Poets at the Postmark
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 | 6:30-8:00PM
All Ages | FREE
@ Postmark Center for the Arts.
Come to our monthly Postmark Poetry Nights! Doors open at 6:00PM, poetry starts at 6:30PM.
Arrive early to peruse artwork by local artists, bring a poem to share during the open mic, and bring a poetry book to swap for a poetry book at our book exchange!
There will be three featured poets this month!
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Postmark Second Saturdays
Saturday, September 13, 2025 | 12-4PM
All Ages | FREE
@ Postmark Center for the Arts.
Visit Postmark Center for the Arts gallery, open to the public each Second Saturday from 12-4PM! Each month features FREE, all ages performances, crafts, and events!
1-3PM
KEEP A'LIVIN'
Listen to Kathya Alexander share her personal stories of living through the Civil Rights Movement. Go beyond the history of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with interactive storytelling that has audiences fully engaged for the duration of her performance. While her novel, KEEP A' LIVIN', is a work of fiction, it is storytelling connected to her personal childhood experiences.
For many, this is their first experience meeting someone who lived through the Movement. History lessons come alive through a first-hand account of both great and terrible moments
in our nation’s heritage. Now more than ever that history needs to be revisited and retold.
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12-4PM
Create a Zine
Stop by our classroom from 12-4 to create your own zine! Inspired by Kathya Alexander's storytelling, you will have the opportunity to write, draw and write your own story in the form of a mini folded book!
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Made possible by the Kiwanis Club of Auburn!
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Kiwanis Speaker Series
All Ages | FREE
@ Postmark Center for the Arts
The Kiwanis Club of Auburn will be hosting a speaker series here at Postmark Center for the Arts! Each month will feature a different speaker associated with Kiwanis, including local leaders and representatives of local organizations.
Thursday, September 11 | 6 - 7:30PM | Auburn Washington Sister Cities Association
Representatives from AWSCA will share information about Auburn’s Sister Cities around the world and all the programs for students. The Auburn Washington Sister Cities Association (AWSCA) is a community based organization providing opportunities for City of Auburn, Washington, residents to develop relationships with the peoples of the world through cultural exchanges, educational programs and community events.
Upcoming talks:
- Thursday, October 2 | 6 - 7:30PM | Tamiko Nimura, Writer
- Thursday, October 30 | 6 - 7:30PM | Auburn Service Clubs Panel: Lions, Rotary, Soroptimist, Kiwanis
- Thursday, November 20 | 6 - 7:30PM | Auburn Symphony Orchestra
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Made possible by 4Culture!
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One-Day Pottery
Join ceramicist Bryan Ohno for an evening of creativity! Over the course of this two hour class, you'll have the opportunity to hand build unique pieces and experiment with the wonders that clay has to offer!
Date: September 4, 2025 | 5:30 - 7:30PM
Ages: 18+
Fee: $43/$54 Resident/Non-Res
Instructor: Bryan Ohno
@ Postmark Center for the Arts
Register now!
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Introduction to Watercolor
Learn basic watercolor techniques while exploring a variety of papers and tools for water-based media. Students will work from different source material, including found objects/still lifes, animals, and personal photographs. No experience is required, but students will need to bring their own supplies. A supply list will be provided.
Dates: This is a four-session course occurring on September 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th | 1 - 3PM
Ages: 18+
Fee: $60/$75 Resident/Non-Res
Instructor: Brian Schenk
@ Postmark Center for the Arts
Register now!
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Youth & Parent Pottery
Come and bring out your creativity! Make bowls, cups, plates, and more items you can enjoy your next meal with. Classes emphasize hand building lessons for youth and their parents. Making pottery together is a great way to spend time together! Clay has a way in bringing out the joyful and playful spirit within us. No experience necessary, all supplies are provided. BOTH child and parent must register for class.
Dates: This is a five-session course occurring on September 11th, 18th & 25th and October 2nd & 9th | 4:30 - 6PM
Ages: 8+
Fee: $180/$225 Resident/Non-Res
Instructor: Bryan Ohno
@ Postmark Center for the Arts
Register now!
