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Art

Out of Office: Amazon design technologist makes ‘robot art’ and the tools to help others be creative

“My sketching is not to the level that I want, so instead I use code to create artwork,” says Maks Surguy, who has a Master of Science in Technology Innovation from the UW. Read More

Amazon HQ building will become new home for longtime Seattle ceramics nonprofit

The 59-year-old organization is leaving Pioneer Square and moving to a 10,000-square-foot location in Amazon’s Nitro North building previously occupied by Glassybaby. Read More

Out of Office: The bugs are a feature in this tech worker’s ‘beautiful and spooky’ artwork

A technical program manager at Oracle in Seattle, Bergen McMurray has an extensive background in tech and science. On the side, she creates unique wall art using butterflies, spiders, animal skulls and more. Read More

Seattle engineer’s Ghibli-style image goes viral, and sparks some backlash over AI art

By the end of last week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was asking people to “please chill” on making images with… Read More

Amazon design vet can’t shake desire to create art and music, so he left to build a new VR experience

Grant Hinkson spent almost nine years at Amazon, leading design engineering within the company’s Devices and Services Design Group. He… Read More

A portrait of tech and art together: Seattle school makes colorful new home in an Amazon HQ tower

In the same building where software engineers labor in front of computers to write code and build products, artists are… Read More

Museum of Illusions bringing blend of immersive art, science and psychology to downtown Seattle

Another museum is coming to downtown Seattle with the hopes of attracting visitors with a mix of interactive rooms and… Read More

Redmond high school student is ‘Google for Doodle’ contest winner for Washington state

Mahee Chandrasekhar, a 9th grader at Redmond High School in Redmond, Wash., is the Washington state winner in the 16th… Read More

Seattle-area students use tactile tech to help visually impaired people get a new feel for art

A group of elementary and middle school students from districts east of Seattle are working together on a project to… Read More

High-tech art experience WNDR Museum closes abruptly in Seattle after 8 months

WNDR Museum, an interactive, tech-infused art experience near the waterfront in downtown Seattle, has ceased operations eight months after opening.… Read More

Amazon is helping a longtime Seattle art school move into modern space at base of HQ building

Gage Academy of Art, a longtime school located in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, is moving to a modern facility at… Read More

Alexander Calder exhibit swings into motion in Seattle thanks to ex-Microsoft president’s major gift

A major new exhibition and multi-year initiative celebrating the life and work of artist Alexander Calder has opened at Seattle… Read More

Blurred lines between art and tech: AI’s impact on creativity elicits excitement — and some fear

In a building that used to be a grocery store in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood this week, the future of… Read More

Danish artist to troll Northwest with giant public sculptures, backed in part by Allen Foundation

Seattle’s famous Fremont Troll and the Seattle Kraken’s blue-haired mascot Buoy are going to get some company this summer when… Read More

Google’s search for top doodle ends with sixth grader’s artwork inspired by life with her sisters

Like a lot of kids, Rebecca Wu has been doodling for quite some time. Her dad said she first started… Read More

Bellevue student’s Google Doodle artwork reaches top five in contest, with chance to be on homepage

Rebecca Wu is one step away from gaining Google homepage fame — and some serious cash. Rebecca, a student at… Read More

Bellevue student’s artwork among 55 finalists in ‘Doodle for Google’ contest

A student at the International School in Bellevue, Wash., is among the finalists in the Doodle for Google contest, and… Read More

Former Microsoft president donates 48 Alexander Calder works and $10M to Seattle Art Museum

Former Microsoft President Jon Shirley and his wife Kim are gifting a significant collection of works by sculptor Alexander Calder… Read More

Remembering Jon Strongbow, a mainstay of Seattle’s art scene

Friends and family of the late Seattle artist Jon Strongbow gathered for a memorial panel earlier this month at Emerald… Read More

WNDR-ful for downtown Seattle: Inside the new immersive museum that blends art and tech

If you’ve been wondering what it will take to entice more people to visit downtown Seattle, it might just be… Read More

Paul Allen’s private art collection fetches more than $1.5B in record-setting auction

The sale of the private art collection of the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen shattered auction records on Wednesday night,… Read More

Meta officially cuts ribbon on growing Bellevue office space as tech and art merge in Spring District

With cranes still swinging overhead and construction continuing on the Spring District in Bellevue, Wash., Meta officially threw open the… Read More

A ‘Prairie’ in the desert: Tech vet gets his hands dirty planting immersive light show at Burning Man

James Gwertzman has always been a “tinkerer.” He has early memories of soldering together an AM radio kit with his… Read More

Paul Allen’s $1B private art collection to be auctioned by Christie’s in ‘unprecedented’ sale

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s extensive private collection of art, valued at more than $1 billion, will be sold by Christie’s… Read More

Meet the Seattle techie picked to lead a new venture arm at iconic auction house Christie’s

Legendary auction house Christie’s got a front-row seat to the NFT craze. In March 2021, the 256-year-old art merchant facilitated… Read More

Amazon vet flips NFT model on its head, creates a climate friendly marketplace for digital art sales

Well before cryptocurrencies and NFTs began to fizzle this spring, Carly Rector was already sour on their use for digital… Read More

Artists try to paint clearer picture of why museum’s idea to engage Seattle’s tech community fell short

Greg Lundgren called it a “rough week.” The longtime artist, arts advocate and current director of Seattle’s Museum of Museums… Read More

Seattle museum cancels ‘Amazon vs Microsoft’ exhibition after backlash over tech and art in city

Plans for a Seattle art exhibition that would have showcased work by employees of Amazon and Microsoft have been called… Read More

Tech entrepreneurs opening Seattle NFT Museum to showcase digital artform in a physical space

Art lovers curious about what to make of the craze around NFTs and the rush to collect such digital assets… Read More

Seattle cutout artist Rudy Willingham teaming with singer Lil Nas X for TikTok’s first foray into NFTs

Rudy Willingham, the Seattle artist known for his colorful, stop-motion photo cutouts on social media, is teaming with rapper/singer Lil… Read More

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