Thomas Bayrle, Ann Lislegaard, and Ultra-red at Raven Row

Stretching and morphing – an elasticising – of ideas, forms and sounds, links the otherwise disparate practices of Thomas Bayrle, Ann Lislegaard and the activist sound collective Ultra-red. Objects, films and sound works by Bayrle and Lislegaard, and material produced in workshops during Ultra-red’s residency here will be brought together for Raven Row’s second exhibition. [...]

UW Museology Exhibition on Advice

This is a guest post Written by UW Museology Graduate Student Nicole Robert on an exhibition that will be on view June 6 to June 8 in the HUB, 9 am to 6 pm. Have you ever received a piece of phenomenally bad advice?  What advice would you share with graduating students this year? We [...]

MFAwesome Exhibition

The 2009 MFA Exhibition opened last friday and brought in quite the crowd. If you didn’t get to come to the opening, come check out the show now on view in the north galleries. Lets hear it for the Grads, eh? Nice work folks.

Kevin Bacon on a Bike: Quicksilver Commentary

Brought to you by you tube. “This is so old, look how young Lawrence Fishburne looks. For those of you who don’t know, Fishburne plays Morpheus in The Matrix trilogy. He is in the movie “21″ as well. What year was this movie from?” “i think 83 or 86 lol thats a gap” “No the [...]

Bike Friday at The Henry

and you are invited. With the days getting longer and the evenings getting warmer now is the perfect time to hop on your bike, trike, or uni & head to the Henry. We’re happy to announce our new evening hours with this special Bike Friday kick-off event! Join us on June 12th for live music  [...]

Call for Artists: Electronic 4Culture

Deadline: 5:00 PM (PST) Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Note: Due to the Memorial Day Holiday, the deadline has been changed to Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Eligibility: Open to artists residing in the U.S. 4Culture seeks media artworks for e4c, 4Culture’s storefront gallery for electronic art. Four monitors, adjacent to Gallery4Culture, exhibit selected works on rotation [...]

bright kite. bright idea. but how do i use this thing?

Hanktxt is a live text message and twitter stream fed by comments from visitors, artists, and Henry staff. Feel free to share your experiences, post questions, and comment about the Henry and our current exhibitions. Your comments will be posted in real-time on the display in the museum’s lobby. To contribute to the conversation just [...]

Department of Safety + LASERCAVE

Call for Artists… Lasercave, the Portland, OR-based independent media label, is pleased to announce a call for submissions for its first art show, In the Light Cone. Lasercave and In the Light Cone have been selected by the Department of Safety in Anacortes, WA to steward and activate their expansive gallery spaces during the month [...]

Volunteer Photographer Needed Tomorrow Night!

Are you a photographer? Do you like the Henry? Want to see the MFA show before anyone else? Want a FREE Henry membership? E-mail kathys@henryart.org to volunteer – or call 206.221.3244, she’ll hook you up. (Person who called – please call back! Your phone cut out!!)

Trimpin + panel discussion.

This Saturday at the Lawrimore Project, join the creators of this documentary, as well as the curators of EMP and Suyama Space and the artist himself, for a panel discussion of the film. Trimpin: the sound of invention is being shown at the Seattle International Film Festival on the 22nd and the 23rd. The panel [...]