Gallery4Culture General Information

Location
101 Prefontaine Pl S
Seattle WA 98104

Hours
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
closed government holidays; the gallery is open and free to the public

History
The King County Art Gallery was inaugurated in September, 1979 in the offices of the Arts Commission, then located in the Alaska Building. Then Director, Jerry Allen, began the program by inviting painter d'Elaine Johnson to hang work on the office walls. The King County Office of Cultural Resources (OCR) created a designated gallery space coinciding with their move to Smith Tower in 1987. In 2004, OCR reinvented itself as a Public Development Authority and was renamed 4Culture to reflect it's four program areas - Arts, Heritage, Preservation, and Public Art. 4Culture moved it's offices in the fall of 2005 to the Tashiro-Kaplan Building in the Pioneer Square area of downtown Seattle and expanded it's gallery space, renaming it to Gallery4Culture.

Gallery4Culture provides exhibition opportunities to emerging regional artists, many of whom have gone on to exhibit nationally and internationally. Gallery4Culture continues a twenty-five year tradition of providing a venue to exhibit exciting and innovative artworks created in King County

For more information about this program call 206.296.8674. Gallery4Culture supports innovative work and art forms that are under-represented in galleries and provides artists not currently represented by a commercial gallery, including early career artists, with solo or small group exhibitions in a professional gallery setting.