in the Community
Committed to embracing the vibrancy of the arts in our community, Chihuly Garden and Glass supports opportunities for education and involvement in the arts through community partnerships. From the beginning, Chihuly Garden and Glass has actively supported the art development and the artists’ community in the Pacific Northwest. Through a selection of community partnerships, offering more than ten thousand tickets a year and starting Refract, the nation's premier glass art festival, along with collaborating with City of Seattle to add art to the Seattle Center campus, Chihuly Garden and Glass continues to make a positive impact across the globe.
Mission
Through the work of artist Dale Chihuly, we celebrate our region’s creative energy and inspire visitors to engage with our region’s cultural community.
Community Partners
To further arts engagement for all within the Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, Chihuly Garden and Glass has partnered in significant ways with a handful of local organizations including SOLA and Seattle Public Schools.
SOLA
SOLA stands for Support of Old Lady Artists and was founded in 2016 to honor accomplished, yet under-recognized, mature women visual artists. SOLA founder and artist, Ginny Ruffner, established a small, but mighty team of experienced women professionals in the arts to explore and shape SOLA’s growth.
Seattle Public Schools
Seattle Public Schools is the largest K-12 school system in Washington State, serving more than 47,000 students in 91 schools. Chihuly Garden and Glass has supplied over 17,000 tickets to the exhibition for young students since the program started and continues to offer filed trip opportunities for learning about the science of matter during the months of February and March each year.“I teach kids they can use any color, any size paper, work any way they want to. There are no boundaries, there are no rules.”—Dale Chihuly
Center Art Foundation
Since opening Chihuly Garden and Glass in 2012, Center Art, LLC has supported the important work of many arts organizations in the region. The company established Center Art Foundation* in 2018 to further enhance the quality-of-life in our communities through continued support of the arts.
Through the Center Art Foundation, we remain committed to building a vibrant community by connecting people to art in meaningful ways. We fulfill this commitment through financial and in-kind support of arts organizations, youth arts programs, school arts education and scholarships for individual artists to empower the next generation of artists
Past community partners and organizations supported have included:
Artist Trust, Arts Corps Arts Fund, Bumbershoot, CERF+, Gage Academy of Art, Hilltop Artists, KEXP, Museum of Glass’ Hot Shop, Heroes Northwest Film Forum, Path with Art, Pilchuck Glass School, Pottery Northwest, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle Children’s Museum, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture’s Mayor’s Arts Awards, Seattle Symphony’s youth program, Seattle Theatre Group, TeenTix, The Vera Project, Youth in Focus
All monetary donations are by invitation only.
*The Center Art Foundation is a component fund of the Seattle Foundation. Seattle Foundation is qualified for tax exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Seattle Foundation’s Tax ID number is 91-6013536.
COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT TICKETS
The community enrichment ticket program at Chihuly Garden and Glass reaches out to many non-profit community organizations throughout King County to offer complimentary tickets for the individuals they serve, as well as the team and volunteers who support them. Over the years, the program has expanded to have some groups to visit the Exhibition as a field trip experience, receiving tours and glassblowing demonstrations.
Included below are some of the organizations and programs that benefited from the donation of tickets.
AARTH · Alpha Supported Living Services · Amara · Ballard Boys and Girls Club · Ballard Food Bank · Beacon Arts · Bellwether Housing BRIDGES Transition Program (Ingraham HS) · Boyer Children's Clinic Boys and Girls Club – Wallingford · Casa Latina · The Center School Center for Human Services · Classroom in Bloom · Cleveland High School Community House · Community Roots Housing · Compass Housing Alliance DESC · El Centro de la Raza · Empowering Youth and Families Outreach FamilyWorks Resource Center + Food Bank · Full Life Care Gage Academy of Art · Global Visionaries · Happiness Alliance · Helping Link HERO House NW · Highline Bridges · Indigenouz Placemakerz International Rescue Committee · Jewish Family Service Seattle John Volken Academy· Jubilee Women's Center · King FM L'Arche · Lifelong Recreation NE · Lutheran Community Services Northwest Make-a-Wish · Medhane-Alem Evangelical Church · Medic One New Beginnings · Northwest Education Access · Pacific Bonsai Museum Path With Art · Para Los Niños · Plymouth Housing · Pottery Northwest Rainier Beach High School · Rainier Scholars · Recovery Café Rogers High School · Ronald McDonald House · Sakya Monastery Seattle Architecture Foundation · Seattle Center Festál Seattle Center Foundation · Seattle Center Foundation Clinic Seattle Children's Hospital · Seattle Union Gospel Mission SIFF · TeenTix · Tlingit + Haida WA Chapter · Treehouse Uptown Alliance · UW School of Art + Art History + Design Woodland Park Zoo · Youthcare
For more information or to request tickets reach out to the team at communityenrichment@chihulygardenandglass.com.
Donations
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ROUND-UP AT CHIHULY GARDEN AND GLASS
Guests who visit the Chihuly Garden and Glass' bookstore have the opportunity to round-up their purchases to the nearest dollar and donate the difference to Native Arts & Cultures Foundation. Thanks to our generous guests and Team Members, Chihuly Garden and Glass donated more than $15,000. These funds support their mission of promoting positive social change with American Indians, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native peoples in the United States. To learn more, visit www.nativeartsandcultures.org.