Projected poetry by Seattle Civic Poet, Shin Yu Pai, at 2024’s LONGEST NIGHT, photo by Chloe Collyer A communally-minded, season-inspired Solstice party
Seattle, WA – Enter a waking dream as King Street Station is transformed in celebration of the winter solstice, Dec. 21, the LONGEST NIGHT of 2025. Curated by Vee Hua 華婷婷 and presented by ARTS at King Street Station, expect guided movement, wellness activities, participatory rituals, ambient soundscapes, and countless inventions culled from subconscious states.
“This time of year can be challenging for many of us in Seattle,” said Gülgün Kayim, Director of the Office of Arts & Culture. “We’re keeping our doors open late, on a Sunday, to give people a chance to be in community, and beat back the Big Dark.”
A mix of scheduled and drop-in activities will ground, connect, and center you. Poetry by Seattle Civic Poet, Dujie Tahat, will be projected onto the clock tower, an herbal bathing workshop by Amari Davis, ambient Soundspace by Samuel Joseph Kim, self-guided tea ritual by ilaria ghattas of tea&, and Moon Tarot collage with Isabella Von Ghoul are just some of them.
Check the webpage for a full list of activities and be sure to RSVP to this FREE event. LONGEST NIGHT is Sunday, Dec. 21, 5 – 9 p.m. at ARTS at King Street Station, 303 S. Jackson Street, on the Top Floor of King Street Station, Seattle, WA 98104.
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About ARTS at King Street Station
ARTS at King Street Station is a dynamic space for arts and culture in the heart of the city dedicated to increasing opportunities for people of color to generate and present their work. Housed above Seattle’s historic King Street Station, this 7,500-square-foot gallery and cultural space includes a studio for artists-in-residence and offices for the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
Exhibitions and programs come to the gallery through an open application and are selected by a cohort of King Street Station Advisors. These advisors are a group of community leaders and arts/culture enthusiasts who work with our staff to ensure that the programming at ARTS at King Street Station centers racial equity, represents and welcomes diverse communities, and showcases many creative disciplines. Advisors serve a two-year term.
About the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
Formed in 1971 with a mission to activate and sustain Seattle through arts and culture, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (OAC) manages the City’s public art program, cultural partnerships grant programs, The Creative Advantage arts education initiative, and cultural facilities such as the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, ARTS at King Street Station, and ARTS at Denny Substation.
In alignment with the City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative, OAC seeks new solutions that use arts as a strategy to drive not only our office, but the City as a whole toward racial equity and social justice. OAC will continue to break barriers and build arts-integrated tools that challenge the status quo and push us toward the inclusive society we envision.
OAC is supported by the 16-member Seattle Arts Commission, citizen volunteers appointed by the Mayor and City Council.
