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Dream Catchers: Religion and Empire

Two days only! Free!
April 11 and 12, 3-7:00 pm both days
3001 21st Ave A, Seattle 98144
On Beacon Hill

Also on view at the WUG: Alan Fulle’s Dream Catchers video installation
April 1 – May 2, 2026

Artist statement by Alan Fulle

Dream Catchers is a series of abstract paintings that explore consciousness, history, and the hidden patterns that shape human civilization. Each painting functions as a kind of cosmological diagram composed of concentric structures and geometric fields. The works emerge from years of studio experimentation combined with a deep study of religion, philosophy, and empire.

The paintings are built slowly through many layers of color and structure. Underpaintings made with water-based polyurethane establish the architectural geometry, while oil glazes and washes accumulate over time to create depth and luminosity. The resulting surfaces capture both precision and atmosphere, hard-edged abstraction with fields of vibrating color.

Formally, the paintings reference modernist abstraction, pointillism, and color-field painting. Conceptually, they operate like mandalas or meditation diagrams. Many of the compositions contain three symbolic zones: an outer field representing the complexity of the world, a darker ring acting as a threshold or filter, and a central space that suggests a realm of possibility, transformation, or utopian imagination.

The series emerged during a period of intense intellectual study. Over the past several years I have immersed myself in the history of religions and philosophical traditions, exploring how belief systems shape empires and societies. These ideas inform the structure of the paintings, which become visual meditations on the ways human cultures organize meaning.

Each dot within the paintings can be understood as a sentient presence—an individual life within a vast pattern. Together they form networks of relationship, suggesting both the fragmentation and unity of existence.

Dream Catchers ultimately proposes painting as a contemplative technology. These works are not images to decode but environments to enter. Through color, geometry, and repetition, they invite the viewer to pause, reflect, and consider the deeper structures that connect personal experience with the long arc of human history.

About the artist

Alan Fulle is a Seattle-based interdisciplinary artist working in painting, sculpture, and video. His work explores the relationship between architecture, nature, color, and philosophical inquiry.

Fulle received a BFA in painting from the University of Washington in 1989 and later completed certification in film and video production at the same institution. His practice integrates material experimentation with conceptual research, combining hard-edged abstraction, sculptural surfaces, and layered color structures. Throughout his career he has developed numerous series that expand the boundaries of painting into spatial and sculptural territory. Early works embedded color strips in translucent resin to create three-dimensional abstract compositions, while later projects incorporated large sculptural towers and installation environments.

Fulle’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including shows in Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Toronto, and the Netherlands. His projects have appeared at venues such as the Bellevue Arts Museum, the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, and the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle.

Recent series include Spiritual Maximalism, Neo Geo, and Dream Catchers, a body of meditative paintings exploring geometry, cosmology, and the cultural histories that shape human consciousness. In addition to his studio practice, Fulle produces Alan Fulle’s Art Interviews, a video series documenting conversations with artists from the Pacific Northwest.

He lives and works in Seattle, Washington. See more at alanfulle.com

Join J.R. Rhodes and dear friends Lori Goldston (cello), Mell Dettmer (sound) and Dave Leitz (light and projection design) in sharing live music from 1996 to today, including songs from J.R.’s new album Ma’am.

Saturday March 28
Doors at 6:00pm — program begins at 7:00pm
At The Grocery Studios, 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144

Program includes the first public listening of Ma’am, followed by live performance by J.R. Rhodes (Voice, Guitar, Songwriting) and Lori Goldston (Cello), with immersive visuals by Dave Leitz.

Tickets: https://jrrhodes-maam-grocery.eventbrite.com
$20 suggested donation
Limited capacity — reserve your spot!
All ticket revenue goes to the performers.

There will be pre-release special edition vinyl copies of the new album made available for the first time at this show.

The Grocery is proud to host a one-evening only exhibition of the artwork of AMAI, with curated community experiences and refreshments. Please join us!

Friday, March 20 2026
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
At The Grocery Studios 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144 on Beacon Hill

RSVP – FREE
Limited capacity – grab your spot here:
https://InternalGrowthTheCelebration.eventbrite.com

Free Community Art-tivities

• Create floral-filled “bloom” bottles—a keepsake to preserve intentions for the coming year.
• Participate in a water ceremony—a guided visualization led by Greta Flowers, a ritualist and artist specializing in magical moments.
• Eat and drink artful bites and beverages inspired by the Internal Growth exhibition.