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Adult Pottery
Sink your hands into clay and experience the magic. You’ll start by crafting functional pieces like cups, bowls, and plates, while also learning essential shaping and glazing techniques. As you progress, participants can take on more complex projects and personal styles, with guidance from the instructor. Join our vibrant community of pottery enthusiasts and discover the joy of creating beautiful, handmade pottery!
Dates: This is a five-session course occurring on September 11th, 18th & 25th and October 2nd & 9th | 6:15 - 7:45PM
Ages: 18+
Fee: $192/$240 Resident/Non-Res
Instructor: Bryan Ohno
@ Postmark Center for the Arts
Register now!
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Understanding Poetry: Finding your Poetic Voice
Inspiration is key in the process of bringing your ideas to life but the artform requires a strong grasp on craft and technique. People of all ages and levels of linguistic skill can love poetry, so sign up for this three-day course to master the basics and unleash your creativity as you find your voice. Paper and pencils provided, or bring your own laptop.
Dates: This is a three-part class occurring on September 18th, September 25th, and October 2nd | 5 - 6:30PM
Ages: 5+
Fee: $65/$82 Resident/Non-Res
Instructor: Nicole Bowen
Register now!
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Beginner Linocut T-Shirt & Fabric Printing
Learn how to print linocuts onto t-shirts and fabrics! In this 1-day beginner workshop we’ll go over the basics of Linocut printing onto fabric. From creating a simple image, transferring it to a linoleum block, carving, inking, and then printing. Come with an image you’d like to turn into a linocut, or create one in the class. You can bring your own shirts or fabrics to print on, or some will be available to purchase from the instructor for $5. Beginners of all levels welcome!
Date: Saturday, September 20 | 10AM - 4PM
Ages: 18+
Fee: $85/$99 Resident/Non-Res
Instructor: Patrick Connelly
Register now!
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Acrylic 101
Over two sessions on October 3rd and October 10th, we cover all the basic foundational elements of creating a painting from value studies (dark and light), to basic color theory, to breaking apart a photo into basic shapes and learning to transfer those shapes (using a grid) onto a canvas. We then use our prior lessons to inform us as we paint our masterpieces!
Materials are provided.
Dates: This is a two-part class occurring on October 3rd and 10th | 1 - 3PM
Ages: 18+
Fee: $150/$187 Resident/Non-Res
Instructor: William Cook
Register now!
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Beginner Linocut T-Shirt & Fabric Printing
Learn how to print linocuts onto t-shirts and fabrics! In this 1-day beginner workshop we’ll go over the basics of Linocut printing onto fabric. From creating a simple image, transferring it to a linoleum block, carving, inking, and then printing. Come with an image you’d like to turn into a linocut, or create one in the class. You can bring your own shirts or fabrics to print on, or some will be available to purchase from the instructor for $5. Beginners of all levels welcome!
Date: Saturday, October 4 | 10AM - 4PM
Ages: 18+
Fee: $85/$99 Resident/Non-Res
Instructor: Patrick Connelly
Register now!
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Postmark Center for the Arts Gallery
20 Auburn Ave
& White River Valley Museum
918 H St SE, Auburn, WA 98002
Unprecedented: The Inaugural Postmark Biennial
Exhibition dates: July 23 - October 9, 2025
Vote for your favorite! Visit Postmark Center for the Arts to elect an artwork for the People's Choice Award presented at the end of this exhibition.
Postmark Center for the Arts and the White River Valley Museum are hosting a competitive juried biennial art exhibition, titled Unprecedented: The Inaugural Postmark Biennial.
How is art informed by the exceptional moment in which we are living? Curated by two esteemed jurors, Ellen Ito and Jabari Owens-Bailey, this exhibition includes eighteen artists living and working in Washington state. Unprecedented is interested in highlighting creative explorations in all media created from 2020 to the present.
This exhibition is held in two places, Postmark Center for the Arts and White River Valley Museum.
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Art on Main Gallery
East Main St between N Division St and Auburn Ave
Windowfront viewable streetside 24/7
Lauren Boilini
Exhibition Dates: July 19 - October 5, 2025
We are excited to host a new artist at the Art on Main Gallery, Lauren Boilini!
