Pratt Fine Arts Center's facilities are located in Seattle's Central District neighborhood, in, and adjacent to, Pratt Park. A larger map, showing Pratt's position relative to Seattle's downtown is also available.
Main Facility
1902 South Main Street
Seattle, WA 98144-2206
Phone: (206) 328-2200
Fax: (206) 328-1260
Email:
Yellow Building
1905 South Main Street
Orange Building
1924 South Jackson Street
Directions
From Southbound I-5: Take the James Street exit. Go straight for three blocks, keeping to the rightmost lane after you cross James Street. Turn left onto Yesler Way. Follow Yesler over I-5, across Boren Avenue, and up the hill to 20th Avenue. Turn right on 20th Avenue, and then again at the next available right, Main Street. Pratt’s principal parking lot is to your right.
From Northbound I-5: Take the Dearborn Street exit. Turn right onto Dearborn. Turn left at Rainier Avenue. Turn right at Jackson Street, following it up the hill. Turn left at 19th Avenue. Follow 19th Avenue one block, turning right with the road onto Main Street. Pratt’s principal parking lot is to your left.
From the Eastside: Take the 1-90 bridge to the northbound Rainier Avenue exit. Follow Rainier Avenue to Jackson Street. Turn right at Jackson Street, following it up the hill. Turn left at 19th Avenue. Follow 19th Avenue one block, turning right with the road onto Main Street. Pratt’s principal parking lot is to your left.
Bus
The following Metro Transit routes stop within walking distance of Pratt.
14
(From Downtown)
Stops at South Jackson Street and 19th Avenue South.
(From Mt. Baker)
Stops at South Jackson Street and 20th Avenue South.
27
(From Downtown)
Stops at South Yesler Street and 20th Avenue South.
(From Leschi)
Stops at South Yesler Street and 19th Avenue South.
48
(From University)
Stops at 23rd Avenue South and South Yesler Street.
(From Rainier Beach)
Stops at 23rd Avenue South and South Jackson Street.
Roger MacPherson- President
Ann Suter- Vice President
Mike Casteel- Treasurer
Peggy Kreger- Secretary
Chris Abrass
Elias Alvord
Mike Casteel
Manya Drobnack
Steve Flanagin
Larry Hard
Pam Johnson
A. Kyle Johnson
Leonard Klorfine
Stephen Marks
Susan Mersereau
Linda Pawson
Mimi Pierce
Bill Rankin
Suzanne Sheppard
Frances Smersh
Sam Smith
Jeff Stanley
Andrew Taper
Michael Troyer
Shirley Wilson
Ann Wyman
Advisory Board
Co-Chairs Walt Riehl and Gary Molyneaux
Yvonne Banks
Mission:
Pratt is an arts education and resource center dedicated to promoting creative development and artistic engagement to the local and global community.
Application: Pratt provides instruction, studio access and community events in an open and multi-disciplinary environment.
Pratt Fine Arts Center works to provide opportunities for creative development and for interaction between a culturally diverse population of students and established artists. Pratt is committed to making its classes available to those interested in attending by offering workstudy, tuition assistance, and a variety of merit scholarships. People of color and local community residents are especially encouraged to apply.
Pratt Fine Arts Center does not discriminate in hiring, membership and provision of services in regard to race, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, political ideology, age, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability. Pratt's principal studio building is a facility of the City of Seattle, Department of Parks and Recreation
Edwin T Pratt
Pratt Fine Arts Center is named in honor of Edwin T. Pratt, who served as Executive Director of the Seattle Urban League from 1961 to 1969. His assassination in that year by unknown assailants was deeply felt by the many Seattleites who had come to depend on Pratt's calm leadership during a period of social upheaval.
Edwin Pratt was born December 6, 1930, in Miami. He graduated from Clark College in Atlanta and later received his master’s degree in Social Work from Atlanta University. He worked for the Urban League in Cleveland and Kansas City before coming to Seattle in 1956. It was in his role of Executive Director, which he assumed five years later, that he developed the Triad Plan for the desegregation of Seattle schools, and later led an initiative to create equal housing opportunities.
Since 1976, Pratt Fine Arts Center has been proud to serve as a lasting tribute to a man who devoted his life to improving the quality of life for all people.