“We are in a time where almost no one is looking at themselves,” says AMAI. “We are looking at each other or our phones. We all want to fix things outside of ourselves. We all want to contribute something to humanity by making the world a better place. But this exhibition asks us if making the world a better place starts with making yourself a better place in the world.”

Leading up to the pop-up exhibit, an installation of lightboxes by AMAI will be on view in the windows of WUG from March 2 – 21st.

About the artist

AMAI is a multidisciplinary artist, mother, and visionary, whose work focuses on themes of transformation, personal growth, and spiritual evolution. Using self-portrait photography and digital manipulation, she conjures mystical imagery that reflects her ongoing journey. Her installation work allows visitors to become immersed in the ethereal realms of her sacred inner worlds, offering a mirror of self-reflection that inspires viewers to see the beauty and potential within when one embarks on the journey of Internal Growth.

The Grocery welcomes back David J to lift our spirits in the new year. He’ll perform a mix of old and new with guitar, harmonica, and spoken word. We’re lucky to have David’s long-time collaborator Barton Caroll joining the evening.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Doors at 7:00 pm
Showtime 7:30 pm

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/david-j-with-very-special-guest-barton-carroll-tickets-1977808548610

The Grocery Studios, 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144

About David J Haskins

Musician, writer, playwright, poet, visual artist. A founding member of the highly influential and revered band Bauhaus, David J Haskins helped spearhead the post-punk alternative music scene of the early ’80s with a string of innovative albums and singles—including, for many, perhaps their defining moment: a song widely regarded as a classic and arguably the pinnacle of the entire gothic scene and beyond, the nine-minute-plus epic slab of industrial dub, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead,” featuring lyrics by David J.

Two years after the demise of Bauhaus in 1983, David regrouped with two of his former bandmates—guitarist Daniel Ash and drummer Kevin Haskins—to form the hugely successful Love and Rockets, whose debut single hit gold status in Canada. The band went on to achieve a top-three U.S. single with So Alive, a million-selling album, and sold-out stadium tours.

A highly acclaimed songwriter, his creative tendencies to be poetic, personal, and insightful are evident across his eleven solo albums. David has also written and directed various stage productions. His memoir, Who Killed Mister Moonlight? (Bauhaus, Black Magick and Benediction), was published by Jawbone Press in 2014 to critical acclaim.

David has collaborated with many notable artists, including painter and poet Rene Halkett; novelists Alan Moore, Jeremy Reed, and Hubert Selby Jr.; and a vast array of musicians such as T Bone Burnett, Frank Black (Pixies), Robyn Hitchcock, Amanda Palmer, Johnny Dowd, Jane’s Addiction, The Dandy Warhols, U-Roy, Amaury Cambuzat (Faust), Ego Plum, George Sarah, Jill Tracy, and Bashir Attar, leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka. His latest collaborative project is Night Crickets, with Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) and Darwin.

2025 saws the release of a new spoken word-with-music album, The Mother Tree, accompanied by a book of poetry, Rhapsody, Threnody and Prayer.

About Barton Carroll

Barton Carroll is a critically acclaimed, Seattle-based folk singer-songwriter known for his evocative, story-driven songs. He’s been compared to Cormac McCarthy for his literate tales of hardship and hope. A North Carolina native, Barton blends Appalachian roots with distinctive instrumentation like steel guitar and horns. He’s a former touring member with Crooked Fingers and accompanist for Azure Ray, and has released several albums on Skybucket Records including Avery County, I’m Bound to You and The Lost One. Barton and David J have been long-time collaborators. Barton appeared on David J’s album, ‘Missive to an Angel from the Halls of Infamy and Allure.’

Please come to the Fresh Mochi and Grocery Studios annual holiday pop-up sale! With over 30 artists and sellers — support your local artists and makers –enjoy refreshments and meet the artists!

Sat Dec 13
Sun Dec 14
2-5:00pm both days

At Fresh Mochi: 2900 21st Ave S
The Grocery: 3001 21st Ave S
(across the street)

At Fresh Mochi: Anna Goldstein, Dan Neish, Diane Mccasland, Eve Cohen, Jeff Miller, Jen McNeely, Kelly Lyles, Lana Sundberg, Lauren Grossman, Marlow Harris, Paloma Gulassa, Sarah Norsworthy, Sonja Peterson, Tracey Fugami, Ursula Brookbank

At The Grocery Studios: Day Moon Press, Debora Spencer, Golden Repair, Jil Smith & kRi kRi Studios, janet galore, Kiss Me Cake, Laura Brodax, Mandy Greer, Milky Way Matt, Nia Michaels, O / TYPONEXUS, plant baby, Stefan Gruber, xerxes irani

