Our Mission
To enrich the lives of all members of the Burien area communities through the arts.
BURIEN ARTS NAMED CHARITY OF THE YEAR 2016
History
Burien Arts Association (BA) formed in 1964 as Burien Arts Gallery, an informal group of local artists, art enthusiasts and activists who wished to increase access to art in local schools and secure a place to display artists’ work. BA incorporated in 1968.
The first Gallery was in the Burien 400 Building on SW 152nd where it operated for two years. The Gallery then moved to 4th Avenue SW and Ambaum Boulevard SW, BA offered arts instruction in schools and at the gallery for both students and adults into the early 1990s.
In 1974, the Gallery moved to the former home of Harold and Bonnie Kampinski, the “little blue house” in Dottie Harper Park, 4th Avenue SW and SW 146th Street, next to the then Burien branch of the King County Public Library. The Gallery occupied the little blue house until 2009.