Artist Statement: “This new installation relates to a body of work inspired by time I spent living with a partner on the Kitsap Peninsula, specifically through the height of the pandemic. He had a large group of peafowl, also known as a muster, an ostentation or a pride, living on his property. I would wake every morning to a peacock at each of the glass doors, standing on the deck and porches, glaring indignantly at their own reflections, opening their massive plumage and shaking their feathers. These daily rituals and their loud calls became the soundtrack for our time together in the pandemic." -Lauren Boilini
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Auburn Community and Event Center Gallery
910 Ninth St. SE
Hae Chon Lee
Exhibition Dates: July 10 - September 4, 2025
We are happy to have Hae Chon Lee as our Community Center Gallery artist until September 4!
Artist statement: “Despite the apparent severance of human relationships due to the constraints of time and space, humans are eternally connected across time and space. The love and interest we have for people from the past play a crucial role in bringing the past into the present. This attention and love for past figures allow us to feel that they are living and breathing with us in the present. Therefore, our lives are not limited to a short span but extend like history, giving us a sense of living a longer life. The past, present, and future coexist, meaning our existence transcends into eternity and is never forgotten. This way, we gain a deeper sense of eternal life.” -Hae Chon Lee
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Auburn Community and Event Center Gallery
910 Ninth St. SE
Rachel Barnes and Weston Lambert
Exhibition Dates: September 4 - November 5, 2025
We are happy to introduce two new Community Center Gallery artists, Rachel Barnes and Weston Lambert!
Rachel Barnes is a fiber artist based in the greater Seattle area who creates rug installations for walls with eye-catching bright colors and varied pile heights to add interest. Intrigued by expressing complex and entertaining ideas through color and texture, She has been inspired to create collections addressing symbols in dreams, other colorful imaginary worlds, and lexical gaps in English that are succinctly explained in other languages.
Weston Lambert’s artwork is about “dualities and the balancing of contrasting forces--a place where transparency/opacity, rigidity/pliability, and ephemeral/eternal coexist, each taking part in creating equilibrium. Through the intense heat of the kiln and days of grinding/polishing, molten glass nestles into the stone’s curves, while mechanical carving simulates eons of erosion. ”
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Cheryl Sallee Gallery
Auburn Senior Center
808 Ninth St. SE
Ari Hoskinson
Exhibition Dates: July 11 - September 3, 2025
We are happy to have artist Ari Hoskinson at the Cheryl Sallee Gallery until September 3!
Artist statement: “I was a writer before I was ever a visual artist. I can’t remember a second of my life before I fell in love with stories. It’s almost like my existence began not from birth, but from the moment I could hold a pen. Somewhere along the way, I began telling my stories through drawings rather than words. Every scene I draw is laced with a hint.” -Ari Hoskinson
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Cheryl Sallee Gallery
Auburn Senior Center
808 Ninth St. SE
Miles Jordan
Exhibition Dates: September 3 - November 4, 2025
We're excited to introduce Miles Jordan as our new Cheryl Sallee Gallery artist!
“My project, 504-907, delves into a visual comparison of two distinct yet intertwined regions—Southern Louisiana and Interior Alaska—through the lens of diptych compositions. Through a fusion of traditional street and documentary photography techniques, I capture the essence of daily life in New Orleans, Louisiana and Fairbanks, Alaska. The diptych format serves as a storytelling tool, juxtaposing ordinary elements and unique characteristics of each locale. People, dwellings, and the minutiae of urban life—like graffiti—converge to reveal underlying connections and distinctions. At its core, 504-907 is a reflection on the profound yearning for connection and the preservation of cultural identity in the face of relentless change.”
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2025-26 Downtown Sculpture Gallery
Main Street, Auburn Downtown
On Display: September 13, 2025 - September 2026
View the current 2024-25 Sculpture Gallery until September 7th!
The City of Auburn's Downtown Sculpture Gallery showcases outdoor sculptures of various sizes, types and mediums. Primarily located along Main Street, the sculpture gallery changes annually providing different artwork for Auburn residents to experience and enjoy.
Take a walk downtown or view the Downtown Sculpture Gallery webpage to tour the newly installed sculptures!
2026 Galleries in City of Auburn
DEADLINE: September 4, 2025 at 10:59PM
The City of Auburn is seeking artists and/or artist groups working in two-dimensional or small three-dimensional media to exhibit their work at City of Auburn gallery spaces in 2026. Galleries are within City operated buildings including the Auburn Senior Center (Cheryl Sallee Gallery) and the Community & Event Center.
