Events

I’ll have a few pieces in this group print show in Seattle! Please RSVP.

Historian Tamiko Nimura presents the 7th Annual Tacoma Day of Remembrance at the Washington State History Museum! All ages are welcome and please share this event—K-12 educators get free clock hours!

I’ll have an interactive printmaking activity table at the Resource Fair with Yuka Petz to print free keepsake posters from the linocut I made. The poster can be used for the procession to show your solidarity and remember the Japanese American incarceration.

From the Washington State Historical Society:

On May 17 and 18, 1942, through Executive Order 9066, signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, over 700 Japanese Americans were forcibly evacuated from Tacoma’s Union Station and sent to Pinedale Assembly Center near Fresno, California.

Though some Japanese Americans eventually returned to Tacoma, the city’s Japantown was never the same. Each year, Japanese American Days of Remembrance are held around the nation to commemorate the anniversary of this unconstitutional mass incarceration.

Join us at the Washington State History Museum for the 7th Annual Japanese American Day of Remembrance next month on Thursday, May 16, from 3:30 to 8:00 PM. This FREE event honors and remembers Tacoma’s Japanese American community, offering a rich program that connects us to their history and legacy.

Dive into an interactive printing activity led by artists Yoshi Nakagawa and Yuka Petz and experience live performances by Fuji Taiko and Kabuki Academy from 5:30 to 6:00 PM, followed by a special procession from the Washington State History Museum’s Remembrance exhibit to Union Station at 6:00 PM.

Finally, a panel conversation, “Making the Invisible Visible: ‘Righting’ Asian American and Pacific Islander Histories,” moderated by public historian Tamiko Nimura, will give historical context to this event as part of our “Scholarly Selections” series from 6:30 to 7:30 PM.

More information: https://bit.ly/4cV3OML

Join us for Tacoma’s grandiose printmaking & book arts fair! Friday, May 3rd 11am-7pm— Saturday, May 4th 11am-4pm. Sweet & Salty theme posters for sale, $15 each at the event or pre-sale at King’s Books. All proceeds go back into Tacoma Wayzgoose 2025. Linocuts by Yoshi Nakagawa, Typeset & Printed at Line Break Press.

I’ll have my booth at the Fieldhouse Flea! All fees go towards student scholarships for University of Puget Sound.

Friday, March 1st Night Market  6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Join Northwest FolkLife at the Tacoma Arts Live (Armory) Roosevelt Room on Friday night for a night market and jam. You can shop locally and choose from a selection of incredible craft artists from Tacoma. If you’re a musician, don’t forget to bring your instrument and join the SuperFolk musicians for a jam session. This free event will kickstart the weekend’s festivities at the Washington State History Museum.

Saturday, March 2nd Gallery Walk 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

On Saturday from 11:00 AM  to 4:00 PM, visit the Washington State History Museum and tour the main floor exhibits while our SuperFolk musicians perform within various galleries to punctuate themes explored in each exhibit.

Saturday, March 2nd Night Social 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Join us on Saturday night on the 5th floor of the Washington State History Museum from 6:00 to 10:00 PM. Enjoy live music from SuperFolk musicians, local crafters, food vendors, and performing artists at the 2nd installation of Northwest FolkLife’s SuperFolk Party.

All ages, register at: https://www.washingtonhistory.org/event/superfolk-festival-24/

Equinox’ annual Very Open House is on Saturday, December 9th, and there’ll be over 150 artists and artisans showing their work across four buildings, along with live music, demos, dance and performance, bonfires, food trucks, beer gardens and a whole lot more!

I’ll have a table selling my artwork at one of the buildings in Georgetown called
Base: Experimental Arts + Space
6520 5th Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98108
On the west side of 5th Avenue South between Michigan and River Streets, just south of Counterbalance Brewery.

6pm to 10pm – this is the event run time within Base, but Equinox goes from 3pm on into the night. Free entry and all ages welcome!

The Collins Memorial Library is pleased to announce a new collaborative exhibit to be on display from January 8th – April 30th. The World Through Abby’s Eyes, is about the nuanced life of women in the American West in the early twentieth century. The focal point of the exhibit will be Tacoma resident Abby Williams Hill (1861-1943), and specifically four significant roles she held: artist, advocate, mother, and woman. The exhibit will feature original works by local artists, all of which will explore the life and experiences of Hill. Building on these themes, we will also draw on the rich and vibrant history of Tacoma through documents, photographs and artifacts from the Archives & Special Collections and other community historical organizations. I’ll have a piece in this collective exhibition!

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