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Experience learning through the Arts for ALL ages & incomes!
The Abbey is a hub for artists, students, and community members of all ages & incomes to expand their creativity, artistic skill, explore new ideas and develop deeper connections between brain, body, and their community! We host many events, workshops and other artistic community experiences that encourage learning. We also welcome local teachers to offer classes in the space at very low cost.
ONLINE, Mondays from 6-8pm: Sign Up Here
ONLINE, Tuesdays from 6-8pm: Sign Up Here
ONLINE, Wednesday Afternoons from 12-2pm : Sign Up Here
1/2/24 PREVIEW CLASS: Sign Up Here
Duration: 12 Weeks, evening class | Evening Class
Level: Introductory & All levels
Visit our events page for more information.
Part art-making class, part creative project accountability group, Creative Workspace is for creative people of all disciplines. This is not a technique class. Nope. Technique is useful, but it’s not the thing that lights my fire. Ideas are what really get me going.
Through weekly assignments and in-class exercises, we explore a million different ways to spark imagination, and we dig into questions like, “What do I want to say with my art?” “What do I want to be putting into the world?” and “How can I use art to respond to what’s going on around me or process what I’m experiencing?”
Mondays from 6:30-8pm: low frequency floorwork, beginner friendly
Wednesdays from 9:30-11:15am: high frequency floorwork, advanced level
Duration: Ongoing, drop-ins ok | Evening Class
Level: Introductory & All levels
See calendar for schedule & additional details
About Undercurrent:
Undercurrent is a Seattle-based dance company dedicated to creating and experimenting with floorwork technique, experiential design, music videos, immersive pop-up performances, and care-centered community building.
Founded in 2017 by Hilary Grumman, Liv Fauver, + Ashley Jade and directed by Hilary since late 2019, Undercurrent offers varied floorwork classes, from an all-ages community practice to high-frequency technique for professional dancers. Drawing on floorwork training in Piso Móvil, Flying Low, Psico-Físico, RUBBERBAND, Jorge Crecis, Ihsan Rustem, Moving Air, Duela-Cemento, A Surprised Body, CONTINUUM, Austrian Parkour, and 11 years of personal floorwork research, Hilary continues to fine-tune a thoughtful and thorough technique that can be taught from the ground up. Through this, movers learn the tactile mechanics and nurture muscle memory to care for their joints while experiencing the rush of floorwork flow, complex inversions, and tricks.
Undercurrent has led intensives for universities, such as the University of Washington and Cornish College of the Arts, as well as hosted workshops with Fremont Abbey, Velocity Dance Center, WHYTEBERG, Lavinia Vago, Spectrum Dance Theater, Harald Stojan, Nicole von Arx, Elia Mrak, the YC2, and Daniel Costa Dance. Commissions include choreography and performance for Sessions in Place, The Round, Kaylee Elizabeth, Starbucks, and more.
Cost: All classes are donation-based (most folks give $15-40) via cash or Venmo @danceundercurrent.
First & Third Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30pm: relaxing, beginner friendly yoga classes
Duration: Ongoing, drop-ins ok | Evening Class
Level: Introductory & All levels
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Join Kaelyn every first and third Tuesday from 5:30-6:30pm for relaxing, beginner friendly yoga classes!
Kaelyn believes that increased self-awareness through yoga is a path to both personal and societal healing. Her personal yoga practice helped her gain confidence, patience, and grace while navigating the inevitable ups and downs of life. A 200 hour RYT (trained by The Yoga and Ayurveda Center) Kaelyn specializes in Vinyasa and Restorative Yoga. Her style is influenced by an extensive dance background, combining fluid movement and gentle strength to facilitate greater body awareness. Kaelyn loves empowering people to listen to their bodies and discover the edge of their abilities in a safe and nurturing way.
Cost: Evening Slow Flow is donation based and open to all. Feel free to contact Kaelyn with any questions at kaelyn.thede@gmail.com
See our online calendar for times/offerings.
Duration: Ongoing, drop-ins ok | Evening Class
Level: Introductory & All levels
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About Dance Church:
HOW IT STARTED
Beginning as a small Sunday morning movement practice, Dance Church was created by Kate Wallich in 2010.
Over the course of a decade, a joyful community of dancers and non-dancers alike have turned Dance Church into a massive gathering of people around the world, dancing and sweating together.
In-person classes were hosted regularly in New York, Seattle, Portland, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles and have popped up in cities worldwide.
Cost: Reference current ticket and availability information here.
Mondays Afro Brazilian Dance w/ Live Music
Duration: Ongoing, drop-ins ok | Evening Class
Level: Introductory & All levels
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Please join Anne Blommer every Monday 6:30-8:00pm
Fremont Abbey: 4272 Fremont Ave N, Seattle WA. 98103.
