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Events calendar
“Emerging Radiance”
Currently on view, 10am-6pm (Mon, Thu & Fri), 11am-8pm
(Tue & Wed), 11am-6pm (Sat-Sun), Bellevue Library (1111
110th Ave NE, Bellevue, Wash.). View “Emerging Radiance,” an
augmented-reality, interactive artwork that honors the stories of
Japanese American farmers who lived in Bellevue between 1920
and World War II. The installation is presented by the City of
Bellevue in partnership with the King County Library System.
For
info,
call
(425)
450-1765
or
visit
<https://kcls.bibliocommons.com>.
“Deities & Demons:
Supernatural in Japanese Art”
Currently on view, 10am-5pm (Wed-Sun), Seattle Art
Museum (1300 First Ave, Seattle). View “Deities & Demons:
Supernatural in Japanese Art,” a display of paintings,
sculptures, prints, and textiles from the museum’s collection that
presents the rich visual culture of the supernatural in Japan. For
info, or to purchase tickets, call (206) 654-3210 or visit
<www.seattleartmuseum.org>.
“New Years All Year Round”
Currently on view, 10am-5pm (Wed-Sun), Wing Luke
Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (719 S King
St, Seattle). View “New Years All Year Round,” a fun,
family-friendly exhibit that looks at the origins of New Year
traditions, colors, cuisine, and more, including lion dances,
drums, and firecrackers. For info, or to purchase tickets, call
(206) 623-5124 or visit <www.wingluke.org>.
“Rivers, Roses, and Rip City:
The Remarkable History of Portland”
Currently on view, 10am-5pm (Mon-Sat), noon-5pm (Sun),
Oregon Historical Society Museum (1200 SW Park Ave,
Portland). View “Rivers, Roses, and Rip City: The Remarkable
History of Portland,” an interactive installation that allows
visitors to learn about the city’s distinctive landscape, the
communities that contribute to the vibrant and dynamic identity
of Portland, and the history of activism that has transformed its
spaces. The display includes 500 objects, images, and archival
materials from the museum and research library collections. For
info, call (503) 222-1741 or visit <www.ohs.org>.
“Oregon’s Nikkei:
An American Story of Resilience”
Currently on view, 10am-4pm (Wed-Sat), 11am-4pm (Sun),
Japanese American Museum of Oregon at the Naito Center (411
NW Flanders St, Portland). View “Oregon’s Nikkei: An American
Story of Resilience,” an exhibit that highlights the
discrimination, resilience, and identity of the Japanese American
community in Oregon. The display begins in rural Oregon and
the streets of Portland’s Japantown where Japanese immigrants
embraced American ideals. What they built was abruptly taken
away during World War II when people of Japanese descent were
imprisoned in American internment camps. From early
immigration through current day, the exhibit explores the
Japanese-American experience and includes the rebuilding of
communities and the ongoing fight for justice. For info, or
to purchase tickets, call (503) 224-1458 or visit
<www.jamo.org>.
“Beyond the Gate:
A Tale of Portland’s Historic Chinatowns”
Currently on view, 11am-3pm (Thu-Sun), Portland
Chinatown Museum (127 NW Third Ave, Portland). View
“Beyond the Gate: A Tale of Portland’s Historic Chinatowns,” a
display of rare objects such as Chinese opera costumes, theatrical
sets, bilingual text, audio-visual media, and more that tell a
sprawling transnational story of contact and trade between
China and the west, focusing on Portland’s Old Chinatown
(1850-1905) and New Chinatown (1905-1950). For info, or to
purchase
tickets,
call
(503)
224-0008
or
visit
<www.portlandchinatownmuseum.org>.
“Boundless:
Stories of Asian Art”
Currently on view, 10am-5pm (Wed-Sun), Seattle Art
Museum (1300 First Ave, Seattle). View “Boundless: Stories of
PERSONAL & POWERFUL. Rakesh Sukesh’s because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it), a powerful, personal dance the-
ater work that explores the dancer’s experience as an immigrant in Europe, opens April 12 at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art in northeast
Portland. (Photo/Deltebre Dansa)
Asian Art,” a display highlighting themes central to arts and
societies of Asia, such as worship and celebration, visual arts and
literature, and clothing and identity. The museum’s south
galleries feature art inspired by spiritual life and the north
galleries show art inspired by material life. For info, or to
purchase
tickets,
call
(206)
654-3210
or
visit
<www.seattleartmuseum.org>.
“The Polio Crusade”
Currently streaming free online. Watch “The Polio Crusade,”
an episode of American Experience that takes a look back at the
development of the polio vaccine. In the summer of 1950, more
than 33,000 Americans were diagnosed with polio — half of them
under the age of ten. The ensuing national campaign for a cure
provided breakthroughs in both science and philanthropy. Based
in part on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Polio: An American
Story by David Oshinsky, the show interweaves personal
accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader
who fought tirelessly on their behalf while scientists raced to
eradicate the dreaded disease. In 1954, children at Arsenal
Elementary School in Pittsburgh received the first injections of
Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine. Within just a few years, the Salk
vaccine decreased the number of polio cases in the United States
by 50%, and by the early 1960s, the number of Americans
contracting polio fell to a few thousand annually. “The Polio
Crusade”
is
currently
streaming
free
online
at
<https://youtu.be/kk2IDigWBN8>.
