This fourth annual exhibition at Mini Mart City Park (MMCP) will explore the interaction between humans and the environment with consideration to how the environment impacts memory and thus lived experience. Encompassing the social, cultural, and economic dimensions of this theme, artists working across all media are invited to apply. Priority will be given to artists who work from a social and/or environmental justice perspective, and first-time exhibiting artists are welcome! This exhibition aims to celebrate the artists and community that distinguish this region and keep it creatively thriving!

Bonus! A second Drink & Doodle in February! Draw with your friends! Hone your skills! Have a beer! Drink & Doodle meets monthly at a bar and draws together figuratively and literally. Warm up with some chatting and individual drawing time, then move into quick, cooperative drawing games. Feel free to participate in the games or just use the time to work in your sketchbook. Bring pens or other drawing utensils, sketchbooks and or loose paper. Monthly locations vary. Register here.

Lions and dragons and horses, oh my! Ring in the Year of the Fire Horse with SAM's annual Lunar New Year Family Festival at the Seattle Asian Art Museum! Enjoy live lion dances, drop-in art activities with local artists, storytelling and more surprises inspired by the holiday.

Join CreativeMornings for the theme of camino, with special guest speaker Dorianne Attiogbé, a Seattle-based jewelry designer and founder of Atiwo. Dorianne’s work reflects a deeply personal road—a journey shaped by heritage, migration, and creative rediscovery. Born and raised in Paris, with Beninese and Togolese roots, Dorianne came to the U.S. to pursue engineering, built a career as a Product Manager, and eventually found her way back to design. Dorianne’s path is a reminder that the road forward is rarely linear—and that honoring where we come from can guide where we’re going. Registration opens Friday, February 20 at 9am.

SIDF proudly presents the 8th annual Winter Mini Fest, featuring a dynamic collaboration between Khambatta Dance Company and Spain–Portuguese Colectivo Glovo. KDC, known for its intricate, bold, and athletic choreography, joins forces with Colectivo Glovo, a company celebrated for its inventive, interdisciplinary approach to performance. Over the course of an intensive five‑day creative residency in Seattle, the two companies will merge their artistic voices to craft a brand‑new work, offering audiences a rare glimpse into the excitement of international collaboration unfolding in real time. Visit their site for more information and tickets.

Join your creative friends on the first Tuesday of each month for a casual gathering. This happy hour is a time to relax and connect with designers, illustrators, photographers, writers, artists, filmmakers, tattoo artists, musicians, dancers, choreographers, landscape architects, printers, and all around creative types. It's a time where you don't have to be "on." It's fun. We promise.

Learn more about the fantastic treasure that is Partners in Print and thier Artist in Residence Aimee Maychack’s grand adventure traveling the country printing and finding community. In Plain Sight is a portrait and interview project uplifting the lived experiences of transgender individuals across the country. Through hand-printed letterpress quotes and striking linocut and mixed-media portraits, this series centers voices too often pushed to the margins—bringing them forward with honesty, power, and presence.

Get ready to let loose in the letterpress shop with Partners in Print! They will supply all the ink, paper, wood type, historical printing presses, and ambiance you need to have a great time creating your own original letterpress artwork. In just two hours, you’ll walk away with several original posters and a slew of new ink-loving friends. No letterpress printing experience required. Register here.

The industry keeps chasing faster, cheaper, more—more content, more outputs, more “efficiency.” Meanwhile, the people who actually make the work are burned out, laid off, and told to keep up with the machines. Creative Works WEST is a 3-day summit for creative professionals who aren’t buying it. Three days of real connection, honest conversation, and hands-on instruction focused on craft, conviction, and building a career that lasts. Join designers, illustrators, hand letterers, storytellers, commercial artists, and creative leaders from around the world as we trade shortcuts for substance, scale for soul, and algorithms for real work and real lives.

Drawing is a skill that requires constant refinement. Why not refine it with a beer and some new friends in a classic Seattle institution Hattie's Hat backroom. The perfect introvert activity! No skill level required, Bounce ideas off your comrades, get and give some advice or just hang out and doodle.

Serenity Now! We don't know about you but we could stand a little peace. And The Frye is going to help calm our troubled souls with art and deep breathing exercises while looking at the ethereal beauty of art. The Frye offers free, thirty-minute drop-in sessions of Mindfulness Meditation on the first and third Wednesday of the month. Sessions on the third Wednesday of the month are guided by Katie Freeman. Registration is not required.