Ideas: Something, such as a thought or conception, that potentially or actually exists in the mind as a product of mental activity. An opinion, conviction, or principle: has some strange political ideas. A plan, scheme, or method. The gist of a specific situation; significance: The idea is to finish the project under budget. A notion; a fancy.

• Aftermath Gallery - Located in Capitol Hill near Seattle University and offers an overview of the gallery, past events coverage, and schedule of future shows.

• Akiko's Pottery - Akiko Graham's pottery is influenced by Japanese culture and is used in Northwest restaurants.

• Amy Huddleston - Artist painting contemporary figurative works available at the Seattle Art Museum Gallery.

• Anamaria Baralt - Trained as a web designer at the Art Institute of Seattle, she has recently put down the mouse in favor of the paintbrush to paint full time from her home studio.

• Art by Fire - Art glass studio and glassblowing school.

• Art Guide Northwest - Links to galleries and museums as well as a calendar of art events and articles of interest to the local collector.

• Artemis Gallery and Frameshop - The gallery provides a comfortable yet professional space for artists to explore new ideas.

• ArtForte Gallery - Located in Pioneer Square, they feature a mix of international and Northwest contemporary artists working in glass, paint, ceramic, print and mixed media.

• Artists' Gallery of Seattle - A space just south of Pioneer Square, where local artists can showcase their works.

• Art/Not Terminal Gallery of Seattle - A volunteer organization offering affordable gallery space and freedom of expression for its members.

• ArtXchange - They offer original works of art from around the world such as rice paper paintings, wood block prints, and three-dimensional creations.

• Avalon Glassworks Glassblowing Studio and Art Gallery - A glassblowing studio and art gallery specializing in collectible art glass, custom blown glass, corporate gifts and awards, and hand-made gifts.

• Baas Gallery and Framing - A full service frame shop who offers rotating monthly exhibits of fine art.

• Ballard Fetherston Gallery - Located on Capitol Hill, they feature narrative/figurative and abstract art.

• Barbara Dunshee Pottery - Display and functional pottery using porcelain, stoneware and terra cotta.

• Bazaz Glass - She uses various techniques to create patterns on glass in creating jewelry, dinnerware, lighting fixtures, window panels, and sculptures.

• Benham Studio Gallery - Photographs by local and international artists. Includes information on current exhibitions and submission guidelines.

• Betsy Eby - A painter who works using an encaustic process.

• Blowing Sands Glass Studio - Located in Ballard.

• Bluebottle Art Gallery and Store - Calendar of exhibitions, articles, and submission guidelines.

• Bryan Ohno Gallery - Featuring contemporary sculptors, painters, and glass artists from around the world, they are located in Pioneer Square.

• Butkui Chiu - Artist and medical illustrator.

• calix fine art collection - Located south of Pioneer Square.

• Carolyn Staley Japanese Prints - Located in Pioneer Square, they specialize in Ukiyo-e period and modern woodblock prints; contains online catalog.

• Catherine Person Gallery - Located near the train station.

• Columbia City Gallery - An artist-run cooperative gallery showing the work of member artists.

• D'Adamo Woltz Gallery - Located in Pioneer Square, they offer a range of contemporary art.

• Daffy Doodles Cartoon Portraits - Cartoonist and caricature artist Jody Morse, with services offered include party caricaturist, cartoon portraits by mail, and illustration.

• Dale Chihuly - Selected works, drawings, installations and architectural projects. Also includes his biography, exhibition schedule, lists of galleries, museum collections and public installations, a selected bibliography with essays, writings by Chihuly and interviews, and a screening room of videos.

• Dan Amell - Paintings and drawings.

• Davidson Galleries - Located in Pioneer Square, contains current exhibitions, extensive artist index, individual artist pages with examples of available work, exhibition calendar and online antique print catalog.

• Demi Raven - Artist showing conceptual works and portraits. Oil paintings. Includes resume.

• Edge of Glass Gallery - Located in Fremont, all of the artists shown are local artists established in their fields of glass.

• elle-z creations - Prints and art cards.

• Elliott Brown Gallery - The focus of the gallery is on sculpture and decorative art, primarily glass, as well as some mixed media.

• Felt Friends - Felt creatures and other art work by Kelley Callicoat.

• Fernworks Fine Art - Art and resin jewelry handmade by Faryn Davis. Biography, artist's statement, and portfolio.

• Fitzgerald, Christopher - Oil painter represented by the D'Adamo / Woltz Gallery.

