Tomorrow night… chat with an artist or seven

There is something exciting happening at the Henry tomorrow evening… and what’s even better… it is happening right before something else that is also quite exciting. So, basically, if you haven’t planned your Friday night yet you might consider penciling in an artist lecture and discussion about the exhibition Image Transfer. Seattle University assistant professor [...]

Student Poster Giveaway

It’s the first week of school and there are poster sales a-plenty happening on the University of Washington campus. If you want to buy a inspirational cat poster, now is the time. However, if you’re looking for something a little more fun, a little more niche, a little more awesome–the Henry will be hosting a [...]

Henry Open House, Friday!

Awesome video by Clyde Peterson. http://www.doitforthegirls.com/

Taking It To The Limit

Here at the Henry, we do like to take it to the limit, every time. Sometimes, as in last night’s Badminton Royale Tournament at On The Boards, that limit is, unfortunately, the early elimination round. Henry Visitor Services Manager, Eric Carson, and Graphic Design Intern, Ryan Diaz played with style, enthusiasm, grace, and excellent capes. [...]

Are you ready for the challenge? Badminton Royale.

You might be good at basketball You might be good at track But when it comes to badminton You might as well step back Might as well step back Say what? You might as well step back (Step Back) Might as well step back Go TEAM HENRY! Badminton Royale is a no holds bar badminton [...]

Face Time with Eli Hansen

The Hedreen Gallery announces the third installment of Face Time, an overnight craft-infused encounter with Eli Hansen on September 25. Every Saturday for five consecutive weeks, the Hedreen Gallery will be activated with visiting artists, spontaneous performances, installations, and transcendent visions. Face Time artists will develop new contexts for interaction that push interdisciplinary and personal [...]

Do you like being read to?

Come listen to Jeanne Heuving, Hank Lazer, Robert Mittenthal, Lou Rowan, Zhang Er read their innovative work at the Henry. This special reading is in tandem with the conference Convergence Zones: Public Cultures and Translocal Practices, sponsored by the UW and Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life. Jeanne Heuving recently published Transducer (Chax), [...]

Sara VanDerBeek: Putting Memories to Use

Sara VanDerBeek, one of the exhibiting artists in Image Transfer, is featured in The New York Times. Read about her work and her upcoming show at the Whitney.

You down with SBC? (Yeah you know me!)

Tomorrow The Henry Art Gallery will be hosting a lecture at 7pm by Seattle based trio SuttonBeresCuller in conjunction with their upcoming exhibition Panoptos, a clever intervention on the ongoing Vortexhibition Polyphonica. Following the lecture the fellas will be showing sneak peak* of the exhibition. SuttonBeresCuller is a trio of artists (John Sutton, Ben Beres, [...]

Double Down: 2 Artist Lectures w/a Party in the Middle

FRIDAY Join us tonight in the Henry Auditorium for an artist lecture by Brian Gillis , no not Johny Carson’s favorite Magician but the Eugene based artist Brian Gillis, in conjunction with the Kirkland Arts Center exhibition No! Disobedience, Abstraction, and the Opposable Thumb. This exhibition will transform Kirkland Arts Center’s gallery space into a [...]