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article local schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 3 link 1 artist, 2 galleries

Studio Sessions: Raili Jänese

Artist Raili Jänese, an Estonian-born painter now based in Kirkland, Washington, creates colorful acrylic works that capture everyday human and animal behaviors with humor and tenderness. Her practice, which began after a corporate career, focuses on observation of mundane moments—people eating, drinking coffee, riding transit, and animals in urban settings. Her upcoming solo exhibition, "E.L.U," will be on view at Ryan James Fine Arts from May 1–31, 2025, with a Gallery Night on May 22. Jänese has shown work regionally at venues including Happy Time Studio Gallery, Oxbow Montlake, and the Seattle Art Fair, and has completed public art projects in Bellevue, Kent, Kirkland, and Seattle.

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article local schedule Jan 26, 2026 visibility 1 link 4 artists, 2 galleries

ANTiPODE gallery holds space for any artists’ work to thrive

Two best friends, Amir Amini and Saina Heshmati, founded ANTiPODE gallery in Seattle in September 2025. The gallery prioritizes immigrant and established artists, with 70% of exhibitions dedicated to immigrant artists and 30% to local artists, aiming to act as a cultural bridge between Seattle and cities like Tehran. The founders previously curated a group exhibition called "Postcard from Tehran" at the RailSpur building, which inspired the gallery's mission. ANTiPODE also hosts events such as movie nights and experimental music and dance performances to connect with the local community.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 20, 2026 visibility 5 link 3 artists

Go See Diné Artist Eric-Paul Riege’s Largest Show to Date at the Henry Art Gallery

Diné artist Eric-Paul Riege has opened his largest exhibition to date, titled "ojo|-|ólǫ́," at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle. The show features textile sculptures, looms, beading, video, and performance, and uniquely invites visitors to physically touch the artworks, allowing them to become part of the objects' material history through their interactions.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 13, 2026 visibility 2 link 2 artists

ARTS at King Street Station 2026 Exhibition Calendar

The ARTS at King Street Station in Seattle has announced its 2026 exhibition calendar, featuring a diverse lineup of 13 shows from November 2025 through February 2027. Highlights include "Welcome to Paradise: ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre!" by Jo Cosme, which critiques colonial narratives of Puerto Rico; "Living and Loving Under the Carceral State" by Alison Bremner; a South Indian kolam exhibition by Anuradha Samrat; and "Tết In Diaspora" by Nhi Vo celebrating Vietnamese New Year. Other exhibitions explore Afrofuturism, Black figuration, animation, augmented reality, the legacy of Black Arts West Theater, and themes of mothering and gender-based violence.

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article culture schedule Mar 19, 2026 visibility 9

Meet the Seattle families living communally to bring down costs – in pictures

A new housing development in Seattle called Corvidae Co-op offers an affordable, communal living model. The 10-unit complex in the Beacon Hill neighborhood, designed by Allied8 and funded via a Frolic Community model, sells homes for less than half the city's median price, with units starting at $180,000. Residents, ranging from children to retirees, share kitchens, decks, laundry, and a guest unit.

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article local schedule Apr 1, 2026 visibility 4

Naramore Art Show

Seattle Public Schools has launched the 2026 Naramore Art Show, a long-standing annual tradition featuring over 200 artworks created by middle and high school students. Hosted at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Community Gallery, the exhibition includes a diverse range of media such as ceramics, digital art, photography, and sculpture. The event features both a physical installation running through May 31 and a virtual gallery to ensure wider accessibility for the community.

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article local schedule Mar 23, 2026 visibility 3

6 free Seattle art exhibits in April at museums and galleries

Seattle’s visual arts scene is offering several high-profile exhibitions accessible to the public for free throughout April. Highlights include a major outdoor installation at the Frye Art Museum by Cornish College of the Arts graduate Chloe King, whose work investigates the construction of cultural memory, alongside five other curated presentations across the city's museum and gallery network.

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article local schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 3 link 2 artists

Experience Art in Motion at the Lynnwood Event Center’s free ‘Meet the Artists’ Reception

The Lynnwood Event Center is hosting a free 'Meet the Artists' reception on April 14 to celebrate its current exhibition, "Flight Patterns: The Art & Motion of Winged Life." The event features a diverse range of works including painting, sculpture, and glass that explore themes of migration and transformation. Highlights include a live participatory installation by artist Alexandra Nason, where guests can decorate aluminum butterflies for a modular sculpture, and an educational presence by the conservation nonprofit Birds Connect Seattle.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 5, 2026 visibility 4 link 1 artist

Smells like teen spirit: inside the world’s first scent-lending library

Artist Donna Lipowitz has launched the Scent Lending Library, a multisensory project that allows visitors to check out fragrances like books. Debuting at Olfactory Art Keller in New York before moving to Fogue Gallery in Seattle, the collection features over 200 items ranging from luxury perfumes like Chanel No. 5 to conceptual odors such as "The Smell of Space" and "Green Cicada." Borrowers receive small amber bottles containing scented blotter paper along with traditional library check-out slips.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 21, 2025 visibility 1 link 3 artists

ARTS at King Street Station Exhibition Invites You to Unlearn the Fantasy of Paradise

