114 3rd Ave S
Seattle, WA 98104
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From the creators and curators of Urban Light Studios comes a second venture into a multi-use creative space, preserving the former Elliott Bay Book Co. and turning the 122-year-old, 6000-square-foot space into an axis point for history, art, culture, photography and events. Opening July 2013 in the heart of Pioneer Square, owners and Northwest natives Kevin and Julie Law introduce AXIS Pioneer Square.
Founded in 1972 Glasshouse Studio is the oldest glassblowing studio in the Northwest. Located in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, the studio does daily glassblowing demonstrations. The gallery houses a large selection of glass art with an emphasis on custom lighting, featuring work by Glasshouse owner and artist Christopher Sternberg Powidzki as well as guest artists from around the Northwest. Glasshouse Studio's work can been seen at over 300 galleries in the US as well as numerous public and private collections.
Core Gallery is a non-profit art gallery located on the ground floor of the Tashiro Kaplan arts building in Pioneer Square. Established in December 2010, Core Gallery features the work of 20 professional artists covering a wide range of disciplines, including drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, metalwork, furniture-making and multimedia formats. CORE GALLERY ARTISTS Harry Caldwell IV . James Caudle . Sue Danielson . Sara Everett . Janet Fagan . Steve Gawronski . Zanetka Gawronski . Aaliyah Gupta . David Hytone . Weston Jandacka . Therese Kunzi-Clark . Sarah Lavin . Scott Mansfield . Ben Misenar . Erik Owen . Kate Protage . Chris Rodgers . William Rugen . John Smither . Jim Stoccardo
SOIL exists as an alternative venue for artists to exhibit, develop, and advance their work. About twice yearly, we post calls for Show Proposals and New Members and we host an annual art auction to support gallery operations. Please visit the website where you can sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay in the loop on all things SOIL!
In addition to gallery updates on new artists, new work, or gallery exhibitions, we also enjoy posting various arts-related articles or videos and encourage feedback; important dates in the history of Modern Art; artists birthdays; and anything else we feel adds to the awareness, deeper understanding, and collecting of the visual arts. We are a for-profit gallery and depend on collectors to support the business and our artists. And while profit is the purpose, passion is the process...
Located in the heart of Seattle's historic Pioneer Square, Davidson Galleries has since 1973 exhibited antique, modern, and contemporary works on paper--original fine prints, drawings, paintings and mixed media, as well as works in other media by select artists. We have the largest inventory (ca. 18,000 items spanning more than five centuries) of original works on paper in the Pacific Northwest. Each month we mount new exhibitions from with work timed to open the evening of Downtown Seattle's First Thursday Art Walk. We are a proud member of the Seattle Art Dealer's Association (SADA) and a charter member of The International Fine Print Dealers Association, the professional organization par excellence for fine print dealers dedicated to maintaining high ethical standards. Follow us on Twitter! @davidsonprints
Stonington Gallery exhibits unparalleled contemporary masterworks from the Pacific Northwest Coast and Alaska. With a special emphasis on spectacular carved sculpture--including masks, totem poles, and panels--we also highlight fine art glass, prints, jewelry, bronzes and paintings. Our mission is to provide the ideal environment for the presentation, enjoyment and understanding of premier contemporary art of the Pacific Northwest Coast and Alaska, and to foster greater appreciation for these artforms. Serving Seattle since 1979, the gallery is respected for the depth and quality of its collection, exceptional service and knowledgeable staff. Full custom framing and shipping services are available. The gallery is a part of the Seattle Art Dealers Association and participates in the downtown art walks each First Thursday of the month. Artists represented include Preston Singletary, Marvin Oliver, Joe David, Robert Davidson, Susan Point, Larry Ahvakana, Raven Skyriver, Hib Sabin, Thomas Stream, Scott Jensen, Shaun Peterson, Nikki McClure, Rick Bartow, Isabel Rorick, and other contemporary masters of the Northwest Coast.
The mission of METHOD is to foster and exhibit sculpture and installation that regards process, material, and concept, while engaging the gallery space. METHOD Gallery is fiscally sponsored by Shunpike. Shunpike is the 501(c)(3) non-profit agency that provides independent arts groups in Washington State with services, resources and opportunities they need to forget their paths to sustainable success.
Director: Josh Majchrzak Email: [email protected]
Welcome to Arundel Books, offering rare, antiquarian and fine books for readers and collectors. Our Seattle store is located in historic Pioneer Square (between Washington and Main). Visit in person or online at www.arundelbookstores.com Our store has an independent mindset, and a select, diverse stock that is constantly changing and growing. In addition to the books displayed in our retail store, we have well over 100,000 books available for sale from our internet bookstore. No matter where you order from, we can assure you that your order will be handled promptly and professionally, and that we pack and ship every order with care.
