Seattle Upcoming Events
Boren Banner Series: Chloe King
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | Frye Art Museum
Chloe King’s vividly layered, monumental compositions project a surreal vision of contemporary existence. For their Boren Banner—the artist’s first museum presentation in Seattle—King extends their ongoing inquiry into the politics of the dance floor, exploring Queer nightlife as a site…
Jonathan Lasker: Drawings and Studies
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | Frye Art Museum
For over five decades, American artist Jonathan Lasker has approached the elements of painting like a puzzle—taking it apart, turning the pieces, and putting it back together in new ways. Drawings and Studies offers a close look at how his…
Frye Salon + Jonathan Lasker
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | Frye Art Museum
Frye Salon is both a fixture and a living experiment—an ever-evolving installation that invites fresh perspectives on the museum’s founding-era collection. The gallery features more than one hundred paintings in a floor-to-ceiling presentation mode known as “salon style,” recalling the…
The Sky Is a Diasporic Space by YouthCAN
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
The Sky is a Diasporic Space is YouthCAN’s newest exhibit, exploring collective memory through art. In response to ongoing attacks on migrant communities, students created original works while learning how creativity has supported solidarity movements globally. The exhibit features block…
Ten Thousand Things
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
Curated by award-winning public radio podcast host and former civic poet Shin Yu Pai, Ten Thousand Things is an exploration of the objects that shape our identities, histories, and cultural narratives. Inspired by her experience cataloging artifacts at the Wing…
DISplace
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
Co-curated by Native Hawaiian artist and kapa-maker, Lehuauakea, and artist and educator, Kanani Miyamoto, this exhibition sheds light on the often-overlooked histories and movement of people who connect Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Northwest since the arrival of the first documented…
Almost Live! (Almost an Exhibit)
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | Museum of History & Industry
The sketch comedy show Almost Live! aired on KING 5 from 1984 to 1999. It poked fun at regional stereotypes, gave us memorable characters and sketches, and launched local celebrities and national careers. It was a renowned success at a…
REMEMBRANCE THE LEGACY OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 IN WASHINGTON STATE
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | The Washington State History Museum
REMEMBRANCE: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066 in Washington StateExplore the intergenerational impacts and legacy of the incarceration of people of Japanese descent during World War II.In this gallery, visitors will experience history through photographs, art, objects, letters, and film. …
Culture is Living @ The Burke Museum
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
The Culture is Living gallery breaks down traditional museum authority and brings the expertise and knowledge of communities to the forefront.Cultural belongings at the Burke Museum aren’t tucked away on shelves. They are alive, embodying the knowledge, language, and stories of…
Fossils Uncovered @ The Burke Museum
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Earth’s 4.5 billion-year history is a continuing saga of dynamic change.Events from ice ages to splitting continents influenced what survived, how life evolved, and what went extinct.See the only real dinosaur fossils on display in Washington state (including one of…
Daily Admission @ Lakewold Gardens
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | Lakewold Gardens
Lakewold Gardens provides intentional encounters with the life-changing power of nature, fostering peace, creativity, and healing in our communities.
Permanent Collections @ MOPOP
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | Museum of Pop Culture
MoPOP's permanent collections feature a wide variety of artifacts and art highlighting the relevance of music, movies, and other popular culture experiences. Exhibits include: Nirvana: Taking Punk to the MassesInfinite Worlds of Science FictionIndie Game RevolutionFantasy: Worlds of Myth and MagicScared to…
Shark by Richard Learoyd Free
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
Viewpoints is a recurring series that highlights works from the Henry collection, paired with responses from the University of Washington community.Richard Learoyd (U.K., b. 1966) is a photographer known for his use of a room-sized camera obscura of his own…
First Friday Art Walk
Next Up: Friday, October 2 | 5:00pm | Collective Visions Gallery
In Downtown Bremerton and Manette you will find businesses and galleries that host local artists to show their fine art, ceramics, sculpture and other creations. Every month has different entertainment and live music sprinkled in breweries and cafes. Many businesses…
An American Experiment
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | The Washington State History Museum
Step into a laboratory of ideas where history meets hypothesis.An American Experiment (Washington’s Version) invites you to explore the connections between Washington State’s Constitution and America’s founding documents: the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights…
WINNERS!:Trophies from the WSHS Collections
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | The Washington State History Museum
Trophies reflect the things we value and the accomplishments we hope to remember. In this edition of Collection Selections, visit the trophy case of Washington’s past to see the stars of the state’s history. Discover stories of the development of…
Thirty Years and Counting: The Making of the Washington State History Museum
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | The Washington State History Museum
In celebration of the museum building’s 30th anniversary, you’re invited to explore the story behind the State History Museum. 30 Years and Counting: The Making of the Washington State History Museum is a special exhibition that uncovers the vision, effort…
