A portrait of tech and art together: Seattle school makes colorful new home in an Amazon HQ tower In the same building where software engineers labor in front of computers to write code and build products, artists are… Read More
Museum of Illusions bringing blend of immersive art, science and psychology to downtown Seattle Another museum is coming to downtown Seattle with the hopes of attracting visitors with a mix of interactive rooms and… Read More
Redmond high school student is ‘Google for Doodle’ contest winner for Washington state Mahee Chandrasekhar, a 9th grader at Redmond High School in Redmond, Wash., is the Washington state winner in the 16th… Read More
Seattle-area students use tactile tech to help visually impaired people get a new feel for art A group of elementary and middle school students from districts east of Seattle are working together on a project to… Read More
High-tech art experience WNDR Museum closes abruptly in Seattle after 8 months WNDR Museum, an interactive, tech-infused art experience near the waterfront in downtown Seattle, has ceased operations eight months after opening.… Read More
Amazon is helping a longtime Seattle art school move into modern space at base of HQ building Gage Academy of Art, a longtime school located in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, is moving to a modern facility at… Read More
Alexander Calder exhibit swings into motion in Seattle thanks to ex-Microsoft president’s major gift A major new exhibition and multi-year initiative celebrating the life and work of artist Alexander Calder has opened at Seattle… Read More
Blurred lines between art and tech: AI’s impact on creativity elicits excitement — and some fear In a building that used to be a grocery store in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood this week, the future of… Read More
Danish artist to troll Northwest with giant public sculptures, backed in part by Allen Foundation Seattle’s famous Fremont Troll and the Seattle Kraken’s blue-haired mascot Buoy are going to get some company this summer when… Read More
Google’s search for top doodle ends with sixth grader’s artwork inspired by life with her sisters Like a lot of kids, Rebecca Wu has been doodling for quite some time. Her dad said she first started… Read More
Bellevue student’s Google Doodle artwork reaches top five in contest, with chance to be on homepage Rebecca Wu is one step away from gaining Google homepage fame — and some serious cash. Rebecca, a student at… Read More
Bellevue student’s artwork among 55 finalists in ‘Doodle for Google’ contest A student at the International School in Bellevue, Wash., is among the finalists in the Doodle for Google contest, and… Read More
Former Microsoft president donates 48 Alexander Calder works and $10M to Seattle Art Museum Former Microsoft President Jon Shirley and his wife Kim are gifting a significant collection of works by sculptor Alexander Calder… Read More
Remembering Jon Strongbow, a mainstay of Seattle’s art scene Friends and family of the late Seattle artist Jon Strongbow gathered for a memorial panel earlier this month at Emerald… Read More
WNDR-ful for downtown Seattle: Inside the new immersive museum that blends art and tech If you’ve been wondering what it will take to entice more people to visit downtown Seattle, it might just be… Read More
Paul Allen’s private art collection fetches more than $1.5B in record-setting auction The sale of the private art collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen shattered auction records on Wednesday night,… Read More
Meta officially cuts ribbon on growing Bellevue office space as tech and art merge in Spring District With cranes still swinging overhead and construction continuing on the Spring District in Bellevue, Wash., Meta officially threw open the… Read More
A ‘Prairie’ in the desert: Tech vet gets his hands dirty planting immersive light show at Burning Man James Gwertzman has always been a “tinkerer.” He has early memories of soldering together an AM radio kit with his… Read More
Paul Allen’s $1B private art collection to be auctioned by Christie’s in ‘unprecedented’ sale Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s extensive private collection of art, valued at more than $1 billion, will be sold by Christie’s… Read More
Meet the Seattle techie picked to lead a new venture arm at iconic auction house Christie’s Legendary auction house Christie’s got a front-row seat to the NFT craze. In March 2021, the 256-year-old art merchant facilitated… Read More
Amazon vet flips NFT model on its head, creates a climate friendly marketplace for digital art sales Well before cryptocurrencies and NFTs began to fizzle this spring, Carly Rector was already sour on their use for digital… Read More
Artists try to paint clearer picture of why museum’s idea to engage Seattle’s tech community fell short Greg Lundgren called it a “rough week.” The longtime artist, arts advocate and current director of Seattle’s Museum of Museums… Read More
Seattle museum cancels ‘Amazon vs Microsoft’ exhibition after backlash over tech and art in city Plans for a Seattle art exhibition that would have showcased work by employees of Amazon and Microsoft have been called… Read More
Tech entrepreneurs opening Seattle NFT Museum to showcase digital artform in a physical space Art lovers curious about what to make of the craze around NFTs and the rush to collect such digital assets… Read More
Seattle cutout artist Rudy Willingham teaming with singer Lil Nas X for TikTok’s first foray into NFTs Rudy Willingham, the Seattle artist known for his colorful, stop-motion photo cutouts on social media, is teaming with rapper/singer Lil… Read More
Public mural installation in Seattle, backed by Facebook, promotes COVID vaccine participation A new art project being unveiled in Seattle today is part of an effort by Facebook and others to promote… Read More
Paintings, not people, take the spotlight in Blue Origin’s latest suborbital space trip A little more than a month after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos took a rocket ride, his Blue Origin space venture… Read More
Trip down Microsoft memory lane leads to Clippy and more nostalgic images as Teams backgrounds Maybe it’s time to ditch the beach backdrop. Everyone at work knows, after more than a year of this, that… Read More
Major League Soccer hosting ‘street art battle’ and selling NFTs to promote Seattle, Portland matches Major League Soccer is taking its first shot at the NFT craze this week, launching a collection of street art… Read More
Longtime Seattle gallery owner and tech vet team to offer artists and collectors a curated NFT portal A longtime leader in Seattle’s physical art scene is trying her hand at the digital world of NFTs, and she’s… Read More
