The Serbian Cultural Center of Seattle is a nonprofit 501(3)(c) organization founded in September 2024.

We began our journey in October 2023 when four of us friends met over coffee in Third Place Books to discuss putting up a play. It was to be a simple and small production faithful to Dragan Lazarevic’s graphic novel Sat. After all, none of us is a theater professional. Immediate and widespread community enthusiasm for the play, however, compelled us to rethink the scope of our engagement.

All along this joyous trajectory, our vision of a structured Serbian cultural involvement in the Pacific Northwest kept on expanding. The Serbian American community has a long tradition of contributing to the ethnic diversity of this area, and in founding the Serbian Community Center of Seattle, we intend to honor and continue this 150+ years of local Serbian contributions.

The Center’s mission is to etch Serbian cultural heritage into the greater Seattle area’s ethnic scene and with it to unleash a creative potential and passion that the Serbian community has always held as critical to its survival. By fostering talent and collaboration, we aim to celebrate Serbian heritage, inspire future generations and ensure a lasting cultural legacy that enriches Seattle’s diverse ethnic society.

The Center helps organize a variety of cultural and educational programs that aim to connect Serbian Americans living in Washington state and beyond.

A subset of the Serbian Cultural Center of Seattle is the amateur Serbian Theater Srce with a mission to expand the Serbian dramatic tradition in the Pacific Northwest. The Center supports another community engagement, Evenings with Literature, with a mission to renew interest and knowledge about Serbian authors and their written works across genres, topics, forms and centuries.

We welcome everyone to join us and to contribute ideas that will strengthen and further develop our Serbian cultural presence in the Seattle area and beyond.