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BirdNote is a nonprofit public media organization that produces the popular daily show about birds heard on KNKX 88.5-FM, via podcast, and on 300 other public radio stations around the country. BirdNote is holding a virtual auction on 11/30 for their end-of-year fundraiser that supports their mission of inspiring people to care about the natural world and take steps to protect it. They expect a great national turnout, with the largest concentration of people joining from the Pacific Northwest. The theme of the event is a “Bird Drawing Throwdown Showdown” between acclaimed bird illustrator David Sibley and star of Bob’s Burgers and Archer, H. Jon Benjamin, and it will also feature a live performance from Andrew Bird. I’ll have this etching in the auction which can be viewed here: https://app.galabid.com/birdnote-benefit

Register for the virtual event and invite your friends and family to attend here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ultimate-bird-drawing-throwdown-showdown-and-online-auction-registration-723614288817

I’ll have a spot with my prints at the Tacoma Arts at the Armory, November 11 & 12, 11am-5pm. 1001 S. Yakima Ave. Come chat with and support local artists!

On October 27th at the Seattle Art Museum, visitors celebrated life and those we lost with Mexican art, music, dance and food. I taught a workshop on printing linocuts with watercoloring and using a typewriter to add text.

On October 28th & 29th at the Seattle Center Armory, we also celebrated Dia de los Muertos and taught relief printmaking with Pratt Fine Arts Center.

“Renewal” collective exhibition showing until January 2024, steamroller printing 2’x3′ linocut, and prints for sale at the gift shop.

In 1999-2001, I was teaching English in a small town called Kuzumaki in northern Japan. Through the years, I’m so grateful to be able to visit their beautiful valley when in Japan. It’ll be my second show there, this time in the newly renovated town hall building. Thank you to all my friends in Kuzumaki for having me again, especially Katsura Endo & Yumi Kumagai! お楽しみです！(５月は鯉のぼりだから—May 5th is Children’s Day in Japan, when they hang koi (carp) flags)

So thrilled to be part of this group show on Vashon Island! All work will also be showcased and for sale online at: https://gallery.vashoncenterforthearts.org/event-works.php?eventId=22451&event=Scanning+the+Room. For more info of this project, visit: https://vashoncenterforthearts.org/event/scanning-the-room-gallery-exhibition-opening/

Printmaking & book arts galore! I’ll have a table set up at Tacoma Wayzgoose with tons of prints! I’m part of this great organizing team of Write 253, Springtide Press, King’s Books, Coxwain Press and Yuka Petz—we’ve been working hard to bring Tacoma Wayzgoose back after a four-year hiatus. This year’s official poster is designed and letterpress printed by Ilfant Press, available for purchase at King’s Books or at the event ($15). Proceeds go to put on this event every year. Free entry & activities—check out tacomawayzgoose.com for more info.

Changing the Conversation: Artists’ Books, Zines and Broadsides from the Collins Memorial Library Collection, August 12 – December 14, 2022, at the University of Puget Sound library. This exhibition represents a decade of collecting artists’ work that challenge our point of view and focus on social justice. https://tinyurl.com/bdhx5x44

Broadside linocuts by Yoshi Nakagawa and letterpress printed by Jessica Spring at Springtide Press, Tacoma, WA, 2022. 12”x18.5” Edition size: 120.

$30 print price (includes shipping) and all proceeds go to fund student centered projects and programs in support of diversity, equity and inclusion. Payment can be made in person via credit card or check made payable to the Collins Memorial Library, sent to Jamie Spaine, Collins Memorial Library, 1500 N. Warner Street #1021, Tacoma, WA. 98416. Please contact jspaine@pugetsound.edu with the subject line Changing the Conversation Print Purchase, and provide your name and mailing address.

In person opening reception during First Thursday Artwalk in Pioneer Square, Seattle. The exhibition will be up for over a month if you prefer a quieter viewing, and all works will be available online at https://azumagallery.com/artist-works.php?artistId=289227&artist=Yoshi%20Nakagawa.

Please Note: Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, we ask that anyone experiencing any symptoms please refrain from attending and instead participate in the show virtually. In addition to making disposable masks and hand sanitizer available, we will also be taking measures during the reception to increase air flow and encourage social distancing, which may include having our door open and limiting the number of people to 20 persons inside at once—so please dress warmly.

Parking vouchers are available for free First Thursday parking from 5pm-10pm. Due to a Seahawks game, the only lot open for free parking will be the Butler Garage at 114 James St.