About Flatcolor Gallery Flatcolor Gallery features local and national underground contemporary artists. From designers and illustrators, to street artists and tattoo artists, Flatcolor Gallery is dedicated to bringing a fresh perspective on art and creativity. In addition to original artwork, Flatcolor Gallery features a growing line of affordable fine art prints and products.
All local artists, musicians, and craftsman come and unite for one special evening each First Thursday of the month for the Pioneer Square Art Walk. Join us each month for rotating artists, wine, music, and a whole lot of fun. Show your support for your local artists! Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OKGallerySea
Royal Hounds is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, tax exempt organization, comprised solely of volunteers who give graciously of their time and love to this noble breed with the common goal of finding secure and loving homes for the many ex-racing and retired Hounds that grace us with their presence.
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) is a nationally-recognized legal services organization founded in 1984. Each year, NWIRP provides direct legal assistance in immigration matters to over 10,000 low-income people from over 150 countries, speaking over 60 different languages and dialects. NWIRP also strives to achieve systemic change to policies and practices affecting immigrants through impact litigation, public policy work, and community education. NWIRP serves the community from four offices in Washington State in Seattle, Granger, Tacoma, and Wenatchee.
Potlatch Fund is focused on promoting diversity and addressing inequality by educating foundations about Tribal communities, introducing them to Native nonprofits, and holding funder briefings specific to Indian Country. At the same time we are working with casino Tribes to improve their giving practices and increase their own giving to Native projects and their own communities. Concurrently tribes are realizing that they cannot fill all the gaps in their community, and thus we work with Native individuals both on reservations and in metropolitan areas to set up, fund, and manage Native nonprofits. Potlatch Fund has also worked with three cohorts of younger leaders to build a pool of qualified and networked talent to help drive a robust Native nonprofit sector here in the Northwest. We work with Tribal leaderships, Native community, nonprofit leaders and Native artists to bring the idea that, with the help of the money that comes from mainstream philanthropy, they can become the master’s of their own destinies. Our main push is teaching about philanthropy, fundraising and grant writing. We also train groups about financial management, governance, strategic planning, media management and how to start up a nonprofit. Each training focuses on removing the barriers that exist to stop Native applicants receiving grants from mainstream foundations. Our trainings tend to be small, they are culturally appropriate and always occur within Native communities. There are other trainers who provide the same kind of material as Potlatch Fund; however no one else travels to Indian Country. We do this because we are painfully aware that even the cost of gas for some of our participants can prove to be an insurmountable barrier. Potlatch Fund also holds several grant programs: InterTribal Canoe Journey, Community Building, Native Arts, we work with Tribes to purchase old growth cedar trees (for cultural purposes) though our Cedar Tree Fund, and we provide mini grants to first time applicants. Our Intertribal Canoe Journey grants, Community Building grants, Mini grants and a number of our Native Arts grants, serve large numbers of individuals. Many of the participants who attend a Potlatch Fund training go on to write a successful application to one of our grant programs. These grants act as a positive reinforcement of skills learned, and can also be leveraged for further funding from their Tribes and other foundations.
Discovery Institute Study and Activity Areas: Science and Culture. Scientific research and experimentation have produced staggering advances in our knowledge about the natural world, but they have also led to increasing abuse of science as the so-called “new atheists” have enlisted science to promote a materialistic worldview, to deny human freedom and dignity and to smother free inquiry. Our Center for Science and Culture works to defend free inquiry. It also seeks to counter the materialistic interpretation of science by demonstrating that life and the universe are the products of intelligent design and by challenging the materialistic conception of a self-existent, self-organizing universe and the Darwinian view that life developed through a blind and purposeless process. Economics and Business. Technological innovation has become the engine of economic progress, but it also has attracted new efforts by government to take over areas traditionally handled by private enterprise; at the same time, it has fueled a technocratic mindset that believes morality is somehow irrelevant to wealth creation. Our program on Technology and Democracy examines the destructive consequences of the over-regulation of new technologies, while our Center on Wealth, Poverty, and Morality explores how free enterprise and the Judeo-Christian moral tradition create a culture of entrepreneurship that makes technological innovation, and thus economic prosperity, possible. Center on Human Exceptionalism. New medical technologies have dramatically improved human health and extended human life, yet these same technologies have been misused to efface human dignity. Similarly, while modern discoveries in biology and ecology have given us a greater appreciation for the importance of other creatures, these same discoveries are sometimes misused to promote an extreme vision of “animal rights” that places animal welfare above the welfare of human beings. Our Center on Human Exceptionalism counters pseudo-scientific attacks on human dignity by defending the unique dignity of persons, what we call human exceptionalism, in health care policy and practice, environmental stewardship, and scientific research. International Affairs. The discoveries of science have enabled huge advances in prosperity and freedom around the world. At the same time, they have provided new methods for mass