• Flury and Company - Located in Pioneer Square, they feature the works of Edward S. Curtis, and offers rare and out of print books, photographs, prints, and vintage Native American art.

• Foster White - Located in Pioneer Square and Rainier Square in Seattle, and in Kirkland, they represent many major Northwest artists, with special displays of glass by Dale Chihuly.

• Fountainhead Gallery - Located on Queen Anne Hill, they showcase contemporary fine art by regional artists.

• Francine Seders Gallery - Located on Phinney Ridge, they offer contemporary artwork by regional artists; contains current exhibition and calendar.

• Fuzzy Engine - An art collective located in Ballard.

• G. Gibson Gallery - Located in Pioneer Square, they offer photographs from the 19th Century until today and contemporary mixed-media works. Includes movies of current exhibitions.

• Gabrielle Bakker - A classical painter who has shown in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.

• Gallery Mack - Located just north of the Pike Place Market, they offer contemporary painting, stone and bronze sculpture, glass art, and jewelry.

• Garde Rail Gallery - Dedicated to contemporary folk, self-taught, and outsider art, focusing on artists from the Northwest and beyond.

• G.A.S - An International association of glass artists, educators, curators, students, collectors and enthusiasts.

• Glasshouse Studio - Owned by a team of artists/employees and located in Pioneer Square, they offer a range of art glass products.

• Glassybaby - Votives and candle holders made of three layers of hand-blown colored glass.

• Glazed & Amazed - A paint-your-own-pottery workshop and gallery where all materials and tools are provided.

• Global Art Venue - Located in Pioneer Square, they exhibit the hand blown glass, paintings, sculpture, prints, photography, and drawings.

• GlowFlower Art Glass - Hand-blown art glass of artist Dan Buchacher.

• GoddessKRING - Photo and multimedia artist Shannon Kringen.

• Good Dog Art - Original paintings of pets, limited edition prints, and greeting cards by Nancy Schutt.

• Greg Kucera Gallery - Located near Pioneer Square, they offer contemporary sculpture, paintings, and prints.

• Grover/Thurston Gallery - Located in Pioneer Square; contains current and past exhibitions, and hours of operation.

• Heather Siobhan's Vision - Ceramic sculpture and masks.

• Hengst Studio - An artist offering paintings, sculpture, and posters.

• Howard House - Information about the gallery, with information about the artists, exhibitions, and other events.

• I Heart Rummage - Network of Seattle artists who's primary focus is useful art and fashion. Photographs, schedule of events, and links.

• Isis on First - They focus on contemporary Northwest artists as well as international artists with ties to the Northwest, as well as furnishings and accessories from importers who are concerned with issues of fair trade and environmental protection.

• James J Brown - An abstract and expressionist painter and artist.

• Janet Fagan-Smith - Oil paintings and lessons.

• Jason Witte - Artist, travel photographer and art blogger.

• Jean Hicks, Feltmaker - A feltmaker, milliner, and sculptor who creates both custom-made hats and fiber art

• Jeffrey Moose Gallery - A gallery featuring contemporary artists from the Pacific Northwest.

• Jennifer McNeely - Sculpture and installations.

• Kelly's Spot - Kelly Lyles, painter and art-car artist. An overview of her visual art and design work, as well as art-car links.

• Kibo Gallerie - Located in Pioneer Square, they offer African tribal art, antiques, masks, statuary, jewelry, and textiles.

• Kobo Shop & Gallery - They feature the work of craftsman from Japan, the Pacific Northwest, and other artists who share a similar affinity with Japanese folk arts and aesthetics.

• Larry Halvorsen Ceramics - Ceramic artist produces sgraffito stoneware clay vases, bowls, trays, boxes, pots, rattles, knobs, vessels, sculpture and garden art.

• The Last Judgment Project - Conceived at Bumbershoot 2003, the Seattle Arts Festival, as an invitation to artists from all around the world to reflect upon the ideas of justice, judgment and prejudice.

• Leather Sculpture - Kieron Grey makes molded leather artwork.

• Linda Hodges Gallery - Located in Pioneer Square, they offer contemporary work by artists in the Pacific Northwest.

• Lisa Harris Gallery - Located in Pike Place Market, they offer paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, and photography by Northwest and West Coast-based artists; contains bios of the artists and directions.

• Margie Livingston - Painter.

• Marianne Goldin Designs - They offer custom and ready-to-wear design, accessories, apparel, leather, Fashion Rations (TM), Nouveau-Sequin, and graphic design.

• Marilyn Moore Fiber Artist - A basket artist.

• Martin-Zambito Fine Art - They specialize in 19th through 21st century American art, especially WPA-era and figurative art.