Seattle-based Boricua artist Jo Cosme presents "Welcome to Paradise: ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre!" at ARTS at King Street Station, opening November 6, 2025. The exhibition, which began after Hurricane María displaced Cosme from Borikén/Puerto Rico in 2018, features over 30 Puerto Rican artists and uses the tools of tourism and advertising to expose the island's colonial history, ongoing U.S. control, and disaster capitalism. The show runs through January 10, 2026, with a free opening reception including a Bomba performance by Otoqui Reyes and interactive activations by Shey Rivera.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 21, 2025 visibility 1 link 3 artists

ARTS at King Street Station Exhibition Invites You to Unlearn the Fantasy of Paradise

The exhibition "Welcome to Paradise: ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre!" by Seattle-based Boricua artist Jo Cosme opens at ARTS at King Street Station on November 6, 2025. Featuring over 30 artists from Borikén/Puerto Rico, the show confronts the colonial reality and disaster capitalism affecting the island, using the tools of tourism and advertising to challenge viewers' perceptions of Puerto Rico as a tropical paradise.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 14, 2025 link 1 gallery

New Tacoma Art Museum exhibit explores haunting power of memory

The Tacoma Art Museum has opened a new fall exhibition titled 'Haunted,' which explores the lingering presence of memory through a blend of visual art and film. Curated by Ellen Ito, the immersive show invites visitors to reflect on how the past echoes in everyday life, combining cinema and fine art to evoke emotional responses. Ito discussed the exhibition on 'ARC Seattle' with co-anchor Tyrah Majors.

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article local schedule Mar 23, 2026 visibility 5

6 free Seattle art exhibits in April at museums and galleries

The article highlights six free art exhibitions taking place in Seattle during April, spanning both museums and commercial galleries. It provides a curated list of accessible cultural offerings for the public.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 14, 2025 visibility 2

New Tacoma Art Museum exhibit explores haunting power of memory

The Tacoma Art Museum has opened a new fall exhibition titled 'Haunted,' curated by Ellen Ito, which explores the lingering presence of memory through a blend of visual art and film. The immersive show invites visitors to reflect on how the past echoes in everyday life, combining cinema and fine art to create an emotional experience about what we leave behind. Ito discussed the exhibition with co-anchor Tyrah Majors on 'ARC Seattle.'

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 14, 2025 visibility 2

New Tacoma Art Museum exhibit explores haunting power of memory

The Tacoma Art Museum has opened a new fall exhibition titled 'Haunted,' curated by Ellen Ito, which explores the lingering presence of memory through a blend of visual art and film. The immersive show invites visitors to reflect on how the past echoes in everyday life, combining cinema and fine art to create an emotional experience about what we leave behind. Ito discussed the exhibition on 'ARC Seattle' with co-anchor Tyrah Majors.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 25, 2025 visibility 1 link 7 artists, 1 gallery

A Confluence of Art and Community | 2025 | News & Stories

Cornish College of the Arts at Seattle University presents a new faculty art exhibition titled "Tempo/Tempus: Rhythm and Time in Visual Art" at the Behnke Gallery on the South Lake Union campus. Curated by Robert Campbell, a Cornish art faculty member and Behnke Gallery curator, the show features works by nine Seattle University faculty artists: Kristofer Carlson, Francisco Guerrero, Naomi Kasumi, Jim Y. H. Li, Aunna Moriarty, Alexander Mouton, Trung Pham, Miha Sarani, and Arielle Simmons. The exhibition marks the first of six planned shows for the 2025-26 academic year, celebrating the recent merger of Cornish College of the Arts into Seattle University.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 19, 2025 link 2 artists

Seattle teens curate new art exhibit at King Street Station

Ten youth curators aged 15 to 17 from Seattle's Fresh Perspectives program have organized a new art exhibition titled "You, Me, & Everything Between Us" at King Street Station. The show is presented by the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture in collaboration with Seattle Public Utilities' 1% Art program. The teen curators—Audrey Mae Lumaguip, Billie Atkins, Bowie Logan, Bryan Emmanuel, Bunny Heminger, Cam Koga, Giselle Kalei Balansay, Max Santiago, Sammy Tewelde, and Nico Charbonneau—were mentored by artist and project manager Janet Nechama Miller. Seattle Public Utilities has set aside a budget to acquire works from the exhibition for the city's Civic Art Collection.

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person people schedule Sep 16, 2025 link 5 artists, 3 galleries

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The Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has appointed José Carlos Diaz as its new senior director of curatorial affairs and chief curator, effective October 13. Diaz, a Miami native, returns from the Seattle Art Museum where he served as deputy director of art since 2022, overseeing curatorial programs and the "Calder at SAM" initiative following a major gift of 48 Calder works. He succeeds Gilbert Vicario, who left in February. Diaz previously worked at PAMM when it was the Miami Art Museum, and has held curatorial roles at the Bass Museum of Art, Tate Liverpool, the Liverpool Biennial, and the Andy Warhol Museum.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 16, 2025 link 11 artists, 6 galleries

Autumn Arts: Visual Art

Seattle's galleries and museums are launching a fall season of exhibitions addressing politics, identity, and the environment, alongside works celebrating beauty. Highlights include Karey Kessler's map-inspired show 'the Where' at Shift Gallery, Ethan Murrow and Mary Finlayson exhibitions at Winston Wächter Fine Art, Anila Quayyum Agha's immersive light installation 'Geometry of Light' at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, and a politically charged neon show 'Call It What It Is' at The Factory. The city-wide Art + Culture Week returns for its second edition, featuring free events across 12 neighborhoods.

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