Art truly is everywhere, and if you’re in Seattle, there’s a high chance you’ll find it in your neighborhood, too — art spaces are scattered across the city, perhaps even in your backyard.

Amid the white walls of the brightly lit exhibition hall of Seattle’s Henry Art Gallery, you will find a dare. The videos and paintings on view goad you to map the bounds of your comfort zone ...

(He wound up selling his cow to NFL broadcaster John Madden.) In 2001, he and his wife moved to Seattle where he worked “unfulfilling” sales and marketing roles by day and painted by night. Eventually ...