Lessons from the Institute of Empathy
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Three Empathics have moved into Seattle Art Museum and are a central feature to the latest installation imagined in our African art galleries. The popular and immersive ChimaTEK: Virtual Chimeric Space by contemporary artist Saya Woolfalk was first shown in…
Diego Cibelli: Fiori dei Miei Habiti / La Montagne Enchantée
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
SAM’s ornate Porcelain Room features an evocative ceiling fresco, The Triumph of Valor over Time (ca. 1757) by the greatest Venetian artist of the eighteenth century, Giovanni Tiepolo. Contemporary artist Diego Cibelli presents a site-specific response to the famous painting…
Chris Kallmyer: Song Cycle
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Song Cycle is a kinetic sculpture featuring ever-changing poetry. Part imagined, part remembered, and part observed, the revolving text is continually inscribed and reinscribed by a 256-character split-flap readymade sign reminiscent of the arrival and departure boards seen at airports…
A Room for Animal Intelligence
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
We, the animals of the world, invite you to meet with us at SAM. One hundred representatives are waiting to talk about what we see happening on our planet. A few of us share your couch, while others of us…
Samantha Yun Wall: What We Leave Behind
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Samantha Yun Wall’s new paintings use overlapping silhouettes of female figures as portals to unknown spaces and different temporal realms. Impetus for the new body of work is a Korean folk tale in which the Pasque flower is symbolic of…
DRIFT: Meadow
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Art’s capacity to delight and to make you curious is a characteristic trait of the Netherlands-based studio DRIFT, founded in 2007 by Dutch artists Lonneke Gordijn (born 1980) and Ralph Nauta (born 1978). The duo leads a multidisciplinary team that…
Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
At times reminiscent of biological structures and geological formations, Tara Donovan’s work elevates mass-produced industrial materials, such as tar paper, drinking straws, or the silvery metal rings of slinky toys, into mesmerizing installations. Her cumulative process transfigures the mundane into…
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads Free
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park
Get up close with Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (2010) at the Olympic Sculpture Park, where you can walk among these monumental sculptures. Consisting of 12 zodiac head sculptures arranged in an arcing semicircle, each animal in Circle of…
Eric-Paul Riege: ojo|-|ólǫ́
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
ojo|-|ólǫ́ (pronounced oh-ho hol-ohn) is an exhibition of recent and newly commissioned work by Diné artist Eric-Paul Riege (b. 1994, Na’nízhoozhí [Gallup, New Mexico]) that includes sculpture, textile, collage, and video, activated by moments of performance. Across this work, Riege…
Charlene Liu: Scallion
Next Up: Saturday, October 3 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
Charlene Liu (b. 1975, Taiwan; based in Eugene, OR) creates paintings, prints, and mixed media installations that blend family histories, cultural references, and decorative patterns. Liu incorporates wide-ranging traditions into her imagery, drawing from nature, food, still life painting, and…
Estado Novo Free
Next Up: Wednesday, October 7 | All Day | University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design
Amid the global resurgence of religious nationalism, the exhibition critically revisits Portugal’s Catholicism-based dictatorial regime, Estado Novo (1933–1974), through a contemporary lens. Curated by Nikoloz Nadirashvili (PhD Candidate, Art History), the show features Gabriel Siams (Brazil/Portugal), Paulo Mendes (Portugal), Daniel…
Free Neighborhood Nights @ Tacoma Art Museum Free
Next Up: Thursday, October 8 | 5:00pm | Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma Art Museum is open late and FREE to the community every Thursday, 5 – 8 pm! Neighborhood Nights offer us the space to build programs with community partners, artists, scholars, and entertainers. Stop by TAM Cafe for a bite…
Chanoyu: Tea Culture of Japan Demonstration
Next Up: Saturday, October 10 | 3:00pm | Seattle Art Museum
This program is included with admission. Seating is first come, first served. No tea will be served to the audience.Experience Chanoyu in SAM's finely crafted teahouse to discover how the medium of offering and receiving a bowl of tea provides…
Free Admission at The Museum of Flight! Free
Next Up: Thursday, November 5 | 5:00pm | The Museum of Flight
The Museum of Flight is the largest independent, non-profit air and space museum in the world! With over 175 aircraft and spacecraft, tens of thousands of artifacts, millions of rare photographs, dozens of exhibits and experiences and a world-class library…
The Henry Collection At 100 Free
Next Up: Saturday, December 12 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
In 1927, the Henry Art Gallery opened as Washington State’s first public art museum, with a founding collection of 178 works of art gifted to the University of Washington by Seattle business and civic leader Horace C. Henry. One hundred…
Amir H. Fallah: A Declaration Free
Next Up: Thursday, February 4 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
Across painting, sculpture, and installation, Amir H. Fallah (b. 1979, Tehran, Iran; lives and works in Los Angeles, CA) bridges the personal and the geopolitical, combining references from popular culture, visual art traditions, and historical narratives that span time and…
Invention into Existence Free
Next Up: Thursday, February 4 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
Invention into Existence brings together nearly 20 artists and 30 works—including new commissions—that trace our hopes, dreams, and anxieties about technologies reshaping how we sense, understand, and live in the world. Highlighting emerging and mid-career artists, many making their Pacific…