Seattle’s only free art museum dedicated to exhibiting art from past to present. Admission to the Museum is always free.
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Located on Seattle’s First Hill, the Frye Art Museum first opened its doors in 1952 as the legacy of Charles and Emma Frye, prominent early-twentieth-century Seattle business leaders and art collectors. The collection includes nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century German and American paintings, as well as more contemporary works that bridge visual art, media, and installation. The Museum also ho
sts a wide variety of rotating exhibitions featuring local, national, and international artists. All visitors are welcome to join a wide variety of programming and events, from free daily tours to film screenings, concerts, artist lectures, and more. The Museum also features a Café serving made-from-scratch seasonal bites alongside beverages and desserts. The Museum Store features a curated collection of one-of-a-kind items from Pacific Northwest designers and artists.
Inside or outside, you do not want to miss Samantha Wall's Boren Banner Series presentation, supported by 4Culture! The works in this show benefit from slow looking and multiple visits, with all the detail and depth in each work.
[Installation views from Boren Banner Series: Samantha Wall, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, April 10–October 6, 2024. Courtesy of the artist. Photos: Jueqian Fang]
Calling all Frye Members!
You have access to FREE tickets to the Seattle Art Fair!
You'll find the link to download your pass in your July Member Newsletter or reach out to [email protected].
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Join today and you can still access this member benefit.
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"If you saw Izanami, O'Leary's first solo museum presentation at the Frye earlier this year, Kamon is an essential follow-up."
Don't take it from us, The Stranger thinks you've got to make a stop at Frye collection artist Hanako O'Leary's current show at Gallery 4Culture:
Weaving together Shinto mythology and contemporary feminist ideologies, local artist Hanako O’Leary’s origami works in Kamon create a unique visual vocabulary embedded with stories from her recent travels to Japan’s Setonaikai Islands and her childhood summers by the Seto Inland Sea. If you sa...
We are thrilled to announce Frye x Design, a new annual poster series that invites local designers to create work inspired by the museum. The inaugural poster is designed by Jayme Yen who used typographic mapping to recreate the iconic Frye Salon via text! Jayme is the co-organizer of the Seattle Art Book Fair and has taught publication design and information visualization at the UW School of Art + Art History + Design. The poster is on view in the Frye courtyard—and a limited edition print run is now available at the Frye Art Museum Store!
Learn more about Jayme's design and process on our blog today: fryemuseum.org/blog/mapping-salon-jayme-yens-inaugural-frye-x-design-poster
Snag a poster for yourself:
store.fryemuseum.org/products/frye-x-design-poster-01
"Beyond any messages gleaned from the work, Peters’ artistic skill is on full display. Meticulous detail and thoughtful materiality bring a haunting beauty to each piece."
Read the whole review of "Mary Ann Peters: the edge becomes the center" from Rachel Gallaher for Seattle magazine:
After more than 30 years of active involvement in Seattle’s art scene, Mary Ann Peters finally has her first solo museum show...
Artist Martin Wong was born on this day in 1946. He would have been 78. Come celebrate his life and work with a visit to "Twilight Child: Antonia Kuo and Martin Wong" this weekend!
fryemuseum.org/exhibitions/twilight-child-antonia-kuo-and-martin-wong
Come for the juxtapositions, stay for the resonances in "Twilight Child: Antonia Kuo and Martin Wong". This show brings together the work of the two q***r, diasporic Chinese artists born more than forty years apart.
Generous support from 4Culture made this exceptional exhibition possible.
[Installation view of Twilight Child: Antonia Kuo and Martin Wong, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, June 15–September 15, 2024. Photo: Jueqian Fang]
If you're looking for some cows to appreciate on this National Day of Cow Appreciation, look no further! These ARE the cows you are looking for 🐮🐄
Art Access Magazine advises that you "be sure to allow time to plunge into these swirling churning paintings" in their review of "Mary Ann Peters: the edge becomes the center" - now on view!
artaccess.com/articles/13376111
Stay cool out there this weekend, Seattle!
Alternatively...we have A/C and some pretty cool art so maybe pop by?
fryemuseum.org/visit
Just out: a brand new "Working Artists" post featuring Frye Security Officer, musician, and visual artist Stephen Kelley. Curatorial Assistant Alexis L. Silva checked out Kelley's band Scum Wife and the two connected about illustration, music, and how the two intertwine for Kelley.
This series highlights working artists currently on staff at the Frye Art Museum. The Frye has a wealth of talented Seattle-based artists working under its roof in many different capacities, each with their own dedicated arts practice outside of their work at the museum. Facilitated and written by A...
