Postmark Second Saturdays
Saturday, December 14, 2024 | 12-4PM
All Ages | FREE
@ Postmark Center for the Arts.

Postmark Center for the Arts is hosting FREE, all ages, arts, performance, and crafts! Every Second Saturday of the month from 12-4pm. 

Free Winter Postmark Craft 12:00-4:00PM
Create your own paper gingerbread house! Learn to fold an origami house, then draw and decorate it for create your own cozy winter wonderland.

Ted Vigil Performance 2:00-2:45PM: Step into the holidays with Ted Vigil! Vigil is a singer, songwriter and a tribute artist. He was born in Seattle and raised in the Olympia area. He has been performing from the age of ten throughout school in concert, symphonic and jazz bands developing his talents as a drummer and singer. Listen to his unique line up of holiday and winter classics! 

Santa Parade Cookie, Cocoa, and Craft

Get your craft on at Postmark Center for the Arts prior to Auburn’s Santa Parade & Tree Lighting festivities!

Alongside all the fun happening downtown on Saturday, December 7, Postmark will be offering two different holiday arts crafts accompanied by warm cocoa and delicious cookies. Register to drop in any time between 12:30-3:00 PM to make and take your crafts.

Each individual must register to craft and have a cookie and cocoa.

Date: Saturday, December 5 | 12:30-3PM
Ages: 5+
Registration: $5
Instructor: Postmark Staff

Register Now!

Lights on! Stage set! BRAVO Performing Arts is launching into the Fall season! The City of Auburn is excited to present an incredible lineup of music, comedy, theater, and kids’ programming as part of BRAVO Performing Arts. Check out the full schedule at auburnwa.gov/theater.

Upcoming performances:

• Sunday, December 8 | Red, White, and Blue Holiday Concert | Auburn PAC | 2:00PM
• Saturday, December 14 | Ted Vigil - A Rocky Mountain Christmas | GRC | 7:30PM
• Saturday, December 21 | An Inspirational Christmas with Elvis | GRC | 7:30PM

Make & Mingle
Every Wednesday, 10AM - 12PM
Ages: Suggested 18+ | FREE
@ Postmark Center for the Arts.

Stop by for our Artist Open Studio! Come join us for a cup of coffee with whatever art project you might be working on! This is a free, no-pressure environment for artists and creatives to gather. You can talk with other artists, ask for feedback or critique from on-site staff if available, bring your sketchbook to work out ideas, or just quietly draw in the gallery or work on your art! All are welcome. No need to sign up or register, just drop in!

Drop-in Painting with Amy Sie
Every Friday, 10AM - 12PM
Ages: Suggested 18+ | FREE
Instructor: Amy Sie
@ Postmark Center for the Arts.

Amy Sie is offering Drop-In Gongbi Painting sessions at the Postmark! A free, no-pressure environment for you to start a new painting or work on an old one. Please bring your own tools and materials. On-site help for critique/questions/advice. All are welcome. No need to sign up or register, just drop in!

Drop-in Drawing
Every Friday, 10AM - 12PM
Ages: Suggested 18+ | FREE
@ Postmark Center for the Arts.

Come stop by for our new Drop-In Drawing sessions at the Postmark! A free, no-pressure environment for artists and creatives to drop-in. Draw from a still life or the gallery, stay for whole two hours or only 10 minutes! Bring tools to either shade or color with, and your own sketchbook or drawing pad. On-site help for critique/questions/advice. All are welcome. No need to sign up or register, just drop in!

Postmark Center for the Arts Gallery
20 Auburn Ave

Exhibition: ...A Familiar Taste
Exhibition dates: Through January 15, 2025

…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.

Vault Gallery
20 Auburn Ave
Located within Postmark Center for the Arts

Josh Sands
Exhibition Dates: Through January 5, 2025

We are eager to host Josh Sands in the Vault Gallery as our new artist for October!

Artist Statement:

"This piece continues my series of temporary public installations that showcases glass in the form of raindrops. Here the ordinary experience of a downpour invites viewers in to the space to contemplate, observe, and feel the sensations and emotions of such an event, in a displaced setting.

