Gallery4Culture
Location
101 Prefontaine Pl S
Seattle WA 98104
Hours
Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The gallery is open and free to the public but will be closed during the following holidays:
January 17
February 21
May 30
July 4
September 5
November 11 + 24
December 26
History
In September 1979, Director Jerry Allen, initiated an exhibition program at the King County Arts Commission (then located in the Alaska Building) inviting painter d’Elaine Johnson to hang work on the Arts Commission’s office walls. With this seed, a little foam core, linen, and a visionary spirit, Visual Arts Coordinator Mickey Gustin Hardman launched the gallery. Hardman will be remembered as a fierce advocate for artists and a pivotal figure in shaping the Seattle arts community. Her legacy continues through the programs of what is now Gallery4Culture.
The King County Arts Commission moved offices in 1987 and was enveloped by King County’s Office of Cultural Resources. The new offices at the Smith Tower had designated gallery space. In 2004, OCR reinvented itself as a Public Development Authority and was renamed 4Culture to reflect its four program areas – Arts, Heritage, Preservation, and Public Art. 4Culture moved its offices in the fall of 2005 to the Tashiro Building in the Pioneer Square area of downtown Seattle and expanded its gallery space, renaming it Gallery4Culture.
Today, Gallery4Culture continues a thirty year tradition of featuring innovative work and art forms under-represented in galleries. Gallery4Culture offers King County artists not currently represented by a commercial gallery (including early career artists) the opportunity to apply for solo or small group exhibitions in a professional gallery setting. Gallery4Culture’s Call to Artists goes online in December of each year with the application deadline occurring in early January.
For more information call 206.296.8674.
e4c: Electronic Gallery
Location
101 Prefontaine Pl S
Seattle WA 98104
Hours
Viewed from the street, 7 days a week, Monday through Friday
7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
History
e4c is 4Culture’s storefront gallery for electronic art. Four monitors, adjacent to Gallery4Culture, display selected works on rotation.
e4c was launched in 2008 as a means to offer a highly visible, public venue for the exhibition of dynamic electronic artworks by media artists, as well as projects intrinsic to 4Culture’s work to advance community through arts, heritage, preservation and public art throughout King County.
In its inaugural year, eleven artists and artist teams were selected to present new or adapted work. Artists submit selected work when it is complete and these are added to the display, which is accessible for a full year. Throughout the year, added content will include new artworks created or adapted for e4c as well as media pieces created by and about 4Culture.
Works are displayed in rotation during presentation hours (generally, 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM) each day. In conjunction with Gallery4Culture, e4c launches selected works for display during First Thursday Art Walk, Seattle’s largest art walk.
e4c is located adjacent to Gallery4Culture facing Prefontaine Place South in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood. This street-level, media gallery is visible by foot, bike, car or bus to more than 20,000 people each day. e4c consists of four, LCD monitors and two speakers mounted on the exterior of the building, broadcasting sound to passers-by.
This project received generous support from the
National Endowment for the Arts.