AMcE Creative Arts

As a founding member of Art + Culture Week, AMcE Creative Arts is once again thrilled to participate in this citywide festival.

Art + Culture Week is an annual celebration of Seattle’s vibrant visual and performing arts communities. The week gives an additional platform to the voices, makers, performers, and organizations that define the city’s creative and cultural life force. The event also brings Seattle into a national conversation with similar art weeks in New York City, Denver, and San Francisco. This is Art + Culture Week’s fourth annual event.

The 2026 Art + Culture Week partners include a diverse range of venues and nonprofit organizations, including the Seattle Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, Henry Art Gallery, Whim W’Him, Photographic Center Northwest, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Traver Gallery, Minimart City Park, Artist Trust, Town Hall, and J Rinehart Gallery among others.

Visit Seattle is Art + Culture Week's new destination sponsor, joining ongoing supporters Shunpike and Marquand Books.

As part of Art + Culture Week, AMcE Creative Arts will host artist Ian Brownlee for a narrative drawing workshop presented in conjunction with Self. Reflexive., AMcE Creative Art's current exhibition.

For more information on Art + Culture week and AMcE Creative Art's event with Ian Brownlee, please see the links below.

ACW: https://www.artandcultureweek.com
ACW x AMcE x Ian Brownlee: https://amcecreativearts.com/9-27-narrative-drawing-workshop-with-ian-brownlee/

Join us ✨️TODAY✨️ 3p - 5p for the reception for "Self. Reflexive." We have the great pleasure of being joined by show artists Michael Lazarus, Ian Brownlee, and Kaoru Mansour. Our friend Gegam Kacherian will be in our hearts. 💕⁠
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And in the Niche Market - "I Have Eyes for You." A group show with art that, you guessed it, involves eyes. ⁠Some of the artists will be joining us as well! 🤩⁠
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Mary Anne Carter
Trisha Gilmore
Aimee Hagedorn
Sonja Peterson
Erika Rier
Paige Wright

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Oh what a night!⁠ And week! Assembly Art Fair 7/22 - 7/26 💥⁠
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Everything about the opening night and the whole fair was perfect. The whole week was such a joy. ⁠
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Heartfelt thanks to Sarah Traver Traver Gallery and team, and Carol Clifford and Jim Wilcox of Greg Kucera Gallery for all their incredible work in making this amazing event possible. 🫶🏼⁠
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And thanks to all those who joined us at the fair - we are so grateful to have seen so many new and familiar faces. 🥰⁠
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After regrouping after the two art fairs, we're back in the saddle getting ready for the next show "Self. Reflexive." ⁠Artist reception 8/16.⁠
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Kaoru Mansour⁠ (L.A.)
Gegam Kacherian⁠ (L.A.)
Ian Brownlee⁠ (SEA)
Michael Lazarus⁠ (PDX)
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There will also be a fun group show in the Niche Market storefront, "I Have Eyes for You."
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Image - Kaoru Mansour⁠
Enough Votes Please, 2026⁠
Graphite pencil and colored pencil on paper⁠
16 ½ x 12 ¾ in.⁠
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Last week of "Sacred" - join us for the day of the show + artist talks this Sunday at 2p. We are counting on seeing you then. ⁠
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⁠'Sacred" artists include Holly Hudson, Niki Keenan, Kendra Larson, Christine Nguyen, and Io Palmer.

More information on AMcE's website. You can RSVP for the talks via AMcE's IG page in links.
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I am very pleased to share this *lovely* article on "Sacred," its artists, and the gallery, in the Madison Park Times (also in print in the Queen Anne and Magnolia News). It was thoughtfully written by Laura Marie Rivera - my sincere thanks for such a wonderful article! 🥰🙏🏼⁠
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https://issuu.com/specialpublications-ppc/docs/madison_park_times_march_2026
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I've also linked the piece in AMcE's IG bio.⁠
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Delighted that "Sacred" and the incredible artist Io Palmer got this wonderful nod in Cascade PBS's Art x NW. Our thanks to the lovely Brangien Davis for celebrating Io and her powerful work. ⁠
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Please watch Brangien's 9/25 interview with Io for "Art by Northwest" - it illuminates the creation and life-force central to Io's work. I have a link in my Instagram bio links (.creative.arts). And swipe here to see images of Io's work in "Sacred." ⁠
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Then see the work in person! It's such a joyous installation, and I feel honored to work with Io and provide a platform to share her inspiring art. ⁠
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👉🏼Join Eleana and me *this Sunday* 12/7 from 12p - 3p for a Holiday art and art book pop-up at AMcE! Stop by for mulled c***r and cookies, and leave with a warm heart and gifts of art for the Holidays. 🎁 ⁠
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We will have smaller works, signed books, and art catalogues from some of the artists in "LAnd SEA," and The Niche Market will be bursting with countless artisan goodies. We will also have additional work in the main space. Art will be everywhere. 🌠⁠
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See you Sunday! ⁠
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Very exciting, multi-artist art delivery from PDX courtesy of Chris Lael Larson on behalf of Melissa Monnroe, Jesse Reno, Morgan Rosskopf (+ Chris's own work) for the upcoming "LAnd SEA."⁠
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All this and more will be part of AMcE's and Koplin Del Rio co-curated exhibition "LAnd SEA," featuring seven pairs of artists with one collaborative work and individual works from each artist. ⁠
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👉🏼 Show opens 11/8 with artist reception Sunday 11/9 3p - 5p - Save the date! 📅 👈🏼⁠

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More artist and show info to come! ⁠
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So pleased and grateful that has given Eleana and my November show "LAnd SEA" at AMcE another plug!
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"LAnd SEA" is an exhibition about collaboration, co-curated by McLean Emenegger (AMcE Creative Arts) and Eleana Del Rio (Koplin Del Rio). The exhibition will feature a collaborative artwork from seven pairs of Pacific Northwest and West Coast artists, displayed alongside one individual piece from each artist.⁠
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"LAnd SEA" artists include:⁠
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Daniel Carrillo| Eirik Johnson⁠
Tim Cross | Robert Hardgrave⁠
Einar and Jamex de la Torre | Tommy Gregory⁠
Sarah Gordon | Christine Nguyen⁠
Niki Keenan | Drie Chapek⁠
Chris Lael Larson | Morgan Rosskopf⁠
Melissa Monroe | Jesse Reno⁠
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I will release show info and images soon. In the meantime, you can also learn more on AMcE's website.