Join us next week for the 2nd annual Brian Health Block Party on Wed July 10! We're just one stop among nine First Hill sites offering fun, brain-happy activities like puzzles, make your own trail mix, games, art making, and more.
☀️2nd Annual First Hill Brain Health Block Party☀️ From 1-4 PM on Wednesday July 10. This special event promoting brain health features outdoor “brain-healthy” activity stations spread throughout the neighborhood. As you walk from site to site, solve a puzzle, make your own trail mix, play games, create art, and more! https://depts.washington.edu/mbwc/news/article/brain-health-block-party-2024
The Memory Hub
Frye Art Museum
Town Hall Seattle
UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center
Poet and artist Shin Yu Pai profiled Mary Ann Peters for the University of Washington Magazine:
UW Magazine | University of Washington
"Mary Ann Peters: the edge becomes the center" is one of The Stranger's picks for this weekend! Stop by and see it for yourself:
The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: June 28–30, 2024 - Seattle Pride Parade, Trans Pride Seattle, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15
POV: you go to bed before it's fully dark outside...Enjoy these long and beautiful days and happy Solstice! 🌞
[François Cachoud. Moonlight Scene, 1914. Oil on linen. Frye Art Museum, Founding Collection, Gift of Charles and Emma Frye, 1952.018. Photo: Jueqian Fang]
“I want this to be a point of departure for both me and the viewer. This isn’t all I want to make,” Mary Ann Peters told The Seattle Times of her recently opened exhibition "the edge becomes the center".
Learn more in the beautiful feature by Gayle Clemans:
“Mary Ann Peters: the edge becomes the center” features two bodies of work that reveal ideas about displacement, migration and the diasporic histories of the Middle East and elsewhere.
“Displacement is the major theme in both bodies of work," Mary Ann Peters told Preview Art Magazine of her newly opened exhibition "the edge becomes the center." Read the full feature:
Veteran Seattle artist Mary Ann Peters brings a raft of awards, residencies and fellowships to her debut at the Frye Art Museum. A monthlong stay in
📣Frye Families!📣 Check out our latest blog post for an excellent hands-on art activity to kick off your summer using stuff you have around the house, inspired by our recent exhibition "Jessica Jackson Hutchins: Wrecked and Righteous"!
By Teaching Artists Lynda Belt and Connie Fu Earlier this year, we welcomed students and teachers to the museum for a Field Trip to the Frye and engaged in vibrant discussions and art making inspired by Jessica Jackson Hutchins: Wrecked and Righteous. The exhibition featured a wide range of works sp...
A BIG thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our new shows this weekend! Friday night's opening reception celebrated "Boren Banner Series: Samantha Wall," "Stephanie Syjuco: After/Images," "Twilight Child: Antonia Kuo and Martin Wong," and "Mary Ann Peters: the edge becomes the center." We had a blast and hope you did too! Stop by to see the shows soon!
[📷: Jueqian Fang]
"Throughout After/Images, Syjuco challenges viewers to contemplate how we might disrupt harmful narratives instead of accepting “historical record” as fact."
We're thrilled that "Stephanie Syjuco: After/Images" was included in Nia-Amina Minor's Washington Cliff Notes for Variable West! The piece also highlights Tacoma Art Museum's "[re]Frame: Haub Family Collection of Western American Art" series, which includes "Finding Home: The Chinese American West" curated by Frye trustee Lele Barnett!
Washington picks from Nia-Amina Minor.
Last week we hosted our very first Salon Supper, a fundraising celebration of artists and chef's dinner gorgeously presented by Grayson Corrales of MariPili Tapas Bar and our own MariPili at Café Frieda. We are ✨sparkling✨with gratitude for the support guests showed for the Frye's groundbreaking exhibitions, acquisition of local artists’ work, and risk-taking public programs and performances. We're cooking up another Salon series event this fall; be sure to sign up for our newsletter to stay informed. Better yet, become a member and get first crack at tickets!
A big thank you to our planning committee Rafael Soldi, Jennifer Potter, Lele Barnett, and Brandon Vaughan
[📷s: Jueqian Fang]
Celebrate the Frye’s Exhibitions Opening this Fri 6/14 and stop by The Hideout to try The Sin—a new cocktail inspired by its namesake painting from the Frye Salon.
Discount available for opening attendees and Frye Members!
RSVP for the Opening at fryemuseum.org/calendar/event/summer-2024-public-exhibitions-opening
Experience Seattle artist Mary Ann Peters' first solo museum exhibition! We’re taking you behind the scenes as we install the new sculpture created for the exhibition. This “impossible monument” surfaces the ways forgotten and repressed pasts shape present experience. Join us this Friday, June 14 at 7:30pm to celebrate the opening of "the edge becomes the center"!
