In this performance reading, artist duo Bambitchell continue their exploration of the legal frameworks that govern non-human animals and objects, moving from the territorial jurisdictions explored in their film Bugs & Beasts Before the Law (2019), to the legal realm of the sea. Dolphins, ships and other vessels is a polyvocal narrative that spans bodies of water.

There is no one way to love, or only one true kind of love, but a beautiful range and variety that enrich our lives. Artists have long taken this for a theme, capturing spontaneous expressions of affection and exploring new ways to convey the complex sentiment in all its forms. Join Dr. Ann Poulson, the Henry’s Associate Curator of Collections, as we discuss some of the examples in the Henry’s collection! Re/frame is a recurring program that delves into the Henry's extensive collection, highlighting a different group of objects each month.

The Henry is delighted to welcome Deborah Willis as a Monsen Photography Lecture speaker. This lecture series brings key makers and thinkers in photographic practice to the Henry. Named after Dr.

Set in Motion is the Henry’s first city-wide public art exhibition, organized by Shamim M. Momin, Director of Curatorial Affairs. This multi-artist project asks what it looks like to mobilize art and encourage community engagement under lockdown and while socially distanced. How do creative communities respond or adapt to shifting or exacerbated spatial and financial constraints? What is the role of public art now? Joined in conversation are four of the ten Set in Motion artists, Marin Burnett, Amir H.

Fermented Face is a workshop that uses facial massage and a guided meditation to ask questions about bodily borders, ideas of porosity and contamination, and the importance of touch in these contemporary times. Participants will be mailed a small vial of artist-made salve with live microorganisms and will massage this into their face or another part of their body according to guided instructions. After the meditation, participants will journal and share aspects of their experience. Once registered for this event, please email your preferred shipping address to ians@henryart.org.

Disappearance Landscape is a virtual workshop designed and facilitated by artist Maria Gaspar that uses the body to interrogate and intervene in highly contested sites. Using green screen strategies, participants will examine jails, prisons, border walls, conflict zones, and other places of power in order to mediate, flip, dissect, transpose, or dismantle forms of oppression and confinement. The Henry Art Gallery will be mailing free kits to workshop registrants, that include paper and adhesive, to construct a greenscreen background for the participatory workshop.

Join Ann Poulson, the Associate Curator of Collections, for an interactive online session to take a look at objects in the museum’s collection.

In an innovative show of collective effort, a group of over 40 Seattle art galleries, nonprofits, and art institutions have come together to reconstruct the traditional art fair with a community-led effort.

Join TeenTix and UW Drama for a dance critcism pop-up workshop! Learn the basics of dance criticism and attend a performance of Grupo Corpo.

View work by students receiving master's degrees from the Division of Art and Division of Design.