Meany debut performance features Fanny Mendelssohn’s Easter Sonata

New art is waiting for you at the Henry! We invite you to join us in celebration of our latest exhibitions: Sarah Cain: Day after day on this beautiful stage and Taking Care: Collection Support Studio. Thick as Mud will also be on view. Enjoy the new installations, drinks, and music with fellow art lovers!

Join us for an evening with composer and artist Lyra Pramuk, the first in a series of performances held within the immersive installation Donna Huanca: MAGMA SLIT. Lyra’s set will take place on an auxiliary stage that Huanca designed for other artists to share their ideas on transcendence, meditation, and transformation. Lyra’s presence extends the long-term collaborative relationship and dialogue between the two artists.

We are excited to welcome Ishmael Butler, of Shabazz Palaces and Digable Planets, for the second of three artist residencies to activate Gary Simmons: The Engine Room.

The Henry Art Gallery invites you to an online performance by The Black Tones, the final part of the band’s artist residency held in conjunction with the current exhibition, Gary Simmons: The Engine Room. Over the last month, the Seattle-based rock ‘n’ roll band, founded by twin siblings Eva and Cedric Walker, has spent time in the gallery rehearsing, writing, and experimenting in the space. Join us on YouTube for the culminating performance which will be broadcast on May 29 at 6 PM PDT. No ticket reservation required.

You Already Know, the New Deal/Impulse! debut from the acclaimed drummer Ted Poor—“a trustworthy engine in countless modern-jazz settings” (New York Times)—isn’t your typical jazz drummer’s recording, almost defiantly so.

Join SMO in a joyful celebration of its tenth anniversary in the newly-renovated Town Hall. The ensemble revisits some of its most memorable performances, local collaborators, celebrated composers, and Seattle “firsts.”

An experimental trumpet and American Sign Language performance directed by exhibiting artist Alison O’Daniel, followed by a reflective conversation.

The members of the JACK Quartet don portable EEG and wearable muscle neuron sensors in Human Subjects, the culminating performance of the group’s extended residency at the University of Washington, during which the musicians collaborated with UW faculty in DXARTS and Music Composition to explore complex integrations of brain and body signals into the domains of artistic performance. During the residency, the JACK (Austin Wulliman, Chris Otto, John Richards, Jay Campbell) worked with composers Juan Pampin and Richard Karpen as well as neuroscientists and a team of research staff from DXARTS and Music to explore brain and nervous system sensing methodologies as extensions to master musicians' traditional performance practice. This collaboration was made possible through the UW Creative Fellows Initiative with funding from the Mellon Foundation. 

UW faculty improv band Indigo Mist (Richard Karpen, keyboards; Juan Pampin, live electronics; Ted Poor, drums; Steve Rodby, bass; Cuong Vu, trumpet) and special guests Ngô Trà My (Vietnam), dan bau, and Jos Zwaanengburg (Netherlands), flutes, present an evening of experimental and improvised music. This performance is made possible with support from the UW Creative Fellows Initiative.