The Fremont Abbey Arts Center at 43rd & Fremont Avenue in Seattle is a newly renovated 9000 square foot nonprofit venue providing educational arts & cultural experiences for all ages.
Our focus is Music, Visual, and Literary arts in both performance, workshop, class, and private instruction formats. We also host dance classes and a myriad of community events, benefits, weddings, receptio ns, etc. more about The Abbey...
We agree with the "Great Places Declaration" and hope for the Abbey to be your arts focused "3rd place" in Upper Fremont.
NEWS
5/9: THANK YOU for greatly increasing our youth scholarship fund! On May 3rd the Fremont Music School put on an amazing Opera benefit
to raise funds for our youth scholarships fund to allow low income youth to enroll in music
classes & private lessons. A small portion of the funds raised will also go towards fixing up our newly donated grand piano (Thanks Mrs.
Henning!) so it can be used by students & performances. *Contact us to apply for your child if they are on free or reduced lunch.
On another note, thanks to K. Berry Associates for the ongoing donation of our sound equipment for the Ground Floor!
4/15: Tyler James will visit from Nashville on April 19th to perform an all-ages acoustic concert with special guest John Van Deusen (The Lonely Forest).
3/19: Youth Arts Scholarship now open. Apply now if your child qualifies for reduced or free lunch at school. Current scholarship opportunities are for music classes & private instruction or summer visual arts classes (african drumming/dance class coming soon). Just send an email to arts@fremontabbey.org for a PDF application.
3/15: The Round lineups are looking amazing, take a look at www.TheRound.org for more info & tickets.
"...a relaxed,
down-to-earth and—gasp!—fun evening where songwriters trade stories and
songs, quality poets ply their trade and visual art happens at the same
time." The Stranger
3/12: Another nice review (w/ video!) of The Round (33) from the typically hard to impress weekly, The Stranger.
2/29: GRAND OPEN HOUSE
Please stop by on Friday March 7th from 6-9pm for an Artwalk gone wild. Everything is FREE!
- Face painting for kids (by International Award-Winning Face Painter Robin McKerracher)
- Live Community painting (on easels) for kids & adults (by Scott Erickson)
- Live Music by locals 8:00-9:00
- Open Mic 6:00-7:00
- Samba Dance mini-lessons (by Janelle of Sambadance)
- Printmaking for kids/adults by Arianna (Skillshare coordinator)
- Artwalk: paintings from past Rounds (painted live) and other slower works by artists who have performed
- And for a donation, the ROUND25 CD will be available (features Damien Jurado, J. Tillman, Danny Sherrard, Troubletown)
ADDED: Swing Dance 9-11pm in the Great Hall - $5 suggested donation to supports the Arts Center.
2/22: Henry Art Gallery says nice things about us. Thank you Kira!
2/13: Chamber Music/Dance event, Various Dance classes, Arts Skillshare, The Round, and more coming up - see our Calendar for info!
2/1: Karen True (3rd Place Commons) added to our Advisory Board. Thanks for joining us Karen!
1/25: We are partially reopened! Fremont Music School lessons, Sierra Club party, wedding reception, The Round, meetings, and more have been happening in the Abbey already as we wrap up the extensive renovation project. Please pardon our dust (and come help us clean up and paint!).
Fremont Music School - ongoing private instruction & group classes. new non-profit with many teachers from the old American Music School that is no longer operational.
Voices in Wartime benefit - Feb 2 (cereal sculpting!)
The Round {33} w/ Jen Wood - Feb 12th
Simple Measures Chamber Music/Dance - Feb 15th
Stay tuned for Grand Opening fun coming March 7th
as well as dance & art classes starting soon.
11/8: Renovations going very well, see the photo blog for weekly updates. ROUND 31 is our 3rd annual Holiday Party w/ select alumni from 2007. This round will not be at a public venue so rsvp to arts (at) fremontabbey.org if you'd like to attend. Space is limited!
11/1: Shop online for holiday gifts and benefit the Abbey!
10/19: New Belgium Brewing donates $2000! Thank you so much for your community support.
10/18: ROUND29 & 30 being held @ Nectar Lounge on Tuesday's, October 23 & November 20
10/1: Renovations begin! See the new Abbey Blog for photos and ongoing updates on how we are improving this building for long-term community uses. We plan to reopen in early 2008, so contact us now if you'd like to reserve a date for your benefit, reception, party, etc.
9/18: ROUND 28 all set for Monday night! Great lineup & new "theatre short" this month theround.org
9/5: We are honored to host the Degenerate Art Ensemble "in residence" at the Abbey. They are holding private rehearsals through September for their new show!
