The Henry Gallery Association

The Henry is globally recognized for bold and challenging exhibitions, pushing The boundaries of contemporary art, and being The first to premiere new works by established and emerging artists. Our exhibitions and programs present narratives often absent from public discourse, centering works by those marginalized by inequitable structures and systems, including artists who identify as women, people of The global majority (pgm), and lgbtq+. Education is fundamental to The Henry's mission to connect our community to The power of art. We design public and educational programs around exhibitions as points of access to The museum and to artists. We strive to ensure that offerings reflect an attract The full spectrum of our community and that communities of color see The Henry as inviting and inclusive. The Henry served 40,905 visitors in fy2023. We continue to offer pay-what-you-wish admissions to lower financial barriers to access and we are always free for youth, students, and uw faculty and staff. Free programs served 860 people, helping maximize public benefit. Seventy-four school groups and community tours brought 1,150 youth to The Gallery. Service accommodations include mobility access, listening devices, live and closed captioning, transcripts, braille and low-vision signage, and all-gender restrooms. A) representative exhibitions thick as mud explored how mud animates relationships between people and place through The work of eight contemporary artists. With a range of aesthetic approaches from figurative clay sculpture to audio recordings of The swamp The artists engaged mud as a material or subject that shapes personal and collective histories, memory, and imagination. Nina chanel abney: fishing was his life centered The rich culture and commerce of fishing within The african american community, celebrating a long legacy of identity and self-determination intimately entangled with coastal fisheries while also conjuring The structural inequities that threaten black life and livelihoods within The industry. This was a densely wooded hill, a community collaborative exhibition with yehaw, a collective of interdisciplinary indigenous creatives, explored and reflected on The ongoing displacement of native and indigenous peoples from their ancestral territories. Henry offsite: chlo bass-soft services was part of The Henry's initiative to bring commissions of new work into The public sphere through collaborations with community partners. This commission in partnership with volunteer park trust placed fourteen stone benches throughout The park. Engraved inscriptions and images tied into The local flora and The histories of volunteer park as a site for aids activism how that memorialization and tragic loss resonates with our pandemic experiences and grappled with The ongoing politics of isolation, shame, care, and what binds us in sickness and in health. Taking care: collection support studio shared 103 objects from The Henry's collection that are rarely on view. During The exhibition, The collections team embarked upon a large-scale collections care project in a temporary studio constructed in The middle of The Gallery. This allowed visitors a behind-the-scenes experience of collections care that is rarely open to public view. Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt was an exhibition of moving-image installations drawn from The Henry's collection. University of Washington mfa + mdes thesis exhibition: The Henry annually presents The university of Washington's school of art + art history + design master of fine arts and master of design thesis exhibition. Fine arts and design students work with advisers and other artists to develop advanced techniques, expand concepts, discuss critical issues, and emerge with a vision and direction for their own work. B) public and educational programs exhibition artist talks, lectures, panels, and workshops provide opportunities for The community to meet The artists featured in our exhibition season and engage in in-depth learning opportunities about contemporary art led by uw faculty and other experts.artventures offers free, quarterly, onsite and online workshops that draw from themes in our exhibitions to link school-aged children, families, and caregivers with opportunities to experiment with new materials and modes of making. The Henry teen art collective connects up to 15 diverse youth from ten regional schools with innovators in The field around experiential learning. Participants meet weekly during The academic year for artist-led workshops, independent research, collaborative brainstorming, art making, and conversations with art professionals. Participants receive a $599 stipend. The Henry art liaisons program provides a paid internship for up to six university students to learn museum practices and take The lead developing Gallery tours that they conduct with a social-justice lens. Henry art liaisons also facilitate special tours for underserved seniors to increase social connection through intergenerational exchange. K-12 tours invite school groups to visit and engage in dialogue that sparks students' imaginations and connect contemporary art to their classroom curriculum. Staff work with educators to customize The experience to meet their goals and needs. Interpretive guide print publications invite members of The community, uw, and partner organizations to contribute interpretive responses to current Henry exhibitions. Contributors receive a stipend.

The Henry's permanent collection is a distinct cultural asset supporting scholarship and The interests of The public. With over 28,000 objects, including significant holdings in photography, mid-19th to 21st-century painting, works on paper including european master prints, a textile and costume collection, and a growing body of works in new media formats. The collection's searchable online database, accessed through The Henry's website, is designed to provide many points of entry to information and images associated with collections objects. Annually, more than 8,000 researchers access our collection online. By appointment, we host visitors in our eleanor reed collection study center, where students, scholars, and The public may view works of art from our permanent collection, free of charge. The Henry has a growing collection of important works from The 15th century to The present, including The renowned joseph and elaine monsen collection of photography, and new acquisitions reflecting The dynamic range of contemporary art being created worldwide. Sub-collections of note are: The stimson-bullitt collection of 19th century prints japanese folk pottery and northwest ceramics The thomas and frances blakemore collection of japanese prints The burt and jane berman collection of contemporary art The william and ruth true collection of contemporary art The albert feldmann collection of european master prints, and The Washington art consortium collection of american photographs, 1970-1980. The Henry is able to present a nearly comprehensive survey of printmaking, grounded in its social and political history.