Events

My solo exhibition showing from July 3-August 27, 2026 at the Auburn Community & Event Center Gallery! 910 9th St. SE Auburn, WA 98002. Always free entry and open M-F, 8-5. Thanks to Postmark Center for the Arts & the City of Auburn!

I’ll be at the Bellevue Arts Fair presenting a woodcut demo on July 25, & helping Kathleen Hargrave with her mokuhanga workshop on the 26th. I’ll also have a few pieces exhibiting at the Avenue Bellevue Gallery.

Living Traditions: Japanese Art & Resilience in the Pacific Northwest is a new multicultural exhibition series launching on July 12, curated by Anna Moblard Meier & Shizu Usami. The exhibition celebrates Japanese artistic traditions not as artifact but as living practices—made & carried forward by the communities that have shaped the creative life of the Pacific Northwest. During the Bellevue Arts Fair weekend on July 24-26, visitors can encounter calligraphy, woodblock printing, ceramics, ikebana, taiko, & haiku through demos, workshops, & performances. 

Beyond the weekend, the series lives as a growing online exhibition hosted on the BAF website, including curatorial essays on each art form & artist, historical & cultural context, links to Nikkei historical societies & archives, & an interactive cultural map representing Japanese American artistic traditions, culture, & communities across the Northwest. The website goes live on July 12 as well. Each year will celebrate different living traditions!

The City of Auburn and Auburn Arts Commission are pleased to welcome talented printmaker Yoshi Nakagawa as the summer 2026 Postmark Artist in Residence! 

Postmark’s unique and historic setting will be an ideal place for the artist to draw inspiration, engage with the community, and create new artwork for the Vault installation gallery. Yoshi is “excited that this residency will provide a space for the audience and community to see humanity with a new lens, how patterns, nature, culture, and creation cultivate healing, reciprocity, and renewal of our senses.”

Yoshi will actively work on-site from July 1-August 26 at Postmark Center for the Arts, creating a special installation for the Vault Gallery. This installation will be on display January-April of 2027.

Visit us for FREE upcoming events with our artist in residence!

– Open studio day 1: July 11, 12-4PM
– PNW Native Plant/Botanical Printmaking workshop: August 13, 4-6PM
– Open studio day 2: August 22, 1-5PM

Maker’s Table is a local art market on 5/30/26 at the Tacoma Armory’s Roosevelt Room. Find affordable ceramics, fiber arts, glasswork, jewelry, original prints, paintings, and works on paper! Free entry for all ages, the event features thirteen South Sound artists selling their artwork and connecting with the community: 

Bound by Cooksey is a bookbinder in Tacoma specializing in handmade books from blank journals to artist books about the history of tarot cards. boundbycooksey.com

Christina Bertucchi is a mixed media artist and educator, working in over 14 different media. She will be showcasing her glass art at the Marker’s Table. two-keys-studio.com

Ixia Tile Tacoma produces one-of-a-kind handmade tile and ceramic architecture as well as functional pottery such as mugs, plates, platters and bowls. Clays and glazes are sourced in Tacoma. ixia71.wixsite.com/ixiatiletacoma

Kristin Tollefson offers jewelry and small sculptures made from wire, textile techniques and reclaimed materials. KLTollefson.com

Mary Mann brings oil paintings on wood to the Maker’s Table. Find her amazing murals all around Tacoma! marymannpainter.com

Paige Pettibon’s artwork reflects her Black and Bitterroot Salish identity, made to be felt, seen, and celebrated by all. Come through for original pieces, digital prints, handmade jewelry, and stickers that carry story and soul. paigepettibon.com

Saiyare Refaei has Justseeds art and publications, as well as their own prints and stickers available. Some items will be available to support Palestine related fundraisers. justseeds.org/artist/saiyarerefaei 

Solidago Grow creates color, prints, and patterns on natural fibers using dye plants and flowers. Inspired by nature, slow sustainable living, and bringing the natural world into your daily life. solidagogrow.com

Springtide Press makes limited-edition letterpress printed artist books, broadsides and ephemera.springtidepress.com

Teruko Nimura is a multi-disciplinary artist offering small ceramic sculptures, planters, and functional wares inspired by the Japanese card game Hana Fuda, and her mixed Asian heritage. terukonimuraart.net

The Quilted Line uses sewing machines and weaving looms to create accessories for you and your home: handwoven scarves, pillows, handbags and quilts. thequiltedline.com

Yoshi Nakagawa brings original prints to the table: etchings, woodcuts, linocuts, monotypes, letterpress printed broadsides and lithographs. yoshinakagawa.com

Yuka Petz’ creative practice is centered around books and language. She typically works with media associated with letters on a page, such as paper, graphite, letterpress printmaking, books, and zines. yukapetz.com

Presented by ACE Accelerating Creative Enterprise & Tacoma Arts Live. Maker’s Table logo by Mary Mann. Follow us on Instagram @makers_table_tacoma

