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Conru Art Foundation · Downtown Seattle
A 16,000 square foot living room for Seattle's art world. Fifth floor at 110 Union St, downtown. Always free.
The first visit
Nobody will try to sell you anything. Here is the whole visit, start to finish.
Arrival
Take the elevator to the fifth floor. The doors open straight onto the gallery.
The hang
You wander. The walls change all the time, so regulars always find something new.
The mezzanine
Stairs in the middle of the floor climb to the mezzanine. From up there you can watch the whole room at once.
An event in full swing
On salon nights, hundreds of people fill the room. Drinks before tours, dinner after shows.
Stay a while
Stay as long as you want. Come back next week.
The artists, on film
“It's not just a painting. It's not a photograph. It's a distilled time in a single image rather than a split second picture.”
A commission artist, from the ArtLove Montage
Three minutes with the artists who paint here, and the people they paint for.
The calendar
Big open evenings that draw hundreds of people up the elevator.
Part of Seattle's First Thursday circuit, doors open.
Regular sessions on the gallery floor, no charge.
Talks, performances, and the occasional very good party.
Qualifying nonprofits host here at no cost and keep 100 percent of their proceeds.
When an artwork sells, the artist keeps every dollar.
Commission Artists
The foundation's Commission Artists program pairs Seattle realist painters with meaningful portrait commissions. A mother, a mentor, a son in a desert river. Many of the finished works hang right here.
Meet the Commission Artists