In Plain Sight
This exhibition engages artists whose work addresses narratives, communities, and histories that are typically hidden or invisible in public spaces.
Property of Opaqueness: A Performance by Takahiro Yamamoto
This performance is the first iteration of a multi-year project investigating visibility and the effects we experience when engaged in acts of looking.
Guided Tour of Carrie Yamaoka: recto/verso with Ariel Goldberg
Engaging through imaginative play, Goldberg’s tour will consider how themes of visibility, perception, and subjectivity manifest in Yamaoka’s work.
A Century: Reading and Conversation with Ariel Goldberg
Join writer Ariel Goldberg for a reading from "A Century", their current novel-in-progress, which imagines the often erased details of queer life.
Artist Talk: Sara Siestreem
Visiting artist Sara Siestreem offers a talk on her multi-disciplinary practice, which addresses ancestral memory and continuing traditions, Indigenous survivance and sovereign rights, and the inclusion of natural processes and environmental relationships. This talk will open up a space to discuss the ways non-Indigenous communities can work in collaboration with Tribes to respectfully and effectively approach land management, gathering and working with natural materials for art or medicinal purposes, and decolonizing institutions.Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos and American, born 1976) is from the Umpqua River Valley in southwestern Oregon. She is a Master Artist, Educator, and Theorist. Siestreem graduated Phi Kappa Phi with a BS from PSU in 2005. She earned an MFA with distinction from Pratt Art Institute in 2007. She is represented by Augen Gallery in Portland and her work has been shown in museums and figures in prestigious private and public collections nationally.She teaches studio arts at PSU and traditional Indigenous weaving practices for The Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians.This program is in partnership with yәhaw̓, a year-long Indigenous community-based project culminating in the inaugural exhibition at Seattle Office Of Arts & Culture’s ARTS at King Street Station from March 23 - August 3, 2019, in which Sara Siestreem will have work on view. The exhibition is accompanied by a mentorship training cohort, satellite shows, residencies, vendor opportunities and partner programs. yәhaw̓ will feature the work of 200+ Indigenous creatives at over 20 sites across Seattle and beyond. Curated by Tracy Rector (Choctaw/Seminole), Asia Tail (Cherokee), and Satpreet Kahlon, yәhaw̓ celebrates the depth and diversity of Indigenous art made in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more at yehawshow.com.Ticket/Cost details: Free for Members, Students, UW Faculty/Staff; $10 General Admission; $6 Seniors (62+) and includes museum admission.Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos). Photo: Aaron Johanson. Courtesy of the Artist.
Reading: African-American Writers' Alliance
Join us in the galleries for a reading with members of the African-American Writers' Alliance as they present new works written in response to the content and themes of Edgar Arceneaux’s Library of Black Lies. The AAWA, a diverse and dynamic collective of Seattle-area writers of African descent, provides an informal and supportive forum for new and published writers. AAWA has published five anthologies: Sometimes I Wander… (1998), Gifted Voices (2000), Words? Words! Words. (2004), Threads (2009), and Voices That Matter (2018).Image credit: Edgar Arceneaux (U.S., born 1972). Library of Black Lies. 2016. Wood, mirrored glass, mylar, newspaper, hard-bound books, sugar crystals, lighting fixtures, audio component. Courtesy of the artist. [installation view in EdgarArceneaux: Library of Black Lies, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. 2018]. Photo: Mark Woods, courtesy of the Henry.
ArtVenture: Re-imagined Objects
What is the future, present, and past of the objects we live among? Take a new look at the discarded or precious things that surround you. Bring your own personal curiousity or pick from a selection of found objects to write stories, poetry, or create portraits that honor these things for all that they are or could be.Offered on select Sundays throughout the year, this free drop-in style program encourages families to think about art in new ways. We take big ideas and explore them through playful and experimental activities. Drop in anytime between 1 and 3 p.m.!
ArtVenture: Future Worlds
Write, paint, and imagine the future of the world with us!Gather inspiration from the ways that artists in Between Bodies have imagined new possibilities for humans and their relationships with the environment.Use inventive writing and thinking exercises to create your vision for a world a hundred years into the future.Offered on select Sundays throughout the year, this free drop-in style program encourages families to think about art in new ways. We take big ideas and explore them through playful and experimental activities. Drop in anytime between 1 and 3 p.m.!
Claire Kenney
Art conservator Claire Kenny works with collections at the Henry Art Gallery and University Libraries.