Fremont Abbey Arts Center is a newly renovated 9000 square foot nonprofit venue providing educational arts & cultural experiences at 43rd & Fremont Avenue in Seattle.

 
Our mission is helping people learn to express themselves and develop through the arts, thereby improving their lives and our society as a whole.  The Abbey's focus is Music, Visual, Dance, and Literary arts in both performance, workshop, class, and private instruction formats. We also host the Fremont Music School and a myriad of community events, benefits, weddings, receptions, and more.  info & rentals... 
 
We agree with the "Great Places Declaration" and hope for the Abbey to become your arts focused "3rd place" in Upper Fremont. More about us... 
 
 COURSE CATALOG | FOR YOUTH

NEWS |

*New Parking Lot available - American Music, 2 blocks up the hill on Fremont Ave. After hours only please - after 7pm weekdays, 6pm weekends.

Benefit Series for Youth Programs & Scholarships:
 Oct 3 - Comedy Show RAISED $300
 Oct 16 - Tuning The Air RAISED $700
 Nov 21 - Variety show & Private Dinner RAISED $1400
 Nov 22 - Opera Concert (Scholarship student performed!) RAISED $300
 Dec 12 - The Round's holiday show RAISED $1000

= $3700 towards 2009 Youth Programs!  Thank you everyone!

All Events include a silent auction!  Bid on a 1 week cabin rental and much more!  Thanks to our sponsors so far: Urban Weeds, Cafe Geneve, Don Clifton, Tuning the Air, Stickman Coffee, Seattle Institute of Oriental Medicine, Hales Ales, Shakti Yoga, local painters, & private donors.

Thanks Grass Routes Travel for the props!

More scholarships awarded to youth, taking Opera/Arts workshop on Saturday mornings

Photo gallery from Eco-Fashion Show - Oct 25
 
David Bazan added to Round41 - Oct 14th

FLOW: Poetry & Movement
A multi-arts creative expression workshop for children 8-12 
Fall Sessions TBD
Min class size: 4, Max class size: 12
Scholarships available - email arts(at)fremontabbey.org

6/8: SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS
 - Rock Band Camp (10-17yo)
 - Interactive Opera/Voice/Crafts Workshop (4-6yo)
 - Drawing Class / Self Expression (teens)
 - Journaling workshops (age tbd)
 - June 13th Recycling/Art event, 4-8pm (4-12 yo)
 - Dance class coming soon (email if interested)

*Scholarships Available for youth on free or reduced lunch!  Just email arts@fremontabbey.org for a simple application. Unusual circumstances also may qualify.

DIRT - an award winning 1 man play (Chris Domig, NYC) is coming on July 20th!  TICKETS

6/1: JUNE 10th is The Round's 3 Year Anniversary party w/ Laura Gibson, Scott Erickson, Matt Gano, Ben Katt, and more.  Great full page article in The Stranger! 

Welcome to our newest employee, Liz Leahy!  Liz will be handling Rentals and Volunteers among other things. 

5/29: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Fremont Fair youth arts tents - June 21-22.  Contact Julia Wingert, our new Youth Programs Director (welcome Julia!).
 
5/9:  THANK YOU for greatly increasing our youth scholarship fund! On May 3rd the Fremont Music School put on an amazing Opera benefit to raise funds for our youth scholarships fund to allow low income youth to enroll in music classes & private lessons (guitar, bass, drums, voice, piano, band, etc.). A small portion of the funds raised will also go towards fixing up our newly donated grand piano (Thanks Mrs. Henning!) so it can be used by students & performances.  *Contact us to apply for your child if they are on free or reduced lunch.
 
Thanks to Pro Piano Move for donating the transportation services.

On another note, thanks to K. Berry Associates for the ongoing donation of our sound equipment for the Ground Floor! 

4/15: Tyler James will visit from Nashville on April 19th to perform an all-ages acoustic concert with special guest John Van Deusen (The Lonely Forest).

4/7: The Round will be at Bumbershoot 2008!  August 30, 4:30-6:00 on the Northwest Stage
 
3/20: Confirmed "Masters of Sitar" concert for May 31st.
 
3/19:  Youth Arts Scholarship now open. Apply now if your child qualifies for reduced or free lunch at school.  Current scholarship opportunities are for music classes & private instruction or summer visual arts classes (african drumming/dance class coming soon).  Just send an email to  arts@fremontabbey.org for a PDF application.
 
3/15: The Round lineups are looking amazing, take a look at www.TheRound.org for more info & tickets.
"...a relaxed, down-to-earth and—gasp!—fun evening where songwriters trade stories and songs, quality poets ply their trade and visual art happens at the same time." The Stranger

3/12: Another nice review (w/ video!) of The Round (33) from the typically hard to impress weekly, The Stranger.
 
2/29: GRAND OPEN HOUSE
Please stop by on Friday March 7th from 6-9pm for an Artwalk gone wild.  Everything is FREE!
- Appetizers by our preferred Caterer - Upper Crust
- Face painting for kids (by International Award-Winning Face Painter Robin McKerracher)
 - Live Community painting (on easels) for kids & adults (by Scott Erickson)
 - Live Music by locals 8:00-9:00
 - Open Mic 6:00-7:00
 - Fremont Music School's blues band & other performances 7:00
 - Roving Seattle Poetry Slam Poets - Denise Jolly, etc.
 - Swing Dance mini-lessons (by Lilli Ann Carey - Dance for Joy)
 - Samba Dance mini-lessons (by Janelle of Sambadance) 
 - Printmaking for kids/adults by Arianna (Skillshare coordinator) 
 - Artwalk: paintings from past Rounds (painted live) and other slower works by artists who have performed
 - And for a donation, the ROUND25 CD will be available (features Damien Jurado, J. Tillman, Danny Sherrard, Troubletown)

...more from 2007 and beyond

   










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4272 Fremont Ave N
 Seattle, WA 98103

On the corner of 43rd & Fremont,
 uphill from the "center of the universe"
across from Cafe Vita & Urban Weeds


 
photo credit: Corey Hau