so, it's odd to see the month pass without some fanfare. That's where long-time Seattle art critic Matthew Kangas comes in. To fill what he knew would be a gap, he offered CoCA two chances to shine: "Faces" is at CoCA's home base, with 20 paintings, prints, photographs and posters that explore the theme of race from around the world, many artworks drawn from his private collection.

For CoCA's Belltown gallery, he curated a small exhibit featuring the work of Ronald Hall, courtesy of Pacini Lubel.

"If I didn't do it, who would?" he asked. Good question.