Our Projects & Initiatives

Seattle's summer art exhibition inside the historic 1916 Coliseum Theatre at Fifth and Pike, the world's first purpose-built movie palace. An entire floor of Seattle art, glass, light, and surprise, free and open to the public, inside a building most of the city has walked past without knowing its story.

We coordinate with Andrew and Nonie's personal foundation to support over 100 Seattle non-profits. While the grants are issued through their family foundation, CAF helps identify recipients and provides event space at the Art Love Salon, directing over $500,000 annually to organizations that bring people together around art.

A cultural hub in downtown Seattle, across from the Seattle Art Museum, where art, music, and meaningful connection converge. The Salon hosts curated exhibitions, intimate performances, talks, and social gatherings designed to foster authentic human connection through beauty. It is also home to much of the Mechanical Magic collection and the coordinating hub for the foundation's events.

A 15,000 sq ft building in Pioneer Square with two lives under one roof. Upstairs, the Seattle Prize: for the first time since the great patrons and the church supported artists, fully funded, one-year-plus fellowships let eight artists focus entirely on creating ambitious public-facing work in fine art and classical realism, with mentorship and dedicated studios. Alongside it, the Beautiful Things collection: a free museum experience of beautiful objects from the past, working mechanical marvels, stereoscopes, and rooms built to delight kids and grandparents alike.

A unique program created alongside the Seattle Art Prize where master artists capture the spirit of the sitter through traditional portraiture. This initiative reveals the profound connection between artist and subject in the creation of timeless, heirloom-quality portraits.

A dynamic digital platform connecting artists, audiences, and opportunities across the Pacific Northwest. PDA provides daily arts coverage, comprehensive event listings, artist features, and a quarterly print magazine reaching tens of thousands of readers. It is also how the foundation supports Seattle's gallery owners: announcing their shows and sending audiences their way.

A one-of-a-kind collection celebrating the beautiful design and craftsmanship of a bygone era. The orchestrions, player pianos, and other large mechanical music instruments are on view at the Art Love Salon, filling the room with music from a time before electronics. The jukeboxes, radios, and many of the smaller mechanical marvels are now part of the Beautiful Things exhibition at the Occidental Fine Arts Center in Pioneer Square.