The Henry hosts an artist residency this fall with renowned light and space artist James Turrell as part of Art:21, Art in the Twenty-first Century, the PBS television program and outreach project focusing on contemporary art. Turrell is internationally known for striking works that play with perception and the effects of light within a created space, most notably the Roden Crater in northern Arizona
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Founded in 1927, the Henry was the first public art museum in the state of Washington. The museum's major renovation and expansion, completed in April 1997, quadrupled the museum's size - from 10,000 square feet to over 40,000 square feet. Increased size allowed for the addition of a 154-seat auditorium, a multi-media gallery, café, bookstore and sculpture court along with improved facilities
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