destruction, the abridgement of human dignity and the spread of misinformation and hatred. Our programs on international affairs explore the dynamic role science and technology play in many international issues as well. These programs promote such enduring Western values and institutions as the rule of law, religious liberty, free markets, liberal democracy and non-governmental associations. Local Government and Communities. The invention of the automobile has led to unparalleled freedom of movement for people, goods, and services; but it also has disrupted traditional social and political patterns in ways we are only now beginning to understand. Our Cascadia Center for Regional Development shows how new transportation technologies and building techniques can build more vibrant, human scale communities. Religion and Public Life. The worldview of scientific materialism has been pitted against traditional beliefs in the existence of God, Judeo-Christian ethics and the intrinsic dignity and freedom of man. Because it denies the reality of God, the idea of the Imago Dei in man, and an objective moral order, it also denies the relevance of religion to public life and policy. Our program on Religion and Civic Life defends the continuing relevance of traditional religious faith to public life within a pluralistic democracy. Specifically, it seeks to defend the importance of Judeo-Christian conceptions of the rule of law, the nature of man and the necessity of limiting the power of government. Thus, it also seeks to protect religious liberty, including its public expression in pluralistic democracies. Philosophy: Mind, not matter, is the source and crown of creation, the wellspring of human achievement. Conceived by the ancient Hebrews, Greeks and Christians, and elaborated in the American Founding, Western culture has encouraged creativity, enabled discovery and upheld the uniqueness and dignity of human beings. Linking religious, political, and economic liberty, the Judeo-Christian culture has established the rule of law, codified respect for human rights and conceived constitutional democracy. It has engendered development of science and technology, as well as economic creativity and innovation. In contrast, the contemporary materialistic worldview denies the intrinsic dignity and freedom of human beings and enfeebles scientific creativity and technological innovation. Its vision of a closing circle of human possibilities on a planet of limited horizons summons instead the deadening ideologies of scarcity, conflict, mutual suspicion and despair.
Empowering Latinas through Education, Community Service and Scholarships.
The Seattle Attic Community Workshop is a feminist, woman-centered, trans- and queer-inclusive community space that supports members' individual and collaborative technological and artistic endeavors with a workspace, storage, tools, and other resources.
Sensible Washington is an all-volunteer effort. We strongly appreciate everything our volunteers do to bring awareness to the truth of cannabis - including the recruitment of volunteers, fundraising, working with businesses, colleges, festivals, etc. Thank you so much for your support If you need anything don't hesitate to contact: [email protected]
DESC is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people who are most marginalized find homes, health and community. Founded in 1979 as an emergency shelter for vulnerable homeless men and women living with mental illness, substance-use disorders, and other disabilities. Today, DESC is the Puget Sound Region's most comprehensive provider of services, including housing, for chronically homeless adults. DESC's services include emergency shelter and outreach, supportive housing, mental health care, addiction treatment, crisis intervention, employment services and vocational training. At DESC, uncommon efforts produce uncommon results that help eliminate homelessness, one person at a time.
The Hepatitis Education Project was started in 1993 by a group of patients and medical professionals who wanted to provide support and education to others living with chronic hepatitis. Starting as just a single support group, the Hepatitis Education Project formally incorporated in April 1994. From that initial group, HEP began helping other people start their own hepatitis support groups, providing them with technical assistance and support. At the same time the support group meetings were starting, HEP began printing a newsletter, HEPNews. Copies of the newsletter were sent to patients and to physicians who specialized in gastroenterology and infectious diseases. From an initial mailing of 35 or 40 copies, the newsletter mailing grew to over 250 by the end of the first year. Today our quarterly newsletter goes out to about 4,000 people around the U.S. In February of 2000, HEP opened one of the only Hepatitis Resource Centers in the country, a walk-in and telephone support center for hepatitis patients and family members. Staffed almost entirely by volunteers, this center has provided counseling and support to thousands of patients since it opened and continues to provide much needed help today. Some of HEP's other programs include working with local, state and federal legislators and agencies to advocate on behalf of hepatitis patients; offering free hepatitis C testing and vaccination for hepatitis A and B; maintaining a national support hotline; and conducting educational programs for public health, community groups and corrections.
The Coalition on Homelessness organizes, educates, and advocates for safety, justice, and housing for people who are homeless. Our 60+ member organizations provide vital emergency services and shelter, transitional and permanent housing, and supportive services to thousands of people in King County every day and every night. We unite front line service providers and agency directors; people with personal experience of homelessness; local government staff; advocates; and concerned community members to learn, speak up, and take action. We are known for smart, tireless, and effective advocacy, and we are actively involved with community efforts to address related core issues, including access to public transportation, police reform, voting rights, and fair budgeting. We aim to make homelessness and affordable housing among the highest priority issues for decision makers at every level of government.