Visit Postmark Center for the Arts, open to the public each Second Saturday from 12-4PM! Each month features FREE, all ages performances, crafts, and events!

Planting Seeds for Stories
Session One: 1 - 2PM
Session Two: 2 - 3PM
Session Three: 3 - 4PM

In dialogue with artworks in the Postmark's current gallery exhibition, Discovered Narratives, plant seeds of ideas and create your own written stories and poems from the exhibition’s imagery. A short group-led activity will provide fertile groundwork before you begin to dig into your own free writing exercise with one (or more) of the works in the show.

Feel free to bring your own writing instruments but paper and pencils will be provided. Group-led activity starts hourly beginning at 1PM (lasting approximately 1 hour). Drop-ins are welcome!

FREE | AGES 12+

Visit Postmark Center for the Arts, open to the public each Second Saturday from 12-4PM! Each month features FREE, all ages performances, crafts, and events!

This Saturday is all about weaving and textiles! Guests are invited to make an original yarn weaving using DIY-friendly cardboard looms and stay for a unique presentation on Kente cloth and textiles. Circular weavings make great coasters, trivets, or can be made into small bowls as well. Instructions and all supplies provided! Craft supplies will be available from 12PM-4PM. 

1PM - 3PM
Redefining Luxury - The Black Experience of Sustainable Textile Practices

Talk followed by Q&A

Luxury is more than exclusivity—it’s tradition, craftsmanship, and sustainability. This immersive workshop explores the deep-rooted sustainable fashion practices within the Black experience, tracing their origins from Africa to Black American fashion today.

This presentation will touch on sewing techniques and the empowerment of sewing machines, embroidery, weaving, and royal garments, and Kente cloth weaving. Visitors are invited to touch an authentic piece of Kente cloth handwoven by a Ghanaian master and the first 25 visitors will receive a piece inspired by this tradition to take home. 

This event is family friendly. Funded by the Postmark Programming Grant and 4 Culture King County.

FREE | All Ages

The Auburn Headshots Project provides free, professional-quality headshots to Auburn residents, photographed by Andy Perkovich. This project supports job seekers, students, and small business owners with a vital career resource while fostering community connection.

This event is free for Auburn residents. Funded by the Postmark Programming Grant and 4 Culture King County.

Check in with staff upon arrival. Please note that the photographer will be taking individual portraits only, no group photos. 

FREE | AGES 13+

Join us at the Postmark in celebrating the rich art and music of India! 

 12:15-1:45PM | Fragile Histories

Starting off with a unique presentation on the endangered tradition of Indian terracotta temple reliefs, presenter Shruti Ghatak will explain the history, symbolism, and cultural significance of the reliefs while connecting them to contemporary art and community dialogue. Presentation will be followed by a brief Q&A.

2-3PM | Musical Performance by Dhawayam

Following the presentation, the band Dhawayam, a group of high-school students, will be performing South Indian fusion music for all to enjoy. 

3-5PM | Art Market Pop-up

Browse locally made artwork from the Postmark community. Art will be for sale as well as on display in the hallway of our lower level print studio. See Art Market Pop-up event details for more information. 

 FREE | ALL AGES

Postmark is having a pop-up art market! Join us on August 8th after a day of Second Saturday festivities and browse locally made art and crafted goods from artists around Auburn. Many of the vendors are weekly regulars at Postmark's Drop-in Drawing and Painting sessions, held every Friday in the gallery. Artists will have items for sale as well as on display on the walls of our lower-level print studio. Stop by, browse a bit, and see some artwork from the local community!

FREE | ALL AGES