INSPIRING ARTISTS, DIVERSIFYING AUDIENCES

Our Access Art program facilitates opportunities for participants to attend (in-person and virtual) first rate performances, exhibitions, guided tours, and lectures, all at no cost. By collaborating with our Arts Partners, Access Art exposes Path with Art participants to the creative pulse of Seattle, providing access to local arts and cultural experiences and fostering a sense of active participation in the greater community. Access Art also benefits local cultural institutions by broadening and diversifying their audience base.

2025 ACCESS ART EVENTS

SUMMER PROGRAM ACCESS ART IS OPEN UNTIL AUGUST 11

Participants will be placed in one of the below Access Art opportunities. Unless otherwise noted, each event is for one ticket per person.

Please indicate your top three choices on the sign up form in the event your first-choice has more interest than available tickets. Priority for all Access Art events is based on prior attendance records, past wait-lists, and not based on when you register within the registration period.

If you have any questions or need help signing up, please email program@pathwithart.org or call or text 206-601-7112

AFTER MIDNIGHT at 5th avenue theatre

Sunday, August 17
1:30pm PST (Open caption performance)

5th avenue theatre
1308 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101

>>TICKET: 1

Immerse yourself in the sultry, swingin’ Jazz Age of the Harlem Renaissance, where the Cotton Club is the place to be! Infused with the iconic tunes of Duke Ellington, Dorothy Fields, Harold Arlen, and more, After Midnight weaves groundbreaking jazz standards with rapturous dance and the rhythmic poetry of Langston Hughes in a jubilant production fit to blow the roof off the theater. Timeless songs like “Stormy Weather,” “On the Sunny Side of the Street,” and “It Don’t Mean a Thing” will have you leaping to your feet to join the fun.

• Winner of the Tony®, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards

• Featuring a live jazz band on stage, and the best tap dancing in the Pacific Northwest

• A 5th Avenue Theatre debut and original staging

Learn more about After Midnight at the 5th Ave Theater Website.

Wheelchair seating available upon reservation. Select shows with ASL and captioning, Audio description devices also available.

Bumbershoot

Saturday 8/30 and Sunday 8/31
All Day

Seattle Center

>>TICKET: 1

Bumbershoot is a full-spectrum arts and music experience—from punk to performance art, ballet to wrestling, pole dancing to roller skating, food to fashion, and all manner of ingenuity in between. Celebrating creators and innovators of all kinds, Bumbershoot breaks stereotypes, champions a more inclusive art community and bets on the dreamers, makers and performers who call the Pacific Northwest home. It is Seattle’s moss-covered Mardi Gras, daring everyone to join in the spectacle.

This year’s headliners include Janelle Monáe, Weezer, Bright Eyes, Bob the Drag Queen, Digable Planets and much more!

Learn more at Bumbershoot’s website.

Accessibility offerings: Wheelchair accessible, accessible viewing areas, service animals permitted (not emotional support animals), sensory kits available for checkout, quiet room.

Special Tour of the National Nordic Museum

Friday, September 5
2–3:30pm PST

2655 NW Market St
Seattle, WA 98107

>>Ticket: 1

Founded in 1979, the National Nordic Museum is the only institution of its size and scale in the United States to present the history and culture of the entire Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the regions of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland, and the cultural region of Sápmi) and the legacy of Nordic immigrants to the United States.

Located along Seattle’s working waterfront in an iconic building that embodies Nordic design, the institution is both a museum and a community gathering place.

This is a special tour offered to Path with Art!

Service animals are welcome. Magnifiers and EnChroma glasses can be checked out at the Admissions desk. Wheelchair accessible.

Seattle Aquarium

General Admission Ticket | Anytime the Aquarium is Open | In-Person

1483 Alaskan Way Pier 59
Seattle, WA 98101

>>Ticket: 1

The Seattle Aquarium, located on the waterfront at Pier 59 with the stunning new Ocean Pavilion, offers an immersive and accessible experience that connects visitors to the wonders of marine life. From the dramatic Window on Washington Waters and the 360-degree Underwater Dome to vibrant tropical reef habitats and interactive exhibits, the Aquarium blends science, storytelling, and design to inspire care for our one interconnected ocean. With a strong focus on accessibility—including sensory-inclusive features, wheelchair access, and community-centered programming—the Seattle Aquarium is a welcoming space for all to explore, learn, and engage creatively with the natural world.

Learn more about Seattle Aquarium on their website.

Wheelchair accessible, lactation spaces, service animals, sensory inclusive, assistive listening, acessible parking, classroom accomodations

SEATtle art museum

General Admission TICKET | Anytime SAM is Open | In-Person

1300 1st Ave | Seattle, WA 98101

>>Ticket: 1 *one ticket allows entry for up to 6 people* 

Located downtown, one block from Pike Place Market, global art collections, temporary installations, and exhibitions from around the world bridge cultures and centuries.

Learn more about the Seattle Art Museum on their website.

Participants will be placed in one of the above Access Art opportunities. Please indicate your top three choices on the sign up form in the event your first-choice has more interest than available tickets. Priority for all Access Art events is based on prior attendance records, past wait-lists, and not based on when you register within the registration period.

If you have any questions or need assistance registering, please email program@pathwithart.org or call 206-601-7112.