• Matt Calcavecchia - A figurative and primitive portrait and fine art artist who expresses emotion through composition, color, and medium, oil and watercolor.

• Michael Schultheis - An artist whose paintings are made with acrylics and graphite on wood.

• Milagros Folk Art - Located in the Pike Place Market, they specialize in hard to find arts and crafts from Mexico, Central and South America.

• Molten Design - Tim O'Niell creates decorative platters and vases using in hot and kiln cast glass techniques.

• Northwest Tribal Art - A collection of First Nations, native style, Inuit arts and crafts.

• Oasis - An original artists' showcase in Fremont.

• oddQuad.com: the art of Jamey Baumgardt - He addresses many current social and political issues such as consumerism and war.

• Oh My Glass Studio & Gallery - Located in Greenwood, they feature works by over 80 Northwest artists. In house artists specialize in stained glass, fused glass and glass jewelry.

• Pacini Lubel Gallery - Located near Pioneer Square.

• The Patch Project - They are dedicated to highlighting the lack of arts funding, the arts community’s increasing dependence on tobacco money, and encouraging alternative and sustainable funding for the arts.

• Pause for Animals - Paintings by Mary Anne Nagy. Who are these furry, scaled and feathered ones who also inhabit this fragile planet?

• Phoenix Rising Gallery - A premiere venue for glass, jewelry, and contemporary craft. Virtual shows, artists, and a calendar of in-person shows.

• Photographic Center Northwest - A non-profit that fosters community through gallery exhibits and receptions, lectures, projects with other arts organizations, artists-in-residence, events for members, darkrooms used by students and renters, and subsidized programs for youth.

• Platform Gallery - They feature contemporary painting, works on paper, photography, sculpture, installation, and media-based work.

• Pottery Northwest - Located by the Seattle Center, they are a non-profit clay studio founded by people from the Seattle Clay Club, and offer a gallery, facilities, potters, and classes.

• The Pound Gallery - An alternative space for all disciplines, promoting challenging work that commercial spaces tend not to show.

• Pratt Fine Arts Center - They offer educational and artistic programs including classes, workshops, and studio equipment access in glass, sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, and metal smithing.

• Randy Wood - An artist and cartoonist.

• Roq la Rue - A gallery of strange visions and funky art in Belltown.

• Rosemary Sylvanus Antel - Landscapes, urban views, flowers, still life, and figures in watercolor, egg tempera, and oil at the Raven's Nest Studio.

• Samantha Scherer - Painter, printer and web designer.

• Sarah Savidge - Painter and printmaker.

• Seattle Glassblowing Studio - Teaching studio with a showroom and gallery, located in Belltown.

• Seattle Metals Guild - Organization of local area metalsmiths. Includes a list of events, member gallery, and newsletter.

• SeattleArtists.com - A network and marketplace of independent artists and galleries in the Pacific Northwest and local Seattle art communities.

• Sev Shoon Arts Center - A printmaking studio located in the Ballard.

• sheisanyway - Artist Nancy Merrill.

• SLUG - Seattle Lighten Up Gallery - They are devoted to bringing you art on the edge, from photo to painting to sculpture, even performance art.

• soil - An artist cooperative gallery on Capitol Hill where they show "verk" that would otherwise not be shown because it is alternative.

• Solomon Fine Art - Contemporary fine art, featuring unique works from around the United States. Offers exhibition schedule with artist profiles.

• Stonington Gallery - Located in Pioneer Square, they exhibit art from the Northwest Coast as well as watercolors by Nancy Stonington.

• Suzanne Guttman Blown Glass - Offers blown glass art, chandeliers, vessels, lighting and sinks.

• Thom and Karen Heileson - Scopic Studios.

• Twilight Artist Collective - Located in the Pike Place Market, their goal is to create a place where they can sell their paintings, photography, sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, scarves, handbags, and groovetubes.

• Urban Craft Uprising - Craft bazaar consisting of alternative artists. List of vendors, press clippings, and pictures.

• Vetri International Glass - Located in downtown, they offer studio glass by many artists; contains bios of the artists.

• Viveza - They offer a wide variety of contemporary fine art for homes or businesses.

• WeepingCherry - Surreal pop art paintings and graphics by Kris Hoglund.

• William Traver Gallery - They offer contemporary art and were the first to show work from the studio glass movement, as well as representing major painters, sculptors, and ceramic artists.

• Winston Wachter Mayer Fine Art - Located in Seattle and New York, they feature contemporary artists from coast to coast.