The Frye Art Museum is pleased to present Stephanie Syjuco: After/Images, a major survey of photographs, video, and large-scale installations that examine how the camera records and constructs American histories.
Every beach in Seattle this weekend 👀🌞🏊
What’s everyone got planned?
[Maurice Brazil Prendergast. Beach Scene, Marblehead, 1921. Watercolor, pastel, gouache, and graphite on paper. Frye Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1954.004. Photo: Jueqian Fang]
Check out Cascade PBS's highlight of our recently opened "Stephanie Syjuco: After/Images" and then mark you calendar for the opening celebration next Friday, June 14!
Plus, five festivals to check out this weekend, and the final show at a beloved gallery.
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Unpoetry is a unique program that brings poetry into the Frye's galleries. Founder Eric Acosta (@bottle_meat) brings this program to locations across Seattle, and we're thrilled to be a partner this year! One of our many interdisciplinary programs that bring other types of art into conversation with visual art in our galleries, Unpoetry offers local poets the chance to respond to works on view at the Frye. There are a handful of walk-in tickets still available for the next event this weekend, Sat, June 22. The program will also be back in September! More info on our website—you know the drill (🔗 in bio!) . 📹: Eric Acosta, 📷: Susan Fried @fried.susan, 🎞: Runyon Colie . #Unpoetry #MuseumPrograms #SeattlePoetry #SeattleArt #SeattleMuseum #TheFrye #FryeArtMuseum
Experience Seattle artist Mary Ann Peters' first solo museum exhibition! We’re taking you behind the scenes as we install the new sculpture created for the exhibition. This “impossible monument” surfaces the ways forgotten and repressed pasts shape present experience. Join us this Friday, June 14 at 7:30pm to celebrate the opening of "the edge becomes the center"!
Experience Seattle artist Mary Ann Peters' first solo museum exhibition! We’re taking you behind the scenes as we install the new sculpture created for the exhibition. This “impossible monument” surfaces the ways forgotten and repressed pasts shape present experience. Join us this Friday, June 14 at 7:30pm to celebrate the opening of "the edge becomes the center"!
Experience Seattle artist Mary Ann Peters' first solo museum exhibition! We’re taking you behind the scenes as we install the new sculpture created for the exhibition. This “impossible monument” surfaces the ways forgotten and repressed pasts shape present experience. Join us this Friday, June 14 at 7:30pm to celebrate the opening of "the edge becomes the center"!
Experience Seattle artist Mary Ann Peters' first solo museum exhibition! We’re taking you behind the scenes as we install the new sculpture created for the exhibition. This “impossible monument” surfaces the ways forgotten and repressed pasts shape present experience. Join us this Friday, June 14 at 7:30pm to celebrate the opening of "the edge becomes the center"!
Don't miss the final weekend to take in "Sky Hopinka: Subterranean Ceremonies," which beautifully combines language, poetry, film, and photography. . "Sky Hopinka: Subterranean Ceremonies" closes Sunday, May 26 . @SkyHopinka #SkyHopinka #SubterraneanCeremonies #home #film #photography #ContemporaryArt #SeattleArt #SeattleMuseum #TheFrye #FryeArtMuseum
Kick off your summer & celebrate all new exhibitions with us June 14-15! From opening receptions on Friday evening into a Saturday of art-making stations, artist talks, storytelling, music, and more—tons of all-ages fun! Check out the whole schedule, RSVPs are requested for certain events. fryemuseum.org/calendar/event/summer-2024-opening-weekend-celebration . #OpeningWeekend #ArtOpening #StephanieSyjucoAfterImages #TwilightChild #MaryAnnPetersTheEdgeBecomesTheCenter #SamanthaWall #MartinWong #ContemporaryArt #SeattleArt #SeattleMuseum #SeattleEvent #SeattleEvents #TheFrye #FryeArtMuseum
What does home mean to you? "Sky Hopinka: Subterranean Ceremonies" is the artist's first solo exhibition here in his home state of Washington—closing May 26! Don't miss the last weekend. . #SkyHopinka #SubterraneanCeremonies #home #film #photography #ContemporaryArt #SeattleArt #SeattleMuseum #TheFrye #FryeArtMuseum
@SkyHopinka's "Subterranean Ceremonies" is on view for one more week! Get to know a little more about the artist and the show, which is Hopinka's first solo exhibition here in his home state. . #SkyHopinka #SubterraneanCeremonies #home #film #photography #ContemporaryArt #SeattleArt #SeattleMuseum #TheFrye #FryeArtMuseum