About the artists at The Grocery

Day Moon Press
Letterpress-printed goods and handmade book arts
Day Moon Press is a family-owned letterpress print shop operating in Seattle since 1976. We print notecards and broadsides from handset type and linoleum blocks, and hand-bind small book arts and journals.
https://www.instagram.com/daymoonpress/
http://daymoonpress.com/ 

Debora Spencer
Magic Inside: Little kits of comfort and intention
Debora is a painter, muralist, pro photographer, and all-around exuberant maker of beauty. 
https://www.etsy.com/shop/deboraspencer/ 

Golden Repair
Gift Wrap Lab – Looking for a unique gift wrap experience? Make your own with Golden Repair’s gift wrap lab! Get a mini lesson in gel printing and give a gift wrapped in something beautifully unique! Additional hand printed wrap will also be available. Golden Repair is led by Luz Brachter.
https://www.instagram.com/golden_repair/ 

janet galore
Greeting cards, mugs, t-shirts, mini-terrariums, and surprises
janet galore is an artist and designer based on Beacon Hill, Seattle. They co-direct The Grocery Studios with their partner, demi raven, and their chihuahua, Ernesto, who sometimes art directs photo shoots, and their spicy black cat Fledermaus.
https://janetgalore.com
https://the-grocery-studios.myshopify.com/

Jil Smith / Insatiable Studios and kRi kRi studio
Handmade lampshades, lamps, vases, trays, and more
kRI kRI Studio will be pairing her handmade ceramic lamp bases with paper shades by Insatiable Studios. Vases, bowls & other giftable items will also be for sale.

Jil Smith has been making handmade and bespoke lampshades and lighting fixtures for 30 years. Her work can be seen at the Seattle Art Museum shop. She maintains a showroom at her Greenlake workshop and sees people by appointment. Jil has a long and lovely partnership with Kristin Nelson of kRi kRi Studio who makes lamp bases as well as tableware ceramics. Their collaboration has produced a series of smaller lamps perfect for gift giving this holiday season. 
insatiablestudios.com

Kristin Nelson is kRI kRI Studio, creating handmade ceramic lamps, vases and more. Her VIT ceramic range is distinguished by thin, raised white stripe detailing on simple organic forms. Each piece I create is unique and imperfect. That is their beauty. As with people, each is individual, quirky, different, and special. I encourage my customers not just to admire, but to handle and use my ceramics. Have fun! Connect with the human element of handmade.
Find out more about @kRI kRI Studio on Instagram

Kiss Me Cake
Kristina Dillard of Kiss Me Cake will have gluten free cookies, cake slices, and whole cakes for your Holiday parties and gifts. https://www.instagram.com/kissmecakekristina/

Laura Brodax – Modern Glaze
Laura will be selling her transfer-ware ceramics; vases, tumblers, soap dishes, souvenir series large plates, small plates and tiny bowls.
Laura Brodax is a ceramic artist and photographer. She combines original photography, drawings and found patterns to customize stories on tile murals and porcelain wares. Inspired by antique Asian and English pottery, urban ephemera and nature’s sensitive chaos, she brings these ideas forward through transferring underglaze onto clay. Commissioned tile murals can be found in many locations in the Puget Sound Region. She operates the storefront studio and gallery Modern Glaze, located in the long fade between Greenwood and Shoreline.
@modernglaze on IG
www.modernglaze.com 

Mandy Greer – Mandy Greer Studio
Ceramics, luscious elevated pom poms, ornaments, and more!
Mandy has been making lush, immersive fiber installations for more than two decades. Mandy Greer Studio is her project to bring her sensibilities to the smaller immersive installation we all are making all the time — our homes. Our homes create a kind of sigil of who we are, and how we see ourselves, and our histories. Each MGS piece has its own story. But all are part of her process of seeking to get to the mythical energy of place — whether it is the layers of action and unspoken stories of graffiti walls in the city, or the deep seductive mystery of our gloomy mossy forests in the PNW, or the narratives of texture from wherever she travels.
http://mandygreer.org/
https://www.instagram.com/mandymandygreer

Nia Michaels
After working exclusively with old decorative tins and tintype photos for over 20 years, I’ve moved on to working with other materials. Most recently I’ve developed an obsessive interest in making nostalgic vintage photo blocks. 
Instagram: @studioniam