8/22: Jason Webley & Monsters of Accordion show sells out! Thanks everyone for supporting.
ROUND 27 is August 27th and will be at Greenlake Community Center on the lawn across from Strbcks. It now features Josh Ottum (Friends for Heroes), Alessandra Rose (Kindness Kind), and Ritchie (Loch Lomond), poetry by Roberto Ascalon (Poet Populist nominee), and painting by Kristen Cochran & Jesse Brown (Urban Artworks).
8/2: Director Nathan Marion featured in Seattle Weekly's feature "Behind the Scene"!
7/15: Podcast of ROUND25 w/ Damien Jurado, J. Tillman, Jenna in Troubletown, and Danny Sherrard posted on iTunes
7/8: Podcast of Lily's performance at Round 24 downloaded over 1500 times since posting! (Thanks to Youth Speaks Seattle for sending Lily to the event.)
6/29: Andy Davis will be touring through from Nashville and playing an acoustic concert here at the Abbey on JULY 11th!
6/25: Round25 sells out! Thanks everyone for supporting the arts center, and thanks to Damien Jurado, J. Tillman, Jenna, Danny Sherrard, Scott Erickson, and Jen Grabarczyk for making it such an amazing evening of arts. LIVE CD COMING SOON.
(p.s. Our new parking signs worked great! No parking problems on 43rd, as we offer free parking at Urban Weeds & Zundel's lot).
6/17: Seattle Soap Box Derby is coming Sep 29. We'll be offering the arts center space to those needing a place to build their 'vehicles'. We can provide some tools and maybe even supplies & advice/assistance for low-income or young participants. 11a-4p on 1st Saturday's this summer. Maybe more in September.
6/6: Fremont Fair is June 16-17 and we'll be offering arts tents for youth (and parents) on Saturday & Sunday, 12-4pm in the ADOBE KIDS UNIVERSE just west of the Rocket Gate. Eco-tshirt making w/ Nature Consortium teachers, chalk drawing, live painters & community painting, coloring fair posters, etc. Some activities may continue after 4pm on Saturday but not tshirt making. Here's an indirect mention in the Seattle Times article about the fair.
6/2: Fremont Bridge opening event, approx 50 kids make eco-tshirts! Scott Erickson paints live with many 'helpers' from the crowd.
5/2: Fremont First Friday ART WALK
Featuring works by Damien Jurado, C. Charles Bowden, Tim Tinker, Greg Nyssen, Amanda Ringstad, Brian Barber, Rustee Pace, Greg Lutze, Eric Fischer
4/6: We will be tabling at the "Neighborhood Awareness Night" @ Adobe building, 5:30-7:30 on TUESDAY, April 10
4/5: Round23 lineup growing for April 23 - Noah Weaver (U.S.E.) & Julie Jane added + special guests!
Visual Arts class going very well, approx. 20 people attending each Thursday night.
3/19: Round22 draws about 100 folks, wonderful performances by local teens Canary Sing (Youth Speaks), Victor Ramirez (Urban Artworks), and a variety of non-teens like Horse Feathers and more.
3/10: Arts Events & Experiences survey
3/3: KEXP Benefit raises $2250! The show sold out by 10pm! Thank you for supporting!
Also a huge thanks to KEXP, Highdive, Seattle Sound Mag, 3Imaginary Girls, Destee shirts, New Belgium...
"Since the get go with the Community Partnershipsprogram I've wanted tohave a Fremont organization be a part of this. So we're happy to beworkingwith the Fremont Abbey this month! The work they're doing is vital tothe future of our artistic community and should be supported." - JohnRichards, KEXP 90.3
2/14: Take our new Arts Education Survey for youth & adults
2/13: Visual Arts Class scheduled to begin March 15th, see Calendar(6 weeks)
2/12: Nathan Marion & Scott Erickson talk with John Richards live on KEXP 90.3 at 8am (streaming archive)
2/08: Nathan Marion begins after school video project with students @ BF Day School - with Ann Sloper (Fremont Arts Council president) & Wallingford Boys & Girls Club
2/05: KEXP 90.3 begins Community Partnership with The Abbey for all of FEBRUARY! The sponsorship culminates in a benefit show March 3rd @ The Highdive. (KEXP is the top non-commercial radio station in the world as far as we know.)
12/6/06: Awarded $14,900 matching fund grant from City of Seattle Dept of Neighborhoods to evaluate arts education needs & test out a variety of workshops, classes, & programs for all ages. (Photo w/ Mayor Greg Nickels coming soon!)
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4272 Fremont Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
On the corner of 43rd & Fremont,
uphill from the "center of the universe"
across from Cafe Vita & Urban Weeds
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