Hugo House is a non-profit community writing center in Seattle, Washington.
About Hugo House was founded in 1997 by Linda Jaech, Frances McCue, and Andrea Lewis. These three writers believed Seattle needed a center for local writers and readers to find a community and create new work. In 1999, Laura Hirschfield described the nonprofit organization: "Richard Hugo House is a two-year-old literary arts center in Seattle named after the Seattle-born poet and creative writing teacher Richard Hugo who wrote squarely and poignantly about people and places often overlooked."Hirschfield, Laura. "A Study in Social Entrepreneurship: Hugo House," GIA Newsletter, Vol 10, No 2 (Fall 1999) https://www.giarts.org/article/study-social-entrepreneurship
Several new programs were created at Hugo House during the 2000s by Program Director Brian McGuigan, including Cheap Wine and Poetry (in 2005)Hugo House "Upcoming Events" https://hugohouse.org/upcoming-events/cheap-series/ Viewed June 6, 2016 Cheap Beer and Prose (in 2008),Richardson, Lissa. "Who Can Resist Cheap Beer and Prose?" Pif Magazine https://www.pifmagazine.com/2010/09/who-can-resist-cheap-beer-and-prose/ and the Made at Hugo House fellowship.Constant, Paul. "The Hell With Grants," The Stranger February 13, 2013 https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/the-hell-with-grants/Content?oid=15995166 McGuigan left Hugo House in 2014.
Tree Swenson was the executive director of Hugo House from 2012 to 2020.Richardson, Catherine "Q&A: Tree Swenson Leaves Academy," Publishers Weekly Magazine, May 1, 2012 http://www.pw.org/content/qa_tree_swenson_leaves_academy?cmnt_all=1 The current Interim Executive Director is Rob Arnold.
House
Hugo House first occupied a Victorian house originally built in 1902.
In June 2016, the organization moved to a temporary space adjacent to the Frye Art Museum on First Hill when the original house on Capitol Hill was razed. The property was redeveloped with a six-story mixed-use building which, starting in September 2018, serves as the permanent home for Hugo House.
Articles A Study in Social Entrepreneurship: Richard Hugo House, Laura Hirschfield, Grantmakers in the Arts Newsletter, Volume 10, Number 2, Autumn 1999 All eyes on a timely topic at Hugo House, John Marshall, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 10/4/2002, Open House, Christopher Frizzelle, The Stranger, 7/24/2003, Making Things Better, Frances McCue, Community Arts, 10/2004 Not With a Bang, But a Whimper, Paul Constant, The Stranger, 9/16/2008 Hugo House names interim director, John Marshall, Seattle PI, 10/23/2008
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