O / TYPONEXUS
Melange of mixed media art + photography + music from some TYPONEXUS collective creatives:

• Art prints, card gift sets, small artworks (laser-cut, 3D-printed, wood, ink)
• Pysanky (decorous Ukrainian easter egg heritage craft) ornaments
• Photographs (“Sunflower on Fire, Ukraine” documentary collection)
• Music album downloads
• Inclined to support our larger ambitious projects? We are looking for new home / commissioned exhibit spaces for our gorgeous, functional, one-of-a-kind “Rise, Come to Light, and Sing Forth, Anima!” art piano that made waves in press and institutions in gender equality and freedom of speech and expression censorship case (contact O re: this art piece)

* See our participating artists + works onsite
https://www.facebook.com/typonexus

Milky Way Matt
Milky Way Matt will offer gift cards and prints of his landscape astrophotography from locations across Washington – night skies, star trails, and the wild places where they meet.
MilkyWayMatt.com
https://www.facebook.com/MilkyWayMatt
https://www.instagram.com/milkywaymatt

plantbaby
House plants and artist-made planters
Plantbaby is Seattle’s sustainable plant marketplace where all plants are peat free and grown locally in the Seattle area. 
plantbaby.io 
www.instagram.com/plantbabypnw

Stefan Gruber 
Animated art and artful zines
Stefan makes flipbooks, zines, comix, stickers, cassette tapes, and has a new product line of hankies that feature forbidden interspecies love between a turtle and a snake! Stefan is an experimental animator and performance artist who creates hand-drawn, digitally finished experimental animation shorts. They are animation department founder and teacher at The Nova Animation Project and the founder of Seattle Experimental Animation Team (SEAT).
patreon.com/stefangruber
instagram.com/stefangruber

xerxes irani
Pottery that isn’t very holiday themed, but stuff that really warms the heart.
Xerxes makes things because he has to. He doesn’t really choose what he makes, it just kind of spins out of the wheel through his hands in the form of clay. Minimal is the general approach to the forms in his work with a sprinkle of mark making and typography to adorn those forms. He works a tech job during the day, lives on Bainbridge Island and is also writing this in third person so it sounds like someone wrote it for him.
xerx.es
Instagram.com/xerxes

Join us for a cozy evening of cello music by Gretchen Yanover Saturday, November 22, 7:30pm. The varied program will include selections from Gretchen’s album Cello Glow — a special way to start your holiday season. Gretchen’s transcendent compositions and layered textures will be accompanied by ambient video projection by janet galore. 

Saturday, November 22, 2025
Doors at 7:30pm, show begins at 8:00pm
Limited seating – get tickets here, sliding scale $10 – $25
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holiday-cello-concert-an-evening-with-gretchen-yanover-tickets-1924938525949

Have some hot cider and snacks before the show, and mingle afterwards. Gretchen will have CDs for purchase.

“With an electric cello in hand and a loop pedal under foot, Yanover is her own one-woman band. Playing and layering her melodies, she crafts instrumental atmospheres that grow and transform onstage.”   – Maggie Molloy, Classic KING FM — NPR Slingshot

About the artist
Cellist Gretchen Yanover wears two musical hats: one as a composer of spacious string atmospheres which she performs on electric cello with looping pedal—and one as a classical acoustic cellist.

Yanover began her musical life in Seattle public schools, falling in love with the cello’s deep sound. Gretchen pursued both performance and music education at University of Washington, embracing an interwoven path of teaching and performing. Ms Yanover guided students in music for 17 years, while at the same time growing her own solo performing career.

Gretchen started playing with a loop sampler around 2001 and it changed her musical life, inspiring her to improvise and compose. Gretchen performs throughout the Pacific Northwest as a soloist on her electric cello, while continuing her classical music life. She has played with Northwest Sinfonietta orchestra since 1998, and is a member of NW Sinfonietta’s DEI task force, working to make meaningful changes in the classical music culture, along with creating connections in the community. NW Sinfonietta has featured Gretchen as a soloist on her electric cello on several occasions.

Yanover has been a Visiting Artist at Icicle Creek Center for the Arts, appeared as a soloist for the Earshot Jazz Festival, and presented at TEDx Seattle. She created music for and performed with LeVar Burton for LeVar Burton Reads live, and has had compositions commissioned by Seattle Symphony, Seattle Pacific University, and University of Oregon. Gretchen’s artist residencies Shunpike (2020), Town Hall Seattle (2021), and Seattle Public Library (2024). She was the recipient of a 2023 CityArtist grant from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, which supported the release of her 5th album in 2024.

