They are amazing people - I feel welcome and the teachers are outstanding!!!!…read more Thank you

I have taken several courses here including 2 8-week jewelry classes as well as an 8-week…read moremetalsmith class. What I love most about Pratt is the instructors are not only unbelievably strong technical instructors but also amazing artists. I didn't just want to learn how to MIG weld, I also wanted to learn about creating a composed sculpture. That's exactly what I learned in Bill Baber's class. Pratt's facilities are top notch! Highly recommended!

I've taken a number of classes at Gage and am so impressed by the caliber of the instruction. The…read moreinstructors seem genuinely interested in assisting students to improve their art, whatever their past art experience may have been, if any. I studied art at the university level and have found Gage classes to be far superior. And the new building is wonderful! Gage is not just an academy, but a community. Kudos to Director Kathleen Allen for her efforts in establishing Gage in its new location in the Westlake area, the heart of Seattle.

Gage is my favorite place in seattle to learn and practice art, and hang out with other…read morearts-centric folk. The instructors are all incredible, and provide such thoughtful teaching whether you're an advanced student or have never touched a paintbrush. I've been taking classes for years in capitol hill, and I'm excited to take more at the new location in south lake union. The art instruction you get here is unmatched, and its cool to see artists who have come out of Gage have their work in galleries and other professional establishments.

Michael Lane is the very best of teachers; he's extremely knowledgeable, his approach is…read moreclassically based, and he gives students the tools to progress with confidence. This is an exiting teacher to have, and he is deeply committed to his students and to his teaching. I am so grateful for all that I learned in his classes, and am now working full time as a painter.

Such a vibrant and welcoming studio! I took the 6-week Intro to Wheel course and had a great time…read morelearning the foundational techniques of wheel throwing. Lily was an incredible instructor - so patient, encouraging, and knowledgeable about the craft. The studio itself is nicely curated, with bright natural light, pops of color, and thoughtfully arranged ceramics that spark inspiration the moment you walk in. I can't wait to take another class!

I love Reclaim Clay Collective!…read more I'm a member here and while I've never taken a class it's such an enjoyable place to create. The people who work here are all extremely kind, knowledgeable, and helpful. If you're looking for a ceramic studio in Seattle I highly recommend checking this place out.

If you're visiting Seattle, do not miss a stroll through the University of Washington campus--it's…read morehands-down one of the most beautiful places in the city. Even if you're not a student or alum, there's so much to enjoy here as a visitor. Highly recommend sneaking a peak inside the Suzallo Library--it looks like something out of Hogwarts, especially the reading room inside. Seriously, step in. The high ceilings, stained glass, and quiet atmosphere are magical. Just be mindful of the students studying inside. The views of Mount Rainier from Drumheller Fountain on a clear day are iconic!!

I stayed within the area literally to be able to walk and come here (and Suzallo Library) for the…read morefirst time! The skies were clear and Mt Rainier was peeking through the sky as you look through the fountain. I could stay here the whole day and sit and just listen to the water while I gaze through the clear skies! Must see when you're in Seattle!!! Washington Statue was vandalized (shame) but I was able to take a pic from the back overlooking the road. Suzallo Library unfortunately was closed on the weekend of July 4th but the square is beautiful. Not crowded when I came so that was a plus!

Summit Selvage is an incredible studio in the cap hill area that offers a variety of sewing,…read morecrafting, and DIY classes from local experts. It is run by a passionate woman who is a sewing expert and the classes she offers really help build a sense of community in the cap hill area. The space also offers studio rental space for artists looking for a place to work on their projects. They are also hosting a market for local artists this year. I'm hoping these events continue. Overall, I intend to become a regular at Summit Selvage.

