Summer 2026 Exhibitions Weekend Celebration
Spend a weekend celebrating an exquisite new season of exhibitions at the Frye! Explore powerful new works on view, check out new museum store collaborations, enjoy happy hour at the café, and join us for special events and programming.
Weekend Celebration Events
Friday, June 5
Summer 2026 Member & VIP Exhibitions Reception
6–7:30 pm
We invite Frye members and special guests to join us to celebrate our latest exhibitions. Enjoy a reception with complimentary refreshments, along with remarks from artists and curators. RSVP by calling (206) 432-8289 or emailing rsvp@fryemuseum.org, or check your inbox for your registration link. Learn more.
Summer 2026 Public Exhibitions Reception
7:30–9 pm
Take a closer look at our new exhibitions and store collaborations, and enjoy a drink in the Frye Parlor and Courtyard during a public reception with no-host bar, featuring a performance at 8 pm by BLUE SCREEN, a multidisciplinary dance project led by Artists' Choice guest curator and choreographer Joseph Hernandez. Registration required.
Saturday, June 6
Lotus L. Kang and Nour Mobarak in Conversation
2–3:15 pm
Join exhibiting artist Lotus L. Kang and multidisciplinary artist Nour Mobarak for a lively conversation as they discuss poetry, memory, music, and history as generative forces within their work. Learn more.
Sunday, June 7
The Legacy of Tom Lloyd: Panel Discussion
2–3:15 pm
Learn about the transformative legacy of Tom Lloyd—father, community member, activist, and genre-pushing artist—through a conversation with those who knew him and his work most closely. Learn more.
Saturday and Sunday from 2–3:30 pm, enjoy Happy Hour specials at MariPili at Café Frieda, including half-off wine, beer, and sangria and $5 bites of popular menu items.
Tom Lloyd is organized by the Studio Museum in Harlem. Major support for Tom Lloyd provided by the Henry Luce Foundation. Additional support provided by the Holly Peterson Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
The Frye Art Museum's presentation is organized by Tamar Benzikry, Director and Curator of Learning and Engagement. Generous support provided by Dr. Vittorio Gallo, Exhibitions Circle supporters, and Frye members. Media sponsorship provided by Cascade PBS.
Lotus L. Kang: I hear the hollow boom of time is organized by Georgia Erger, Curator.
Generous support provided by Frye members. Media sponsorship provided by The Stranger.
Artists' Choice is curated by Adetola Abatan, Joseph Hernandez, Jake Prendez, Cedar Sigo, and Amaya Zhané, with support from Faith Brower, Director and Curator of Collections, and Alexis L. Silva, Curatorial Assistant.
Generous support provided by the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and Frye Members.
Boren Banner Series: Chloe King is organized by Alexis L. Silva, Curatorial Assistant.
Generous support provided by Frye members. Media sponsorship provided by the International Examiner.
Our work is supported, in part, by an award from 4Culture.
Image credit: Tom Lloyd. Clavero, 1968. Aluminum, light bulbs, plastic laminate. 34 x 43 x 5 in. Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNC Greensboro; gift of Howard Wise. Courtesy Studio Museum in Harlem. Photo: John Berens; Lotus L. Kang. Azaleas II, 2025. Powder coated steel, aluminum, stainless steel, 35mm film, stepper motor, relays, controllers, stage lights, cables, upholstered wood base, cast aluminum lotus root, cast bronze lotus root, nylon, cast aluminum book (In Praise of Shadows by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki), photograph of a mudflat, book (Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon), thread, metallic twist ties, cast aluminum anchovy, cast bronze cabbage leaf, cast aluminum lotus tubers, plastic tangerines, tissue paper, spirits. Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and 52 Walker, New York. Photo: Chase Barnes; Rockwell Kent. Resurrection Bay from Fox Island, 1918/1966. Oil on canvas on board. 28 x 44 1/2 in. Frye Art Museum, Museum Purchase, 1998.010. Rights courtesy of Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, Rockwell Kent Collection, Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton. All rights reserved; Chloe King. Dancing My Way to Drexciya, 2026. Acrylic and UV reactive pigment on canvas. 60 x 72 in. Courtesy of the artist
Summer 2026 Exhibitions Weekend Celebration
June 5–June 7, 2026
704 Terry Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104