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The Conru Art Foundation · Seattle
Three public places across Pioneer Square and downtown Seattle, filled with art, music, history, and beautiful things. Open to everyone. Free. The lights are on. Come in.
Happening now
Open now · Wed–Sun 12–6 · Free
More than 500 beautiful things from 1850 to 1950, many made to be touched, played, and heard. Walk in off the street.
Step inside
110 Union St · Open weekly · Free
A bright downtown gallery where Seattle artists and art lovers meet around contemporary art, music, and conversation.
Visit the Salon
Pike & 5th · Wed–Sun 12–6 · Free
Andrew bought one of Seattle’s most beautiful buildings, opened it, and paid local artists to fill it with art. Free, with nothing to sell, it asks one question: can beauty bring people back downtown?
Walk inHere in their own words · 3:01
Commission Artists. The Foundation commissions and supports painters to make portraits and other works that carry a real human story.
Meet the Commission ArtistsSee the Fellows’ work, find an occasional class, or watch Seattle’s history come back to life.
New work by the first Seattle Prize Fellows, hung together at Occidental and free to see all summer.
Occasional hands-on classes with working painters in the Occidental studios, subsidized and free for qualified artists.
Real photographs and film bring Seattle’s first century back into motion.
Watch the full storyFrom the founder · 9:52
Andrew walks the gallery floor and tells where the objects came from, how they were restored, and why they belong back in public view.
Visit the exhibitionImpact
Invested in Seattle art every year
Local organizations funded
Commission when an artist sells
Sq ft of gallery, free admission
Every grant is public. See everyone we fund.
Buildings
All within a short walk of each other, all being put back to work for art.
