What we’re about
Come create and celebrate with us at Push/Pull in Ballard. We're a dedicated group of artists creating a unique space that's part art gallery, comic shop, event space, and community resource. Events include art classes, life drawing, comic challenges, craft and shrinky dink nights, and more!
ADA accessible!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Teen Draw & Paint Party: Graphite!Push/Pull, Seattle, WA$40.00
This is a paid class that requires registration. Sign up here.
Come paint & draw with us! Each month, we will learn a new medium, such as graphite, watercolor, gouache, or acrylic. We'll paint from still-lifes using flowers, toys, and other objects. Boost the skills you already have or come in as a beginner and leave with a complete, or near-complete, piece of art!
Teens ages 12 - 19 are welcome to join us. All materials are provided, though you are welcome to bring your own sketchbook.
June: Watercolor!
August: Graphite!
September: Gouache!
October: Acrylic!Your instructor will be one of Push/Pull's professional artist/art teachers!
We have sliding scale tickets, with highest cost tickets helping to support our Bal-Art's free Teen Program on Sundays. We offer partial and full scholarships for this class. Please email rj@pushpullseattle.com if you would like to request a scholarship.
IMPORTANT: This event is held in our upstairs classroom space. The space is not ADA accessible and is up a narrow set of stairs. The space also does not have windows. We have masks available for those who wish to use one.
- What are colors? Color theory for artists! - WatercolorPush/Pull, Seattle, WA$35.00
This is a paid class that requires registration. Sign up here.
Blue isn't just blue! Colors are complex. Color all depends on how light and pigment or dyes work together. And for each medium, colors look and blend differently.
In this easy-to-understand, practical color theory course, learn how to use and mix colors in different mediums to get to results you want without wasting valuable art supplies! Maxx FG will walk you through how colors are created and how they play together for a different medium each month. Choose the course that suits your preferred medium, or come to the entire series to become a mixed-media color enthusiast.
In each class, you'll get to test out the month's medium and take home your notes and testing papers.
- August: Watercolor!
- September: Gouache!
- October: Acrylic!
- November: Oil!
- December: Dry Media! (i.e. pencils and pastels)
- January: Watercolor!
All materials provided. This class is recommended for students 16 and up.
- Riff Raff LeaguePush/Pull, Seattle, WA
This event is free, but RSVPs are appreciated. Sign up here.
Concerned about the state of... well, everything? Let's join together and use our special weird powers for good!
Be a part of the Riff Raff League, a group of neighbors banding together for mutual aid, community building, and political action. We'll meet weekly for an hour to talk through what's happening locally and nationally and to brainstorm what we can do about it.
Come when you can, provide ideas and solutions, or just listen to what's going on in the neighborhood. This event is free, after-hours at Push/Pull. RSVPs are appreciated, but we will not turn anyone away. You are welcome to bring snacks to share. Recommended for ages 14 and up.
Push/Pull's Director, Maxx FG, will be moderating meetings of the RiffRaff League. Maxx has been passionate about politics from a young age and believes collective action is critical to a functioning democracy.
- TEEN Acrylic Painting Summer CampPush/Pull, Seattle, WA$300.00
This is a paid camp that requires registration. Sign up here.
This class is for teens 13-18.
Learn the technical skills to make your acrylic paintings amazing. Maxx FG will teach you about pigments and colors, mixing paints, and show you different styles of painting. Each class you'll have time to try out different techniques and then to work on your own masterpiece. You'll have the option to choose from canvas, panels and papier mache sculptures to paint on.
All materials are provided. Class includes a set of paintbrushes that each student will be responsible for cleaning and caring for. Brush sets are yours to take after the camp.
Class is from 10am - 1 pm daily, August 4 through 7. There will be a break for snack time. Lunch is not provided but you can store food in the refrigerator and use the microwave in the kitchen. There are also many restaurants in the area.
Maxx FG has come a long way from her first acrylic paintings done in craft paints with hand-me-down brushes. Her work is now in the collections of the City of Seattle, Verity Credit Union, and many private collectors. It brings her joy to introduce young people to using professional quality materials! Maxx's favorite subjects to paint are people, cats, plants and eyeballs in weird places.
