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

WINTER PROGRAM ACCESS ART SIGN UP IS NOW CLOSED. PLACEMENTS WILL BE EMAILED TO PARTICIPANTS WHO SIGNED UP BY MARCH 7 OR EARLIER. If you have any questions, please email program@pathwithart.org or call 206-601-7112.

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.

THE MAGIC FLUTE AT SEATTLE OPERA

Friday, MARCH 7
7:30pm PST
160 minute runtime + 1 intermission

McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street

Seattle, WA 98109

Myth, magic, and Mozart. Enter the whimsical world of Mozart with this beloved audience favorite in a striking new-to-Seattle production featuring eye-popping hand-drawn animation. In a quest to save the beautiful Pamina, Prince Tamino is joined by the bird catcher Papageno and is given a magic flute with extraordinary powers. The two face a vengeful Queen of the Night and many other trials that test their fidelity, love, and determination. But all ends well when truths are revealed and new love blossoms.

Featuring seamless interaction between onstage performers and animated visuals, this production is a “wonderful show” that is “great for opera lovers, newbies and the whole family” (Los Angeles Times). Inspired by silent movies, Barrie Kosky’s colorful and energetic production comes to Seattle after receiving standing ovations at opera houses around the world.

Learn more about The Magic Flute on the Seattle Opera website.

A Conversation with Natasha Lyonne at seattle arts & lectures (VIRTUAL EVENT)

Tuesday, March 11
7:30pm PST

livestream event - online

Natasha Lyonne continues to push boundaries as an Emmy- and Golden Globe nominated producer, actor, writer and director with more than three decades in the industry to her name. Known for co-creating the acclaimed series Russian Doll and her pivotal roles in Orange is the New Black and Poker Face, Lyonne’s work is traced with golden stars.

Q&A with Community Curated Series director Ted Chiang.

Learn more about the online lecture at Seattle Arts & Lectures website.

Emergence AT PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET

thursday, March 20
7:30pm PST

McCaw Hall
321 Mercer St
Seattle, WA 98109

Crystal Pite’s audience favorite Emergence returns after a seven-year hiatus!

“Like the best works of art, it transforms its audience, as well as its participants,” says The Seattle Times of Emergence. This mesmerizing piece is accompanied by Jerome Robbins’ intimate Afternoon of a Faun, Marco Goecke’s solo work Mopey, and a World Premiere from PNB dancer and choreographer Price Suddarth. Each of these choreographers pushes the boundaries of dance with their own unique vision, and are especially remarkable when juxtaposed with one another.

Learn more about Emergence at the PNB website.

Waitress at 5th avenue theatre

friday, March 21
7:30pm PST
2 hr 45 minute runtime + 1 intermission

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

Sara Bareilles's pop-rock musical is filled with scrumptious pie--so much pie--and is one of the most famous musicals from the past decade. It's a story of friendship, chosen family, and embracing love from unexpected places. Jenna dreams of leaving behind a life she didn't imagine for herself, and the announcement of a baking contest could be her ticket out. Supported by her best friends, Jenna chooses to open her heart to the messier parts of life, which certainly don't come with a recipe.

Open Caption Performance, Music and Lyrics by Sara Bareilles
Book by Jessie Nelson
Based on the motion picture by Adrienne Shelly
Directed and Choreographed by Lisa Shriver

Learn more about Mary Poppins on the 5th Avenue Theatre website.

Disney's Fantasia in Concert with the Seattle Symphony

saturday, March 22
8pm PST

BENAROYA HALL
200 University St
Seattle, WA 98101

Join us for a thrilling performance of Disney’s groundbreaking marriage of symphonic music and animation, Fantasia. Magnificent repertoire from the original 1940 version, including Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite, will be performed by the Seattle Symphony while Disney’s stunning film is shown on the big screen. Experience iconic moments and childhood favorites like never before!

Learn more at the Seattle Symphony website.

Dynasty Handbag’S Titanic Depression AT ON THE BOARDS

Thursday, March 27
8pm pst

OtB Merrill Wright Theatre
100 W Roy St
Seattle, WA 98119
Enter on 1st Ave W

A hilarious reimagining of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic by the peerlessly subversive and wacky Dynasty Handbag.

Dynasty Handbag’s Titanic Depression sends up James Cameron’s 1997 Hollywood hit, reimagining it as a hilariously bleak parable of human arrogance in today’s era of runaway, consumerism-driven climate change. Co-presented by New York Live Arts as part of its 2023 Live Arts festival Planet Justice, Titanic Depression is Dynasty Handbag’s first major institutional commission in nearly eight years.

More so a live multimedia event than solely performance, Titanic Depression combines animation, video, soundscapes and improvisation into a story about how a ship advertised as unsinkable strikes an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sinks; fitted with too few lifeboats, Titanic’s poor, third class passengers were largely left behind as the vessel’s wealthier occupants were rushed to safety. The disaster became a potent symbol of the haves versus the have nots.

Learn more about the performance at On the Boards website.

TOUR OF “Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei” (+ GENERAL ADMISSION) AT SEATTLE ART MUSEUM

Wednesday, April 9 or Thursday April 10
ACTUAL DATE OR TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED**

Seattle Art MUseum
1300 1st Ave
Seattle, WA 98101

“Everything is art. Everything is politics.” Globally renowned artist Ai Weiwei (Chinese, b. 1957) is celebrated as a disruptor of artistic canons and a champion of free expression. In his work—ranging across performance, photography, sculpture, video, and installation—he deploys humor and provocation, calling upon his viewers to examine history, society, and culture. Organized by SAM, Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei highlights the artistic strategies of his 40-year career for questioning forms of power. It marks the artist’s first US retrospective in over a decade and his largest-ever US exhibition.

Ai, Rebel explores over 130 works created over four decades, from the 1980s to the 2020s, offering visitors a rare opportunity to engage with the conceptual artist’s wide-ranging body of work. Iconic works from his career are on view, including Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (1995), Study of Perspective (1995–2011), Sunflower Seeds (2010), Neolithic Vase with Coca Cola Logo (Gold) (2015), and Illumination (2019). The exhibition also features several works making their international debut.

This Access Art event includes General Admission to SAM, as well as entrance to the special Ai Weiwei exhibit.

Learn more about the performance at Seattle Art Museum website.

Participants placed in this Access Art event will receive the confirmed date and time as soon as it becomes available.**

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.