Learn more about Gretchen at
gretchenyanover.com
instagram.com/gretchenyanover

Please join us for the 2025 edition of the Rock Paper Scissors animation festival curated by amazing Stefan Gruber! This is a rare screening of completely handmade animation. 

Two nights only – same lineup each night
Friday Nov 14 and Sat Nov 15

Tickets $10 – $25 sliding scale
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rock-paper-scissors-festival-of-handmade-animation-tickets-1839813043339

The showing includes:
Nobuhiro Aihara
Jasper Daly
Steven Subotnick
Helder Sun
And others!

With Seattle premieres:Mutation exercise/ Theo Ellsworth
Animal Math/ Robbie C Ward
Busy Bodies /Kate Renshaw-Lewis
Thank You For Your Love /Jin Lin

Saturday September 13 2025 4 – 8:00PM

Art Potluck is a multimedia, multisensory art pop-up by a group of friends. It’s an open house with a casual atmosphere for sharing the art and food we make with each other and new friends we haven’t yet met in the community.

Including paintings, installation, video, interactive works, woven, sculpture, performance, tiny objects, reading corner, zines, books, scents, and a pop-up store. In typical potluck fashion, there will be food and snacks.

JUST BRING YOURSELF! The art collective will provide all the art and food for the community.

Featuring work from:

• Addy Elketami
• Alyza DelPan-Monley
• Andreas Baatz
• Arabella Bautista
• Ben Burnett
• Daphne Hsu
• EverlyHoracio Lopez
• James Stanton
• Janelle Abbott
• Jason Wong
• Jayme Yen
• Katherine Wong
• Kelsey Cole
• Lorraine Lau
• Misha Seibel
• Monica Docusin
• Nadine Aurora Tabing
• Nicole Ramirez
• Nicci Yin
• Ryan Diaz
• Stephanie Marie Cedeño
• Summer Li
• Szeyin Lee
• Velva Kelly
• Will Mianecki

Admission is free; RSVP not required but preferred to help us plan!
Come any time between 4 and 8pm on Saturday September 13.

Performances between 6:30–7:30pm:

Reading by Nadine Tabing, comedic monologue by Ben Burnett, and movement by Lorraine Lau and Alyza DelPan-Monley

Soft Gravity. A Sculptural tea garden and sound experience and concept installation by Theresa Wingert, was open one night only, Saturday July 19, 2025. It was a Seattle Art Fair VIP event, with limited timed slots available to the public.

Welcome to an imagined sculptural garden, suspended in moonlight and sonic memory. Tea will be made for each guest and served in delicate handmade vessels, as a quiet gesture of attention and presence.

Limited RSVP slots at timed intervals – reservations required.
Saturday July 19, 6- 9:30pm
At The Grocery: 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144

About Theresa Wingert 

Theresa Wingert is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans printmaking, filmmaking, photography, ceramics and inventive culinary arts. 

Born in Seattle, she holds a BFA in Printmaking from Western Washington University, where she began crafting a visual voice guided by instinct and driven by a belief that sensory experiences can move us in ways that words cannot.

Her work has been exhibited in regional, national and international contexts, highlighting her ability to move fluidly between still and time-based media.

In 2000, Wingert founded her film production company and became a widely-commissioned director of commercial, documentary and narrative films for clients ranging from cultural institutions to global brands.

Beyond her studio and filmmaking practice, Wingert is the founder and artistic director of The Grass Is Unbelievably Warm, an experimental arts presentation space in Seattle that hosts immersive exhibitions and performances.

Deeply embedded in the Pacific Northwest arts ecosystem, Wingert has served on the boards of On the Boards (Contemporary Performance) and Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA Seattle), and supports numerous artist-led initiatives. 

A frequent collaborator and educator, Wingert brings an expansive, emotionally resonant approach to both her practice and her community engagement.

She lives and works in Seattle and Los Angeles.

http://www.theresawingertdirector.com/

We’re pleased to have the work of artist Chris Crites in the gallery windows of The Grocery Studios (WUG) from May 24 – June 28.

Join us for an artist talk by Chris in conjunction with his exhibition “Forgotten.”

Chris will discuss his mug shot paintings–how and why he chose this subject matter for the majority of his work throughout the past 26 years, with images from the very beginning to where he currently is in this art. His 20-30 minute presentation will be followed by a discussion and Q&A.

Saturday May 31st at 2pm
3001 21st Ave S, Seattle 98144

Snacks and beverages provided.
Free!