“Mứt Tết,” Nhi Vo, clay, underglaze, gold luster, 2025. Photo by Xochitl Solarte. Join us at ARTS at King Street Station on March 5 for Pioneer Square’s First Thursday Artwalk to celebrate the opening of three exhibitions: Tết in Diaspora, We STILL Dream a Future: Reclaiming Our Humanity, and XX – The Patternmaster: An Afrofuturist Ritual for Collective Dreaming. Read more about the shows below!
ARTS at King Street Station is open Wed. – Sat. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on First Thursdays. The gallery is located at 303 S. Jackson St., Top Floor, Seattle, WA 98104.
Tết in Diaspora
March 4 – 28, 2026
Tết in Diaspora by Nhi Vo imagines how Vietnamese Lunar New Year, Tết Nguyên Đán, is observed away from the homeland. A ceramic tablescape depicts dishes that epitomize concepts of community, celebration, and resilience, and an ancestral alter honors those who have come before us.
We STILL Dream a Future: Reclaiming Our Humanity
March 5 – May 9, 2026
The museum is a multi-sensory, interdisciplinary approach that uses authentic artifacts (primary resources), storyboards, and the ancient art of storytelling. The museum is framed through four segments: Mother Africa, U.S. Chattel Slavery, the Jim Crow Era, and Still, We Rise (focusing on African American inventors and inventions.
XX – The Patternmaster: An Afrofuturist Ritual for Collective Dreaming
March 5 – May 9, 2026
The future is a reality we dream into existence. XX – The Patternmaster by Imani Sims offers opportunities to reflect on your place in the future through Afrofuturist tarot and invites you to contribute your dream to the collective dreaming wall.
