ACES // Artists of Color Expo & Symposium 2023: Grid

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.

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Gonzaga University Urban Arts Center	Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - 2R	Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand Hall	Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Theater	Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - West Room	Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor Market	Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor Stage	Pratt Fine Arts Center - Painting & Drawing Studio	Pratt Fine Arts Center - Youth Room

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ACES Gallery at GUUAC (LOCATED IN SPOKANE, WA) 11:00am - 5:00pm

Musical Performance by James Pak... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Artist Resources 1:15pm - 7:00pm

ACES Gallery at Langston 12:00pm - 7:00pm

Artist Talk: Make It Up As You G... 1:15pm - 1:45pm

Artist Talk: Xin Xin 2:15pm - 2:45pm

Artist Talk: Wadiyah Nelson - Sh... 3:15pm - 3:45pm

Artist Talk: Frances Grace Morte... 4:15pm - 4:45pm

Artist Talk: Astha Malik 5:15pm - 5:45pm

Artist Talk: Gabriela Garcia 6:15pm - 6:45pm

Holarchy vs Hierarchy: The revolution will not be diversity and... 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Capoeira Angola 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Poeta 3:00pm - 3:30pm

From Page to Stage - a performance workshop 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Passage

Flow, Swim, Float 6:25pm - 6:50pm

A Cacophony of Organized Chaos 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Public Art and the Washington State Arts Commission 4:30pm - 5:30pm

The Long Game: Analyzing the art market and identifying approach... 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Seattle Restored presents the ACES Art Market 1:00pm - 6:00pm

Spoken Word Perfor...

Verses and Voices...

Eduardo Mendonça - Sounds from a... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Musical Performance by Mariah Ro... 6:00pm - 6:30pm

Saturday Morning Cartoons - Part Three 1:15pm - 2:45pm

The Evolution of Hip Hop 3:45pm - 4:45pm

How We Became Latina Artists in Rural Washington ft. Yakima 5:15pm - 6:45pm

Complimentary Childcare 11:30am - 7:00pm

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Gonzaga University Urban Arts Center	Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - 2R	Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Grand Hall	Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - Theater	Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - West Room	Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor Market	Pratt Fine Arts Center - Outdoor Stage	Pratt Fine Arts Center - Painting & Drawing Studio	Pratt Fine Arts Center - Youth Room

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ACES Gallery at GUUAC (LOCATED IN SPOKANE, WA) 11:00am - 5:00pm

Spoken Word Performance by A.J.... 12:00pm - 12:30pm

Musical Performance by Truehoods... 12:30pm - 1:00pm

You CAN do it irrespective of your age! (LOCATED IN SPOKANE, WA) 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Musical Performance by T.S The S... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Spoken Word Performance by Olyvi... 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Artist Resources 12:00pm - 6:00pm

Artist Talk: Angus Lin 12:00pm - 12:30pm

ACES Gallery at Langston 12:00pm - 7:00pm

Artist Talk: Blanca Santander 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Artist Talk: 愛淳黃 / AI-CHUN HUAN... 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Artist Talk: Samantha Rae 3:00pm - 3:30pm

Artist Talk: Garima Naredi 4:00pm - 4:30pm

Artist Talk: Yongqi Tang 5:00pm - 5:30pm

PLAY TIME: an Arts Game Show 12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Bharatanatyam Repertoire - A Bal... 4:20pm - 4:50pm

ACES On Screen 5:20pm - 6:10pm

Communal Mural + Discussion 12:00pm - 1:00pm

In Place: Mapping Your Journey as an Artist-in-Residence 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Stories from The Blue Suit: Asian American stories 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Elon Musk; a legacy of colonialism from the Dutch Golden Age– te... 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Seattle Restored presents the ACES Art Market 1:00pm - 6:00pm

Musical & Spoken Word Performanc... 12:30pm - 1:00pm

Mercedes Nicole Jazz 1:30pm - 2:00pm

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Kitty Junk: Junk Punk 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Rock out with Theory of Change 4:30pm - 5:00pm

Musical Performance: PUSHFORLOVE 5:30pm - 6:00pm

Closing Night Performance: Chong the Nomad 6:20pm - 7:00pm

Embodying Artistic Reflection 12:15pm - 1:15pm

Framing Portraiture as an Act of Love 1:45pm - 2:45pm

Telling Stories Through Collages - Interactive Workshop 3:15pm - 4:45pm

Movement of Body and Land Connection 5:15pm - 6:15pm

Complimentary Childcare 11:30am - 7:00pm