Gage introduces a new Teen Art Studio location at South Park.

Gage student, Anne Steele, pledges $1M in support of school’s educational programs.
Gage opens new Annex in Georgetown with 2 ateliers, and adds sculpture atelier to Capitol Hill campus.

Co-founder & ED, Pamela Belyea, steps down after 24 years. New Executive Director, Sheila Hughes, takes the administrative reins.
Hughes leads the school for 2-1/2 years and leaves to become Director of Bainbridge Island Museum of Art.

End-of-summer Drawing Jam @ Bumbershoot draws 10,000 visitors each year. Gage repeats the popular program the following year.

School changes name to Gage Academy of Art.
Gage instructors exhibit their work at WA State Convention Center.

Inception of the Gage Academy of Art Teen Art Studio program. Gage introduces TAS at our Capitol Hill location - a free, year-round, youth arts program that increases access to arts education for 1,500 King County youth, ages 13-18, who face barriers or limited access to creative outlets and who are experiencing homelessness, or are at-risk, LGBTQIA, underserved, or speak English as a second language.

SAFA launches first Teen Art Studios, a FREE program that attracts young artists from across the city and has run continuously with satellite sites in Rainier Valley, Bellevue Art Museum & South Seattle.

Juliette Aristides founded the Gage Atelier programs, serving as director of the Aristides Atelier until 2022.

ARA wins “Mayor’s Small Business Award.” Implementing a long-term plan to go non-profit. ARA opens “Studio Gallery” in Faigin’s Ballard studio and exhibits works of national artist-instructors during their Seattle programs. The Gallery closes after 18 months.

ARA presents first international Academy Art Tour to Paris; tour is sold out and 2nd is offered. Future art tour destinations include Florence, Venice, Rome, London, Madrid, Barcelona, Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Amsterdam in Europe, plus Vancouver BC and Mexico City.

ARA presents drawing & painting workshops in Manhattan, California, and Washington State over the next 3 years. ARA rents part-time studios at University Heights Center in Seattle.

ARA opens in Santa Fe at St. John’s College art studio with 2 workshops taught by Faigin. The workshops sold-out with students from across the country.