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Occidental Fine Arts Center
A gallery and museum where meaningful art meets the public, and the studios, space, and programs artists need to make what comes next.
Explore the building
Now on view · Free admission
Paintings, mechanical music, and objects from Seattle’s first century fill the public exhibition floors.
First floor · Public welcome
The street level is the public threshold: gathering, events, and the first view into the building. Start with this short orientation from the Beautiful Things soft launch.
First-floor videoSecond floor · Exhibitions
Beautiful Things brings together the museum and antiques, the galleries, and The Seattle Story film.
First · Museum and antiques
Seattle 1850–1950
Watch The Seattle Story and explore the living historical map without leaving the exhibition chapter.
Then · Upstairs galleries
Continue through the exhibition: paintings and gathering spaces follow the museum and antiques walkthrough.
Third floor · Artists at work
Seattle Prize fellows, experienced-artist workshops, and commissioned artists work on the studio floor.
Restoration and reuse
Follow a historic Pioneer Square building as open floors became public galleries and working studios for serious art.
“I Built a Seattle History Museum in Pioneer Square | 1850–1950” · 9:53
How the place was madeOur mission
The Conru Art Foundation invests in high-skill art development and supports Seattle's working artists through subsidized workshops, year-long fellowships, and meaningful commissions.
At Occidental we treat technical mastery as service: the highest skill in pursuit of the highest purpose. The studios, the gallery wall, and the workshops are all on one block in Pioneer Square.
A Prize Fellow at her easel
311 Occidental Ave S · Pioneer Square
A landmark Pioneer Square storefront restored into artist studios, a working gallery, and the workshop floor. Cast-iron columns, original brick, north light.
Sixteen working studios on the second and third floors, a salon-hung gallery on the main level, and a new street-level event space opening this summer. Fellows in residence and master-artist workshops year-round.
