About

The primary goal of this art and tech weekend hackathon + pop-up arts exhibition is to foster the community of innovators at the intersection of art and technology in the Pacific Northwest who use emerging technologies to open up new domains of creative expression.

Electric SEA is for artists, technologists, designers, scientists, researchers, hackers, makers, and other hybrid creatives who recognize that some of the most inspiring innovations emerge from collaborating across traditional disciplinary boundaries.

 Through hands-on learning, immersive collaboration, and a pop-up art show we seek to create an environment where members of this community may find each other, develop trust, collaborate, be inspired, and innovate. 

Electric SEA is hosted by Third Place Technologies and their sibling art group Totally Legit, in partnership with PublicDisplay.Art, and with the support of the Conru Foundation, 4Culture, and ArtsFund.

Building on the momentum of our recent 2025 PNW Arts and Tech Symposium, over a decade of Electric SKY events in Skykomish, WA, our collaborative art studios (Passable.Art in Capitol Hill and Sky Artworks in Skykomish), and our 2023 Seattle City of the Future immersive art experience, Electric SEA is a weekend event optimized for hands-on learning, knowledge sharing and collaboration here in Seattle.

Images from various Third Place Technologies arts+tech community development activities.

Event Goals

  • Increased arts and tech community connection and cohesion
  • Creative inspiration through exposure to recent work and emerging technologies
  • Improved awareness of and access to arts and tech community resources
  • Life-long learning through peer knowledge-sharing
  • Mapping the people, places, and events in the arts and tech community in the PNW and sharing through online tools

Organizing Partners

Third Place Technologies is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with the mission to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, community, and life-long learning for artists, creative technologists, and civic activists. We provide spaces, events, and new technologies for the creative community at the intersection of art, technology, and civic engagement to create, collaborate, learn, and share their work.

PublicDisplay.ART is a quarterly arts publication published by OneReel, a 501c3 organization with 50 years of experience serving local artists and audiences. See https://publicdisplay.art.

Totally Legit is a Seattle-based, interdisciplinary group of artists, technologists, designers, builders, and community organizers who share a passion for collaborative installations at the intersection of art, technology, and design. As the sibling art group of Third Place Technologies, they have long supported Electric Sky in Skykomish and Passable.Art, a collaborative studio and gallery in Seattle. See http://TotallyLegitLLC.com and https://Passable.Art.

Supporting Organizations

Electric SEA is made possible in part through grants and other forms of support from:

The Conru Foundation, established by Andrew Conru, is dedicated to driving positive change across a wide range of sectors, including the arts. The Conru Foundation provides the ArtLove Salon as a free space for arts community events.

4Culture is the public cultural agency for King County, Washington, dedicated to funding, supporting, and advocating for arts, heritage, historic preservation, and public art to boost the region’s quality of life, with a strong focus on racial equity and community access to cultural experiences

The ArtsFund Community Accelerator Grant Program is a partnership with the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation that provides unrestricted funding to Washington State’s cultural non-profits, especially those serving communities historically lacking access to funding, like BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and rural groups.