Postmark Center for the Arts is a rotating gallery space located in Auburn, Washington. The building was built in 1937 and served as Auburn's first post office but since has been converted into a hub for arts and culture. The main floor is dominated by a gallery and gathering space. The original post-office vault has been transformed into an inspiring and unique art installation space, The Vault Gallery. Exhibits rotate quarterly, and focus on providing art from a variety of backgrounds and interpretations.
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Current Exhibition
...A Familiar Taste
October 10 - January 15, 2025
Harvesting Hope by Lauren Iida
…A Familiar Taste highlights narratives from artists of color through the lens of food and cultural foodways. This exhibit presents a visual and literary feast evoking a diverse range of connections, emotions, and memories. It is an invitation to consider one’s own relationship to food and explore how different backgrounds and experiences inform our interaction with culinary traditions.
From nostalgic recollections of intimate kitchen convenings and childhood meals, to traveling to a motherland and savoring familiar flavors, and using food as symbolism to further explore socio-political complexities of cultural identity, …A Familiar Taste uses the common thread of food as a vessel for storytelling, cultural preservation and reconnection, and community building.
Artists:
MalPina Chan, Monyee Chau, Chanel Athena Estrada | "COY",
isaura jiménez guerra, Lauren Iida, Dejan Ann Kahilināʻi,
Jae Eun Kim, Alan Lau, Oliver Vy Lê Nguyễn,
Raychelle Ordoñez, Yixuan Pan
Programming
Opening Reception
Postmark hosted an opening reception for ...A Familiar Taste on October 10, 2024. This reception featured special guest DJ Epaulets, curator Clarissa Grace Gines, and artists.
Share Your Recipe
Participate in this exhibition by sharing your recipe! Stop by the Postmark gallery to sit and write down your favorite family recipe and post it on our board. All recipes will be compiled into a community recipe book, freely available online at the end of the exhibition. Stay tuned here for access to the recipe book!
Cooking Demonstration
Chef Jan parker will host a cooking demonstration here at Postmark Center for the Arts! Join us on November 14, 2024 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM to take part in this special event.
Curator and Artist Talk
Clarissa Grace Gines, curator for ...A Familiar Taste, will speak about the exhibition at this curator talk on November 21, 2024 from 5:00 - 6:30 PM. Artists will speak about their work in this exhibition, explaining their inspirations and processes.
Upcoming Exhibition
Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound
January 2025 - April 2025
The upcoming exhibition at the Postmark Center for the Arts Gallery will be a group exhibition featuring artists from Tapestry Artists of Puget Sound.
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