Blue Building Community Spotlight

Spotlighting local community organizations

Installed in the Gallery on the 3rd floor of Phinney Center’s Blue Building, the Community Spotlight is a physcial space giving intentional visibility to a rotating collection of community organizations who complitment the PNA’s mission and values. We welcome our Phinney Center visitors to experience innovative storytelling that enlightens and inspires action.

The program is designed to: 

  • Foster community connection with other organizations in our neighborhood
  • Increase visibility for underrepresented voices
  • Celebrate cultural months and highlight the diversity of our community
  • Share stories you may not otherwise hear and nurture a sense of belonging

Currently on display:

  • John Jones Memorial Wall

Upcoming:

Past Community Spotlights

Paintings and Drawings by Survivors of the War on Gaza presented by Seattle Gaza Mutual Aid

Seattle Gaza Mutual Aid is a grassroots project dedicated to supporting families in Gaza through direct financial aid, advocacy, and community events that feature art exhibits and storytelling. They strive to build bridges of empathy and hope.

PNA’s Hot Meal Program: Art Club

A PNA program since 1998, the Hot Meal Program (HMP) is a hub for social services in Northwest Seattle centered around free meals for the community. The Art Club meets twice a week right before meal service. It offers a creative, welcoming space for participants to socialize, make art using recycled materials, and build community.

Vibrant Palette Arts Center

Vibrant Palette is a progressive art studio and creative community space for artists with autism, developmental disabilities, and other disabilities located in Seattle, Washington. Established in 2017, Vibrant Palette provides artists with disabilities the opportunity to create in a supportive studio environment, exhibit their work, and promote inclusion in Seattle’s contemporary arts community.

Healthy Lesotho

Healthy Lesotho works to promote understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Lesotho and to provide resources to improve the lives and the land of the people of Lesotho, an independent country situated within central South Africa.

The Lighthouse for the Blind

The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit social enterprise providing employment, support, and training opportunities for people who are blind, DeafBlind, and blind with other disabilities. The Lighthouse has provided employment and support to people who are blind in the greater Seattle community since 1918.

Lake City Collective

Lake City Collective is a minority-led, grassroots, non-profit organization doing advocacy-in-action work on issues that primarily affect BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) communities north of Seattle’s ship canal, including surrounding cities.

Native Youth Olympics: Team Seattle

‘Tseen (Sm’algyax for Welcome) is an Urban Native organization in the Seattle area. Their youth offerings feature dynamic Native Youth Olympics (NYO) training alongside immersive cultural workshops. They provide a nurturing space for young people to develop physical prowess, deepen their understanding of Indigenous cultures, and forge lasting connections.

The Freedom Project

The Freedom Project is a Black-led nonprofit based in Washington State that works with individuals impacted by incarceration—especially Black, Indigenous, and communities of color—providing trauma‑informed, peer-led support to help them heal, secure housing, and rebuild their lives while working to dismantle systems of oppression.

Coming Soon

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Visit the Exhibition

Where is the exhibition?

Location:
Blue Building (the large Blue Building on Phinney Ave)
Phinney Neighborhood Association
6532 Phinney Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103 

Exhibition Hours:

During regular business hours:

Monday-Friday: 9 am – 9:30 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9 am – 5 pm

Are you our next Community Spotlight?

How to join our Community Spotlight?

Are you a local nonprofit, small business, or volunteer making a difference? We want to amplify your voice and share your story.

Being featured is completely free and offers great exposure for your mission or business.

We welcome applications from change-makers who meet the following criteria:
  • Based in or serving the Greater Seattle area.
  • Operates as a registered non-profit, local independent small business, or active grassroots community group.
  • Demonstrates a clear positive impact on our local community.

Please complete our online Community Spotlight Application.

Contact Information

6532 Phinney Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103

206.783.2244

Tricia Bentley

triciab@phinneycenter.org