Gage Academy of Art

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If not, you may have missed the epic news: a new pathway for young, curious artists ages 15-18 has opened up AKA we’re introducing the Youth Atelier 🙌

Led by Classical Atelier Alum and long time instructor, Angeline Shrike, this program will run from October to June, Wednesday afternoons and Saturday. It was designed to offer 6 hours a week of in-depth, consistent studio time, to help students develop the habits and skills that form the foundation of a strong artistic practice.

If your youth is considering art school, portfolio development, or a creative career this program is suited for them. Join us at our upcoming initial info session, details below.

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🗓️ Thursday, August 6
🕦 4:00pm - 5:00pm
📍 In-person: Gage SLU (2107 Westlake Ave)
💻 Online: https://gageacademy-org.zoom.us/j/84894325994?pwd=lNq5KnVRkC7VAaHSiDssOcPMEb0yh7.1

ID: 848 9432 5994; PW: Gage

If you visited us this summer, you know our walls have been filled with a lovely range of artwork. As we wrap up the last few weeks of summer, allow us to once again honor the winners from Best of Gage and all the amazing artwork that came out of this past year. We’re always looking forward to what’s to come and we encourage you to keep up to date on all these emerging artists and to follow their accounts, stories, art, journeys, etc.
 
Also, huge shout out to Pamela Belyea for letting us borrow and display 50 years of self-potraits from Gary Faigin. His work reminds us daily that artists are made, not born.

We just wrapped up another amazing week of Youth Summer Camp 🌞

Our Summer Team is doing a great job of capturing our young artists hard at work and play! We’d love to spam your feeds with some of the sweetest photos to possibly exist but we’ll show some restraint.

We have a few more weeks of camp left and we can’t wait to see what new works, friendships, dance moves, and so much more are made ✨

Parents and guardians, if your young artist has any work from their camp they’d love to share, tag us!

Seattle Art Fair opens tonight! We’re so excited to be a Cultural Partner this year and host “Life Drawing of a Caregiver” a project by the artist Jeremy Deller.

We’ll have instructors leading life drawing sessions and we’re doing a special raffle for a FREE Gage class 🥳

Lots going on but we’re so excited to be amongst other creatives and see what everyone’s getting up to.

ICYMI: Registration for the Fall 2026 quarter is open to ALL 🙌

We’re pumped to be offering an exciting range of classes for all levels, introducing a few new instructors, and seeing what awaits us in the fall 💫

Explore our full class list, available online at gageacademy.org/classes 🎨

ICYMI: It’s almost time for the Seattle Art Fair 💫

Come and celebrate with community from all over the Pacific Northwest’s arts ecosystem (artists, galleries, arts institutions). This year, Gage is collaborating as a Cultural Partner at the Fair 🤝

We’ll have a booth showcasing the impact visual arts has had on our own community AND we’ll be hosting “Life Drawing of a Caregiver”, a participatory project by the artist Jeremy Deller.
 
“Life Drawing of a Caregiver”, Deller’s project, takes those whose work involves tending to others and in turn puts those very folks at the center of being observed and drawn. We invite you to join Gage teaching artists at the various free sessions, to capture the image of real caregivers from all over to Seattle ✍️
 
With that being said, we’re looking for a handful of volunteers to help support Gage at the Fair. If you’re available July 24–26 and want to spend a weekend surrounded by fellow creatives, fill out a volunteer form! 

Apply to volunteer here: https://www.cognitoforms.com/GageAcademyOfArt/_2026SeattleArtFairVolunteerForm

Say hello to your 2026 Youth Summer Camp team! 👋

We can’t wait to kick-off camps on Monday and this team has been hard at work prepping for our incoming youth.

It’s going to be a great summer ☀️

Mind if we share some kudos of our own? Gage is the recipient of TWO awards 🏆
 
One award is from Seattle’s Child’s 2026 Family Favorites! A contest where local families across Seattle voted and celebrate their favorite businesses, camps, services, and places. We are so honored to make that list. We love getting to offer youth classes, summer camps, Teen Art Studios and provide our local youth with access to the arts 💫
 
The second is from Seattle Gay News where Gage won “Best Art Class”! We might be biased but we have some of the best teaching artists educating our communities 😉
 
These awards are made possible thanks to supporters, students, artists and arts enthusiasts, community members like you all. We share these awards with you!

What a show! 🏆🎓 Best of Gage 2026 heralded such amazing works! We couldn’t be more proud of all our students and Atelier graduates.

- Stay tuned for the Award Winning Artworks
- Visit us at our South Lake Union location at 2107 Westlake Ave to see the Best of Gage Exhibition and our Special Exhibition opening; Who was Gary Faigin? 50 Years of Self Portraits.

Who was Gary Faigin? 50 Years of Self Portraits Exhibition.