Artists and/or artists groups of diverse mediums are encouraged to apply, including but not limited to: printmaking, painting, drawing, mixed media, textiles, mosaic, glass, recycled materials, photography, calligraphy, collage, fiber art, ceramics, jewelry, metal sculptures, etc.
Eligibility: Established and emerging artists and/or artist groups working in two-dimensional or three-dimensional media will be considered.
To apply or view, please view the online application.
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2026 Site-Specific Arts Galleries
DEADLINE: September 4, 2025 at 10:59PM
The City of Auburn, Washington, seeks applications from regional artists to install 3-dimensional or multi-media art installations in two site-specific gallery spaces in downtown Auburn: the Art on Main Gallery and the Vault Gallery. Both spaces provide a $1,000 artist stipend to support the creation of new work and site-specific projects, or the installation of existing work.
Eligibility:
- Any individual artist or collaborative artist team in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho) may apply.
- Past participants of Art on Main are welcome to reapply.
For more information or to apply, please view the online application.
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Postmark Arts & Cultural Programming Grant
DEADLINE: September 30, 2025
This program provides funding support for artists, arts or cultural organizations, or community members proposing ideas for free arts and cultural programs serving residents and visitors at the new Postmark Center for the Arts. We are excited about bringing local artist and community members together in a space that aims to provide opportunities for growth, creative participation, inspiration, and understanding through dynamic and multi-faceted programming.
Eligibility: Individuals, groups of people, neighborhood or business organizations seeking funding for an art program or cultural event at the Postmark Center for the Arts.
Project Budget: Grants are typically awarded from $500 to $2,000 per project.
Application Resources:
For more information or to apply, please view the online application form.
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Artist Project Support Grant
DEADLINE: September 30, 2025
The goal of this program is to provide support to arts-related projects and programs within the City of Auburn to encourage the growth, innovation, excellence, and accessibility of the arts. This is an opportunity for artists to create art projects or programs that have free public benefit for Auburn residents and visitors.
Eligibility: This is a call to artists residing in the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon and Idaho).
Project Budget: Funding is typically awarded for $500 to $1,000.
Application Resources:
For more information or to apply, please view the online application form.
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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:
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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!
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Sit & Stitch
Every Wednesday, 10AM - 12PM
Ages: Suggested 18+ | FREE
@ Postmark Center for the Arts.
Come by Postmark Center for the Arts with your current sewing, knitting, crochet, or any other project fiber-arts related! Take time every Wednesday morning to sip coffee or tea, chat with other artists, and work on your project in a casual, no-pressure environment. Beginners to advanced welcome, stay for the whole two hours or only 10 minutes! No need to sign up or register, just drop in!
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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!
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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!
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Harvest Bazaar
October 17, 12 - 5PM
Ocotber 18, 10 - 3PM
@ Auburn Senior Activity Center.
Discover the essence of autumn at our annual Harvest Bazaar! Indulge in homemade artisan food items, handcrafted woodwork, jewelry, candles, bags, and more. Find treasures for everyone! This event is free and does not require any registration.
For more information on the event, please call the Auburn Senior Activity Center at 253-931-3016
ACCEPTING VENDORS! Apply at link below:
https://auburn.services.govos.com/f/Bazaar
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Auburn MakerSpace
@ Auburn Community & Event Center
Visit the MakerSpace for fun crafts and activities!
Family (Ages 8+)
14+ Classes
Senior Classes
Connect and Craft (Ages 5-10 and Adult)
Little Ones & Loved Ones (Ages 2-6 & Adult)
Tinker Tots: Creative MakerSpace Adventures (Ages 2-6 & Adult)
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POSTMARK CENTER FOR THE ARTS
20 Auburn Avenue, Auburn, WA 98002
Gallery and Gift Shop Hours:
Wednesdays 12-4PM
Thursdays 12-6PM
Fridays 12-4PM
Second Saturdays 12-4PM
Stay Connected!
Click the images below and follow us on our Facebook and Arts Instagram to keep up on announcements, events, and classes!
Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation
253-931-3043 | www.auburnwa.gov/arts
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