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Second Saturdays

Postmark Center for the Arts | 20 Auburn Ave
Second Saturday of Each Month | 12:00PM - 4:00PM

The City of Auburn is hosting free creative workshops and activities for all ages the second Saturday of each month at Auburn's Postmark Center for the Arts on Auburn Avenue. Activities will start at 12:00PM, with occasional guest artists and performances. See below for our lineup of creativity salons for 2025!

Made possible by Kiwanis Club of Auburn! 

Upcoming Events

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Mary Olson Farm Artist in Residence | Final Artist in Residence Performance

Mary Olson Farm | 28728 Green River Rd SE

Jahnvi Madan headshotThe City of Auburn program offers the opportunity for an artist to pursue their work in, and to be inspired by, the unique and beautiful setting of the Mary Olson Farm in Auburn, Washington. The residency lasts two months, providing the artist with a large indoor barn studio, a stipend, and access to the 67 acre farm.

3:00-4:00 PM | Final Artist in Residence Performance

Artist in Residence Jahnvi Madan will be performing her new composition at the Postmark Center for the Arts. Her new piece pays homage to the farm’s story and her own connection between MOF and her own family's history of farming.

FREE | ALL AGES

Register now!
12:00PM - 4:00PM

Second Saturdays | Insight Books with Wendy Wahman

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

Insight Books2-3PM
Insight Books with Wendy Wahman

What is an ‘Insight Book,’ and why make one? An Insight Book is a 6 page-book of art, writing and mixed media. You don’t have to be an artist to make one, all you need are opposable thumbs and a willingness to explore lines as they spark ideas. Insight Books exercise the associative muscles of our minds, promoting creativity and problem solving. As you work on your book, you naturally move into a meditative, creative place of inspiration and expression. Making an Insight Book is often therapeutic, tapping into feelings, issues, memories, hopes and dreams. When you’re done, you hold a book in your hands. Your Insight Book.

Cyanotype Sun Prints12-4PM
Cyanotype Sun Printing

What is cyanotype? It’s one of the oldest photographic printing processes in which paper, coated with light-sensitive chemicals, reacts to UV rays and creates a deep blue hue. As a result, it’s become popular with printmakers and is used to create one-of-a-kind photograms by laying an array of items onto the paper.

Come by Postmark for the chance to make art out in the summer sunshine! Using florals and other objects, you’ll be able to produce your very own unique set of sun prints to take home!

FREE | ALL AGES

1:00PM - 3:00PM

Introduction to Watercolor

Postmark Center for the Arts | 20 Auburn Ave

Introduction to Watercolor with Brian SchenkLearn basic watercolor techniques while exploring a variety of papers and tools for water-based media. Students will work from different source material, including found objects/still lifes, animals, and personal photographs. No experience is required, but students will need to bring their own supplies. A supply list will be provided.

This is a four-week course occurring 1-3pm on September 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th.

Ages: 18+
Fee: $60/$75 Resident/Non-Res
Instructor: Brian Schenk

Register now!
1:00PM - 3:00PM

Introduction to Watercolor

Postmark Center for the Arts | 20 Auburn Ave

Introduction to Watercolor with Brian SchenkLearn basic watercolor techniques while exploring a variety of papers and tools for water-based media. Students will work from different source material, including found objects/still lifes, animals, and personal photographs. No experience is required, but students will need to bring their own supplies. A supply list will be provided.

This is a four-week course occurring 1-3pm on September 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th.

Ages: 18+
Fee: $60/$75 Resident/Non-Res
Instructor: Brian Schenk

Register now!
1:00PM - 3:00PM

Second Saturdays | KEEP A' LIVIN'

Postmark Center for the Arts | 20 Auburn Ave

KEEP A' LIVIN' novel cover designVisit Postmark Center for the Arts gallery, open to the public each Second Saturday from 12-4PM! Each month features FREE, all ages performances, crafts, and events!

Join us for a special presentation, given by author Kathya Alexander! She will be reading an excerpt from her debut novel-in-verse, KEEP A' LIVIN', a coming-of-age tale that follows 12-year-old Mandy and her mother, Belle, as they both experience the extraordinary events of the Civil Rights Movement, finding strength, fearless, and faith along the way.

An audience Q&A will also be held shortly after, focusing on how the gains of the Civil Rights era are being legally dismantled in the current political climate and focusing on injustices suffered by African Americans.
1:00PM - 3:00PM

Introduction to Watercolor

Postmark Center for the Arts | 20 Auburn Ave

Introduction to Watercolor with Brian SchenkLearn basic watercolor techniques while exploring a variety of papers and tools for water-based media. Students will work from different source material, including found objects/still lifes, animals, and personal photographs. No experience is required, but students will need to bring their own supplies. A supply list will be provided.

This is a four-week course occurring 1-3pm on September 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th.

Ages: 18+
Fee: $60/$75 Resident/Non-Res
Instructor: Brian Schenk

Register now!
1:00PM - 3:00PM

Introduction to Watercolor

Postmark Center for the Arts | 20 Auburn Ave

Introduction to Watercolor with Brian SchenkLearn basic watercolor techniques while exploring a variety of papers and tools for water-based media. Students will work from different source material, including found objects/still lifes, animals, and personal photographs. No experience is required, but students will need to bring their own supplies. A supply list will be provided.

This is a four-week course occurring 1-3pm on September 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th.

Ages: 18+
Fee: $60/$75 Resident/Non-Res
Instructor: Brian Schenk

Register now!
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