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ACES // Artists of Color Expo & Symposium 2023

ACES // Artists of Color Expo & Symposium is a BIPOC-led, community-curated program featuring art exhibits, live performances, presentations, workshops, film screenings, artist talks, artist opportunity tables and art market. We are coming together with intentionality to value our work and see one another as resources, while focusing on the challenges and solutions we face as artists of color in the Pacific Northwest.

ACES 2023 is a hybrid event, presented online and in person.

Dates
May 20 + 21, 2023

Time
12 pm - 7 pm

Locations
VIRTUAL

ACES is FREE to attend, with a suggested donation of $10.

ASL interpreters are available on-site and via Zoom.

Free childcare is provided on-site.

ACES is presented by Shunpike, in collaboration with 4Culture, Artist Trust, Arts Corps, ArtsWA, CD Forum, Golden Bricks Events, Ground Zero Radio, Langston Seattle, Northwest Film Forum, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Refuge Outdoor Festival, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle Restored, Black Rock Spirits, Spokane Arts, The Vera Project, and Totem Star.

11:00am PDT

ACES Gallery at GUUAC (LOCATED IN SPOKANE, WA) Gonzaga University Urban Arts CenterQuinn Carl • Olivia Evans • Amber Hoit • Jun Soo Oh • Sarah Torres

11:30am PDT

Complimentary Childcare Pratt Fine Arts Center - Youth Room

12:00pm PDT

Holarchy vs Hierarchy: The revolution will not be diversity and inclusion trainings Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - TheaterSara Porkalob ACES Gallery at Langston Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand HallChloe Sow • Cheezymicron • Heidi Grace Acuña • Nadia Ahmed • Samantha Baddon • Leslie Barber • Kamari Bright • Ross Collado • Amália Couto • Gemma Cross • Jonathan Soren Davidson • Yi Du • Sabella Flagg • Gabriela Garcia • Tatiana Garmendia • Nahom Isak Ghirmay • Bernie Hall • Grace Hamada • AI-CHUN HUANG • Jay Jun • Kellie Kawahara-Niimi • Symonne Larison • Edimbo Lekea • Angus Lin • Astha Malik • De'Ja Marshall • Dovey Martinez • Jovita Mercado • Naoko Morisawa • Frances Grace Mortel • Garima Naredi • Jake Prendez • Sony Purba • Rubin Quarcoopome • Blanca Santander • Wadiyah Nelson - Shimabukuro • Charlize Sow • Yongqi Tang • Xin Xin

1:00pm PDT

Seattle Restored presents the ACES Art Market Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor MarketStephanie Morales • Sarah Cabarteja • Swati Choudhury • Nyema Clark • Sabella Flagg • Yolanda Galery • José Garzón • Omar Leon • Teresa Martinez • Xin Xin • Seattle Restored

1:15pm PDT

Artist Talk: Make It Up As You Go w/ Kamari Bright Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand HallKamari Bright Saturday Morning Cartoons - Part Three Pratt Fine Arts Center - Painting & Drawing StudioMiles Irwin • Khadijah Jordan • Mujale Chisebuka • Merri Ann Osborne Artist Resources Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - 2R4Culture • Shunpike • ArtsWA • Pratt Fine Arts Center • Coyote Central • Office of Arts & Culture • CD Forum • The Vera Project • BIPOC STAHC • Artist Trust

1:30pm PDT

Capoeira Angola Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - TheaterSilvio Dos Reis

2:00pm PDT

Musical Performance by James Pakootas (LOCATED IN SPOKANE, WA) Gonzaga University Urban Arts CenterJames Pakootas

2:10pm PDT

Spoken Word Performance: Garfield Hillson Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor StageGarfield Hillson

2:15pm PDT

Artist Talk: Xin Xin Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand HallXin Xin

2:35pm PDT

Verses and Voices for Peace Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor StageCHRISTINE ROBINSON • Jaye Ware

3:00pm PDT

Eduardo Mendonça - Sounds from an African South-American Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor StageEduardo Mendonça Poeta Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - TheaterQuiero Flamenco A Cacophony of Organized Chaos Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - West RoomMinh Carrico

3:15pm PDT

Artist Talk: Wadiyah Nelson - Shimabukuro Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand HallWadiyah Nelson - Shimabukuro

3:45pm PDT

The Evolution of Hip Hop Pratt Fine Arts Center - Painting & Drawing StudioKing Khazm

4:15pm PDT

Artist Talk: Frances Grace Mortel Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand HallFrances Grace Mortel From Page to Stage - a performance workshop Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - TheaterGarfield Hillson

4:30pm PDT

Public Art and the Washington State Arts Commission Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - West RoomAdetola Abatan

5:15pm PDT

Artist Talk: Astha Malik Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand HallAstha Malik How We Became Latina Artists in Rural Washington ft. Yakima Pratt Fine Arts Center - Painting & Drawing StudioVictoria Urrutia • Esmeralda Vasquez • Rosie Saldana • H.R. Emi • Cindy Lemus

5:45pm PDT

Passage Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - TheaterRobbi A. Moore

6:00pm PDT

Musical Performance by Mariah Roberson Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor StageMariah Roberson The Long Game: Analyzing the art market and identifying approaches that ensure a lifelong art practice centered on our BIPOC voices Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - West RoomTatiana Garmendia

6:15pm PDT

Artist Talk: Gabriela Garcia Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand HallGabriela Garcia

6:25pm PDT

Flow, Swim, Float Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - TheaterClint Bull • Pawan Singh • Ashley Salazar • Aarti Tiwari

11:00am PDT

ACES Gallery at GUUAC (LOCATED IN SPOKANE, WA) Gonzaga University Urban Arts CenterQuinn Carl • Olivia Evans • Amber Hoit • Jun Soo Oh • Tracy Poindexter-Canton • Sarah Torres

