Art & Artists

When the former Burke Museum facility closed at the end of 2018, there was silence for the first time in the Pacific Voices gallery.

If you’ve been to the museum or walked by the main entrance lately, you may have noticed some changes to the outdoor art.

Members of the Native American Cultural Group at the Washington State Reformatory Unit in Monroe recently created a very special button blanket for the Museum.

Considering not only the visual aspects of historical Native art, but also the intangible properties to which they are connected.

Dr. Holly Barker and Burke Museum's Oceania collections assist with University Beyond Bars classroom learning.

The Burke Museum has commissioned a Coast Salish art piece for the lobby of the New Burke.

Aaron Parker's and Chris Cunningham's premiered their live art performance, ƛ’ix̌aq: Animal Skin, at the Burke Museum.

Totem poles are thought of as symbols of Seattle by many, but, in fact, the Indigenous peoples of Washington state did not traditionally carve totems.

Cherokee, Tlingit and Filipino storyteller, Gene Tagaban, aka “One Crazy Raven,” helped the Burke celebrate the Seahawks' trip to Super Bowl XLIX.