An energetic and fun class covering a variety of Afro Brazilian dance traditions such as Samba, Samba-Reggae, Maracatu, and Orixa dance.
Class card: 5 for $90 (3 month expiration)
Single Class Drop-in: $20
Payment Methods: credit card (Square), check, or cash
For more info, contact seattlesamba@comcast.net
See calendar for schedule & additional details
See calendar for schedule & additional details
Wednesdays Wing-Tsun Kung Fu Self Defense with Brad Huggins. Email or calendar for details and current schedule.
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Wednesdays Lesson series happen frequently. Check the Bohemian Rhapsody Milonga group page for details.
Want the most up to date info? Find class details, teachers, & updated schedules via our
Looking for Ivar’s kids music classes? 0-5 w/ caretaker – Visit: MyStompingGround.org
See our Pinterest for some mind expanding art from around the world – www.ArtsBrain.org
Look for Abbey Arts Early Show Concerts, before or after nap time – Events Page
June 21-22 Abbey Arts Tent @ Fremont Fair, FREE!
May 31, 2014 YoGreenies — A FUN family event with yoga and green smoothie making!
May 11th, 2013 @ Woodland Park Zoo – Mommy & Me event with arts activities by Abbey teaching artists and special music performance by Pepper Proud on stage at 1:30pm in her kids music band (and animal costumes!). www.zoo.org for more
June 1, 2013, Noon – EARLY SHOW at the Abbey with local bands performing fun music for ALL ages, before or after nap times. 🙂 Family tickets available! See our Facebook events for updates as they become available.
June 22-23, 2013 @ Fremont Fair – Kids arts activities (and more for ALL ages) plus Abbey stage! www.fremontfair.org for more
Kidz 4 Art — Now enrolling! Affordable six-week sessions
Thursdays from 4:00-5:00 pm with Kathleen McHugh & Karen MacKenzie.
*SPECIAL FIRST TIME REGISTRATION DISCOUNT*
These classes are geared towards children ages 7-13. They will learn art
fundamentals through fun, exploratory projects. Along with helping to express
creative individuality, they will also learn skills that they can apply to ALL
facets of learning!
Register @ Kidz4Art.wordpress.com
Cooking classes return! Join in all the food/arts fun on the first Monday of each month. Register Now, minimum 5 students to activate. See Google Calendar for most up to date class information, or for more from past classes click over to the SUPERFOODS PAGE.
10/22/12 – 10/23/12
@ Fremont Oktoberfest – Family Village – 11 am-4pm – FREE! Learn to polka, zucchini races, community sculpture & more! Find us outside of ticketed Oktoberfest area @35th & Phinney Avenue.
6/1/12 – Fremont Fair is coming up June 16-17! Tons of FREE fun for the family + the Abbey Stage and more. www.fremontfair.org
5/2/12 – More workshops for kids happening at Solid Ground‘s Brettler Family Place! Introducing ArtCycle: Junk into Art Workshop. Your donations support these arts programs for formerly homeless families.
4/4/12 – Fresh Spring Classes are here, in addition to our ongoing classes – Register Now!
[5-6 yrs Brain Meets Body: Modern Dance Adventures] – Mondays 4-4:55p [9-12 yrs Action! Kids Beginning Film Class] – Thursdays 4-5:30pScholarships available for kids on free/reduced lunch. Applies to most group classes & even some private music instruction.
We believe everyone is creative and that people of all ages and all incomes should have access to community-centered arts experiences. Which means both learning in classes and learning through performing and attending performances are vital.
Here at the Fremont Abbey, local skilled teaching artists share their passion and impart knowledge to all ages and incomes in ways that are interactive, inspiring and giving back to the community.
Our classes or performance opportunities:
Want an unique, creative birthday party? Host your child’s personalized Art Explorers party here at the Abbey complete with fun themes and teaching artists from the Abbey’sclasses available to help with mini-classes that are fun & educational.
Sliding Scale pricing for all incomes, typically $150-500 depending on date/time/teacher/etc.
To remain a vibrant community arts center, we strive to be accessible for all ages and incomes. We believe (and recent studies have shown) that collaborative arts experiences actually strengthen individuals and communities… not to mention the effect on your brain development at any age!
One of the ways we support development and stay sustainable is by offering “built in” scholarships with every group class at the Abbey.
Many Abbey classes have a minimum size to become active as well as a maximum size to maintain a quality educational experience. Please tell your friends to join!
Most of our classes are started by local teachers who want to help in their community for a truly grass-roots Arts Education experience! The key to success is an exciting & fun class that fills a need and can be promoted well to have at least 5 students enrolled (+ any scholarship students). Feel free to email classes(at)fremontabbey.org with your proposal.