11:30am PDT

Complimentary Childcare Pratt Fine Arts Center - Youth Room

12:00pm PDT

Artist Talk: Angus Lin Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand HallAngus Lin Spoken Word Performance by A.J. the Wordsmith Gonzaga University Urban Arts Centerafaria duke Communal Mural + Discussion Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - West RoomRya Wu PLAY TIME: an Arts Game Show Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - TheaterArmani Jones • Chino Gonzales • Merri Ann Osborne • Issiah Harris Artist Resources Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - 2R4Culture • Shunpike • ArtsWA • Pratt Fine Arts Center • Coyote Central • Office of Arts & Culture • CD Forum • The Vera Project • BIPOC STAHC • Artist Trust ACES Gallery at Langston Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand HallChloe Sow • Cheezymicron • Heidi Grace Acuña • Nadia Ahmed • Samantha Baddon • Leslie Barber • Kamari Bright • Ross Collado • Amália Couto • Gemma Cross • Jonathan Soren Davidson • Yi Du • Sabella Flagg • Gabriela Garcia • Tatiana Garmendia • Nahom Isak Ghirmay • Bernie Hall • Grace Hamada • AI-CHUN HUANG • Jay Jun • Kellie Kawahara-Niimi • Symonne Larison • Edimbo Lekea • Angus Lin • Astha Malik • De'Ja Marshall • Dovey Martinez • Jovita Mercado • Naoko Morisawa • Frances Grace Mortel • Garima Naredi • Jake Prendez • Sony Purba • Rubin Quarcoopome • Blanca Santander • Wadiyah Nelson - Shimabukuro • Charlize Sow • Yongqi Tang • Xin Xin

12:15pm PDT

Embodying Artistic Reflection Pratt Fine Arts Center - Painting & Drawing StudioNabra Nelson

12:30pm PDT

Musical & Spoken Word Performance by Aleyanna Grae Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor StageAleyanna Grae Musical Performance by Truehoods (LOCATED IN SPOKANE, WA) Gonzaga University Urban Arts CenterTruehoods

1:00pm PDT

Artist Talk: Blanca Santander Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand HallBlanca Santander You CAN do it irrespective of your age! (LOCATED IN SPOKANE, WA) Gonzaga University Urban Arts CenterSindhu Surapaneni Seattle Restored presents the ACES Art Market Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor MarketStephanie Morales • Rya Wu • Sarah Cabarteja • Swati Choudhury • Nyema Clark • Sabella Flagg • Yolanda Galery • Omar Leon • Teresa Martinez • Xin Xin Seattle Restored presents the ACES Art Market Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor MarketTina Fahnbulleh • Stephanie Morales • Sarah Cabarteja • Swati Choudhury • Nyema Clark • Sabella Flagg • Yolanda Galery • Omar Leon • Teresa Martinez • Xin Xin • Seattle Restored

1:30pm PDT

The Flower, So-Hwa's Dream Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - TheaterVee Volante • Stephanie Su • Tatiana Linardopoulou • Hyunjung Jin • JaeWon Moon • MiYoung Margolis Mercedes Nicole Jazz Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor StageMercedes Nicole In Place: Mapping Your Journey as an Artist-in-Residence Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - West RoomCarletta Carrington Wilson

1:45pm PDT

Framing Portraiture as an Act of Love Pratt Fine Arts Center - Painting & Drawing StudioKenya Shakoor

1:55pm PDT

Kadanakuthuhalam Thillana Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - TheaterSameehita Mohan

2:00pm PDT

Artist Talk: 愛淳黃 / AI-CHUN HUANG Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand Hall Musical Performance by T.S The Solution (LOCATED IN SPOKANE, WA) Gonzaga University Urban Arts Center

2:15pm PDT

Musical Performance by Jed Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor StageJed

2:55pm PDT

Irkanni, Homeland: Being Nubian-American Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor StageNabra Nelson

3:00pm PDT

Artist Talk: Samantha Rae Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand Hall Spoken Word Performance by Olyvia Babinski (LOCATED IN SPOKANE, WA) Gonzaga University Urban Arts CenterOlyvia Babinski Stories from The Blue Suit: Asian American stories Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - West RoomShin Yu Pai

3:15pm PDT

Telling Stories Through Collages - Interactive Workshop Pratt Fine Arts Center - Painting & Drawing StudioAshaAung Helmstetter • Merri Ann Osborne • Bernie Hall

3:30pm PDT

Kitty Junk: Junk Punk Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor StageKitty Junk

4:00pm PDT

Artist Talk: Garima Naredi Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand HallGarima Naredi

4:20pm PDT

Bharatanatyam Repertoire - A Balance between The Finite & The Infinite Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - TheaterShwetha Nirmal

4:30pm PDT

Rock out with Theory of Change Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor StageTheory of Change Elon Musk; a legacy of colonialism from the Dutch Golden Age– technology, alternative currency, and why there will be art on Mars. Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - West RoomScott Méxcal

5:00pm PDT

Artist Talk: Yongqi Tang Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand HallYongqi Tang

5:15pm PDT

Movement of Body and Land Connection Pratt Fine Arts Center - Painting & Drawing StudioKayla Banks

5:20pm PDT

ACES On Screen Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - TheaterGloria Joy Kazuko Muhammad (Joy) • Theo Calhoun • Mu Knowles • Blanca Santander • MiYoung Margolis • AI-CHUN HUANG • Rana San • June Nho Ivers • CHIMAERA • Vee Hua 華婷婷

5:30pm PDT

Musical Performance: PUSHFORLOVE Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor StagePUSHFORLOVE

6:20pm PDT

Closing Night Performance: Chong the Nomad Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor StageChong the Nomad