“Just Playin’ Around”
Through Apr 26, 11am-5pm (Tue-Wed & Fri-Sat), 11am-7pm
(Thu), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) at Portland State
University (1855 SW Broadway, Portland). View “Just Playin’
Around,” an exhibit about how play is a form of freedom.
Featured artists include Calvin Chen, Takashi Murakami,
Joshua Sin, and others. For info, call (503) 725-8013 or visit
<www.pdx.edu/museum-of-art>.
Multnomah Arts Center
group exhibits
Through May 10, 9am-9:30pm (Mon-Thu), 9am-5pm
(Fri-Sat); Apr 10, 6-8pm (opening reception); Multnomah Arts
Center, Front & Center Galleries (7688 SW Capitol Hwy,
Portland). View two group exhibits featuring more than 50
regional LGBTQIA2S+ artists. “Shift Work: Queer Artists in
Tectonic Times” is featured in the Center Gallery and “Holding
Our Own: Works by LGBTQIA2S+ Ceramic Artists & Potters”
takes place in the Front Gallery. For info, call (503) 823-ARTS
(2787) or visit <www.multnomahartscenter.org>.
“What’s Worth the Fight:
The History of the Slants”
Through May 11, 11am-3pm (Thu-Sun), Portland Chinatown
Museum (127 NW Third Ave, Portland). View “What’s Worth the
Fight: The History of the Slants,” the Portland Chinatown
Museum’s first music history exhibition. One of the first Asian
American dance rock bands, The Slants are best known for their
’80s-driven synth-pop (affectionately dubbed by fans as
“Chinatown Dance Rock”) and their landmark Supreme Court
case over the rights to their name. The display explores the
band’s rich history and musical contributions, their Portland
Chinatown roots, and the legacy of their continued activism and
creative resilience. For info, or to purchase tickets, call (503)
224-0008 or visit <www.portlandchinatownmuseum.org>.
June Sekiguchi
Through May 24 (Tue-Sat), 11am-5:30pm; Apr 26, 1pm (artist
talk); May 1, 5-8pm (reception); ArtXchange (512 First Ave S,
Seattle). View “The Geometry of Resilience,” a display by
Tacoma-based sculptor and installation artist June Sekiguchi.
The new body of work was shaped by Sekiguchi’s experiences at
the Willapa Bay (2022) and Vashon (2023) artist residencies.
Tide pools, teeming with marine animals, sparked a fascination
with the balance between organic and geometric. Inspired by the
ways that marine creatures’ forms, while delicate, have evolved
to be resilient despite ever-changing conditions, the exhibit
embodies Sekiguchi’s response to current political and
environmental challenges. For info, call (206) 839-0377 or visit
<www.artxchange.org>.
“Earthen Elegance: The Ceramic Art of Bizen”
Through June 9, 10am-5:30pm (Wed-Mon), Portland
Japanese Garden (611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland). View
“Earthen Elegance: The Ceramic Art of Bizen,” an exhibition that
celebrates contemporary ceramic art and vessels that preserve a
time-honored collaboration of earth, fire, and the artist’s hand.
Bizen is a ceramic center that has continued its unique form of
pottery for more than 900 years. Notable for rustic, textured, and
unglazed forms, the ceramics included in the display reveal the
depths of the Bizen pottery tradition. The town of Bizen hosts
nearly 300 active kilns with artists continuing to use local
materials and an ancient wood-firing process. For info, or to
purchase
tickets,
call
(503)
223-1321
or
visit
<www.japanesegarden.com>.
“Jurassic World by Brickman”
Through Sep 1, 9:30am-5:30pm (Tue-Fri & Sun), 9:30am-7pm
(Sat), Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (1945 SE Water
Ave, Portland). View “Jurassic World by Brickman,” an exhibit
featuring more than 50 large-scale dinosaurs, props, scenes, and
activities made from over 6 million LEGO® bricks. Activities
related to the display include island building, LEGO®
paleontology and discovery through mystery mosaics, creating
new dinosaurs, learning to track a dinosaur by creating species
footprints, and building escape vehicles to get away from a
Tyrannosaurus Rex. For info, or to purchase tickets, call (503)
797-4000 or visit <www.omsi.edu>.
“Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei”
Through Sep 7, 10am-5pm (Wed-Sun), Seattle Art Museum
(1300 First Ave, Seattle). View “Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism
of Ai Weiwei,” a display that highlights the artistic strategies of
Ai Weiwei’s 40-year career for questioning forms of power. “Ai,
Rebel” explores more than 130 works created across four decades,
from the 1980s to the 2020s. The exhibit offers visitors a rare
opportunity to engage with the conceptual artist’s wide-ranging
body of work. For info, or to purchase tickets, call (206) 654-3210
or visit <www.seattleartmuseum.org>.
“Building Wonder: Bonsai Treehouses”
Through Dec 21, 10am-4pm (Tue-Sun), Pacific Bonsai
Museum (2515 S 336th St, Federal Way, Wash.). View “Building
Wonder: Bonsai Treehouses,” an exhibit honoring the creative
legacy of Dave Creek, a lead character designer for “Bob’s
Burgers,” through a display celebrating his unique art of creating
miniature treehouses. The exhibit includes six meticulously
crafted treehouses integrated into deceased bonsai, along with
photographs documenting Creek’s life and creative journey,
quotes highlighting his creativity and passion, and a repre-
sentation of the mobile “van life” studio Creek created to work on
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