100 Years of Junior League of Seattle: Explore the Northwest Art Project

Join MOHAI for a chance to learn more about the Junior League of Seattle and its 100-year history of volunteer service to the community. This exhibit will include a stunning selection of art from the Northwest Art Project, founded in the 1960s and the longest lasting program of the Junior League of Seattle.

For more than a century, Junior League members have confronted society’s most pressing issues and tackled its toughest problems, leaving a legacy of reform like no other. Since its inception in 1923, members of the Junior League of Seattle (JLS) have worked to improve our community through mission-driven projects and hands-on work with many Community Partners. Each year, JLS members contribute over 45,000 hours of service to the community. Currently, the Junior League of Seattle is placing its focus, programs, and projects on Literacy.

In addition to their focus areas, the JLS also provides volunteers for short-term projects through Done in a Day and provides art education to over 19,000 King County students each year through Northwest Art Project.

For more than 60 years, the Junior League of Seattle has brought visual art learning directly to classrooms across King County through traveling art exhibits, training for educators, and PTSA docents. Over 500 Junior League docents have been part of the project that has reached over 300,000 children in more than 600 schools in King County.

Learn more about the Junior League Seattle’s Northwest Art Project.

In addition to highlights from the organization’s century of service, the exhibit on view at Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry from February 3-April 21, 2024 will include works by Seattle artists George Tsutakawa, Jacob Lawrence and Barbara Earl Thomas.

This exhibit was organized by MOHAI and the Junior League of Seattle.

This exhibit has closed.