You’ll find affordable ceramics, fiber arts, glasswork, jewelry, original prints, paintings, wire sculpture, and works on paper at the Maker’s Table! Free entry for all ages, the event features thirteen South Sound artists selling their artwork and connecting with the community:

Baso Glass offers jewelry, cups, vases, bowls, pitchers, and other functional hand-blown glassware. basoglass.com

Ixia Tile Tacoma produces one-of-a-kind handmade tile and ceramic architecture as well as functional pottery such as mugs, plates, platters and bowls. Clays and glazes are sourced in Tacoma. ixia71.wixsite.com/ixiatiletacoma

Katherine Hogan makes wire sculpture designed to play with form, light, and shadow. Looping wire since 2006 and influenced by natural elements & PNW landscapes. katherineahogan.com

Maria Jost creates fine art prints, inspired by the beautiful patterns and processes of nature. She’ll have high quality giclee prints, stickers and a few custom framed prints available at her table. mariajost.com

Mary Mann brings oil paintings on wood to the Maker’s Table. Find her amazing murals all around Tacoma! marymannpainter.com

Paige Pettibon’s artwork reflects her Black and Bitterroot Salish identity, made to be felt, seen, and celebrated by all. Come through for original pieces, digital prints, handmade jewelry, and stickers that carry story and soul. paigepettibon.com

Saiyare Refaei has Justseeds art and publications, as well as their own prints and stickers available. Some items will be available to support Palestine related fundraisers. justseeds.org/artist/saiyarerefaei 

Solidago Grow creates color, prints, and patterns on natural fibers using dye plants and flowers. Inspired by nature, slow sustainable living, and bringing the natural world into your daily life. solidagogrow.com

Springtide Press makes limited-edition letterpress printed artist books, broadsides and ephemera.springtidepress.com

Teruko Nimura is a multi-disciplinary artist offering small ceramic sculptures, planters, and functional wares inspired by the Japanese card game Hana Fuda, and her mixed Asian heritage. terukonimuraart.net

The Quilted Line uses sewing machines and weaving looms to create accessories for you and your home: handwoven scarves, pillows, handbags and quilts. thequiltedline.com

Vernon Ng is a multimedia artist seeking the magic in the local. He offers mushroom spore prints from the South Sound and agate jewelry sourced around the Salish Sea. IG @vernonfiloteong

Yoshi Nakagawa brings original prints to the table: etchings, woodcuts, linocuts, monotypes, letterpress printed broadsides and lithographs. yoshinakagawa.com

Presented by ACE Accelerating Creative Enterprise

https://www.tacomaartslive.org/events/makers-table/

Instagram: @Makers_Table_Tacoma

Maker’s Table logo by Mary Mann

Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 16th! Yoshi Nakagawa and Saiyare Refaei will be doing a live printing demonstration at Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle’s Central District from 1-2 pm followed by a brief talk and some of their other prints for purchase. This event is free to the public.

Yoshi and Saiyare have followed a similar journey: both from Oregon, both studied in universities in Tacoma and they met at el Taller Rufino Tamayo in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2013 while taking printmaking classes from Maestro Oswaldo Ramírez. They reconnected in 2017 in Oaxaca and now reside in Tacoma. This past spring, they designed their first collaboration for Tacoma Wayzgoose’s steamroller printing event. Together they carved a 2’x3’ linoleum block and called the image “Sound,” which they’ll be printing an edition on Pratt’s large etching press. 

You can find more of their art on Instagram at @yoshi.nakagawa36 and @_saikick_ or Saiyare’s website justseeds.org/artist/saiyarerefaei. 

In my individual show, Simple Life, I’ll be exhibiting various printmaking techniques focused on flora, fauna and landscapes. As artists and stewards of nature, we experience a simple life that nourishes, heals, and inspires us. We find beauty in patterns and repetition—and we return the deed by preserving, protecting and advocating for the wellness of the natural world.

There’ll be food & refreshments at the free & all ages opening reception from Wild Dreams Farm & Seed on Vashon Island. Their seeds will also be for sale! Visit wilddreamsfarm.org and more info on the Miller Library website

Committee member, vendor, & steamroller artist with Saiyare Refaei at the Tacoma Main Library! Linocut poster by Liz Morrow, also available for purchase at the Tacoma Wayzgoose. More info: write253.org/tacoma-wayzgoose

Free & all ages reception on February 20, 2025, 5:30-7:30pm

Exhibiting large formatted prints and mixed media works on paper with thread stitching. As makers of art, we mend ourselves and our audience. We learn from mistakes, repair what’s been broken, and heal our wounds. We find beauty in patterns, repetition and simplicity—while patching ideas together.

I’ll have a table selling my artwork at Postmark Center for the Arts’ Holiday Art Market in Auburn, mark your calendars!