Born Takehisa Matsudaira in Seattle, he was educated in Kanazawa, Japan and returned to Seattle in 1935. While he and his family were detained in the Minidoka Internment Camp, John enlisted in the US Army and served in the legendary 442nd Infantry Regiment, the most...
“She was a small, round, plump little lady with the dynamism of a rocket, and we were all terrified of her, terrified of her tongue and in a way, terrified of her dream”. – Martha Graham Nellie Centennial Cornish (1876-1956) Just as her middle name celebrated the...
Our inaugural exhibition presented many of the original paintings included in the 2015 University of Washington Press publication documenting the history of this important and influential arts organization. Most of these paintings had not been seen by the public for...
This one year exhibition presented an overview of key figures in our regional art history beginning in the mid-19th century and leading into the modern movement. Since our unique visual culture has not yet been fully documented in print, we presented a variety of...