This school is a paradox and I can't imagine being anywhere else. It's a seminary. So, if you are…read morelooking for a secular institution you won't find that here. What many who have embraced this place have found it to be, is a place for individuals who have been wounded by 'the Christian church' or their more fundamentalist upbringings but who are not necessarily wanting to abandon their faith. This place is by no means conservative, in fact it really does occupy the space right between the point of secular humanism and Christianity which is why you see some of the extreme reactions from both ends of the spectrum in the reviews.--conservative Christians who expected TSS to be a traditional Christian seminary are deeply uncomfortable and sometimes even enraged by its not being 'christian' enough, and then there are those who come to a Christian seminary who are not Christian and are deeply offended that professors engage their own Christian faith (which by the way is completely different for each of them: another thing some more conservative students have a hard time with. Understandable considering many of us are raised being taught one or another denomination is more accurate than the other) and ask students to do the same for themselves, mainly for the purpose of challenging students to deeply consider and define for themselves what they believe and why. For those who are deeply guarding their evangelical roots, this place will likely feel like a challenge to their beliefs, as professors discuss some of the origins of those beliefs, present alternative voices and perspectives, and ask students to deeply wrestle with how their beliefs have historically been used to oppress, control and turn away from marginalized communities. So, students who want this place to: 1. be like their particular conservative church growing up, 2. Or are not comfortable with being asked to wrestle with why they believe what they do, and/or 3. are expecting this place to only talk about faith from the perspective of a secular institution but not ask you to personally wrestle with or engage Christian theology as it relates to your life, then you might find yourself challenged here. But, this tends to be a place where students find that they can bring their anger and their questions and their dissatisfaction with God, the church, how Christians have traditionally acted out harm throughout history and in their own lives. This place requires counseling students to take a few theology, bible and spiritual formation classes but they are engaged in ways very different from conservative seminaries--inviting you to engage your body, your sexuality, the ways you've been silenced and have silenced others, the ways patriarchy and racism have informed our view of self, faith and others etc. This school is def a place for students who are clinging more tightly to a desire to live out their faith in a way that feels more congruent to the practice of love, than they are with their faith maintaining the particular boundaries or structure that they came to the school with. This school isn't perfect. None of them are. But more than any other institution I've been at, they seem to desire to grow and are constantly asking, listening and being changed because of their engagement with students. This is a quality that is so unique to this school. I have so much more to say but this is already way to long. To sum it all up. What it boils down to is, whether you are a Christian, humanist, or anything else, if you want to stay comfortable, or are clinging so tightly to your particular worldview that you cannot or do not want to be challenged than this might not be the place for you. However, if you want to ask hard questions, be challenged to look inward at yourself in a way that will be deeply uncomfortable, yet profoundly transformative in how you engage yourself and your future work with others, this may be a place worth checking out.

This school has many aspects of a cult and is a money-making racket…read more I gave one star because I have to and I met some well-meaning people there. 1. The admissions people promised me that the program would take 2 years, it is the main reason I joined. Once I started at the school I found that almost no one completes the program in 2 years. 2. I was told by admissions that the program is very spiritual, not religious and there was lots of space for people who are not religious. In this I was totally misled. see below: 3. The founder of the school leads one of the first required classes. The class consists of (mainly) him ranting on and on about Jesus. I had a very orthodox Christian girl who was part of the "Christian purity movement" tell me: "YOU DEFINITELY NEED TO DRINK THE KOOLAID TO SURVIVE THE PROGRAM" during that class. 3. The founder preaches that students must dig into our own inner suffering to heal ourselves to become good counsellors. I had a meeting with the dean of education and specifically asked her if students were supposed to dig deep and hard into their darkest sufferings, to come out on the other side as better people (as he suggested). She answered with a definite "yes" that this was how the program worked on students. I fundamentally disagree that one needs to suffer through a program to heal and be a better therapist. *** AND, I later talked to a client of mine who had attended the school and come down with a serious illness due to being in the program. She said she would have warned me to avoid the school. (She completed the program). 4. The founder went into a graphic description of his own rape at age 12 without any warning to a group of 120 of us. I asked why there had been no sensitivity to the nervous systems of those of us who might not be able to handle hearing graphic rape stories. I was told that these are the tactics to get us to suffer (and come out healed etc). 5. You meet with a group of 8-10 people weekly in a small room. You tell a story about something difficult that happened to you. The other students in the room respond to your story. So you bare your soul and have unqualified people passing judgement on what they see in you based on what you shared. Other schools are shocked when I speak about this practice. I was told I was not vulnerable enough and ostracized. 4 other women who I'd noted as strong capable people were too. 6. I found out later that about half the people that started the program left by the 2-3rd quarter. = money making scheme. Be very wary of this program. I wrote a letter of complaint and asked for my money back, they have not responded. I'm taking my case to the WA state attorney General. (https://carm.org/signs-practices-of-a-cult).