The narrative of this installation alludes to the importance of arts education and the need to shelter and support art during challenging times. Through the stewardship of local cultural centers like the Postmark and the City of Auburn’s programming, arts education and exhibition can continue to be provided and protected." -Josh Sands

Art on Main Gallery
East Main St between N Division St and Auburn Ave
Windowfront viewable streetside 24/7

Plastic Bodies 2 by Lisa Turner
Exhibition Dates: Through January 5, 2025

We are eager to announce the arrival of a new Art on Main artist, printmaker Lisa Turner!

Artist Statement:

Wendy Wahman’s “Wenderings,” are improvisational, meditative drawings. Unplanned, with usually nothing conscious in mind, they begin with a line and go from there. Volumes 1 and 2 of, “Wenderings: to Wander (or Color),” along with her books for children, are available on Amazon. 

Says Barry Roitblat, "I am fascinated by the grand works of art created by 'Mother Nature' and enjoy turning nature’s art to a human purpose. I delight in the beauty revealed as an apparently non-descript piece of wood becomes a polished, functional art-piece. I have been turning for about 18 years and have had pieces on display at over a dozen galleries in Western Washington and nationally."

Cheryl Sallee Gallery
Auburn Senior Center
808 Ninth St. SE

JoAnne Iwasaki Watercolors Group Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: Through January 8, 2025

With works ranging in subjects such as landscape, wildlife or abstract textural compositions, this annual exhibition features the artistic talents of Jo Anne Iwasaki’s Senior Center student artists.

JoAnne Iwasaki is a talented teacher who has been sharing her love of painting with students in Auburn for over 14 years. This group student exhibition showcases the talents of JoAnne’s painting students working in watercolor media featuring a variety of techniques and subjects.

Gingerbread Contest

FREE - This fun event celebrates the holidays and brings the community together to see what Auburn can build! 15 Gingerbread structures will be on display at the Auburn Community & Events Center. 

Voting:

• Voting will be open December 4 - 18, 2024
• Vote during Auburn Community & Events Center's normal business hours,
  • Monday through Thursday, 7 AM - 8 PM
  • Fridays, 7 AM - 7 PM
  • Saturdays, 9 AM  - 12 PM
  • Hours may vary the week of December 16
• There are two categories to vote in, youth and adult.

Based on votes from the public, a winner will be announced on Thursday, December 19, 2024. 

Questions? Contact Amanda Valdez or call 253-931-3043. 

MakerSpace
Auburn Community and Event Center | 910 9th St SE, Auburn, WA 98002

Visit the Auburn MakerSpace for activities geared toward all ages!

Adult Take & Make Kits

Host your own craft party at home! Choose from 4 individual projects consisting of signs and a banner each month, or choose the entire package with 4 kits. Kits are available for pick up Mondays-Fridays 8 AM - 8 PM and Saturdays 9 AM - 4 PM. More information at the MakerSpace webpage.

White River Valley Museum Exhibit
Festival of Trees
White River Valley Museum, 918 H St SE

Exhibition Dates: November 20, 2024 - January 5, 2025

The Museum transforms into a fairytale forest this winter. Beautiful trees decorated by our local business partners will fill the galleries with the spirit of the season.

Trees on display throughout the Museum’s permanent galleries.

POSTMARK CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Postmark Center for the Arts – AWARD Winning again! The City of Auburn and Johnston Architects received the 2024 AIA Washington Council Civic Design Merit Award in recognition of the City of Auburn’s Postmark Center for the Arts. The award celebrates design excellence in publicly funded projects located in Washington State. Award winning projects reflect the highest standards in sustainability, innovation, building performance and overall integration with the client and surrounding communities.

This is the third award for the Postmark Center for the Arts. Other awards include the Washington Recreation and Park Association Spotlight Award and the King County John D. Spellman Award for Achievement in Historic Preservation (Award for Excellence in Adaptive Reuse).

EXCITING NEWS!
We invite you to learn about the upcoming plans for Auburn Avenue Theater and the surrounding downtown area, and follow the progress of the  downtown infrastructure, theater, and new park.