Today is the day: GiveBIG has arrived! Our most important community giving event helps us support artists and provide our free admission and programs. This year we’ve set a goal of reaching 100 GiveBIG donors 💪 Will you help us kick things off and build some momentum? We’d love to welcome new donors—every gift counts! www.wagives.org/organization/frye-art-museum --- #GiveBIG #GiveBIGWA #WAGives #ThatGivingFeeling #TheFrye #FryeArtMuseum
What do sculpture, mac & cheese, and tenderness have in common? They all came together at an in-gallery performance on Saturday, March 2nd, featuring dancers Allie Hankins, Takahiro Yamamoto, and Lu Yim of @physical_education.life activating food-filled vessels from Jessica Jackson Hutchin’s exhibition "Wrecked and Righteous." Head to our YouTube channel for a longer look that includes reflections from the artist and performers. --- Video: Jueqian Fang @everythingtimestudio --- @jessicajackson_hutchins_studio #JessicaJacksonHutchins #WreckedAndRighteous #MixedMedia #Sculpture #ContemporaryArt #SeattleArt #TheFrye #FryeArtMuseum
On this International Women’s Day, we’re spotlighting Angelina Villalobos Soto’s “LINEAJES” mural. Tendrilling out from around the paintings of the Frye Salon, this intervention signals the exhibition's burst of intercultural energy and celebrates the continual metamorphosis of artistic expression. This is your final weekend to see it before the show closes Sunday, March 10!
Tambourines do get a bad rap, don't they? 🤔 Antonio M. Gomez is here to ensure we never think of them so simplistically again! "LINEAJES" is on view through this Sunday, March 10—don't miss it! ✨🎶
As we enter the final days of the "Antonio M. Gomez: LINEAJES" exhibition, we've got a few more chances to hear some of the instruments from the show! Now up: animal whistles and the jarana jarocha! Cross-cultural stories like these illustrate the ways musical forms and instruments have traveled across the globe and back. Come explore the show for yourself at the Frye through March 10 ✨🎶 Check back for one final video from Tony next week! --- #AntonioMGomez #LINEAJES #AntonioMGomeLINEAJES #whistles #JaguarWhistle #JaranaJorocha #TheFrye #FryeArtMuseum
"Wrecked and Righteous" shares its title with this detailed little ceramic piece 🤩 [Jessica Jackson Hutchins. Wrecked and Righteous, 2022. Found and glazed ceramic. 16 x 16 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. Courtesy of the artist and Adams and Ollman, Portland.]
In his exhibition "LINEAJES" Antonio M. Gomez presents cross-cultural stories about the ways musical forms and instruments have traveled across the globe and back! Here we get a taste of the cajon and the quijada de burro. Come explore the show for yourself at the Frye through March 10 ✨🎶 Check back for more videos of Tony playing instruments from the show! --- #AntonioMGomez #LINEAJES #AntonioMGomeLINEAJES #cajon #QuijadaDeBurro #TheFrye #FryeArtMuseum
A quick look at Clarissa Tossin's first monograph, published by the Frye! ✨Featuring full-color reproductions of over a decade of artworks ✨Essays by curator Vic Brooks, writer Leslie Dick, and exhibition curator Georgia Erger that offer intimate insights to the artist’s practice at a timely moment Drop by the museum to see the show before it closes this Sunday, Jan 7, and grab a copy for yourself from the Frye Art Museum Store! Can't make it to the museum? Order your copy online. https://store.fryemuseum.org/products/clarissa-tossin-to-take-root-among-the-stars
In his exhibition "LINEAJES" Antonio M. Gomez presents a plethora of cross-cultural stories about the ways musical forms and instruments have traveled across the globe and back! Come explore them yourself at the Frye through March 10 ✨🎶 And check back for more videos of Antonio playing instruments from the show!
Announcing our Winter/Spring 2024 exhibitions! Survey shows from Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Sky Hopinka, Stephanie Syjuco, and Mary Ann Peters, along with presentations from Samantha Wall as well as Antonia Kuo with Martin Wong. Head to our "Upcoming Exhibitions" page to learn more about all these exciting shows! What shows are you most excited to see? fryemuseum.org/exhibitions/upcoming
Announcing our Winter/Spring 2024 exhibitions! Survey shows from Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Sky Hopinka, Stephanie Syjuco, and Mary Ann Peters, along with presentations from Samantha Wall as well as Antonia Kuo with Martin Wong. Head to our "Upcoming Exhibitions" page to learn more about all these exciting shows! What shows are you most excited to see? fryemuseum.org/exhibitions/upcoming
