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ACES is a BIPOC-centered and led art conference. Our vision is to establish a space for artists of color to celebrate and center ourselves. ACES features performances, presentations, workshops, artist talks, films, discussions, and opportunities to meet local arts organizations.  All programming will be offered online, with an in-person Gallery available to visit at ARTS at King Street Station.

How to attend and navigate ACES 2021

Please update your Zoom software so when you sign in, you can self-select different breakout rooms to enter. 

Zoom Link to join ACES: https://zoom.us/j/94369338718 

The rooms are named The Mainstage, The Lab, Artist Talk Space, and Opportunity Room.

The Mainstage - Keynote address by Shontina Vernon, keynote address by Elisheba Johnson & Inye Wokoma, performances, and several workshops.

The Lab - Workshops, presentations, and discussions.

Artist Talk Space - Hear from the visual artists exhibited in the ACES Gallery at Arts at King Street Station.

Opportunity Room - Learn about opportunities for grants, mentorship, paid gigs, and more from local arts organizations.

How to visit the ACES Gallery

The Gallery is located at ARTS at King Street Station, and is open to visitors by reservation only.

Address: 303 South Jackson Street Top floor, Seattle, WA 98104

Hours: 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Tuesday - Thursday, May 4 - 21

Reservations: To make a reservation, go to the ACES Program Schedule and reserve a timeslot. You will also need to submit a COVID-19 Assessment the day before your visit.

Virtual Tour

If you are unable to visit the ACES Gallery in person, please experience the exhibit via the ACES Gallery Virtual Tour.

Community Agreements

ACES is intended to be a safe and celebratory space, for those who are not often seen and heard to bear witness to one another’s artistry, brilliance, and value. Any language or behavior that an ACES moderator deems racist, sexist, ageist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist or violent will not be tolerated, and will result in the offender being banned from the event.

In a time of social distancing, let’s connect with each other through our art and our joy.

ACES is co-presented by 4Culture,  Arts Corps, Langston Seattle, Northwest Film Forum, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, and The Vera Project 

Funding for this event provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Seattle Foundation, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, and 4Culture.

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Inye Wokoma

Websiteinyewokoma.com/blog/
Inye Wokoma’s family has lived in the Central District since the 1940s and has been entrenched in the neighborhood’s long history of Black art, culture, commerce, worship, institution building and political activism. As an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, and visual artist, he explores community life and history through personal narratives. ‘An Elegant Utility’, his ongoing multi-media project, maps the evolution of Seattle’s Black community using oral histories gathered from family members as a reference point. Wa Na Wari’ is the most recent iteration of ‘An Elegant Utility'. It is a collaborative social practice art project designed to fight Black displacement in the Central District. The project transformed one of his family homes into a community space for Black art, social connection, and community organizing. Wa Na Wari leverages the Central District’s rich legacy Black cultural life and political activism to organize its remaining Black homeowners and artists to address public land-use policies and property ownership issues that are helping accelerate displacement.

My Presenters Sessions

Sunday, May 16
 

12:00pm PDT

KEYNOTE ADDRESS - Listening to the past: Ancestor memory as a tool for understanding your purpose The MainstageElisheba Johnson • Inye Wokoma