Día de los Muertos Mariposa (Butterfly) Wings Procession 2026

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BIMA’s PRISM programming is where art comes alive, off the walls and onto the stage. From films and concerts to artist talks and community celebrations, PRISM expands what it means to be an art museum through regular, engaging live events on BIMA’s stage, in its galleries, and outside the museum.

Meet the Artist: Patricia Orellana

ABOUT PATRICIA ORELLANA

Patricia (Patti) Orellana’s journey into the art world started at a very young age in Jersey City, NJ, with endless drawings on walls and coloring her patent leather shoes, much to her mother’s frustration. She lived two brief years in Medellin, Colombia as a young child, an experience that would influence her and her work once back in the United States.

She earned her B.F.A from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, which is where she also had the opportunity to study Art Therapy. She was able to see first hand the power of art in healing through Art Therapy internships in Manhattan and New Jersey. Patti relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 1992 and worked in the graphic arts for local corporations. She completed the EDGE Program through the Artist Trust and she continues to grow in the local arts community. Patti is an artist who currently resides and works on Bainbridge Island.

Learn more.

THANKS TO OUR FALL 2026/WINTER 2027 EXHIBITION SPONSORS

Día de los Muertos Ofrenda 2026

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BIMA’s PRISM programming is where art comes alive, off the walls and onto the stage. From films and concerts to artist talks and community celebrations, PRISM expands what it means to be an art museum through regular, engaging live events on BIMA’s stage, in its galleries, and outside the museum.

Storytime in the Store

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BIMA’s PRISM programming is where art comes alive, off the walls and onto the stage. From films and concerts to artist talks and community celebrations, PRISM expands what it means to be an art museum through regular, engaging live events on BIMA’s stage, in its galleries, and outside the museum.

Jewelry Showcase – Featuring Pratt Fine Arts Artists

MLK Day Celebration 2027

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

12:30-5 PM | Community Art Project | Add your voice to a community art project honoring the people and legacies who led the path before us.

12:30–2:30 PM | Social Justice thru Art Workshop (registration required, here) | Explore social justice expression through art and movement. Space is limited for this Workshop. Registration is required, here.

12:30–2:15 PM | Social Justice Social | Join friends and advocates in community conversation about honoring those who carried Dr. King’s legacy forward and the work that continues today.

12:45–2:15 PM | Healing Circle | Gather to reflect, connect, and pay homage to the ones whose strength and vision made this moment possible.

2:30–5:00 PM | Community Celebration Program (registration required) | A joyful and meaningful afternoon of music, performances, and art paying tribute to Dr. King’s legacy, including a special homage to Pat Wright, founder of the Total Experience Gospel Choir. Space is limited for this Program. Registration is required.

 

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BIMA’s PRISM programming is where art comes alive, off the walls and onto the stage. From films and concerts to artist talks and community celebrations, PRISM expands what it means to be an art museum through regular, engaging live events on BIMA’s stage, in its galleries, and outside the museum.

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Winter Night Market 2026

CONCERTS

A Not So Silent Night: The Honey Moon Holiday Spectacular (12/4):
A holiday concert like you’ve never been to before, Honey Moon presents A Not So Silent Night. This sultry Americana ensemble brings classic holiday favorites, special guests, and plenty of surprises to the stage for a night of music, laughs, and cheer.

BEATLECONCERT (12/5):
An evening of intimate, acoustic Beatles tribute music with BEATLECONCERT. This celebrated Seattle band brings the studio-era genius of the Beatles’ later years to the stage for an unforgettable night of music that was never performed live… until now!

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BIMA’s PRISM programming is where art comes alive, off the walls and onto the stage. From films and concerts to artist talks and community celebrations, PRISM expands what it means to be an art museum through regular, engaging live events on BIMA’s stage, in its galleries, and outside the museum.

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Family Day: Jazz Edition (Within/Earshot Jazz Festival)

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BIMA’s PRISM programming is where art comes alive, off the walls and onto the stage. From films and concerts to artist talks and community celebrations, PRISM expands what it means to be an art museum through regular, engaging live events on BIMA’s stage, in its galleries, and outside the museum.

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Teen Zine Thursdays

ZINE SCHEDULE

  • 9/17 | Back to School
    • Build your own zine kit, topics could be summer recap or “about me”
  • 10/15 | Halloween
    • Create a Turkish fold book filled with your own trick or treating maps or a monster made through collage
  • 11/19 | Indigenous Peoples’ Day
    • Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day
  • 12/17 | Holidays
    • Celebrating the winter holidays
  • 1/21 | Accordion fold
    • Celebrating Black History Month
  • 2/18 | Make a Mixtape!
    • Using old cassette cases, create mini album covers for your favorite songs
  • 3/18 | Fliporello Zine
    • Celebrating Women’s History Month, World Water Day, and the Spring Equinox
  • 4/15 | Meander Book
    • Celebrating National Poetry Month and Earth Day
  • 5/20 | Zine covers
    • Make your own zine cover using linocut printing
  • 6/17 | Zine swap party!

Meet the Artist: Carletta Carrington Wilson

ABOUT THE ARTIST

The narrative threads of Carletta Carrington Wilson’s literary and visual works merge mirroring the melding of language and form. Encountering cloth as a constellation, as a geographical expanse and translator of time, Wilson explores the potential and possibility of engaging with fabric and its fabrication in unexpected ways.

The Pacific Northwest’s moody skies, mountain ranges, and bodies of water are integral to her artistic practice. It is here that her work has rooted itself, has ascended and descended, has formed structures upon which eye + hand, mouth/tongue/mind conjoin to create text & images reaching across realms of time. Her work is sited in and linked to the act of imagining and re-imagining a history in which multitudes of individuals found themselves without the means to transmit the meaning of their journey through the beauty and brutality of life. She uses history as canvas, an eye, camera lens, brush stroke, sculpting tool, pen, and thread.

Wilson’s poems, artist’s books, and artworks and can be found in local, regional, and national collections. She is the author of Poem of Stone and Bone: The Iconography of James W. Washington Jr. in Fourteen Stanzas and Thirty-One Days.

Learn more: https://carlettacarringtonwilson.com

THANKS TO OUR 2026 EXHIBITION SPONSORS

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