Editing Consolidated Works (section)

==Opening and temporary premises==
The center was founded in 1997 by [[Matthew Richter]]. Richter had previously worked at Seattle's alternative newspaper ''[[The Stranger (newspaper)|The Stranger]]'' as theatre editor. Funding came from grants, donations, and corporate sponsorship, and ''The Stranger'' also agreed to provide advertising for events at ConWorks in exchange for storage space at its warehouse. Richter became the center's Executive Director, with Meg Shiffler becoming Director of Visual Art until 2003.

The center opened in 1999, working from temporary premises on Terry Avenue for three years. ConWorks' renovated facility at 500 Boren Avenue North opened on 13 September 2002. The refit of the {{convert|35000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} warehouse, built in 1948, cost almost half a million dollars.