Art Beat
This is a glimpse into Seattle's relationships with artists and the spaces they occupy. The artists are established, professional, emerging, and sometimes iconoclastic. These are places where individuals create, exist, struggle, and thrive. The spaces are of interest because they challenge notions that often elevate or exclude. These are by no means the only artists and locations but do reflect the spirit of Seattle arts.
Visitors to Seattle, Washington, USA galleries during an art walk in 1999.
Artists occupied the shuttered Lusty Lady adult entertainment venue on 1st Avenue in Seattle, Washington, USA on April 9, 2023.
Tilson (L) and Lucien chat at Love City Love in Seattle, Washington, USA on December 5, 2023.
Love City Love, an art space occupying a vacant building, in Seattle, Washington, USA on December 5, 2023.
The Bergman Luggage building is illuminated by the Ghosts of Belltown Exhibit and soon-to-be renovated studios upstairs in Seattle, Washington, USA on January 12, 2024.
Paul Nunn is the first artist to occupy the studios in the old Bergman Luggage building in Seattle, Washington, USA on January 12, 2024.
Carpet from the former Bed Bath and Beyond at the future Cannonball Arts center in Seattle, Washington, USA, seen on May 9, 2024.
Artist Maayan Haim in the future Cannonball Arts space in downtown Seattle, Washington, USA on May 9, 2024.
Telehealth, comprised of Dragon, Grackle, Attitude, Dillon John Americano, and John Bloodhound, in Seattle, Washington, USA on May 10, 2024.
The future location (R) for Cannonball Arts in Seattle, Washington, USA on May 18, 2024.
(From left) Mary Ann Carter, Jack Bennett, and Bradley Sweek of Wishbone Industrial Arts at their studio in SoDo of Seattle, Washington, USA on June 5, 2024.
Timothy Firth of Common Area Maintenance at the new location in Seattle, Washington, USA on May 24, 2024.
The Photographic Center Northwest is planning a new building at their location on 12th Avenue in Seattle, Washington, USA on May 27, 2024.
Recology Artists in Residence Margie Livingston and Kalina Winska at the Recology location in Seattle, Washington, USA on August 26, 2024.
Night view of the neon at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, USA, on November 28, 2022.
Gage Hamilton (L) chats with Jeremy Buben at RailSpur on May 30, 2024 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Sound artist Robert Millis plays records from his collection at Vermillion in Seattle, Washington, USA on June 26, 2024.
Portrait of Amara Eke, whose work is on display at the University of Washington 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition “Another Day at the Orifice”, on May 30, 2024 at RailSpur in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Rachel Dorsey’s and Amara Eke’s work is on display at the University of Washington 2024 MFA Thesis Exhibition “Another Day at the Orifice”, which opened on May 30, 2024 at RailSpur in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Timothy Rysdyke of The Factory gallery packages artwork by Valerie Calano on June 9, 2020 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Outside the former Museum of Museums, which permanently closed due to high maintenance costs, on June 9, 2024 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
Levi Clark (black t-shirt) chats outside Passable, a collective studio space on Capitol Hill in Seattle, Washington, USA on June 13, 2024.
Art show at Fresh Mochi on Beacon Hill in Seattle, Washington, USA on September 14, 2024.
Detail of a dress in Seattle, Washington, USA on October 5, 2024.
Sleeping alongside a window display at the Coliseum Theater in Seattle, Washington, USA on September 28, 2024.