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Northwest Arts Center

City-run arts and recreation center off Bellevue Way offering year-round classes in art, dance, music and fitness.


The Northwest Arts Center is a City of Bellevue facility located off Bellevue Way on NE 24th Street, north of downtown. It provides year-round, art-focused recreation programming for all ages.

Class offerings span fitness, music, dance, martial arts, pottery and a wide variety of visual and performing arts programs, making it a key community hub for arts education in Bellevue.

As part of the city's parks and community services network, the center complements Bellevue's larger cultural institutions by delivering hands-on, neighborhood-level arts instruction.

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