Seattle Art Fair and Assembly Art Fair, both open to the public July 23-26, will offer markedly different presentations of what an art fair can be.

It’s time for the Seattle Art Fair, taking place July 23–26 at the Lumen Field Event Center. I probably don’t have to explain art fairs to anyone, but art fairs are the glitzy cousin of trade fairs, usually housed in fluorescent-flooded convention centers,

A laboratory. A kitchen. A bridge — flexible but structurally sound. Those are the ways that artists describe SOIL, a Seattle nonprofit gallery and artist collective that turns 30 this year. Founded in 1995 by Seattle artists creating work that often ...

If your idea of puppetry begins and ends with "Sesame Street," Seattle has a surprise for you. Why it matters: Seattle's adult puppetry scene is drawing new audiences as more people seek live performances that feel distinctly human in an era dominated by streaming and AI.

Viral raccoon ‘Jimothy’ has become an unlikely internet celebrity, inspiring artwork, a neighborhood mural and thousands of dollars in donations to the Ballard Food Bank.

“Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience” brings together top glass artists from within and just outside of this Pacific Northwest city for a weekend of demonstrations and exhibitions. Seattle is often associated with coffee, Grunge and technology, but ...

Over the course of an artist’s career, unsold work accumulates — paintings, sculptures and the like sit in studios or storage units, wrapped up and put away to be dealt with later. But when “later” comes, what’s to be done with them? This ...

The exhibition uses the Seattle Art Museum's double-height galleries to showcase works like the 22-foot-tall sculpture Red Curly Tail (1970). © 2023 Calder ...

Cannonball Arts transforms a 66,000-square-foot former Bed, Bath & Beyond store that had sat vacant for nearly a decade into a playful, eccentric, contemporary art center smack dab downtown. Convincing the Tribe to extend its branding to the festival ...

Seattle University in Washington has received a $300 million art collection, the largest ever donated to a university in the United States, and another $25 million in seed funding to establish a new museum. Collector Richard Hedreen donated the massive ...

Scott Stulen studied studio art in college. He’s a DJ and plays pickup baseball. Some of his notable accomplishments include producing a viral Internet Cat Festival and building a mini golf course. That’s not exactly the typical background of a museum ...

The Ann Arbor Art Fair features nearly 1,000 artists each year, and the three-day event opened on Thursday in the downtown area. Here's a look at some of the sights and sounds.