June 5–28, 2025 In Ikebana and the Art of Resilience, Seattle-based artist Gina Ariko presents a moving exploration of creativity, resilience, and remembrance through the lens of Japanese American incarceration during World War II. This timely exhibition—supported by the 2025 Kip Tokuda Memorial Grant—reflects on the legacy of floral artworks and arrangements created by Japanese Americans held in internment camps across the U.S.A. Visitors are invited to contemplate the enduring power of creative expression during times of upheaval. Drawing from archival research and personal heritage, Ariko’s work investigates the meditative, healing qualities of ikebana—the Japanese art of floral arrangement—as both ... Read More

June 5–28, 2025 Battle for Paradise is a powerful photographic series by multimedia artist Jo Cosme. This exhibition is part of Cosme’s larger body of work, Welcome to Paradise: ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre!, a searing visual investigation into the impacts of neocolonialism and disaster capitalism in Borikén/Puerto Rico. Using traditional photography and lenticular printing, Cosme brings into sharp focus the jarring contradictions between the glossy luxury marketed to tourists and settlers and the daily struggles faced by native Puerto Ricans. Deeply influenced by Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine, the work exposes how post-disaster recovery efforts—particularly after Hurricane María—were co-opted for profit, ... Read More