Our Story

Sidestreet Arts Gallery

Reta Larson quite inadvertently retired from Pratt and Larson Tile after discovering she had trained everyone so well she no longer had a job to call her own.

But retirement didn’t stick. Reta started a shop named Sidestreet Gallery and Gift at our SE 28th location selling local and international arts and crafts. Lisa Leverton joined Reta after the first few years and together they ran the gallery for thirteen years.

Early in 2017, Reta and Michael sold their ceramic tile business, Pratt and Larson Tile, and with Michael retiring from that, Reta decided it was time to try retirement again. She approached a group of artists, and Sidestreet Arts, an artist collective gallery, was born.
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Reta Larson and Michael Pratt, both artists, remain as members of Sidestreet Arts. The gallery hosts member artists, represented artists, and featured artists from the Northwest.