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.

2024 ACCESS ART EVENTS

FALL PROGRAM ACCESS ART SIGN UP IS NOW CLOSED. CHECK BACK ON THIS PAGE IN 2025 FOR MORE EVENTS!

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 assistance registering, please email program@pathwithart.org or call 206-601-7112.

holiday pops at seattle symphony

sunday, December 8
2pm PST
90 minute runtime + 1 intermission

S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium - Benaroya Hall
200 University St, Seattle, WA 98101

There’s no place like Benaroya Hall for the holidays! Powerhouse pianist and multi-hyphenate star Chloe Flower joins the orchestra for this dazzling program full of popular holiday favorites and plenty of yuletide cheer. Chloe Flower's self-created "popsical" genre is bridging the gap between classical and pop, bringing a fresh and exciting take on all of the joyful sounds of the holiday season. 

Learn more about Holiday Pops on the Seattle Symphony website.

robin wall kimmerer at seattle arts & lectures (VIRTUAL EVENT)

Monday, december 9
7:30pm PST

livestream event - online

Author of the sensational Braiding Sweetgrass—a book that forever changed nature writing—Robin Wall Kimmerer returns with The Serviceberry. A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world, The Serviceberry is an antidote to the broken relationships and misguided goals of our times, and a reminder that “hoarding won’t save us; all flourishing is mutual.”

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants as well as Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. Kimmerer is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.

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

Juni One Set: Degenerate Art Ensemble with Senga Nengudi and yuniya edi kwon at on the boards

thursday, december 12
8pm PST

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

Boy mother / faceless bloom is a collaboration of Degenerate Art Ensemble, visual artist Senga Nengudi and musician/performer yuniya edi kwon. Threading mythology and autobiography, while drawing from the diverse lineages of queer, anti-colonial, and care-based artistic practices, Boy mother / faceless bloom is an interdisciplinary performance work. Dance, music, poetry, ritual, and sculptural installation converge to tell a story of transformation, transgression, and the formation of new transcestral lines. From the group’s statement: “Our work is intensely collaborative, rooted in the deepest respect and love we hold for one another. Through an intentional, transformational process, we build a world within which we can be free. Our bodies live in fear, in the shadows of beginning-less violence, in joy and in care. Through ritual and embodiment, we find openings for healing and growth and invite others to arrive. We are trying to tell a story we never want to end.”

Learn more about the performance at On the Boards website.

disney + Cameron mackinstosh’s mary poppins at 5th avenue theatre

friday, december 13
7:30pm PST
2 hr 45 minute runtime + 1 intermission

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

A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film
Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Book by Julian Fellowes
New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh

With a spoonful of sugar, Mary Poppins flies across the stage in a brand-new production just for The 5th Avenue Theatre audiences. Precocious children Michael and Jane Banks have exhausted every nanny—that is, until Mary Poppins drops in on a strange breeze. Revel in the spectacle of this chimney-sweeping epic that sees them traverse the roofs of London to encounter colorful characters in a fantastically magical world. Based on the beloved film, this ageless tale is a celebration of imagination that reveals the childlike wonder all around us.

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

chihuly gardens + glass

saturday, december 14
1pm PST

chihuly garden + glass
305 Harrison Street
Seattle, WA 98109

Located at Seattle Center, Chihuly Garden and Glass brings together all the elements of artist Dale Chihuly’s work, including Drawings, iconic glass creations, large architectural installations, and personal collections. This long-term Exhibition features indoor galleries, the Glasshouse, and an ever-changing Garden, along with live glass demonstrations, a Theater, and The Bar at Chihuly, which features items from Chihuly’s personal collections.

Learn more at the Chihuly Garden + Glass website.

george balachine’s the nutcracker at pacific northwest ballet

sunday december 15
5:30pm pst
2 hr runtime, including 25-minute intermission

McCaw Hall
321 Mercer St
Seattle, WA 98109

“The Nutcracker at our theater is for children young and old. That is, for children and for adults who are children at heart. Because, if an adult is a good person, in his heart he is still a child. In every person the best, the most important part is that which remains from his childhood.” —George Balanchine

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® is back and ready to make your holiday season brighter! Join us for the Northwest’s favorite festive tradition, featuring all the sparkle and joy you’ve come to expect. The Nutcracker experience features a picture-perfect lobby, Tchaikovsky’s classic score (played brilliantly by the PNB Orchestra), gorgeous costumes and scenery, impressive performances, and so much more!

Learn more about The Nutcracker at the PNB 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.