Aldous Huxley once wrote that, “Science and art are only too often a superior kind of dope, possessing this advantage over booze and morphia: that they can be indulged in with a good conscience and with the conviction that, in the process of indulging, one is leading the higher life.” Join us in exploring the higher life of art and [...]
The UW Hall Health building is currently undergoing a remodel, and as part of debuting the building’s new look, Hall Health is also planning to debut new artwork in the public waiting areas, but they need your art. Here’s the skinny: CALL FOR ARTWORK For an exhibition of art created to promote the theme of [...]
The Henry’s upcoming exhibit The Talent Show (May 7th-August 21st), deals with themes of performance, the notions of “private” and “public” space and the act of viewing or being viewed. So, what better way to explore these themes than through Facebook? Beloved (or resented) by many, Facebook is an increasingly popular and ever expanding forum for [...]
The Henry’s Spring Open House is coming up on May 6th! Save the date for an evening of art and antics featuring performances by Tender Forever (aka Melanie Valera), DJ sets and surrealist song making from Hollow Earth Radio, and performative interventions by Seattle artist Jason Hirata. We will also have Wii Just Dance on the big [...]
In conjunction with the exhibition Lucy Pullen: The Cloud Chamber and Related Works, The Henry will be hosting a gallery talk this friday at 7pm with Rebecca Cummins and Jeffrey Wilkes who will discuss the ways in which art and science are used to investigate the unknown. Rebecca Cummins- Associate Professor in the University of Washington’s School of Art - explores [...]
Did you know the Henry Art Gallery has over 500 pairs of shoes in its permanent collection? Last week, UW professor Layne Goldsmith brought her ART 272: Introduction to Sculpture class to the Henry’s Reed Collection Study Center to look at a selection of incredible shoes from the museum’s collection. After choosing their favorite pair [...]
The Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, at Northwestern University, is currently exhibiting I Myself Have Seen It: Photography and Kiki Smith – organized by Henry Chief Curator back in march of last year. If you weren’t able to make it to the show you can still catch Smith’s Kane Hall lecture online…
This year’s SAL U course, Following Wendell: The Culture and Politics of Sustenance, is getting started tomorrow night (April 21st) at 7pm here at the Henry with a lecture by Branden Born, Associate Professor in the department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington entitled, Bringing the Urban Back into the Food System: Questions of Culture & Technology. Born’s [...]
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