’57 Biscayne Studios

’57 Biscayne is a community of thirty or so independent fine artists and other enterprising creatives who have been working, collaborating, and supporting their fellow artists in the beautiful Good Arts Building since 2011. Take a left at the ten-foot-tall horsetail fern to get your vintage-camera portrait taken in a scenic mountain range, do some tidepool chalk drawing, and check out the art.

Good Arts Building x 110 Cherry St #200 // 12-2 pm

8-BIT Brass Band

A “nerdy brass” collective, 8‑Bit Brass Band performs video game tunes, anime anthems, movie mash‑ups, and fandom favorites—with full cosplay flair.

roaming // 12-3 pm

Akoiya Harris

With a powerful queer Black gaze, Akoiya Harris weaves personal and communal histories into visceral movement—offering dance as a living archive of memory, identity, and transformation.

roaming // 1-6 pm

Alicia Amiri

Grungey Sadcore songs from the shitty part of Seattle.

jupiter bar // 6-8:30 pm

Allegra Searle-LeBel and Emma Klein

Lifeguard pandas on patrol! Outfitted with whistles, bathing suits, and a flair for street safety, Mitzee & Babette bring their oversized panda heads and offbeat humor to the pavement. From “SLIPPERY” sidewalk drills to collaborative chalk sessions in Painting with Pandas, this roaming duo offers a wildly fun take on public art—inviting passersby to slow down, make a mess, and create something unexpected with a couple of kind-hearted bears.

2+U // 1-3 pm

Allyce Wood

Artist and weaver Allyce Wood creates evocative tapestries that explore coding, communication, and feminist craft. Her work bridges handwork and technology in solo and group exhibitions nationwide.

artlove salon x 110 union st // 2-4 pm

Art Concierge (Jeremy Buben and Sarah Miller)

Dressed in their finest Wes Anderson-inspired concierge attire, Buben and Miller will pop up at various points along the route with a mobile desk and book trolley in tow. Ring the bell, ask a question, get a recommendation—this roving duo is here to chat about all things Seattle art: where to go, what to see, and how to show your work. Featuring museum catalogs, art walk guides, and surprise giveaways from local cultural institutions, “Art Concierge” is equal parts resource hub and playful performance.

roaming // 12-6 pm

Aunge

This eclectic performance blends drama, poetry, and music to create an unexpected concert experience.

bell st + 2nd ave // 3:40 pm

Base Camp Studios + Base Camp Studios 2

A vibrant creative hub, these two locations—1st Ave & Battery St, and 3rd Ave & Stewart respectively—offer affordable studio spaces for 32 resident artists and a dynamic exhibition gallery. Dedicated to fostering collaboration and community engagement, it showcases diverse artistic voices while revitalizing the city’s arts ecosystem through inclusive programs and innovative exhibitions.

base camp studios 2 x 3rd ave + stewart st // 12-4 pm
base camp studios x 1st ave + battery st // 12-4 pm

The Bonnies

Duo The Bonnies delight and disturb with pickle-themed mayhem.

artlove salon x 110 union st // 2-4 pm

Britta Johnson

“Making Kin” is a glowing, ghostly video-light sculpture built from a transformed oil barrel and an LED “mini-jumbotron.” Animations of an otherworldly octopus unfurl in quiet protest—summoning Donna Haraway’s vision of facing ecological crisis through kinship with the strange and uncontrollable.

3rd ave garage x virginia st // 3-6 pm

Cameron Day O’Connell

In “Proof of Prayer”, a companion sculpture to their solo exhibition titled “A Keening for the Disblessed Tongue” at SOIL Gallery, O’Connell invokes the figure of Saint Domna of Tomsk to explore grief, ritual, and the erasure of care in Seattle’s shifting political landscape. In particular, they focus on the shifting and shrinking access to basic care for poor people and drug-users in our city. Through alternatively-printed photographs and sculptural forms, they consider how madness—like Domna’s ecstatic concealment of prayer—can become a sacred response to the loss of place, identity, and basic dignity.

pioneer square park // 12-2 pm

CoCA / Michiko Tanaka

“Omamori” (Good Luck Charm Workshop) extends the themes of CoCA’s Safety/Luck exhibition, inviting participants to explore personal and cultural approaches to protection. Drawing on the exhibition’s contrast between American safety materials and Japanese traditions of luck, the workshop offers hands-on activities and guided reflection inspired by curator Michiko Tanaka’s experience growing up between both cultures.

pioneer square park // 12-2 pm

Chimurenga Renaissance

Led by Tendai Maraire, this genre-blending act fuses traditional Zimbabwean mbira music with hip hop, funk, and Afrofuturist soundscapes in a powerful live performance.

bell st + 2nd ave // 5:30 pm

Chris Burnside

His large-scale sculpture “Up to Aether” uses common construction materials to form a line drawing in space, engaging viewers with light, shadow, and shifting perspective.

occidental square // 12-2 pm

Colleen Louise Barry

A multidisciplinary artist and writer, Colleen's colorful, image-based works invite humor, vulnerability, and imaginative leaps into what’s possible.

occidental square // 12-2 pm

Colleen RJC Bratton

In “Lens Therapy,” Bratton presents a sensory exploration of perspective using a quilt, book, glasses, and sculpture–inviting viewers to explore color, perception, and narrative.

2+u // 1-3 pm

Dahyun Kim, Gemma Cannon-Green, Christy Gibson, Zoey Stein, Cloe Caroljane, Shigeyo Ryusaki, Morgan Lucero

Experimental video works by Cornish College of the Arts students that explore personal narratives and identity within broader sociopolitical contexts.

3rd ave garage + virginia st // 3-6 pm

Department of Bearing and Orientation (Ben Beres)

A performative "municipal agency" providing on-the-ground directional assistance with LED-lit arrow backpacks–offering orientation in even the most confusing urban environments.

roaming // 12-6 pm

Deycha Nhtae

Create your own wearable art along the route! This interactive station invites participants to bead custom sneaker chains and mask lanyards—practical accessories with a playful twist. Inspired by the idea of finding art in unexpected places, the activation puts creative tools directly in your hands, encouraging self-expression with every step of the route. With three stations spaced along the route, participants of all ages and skill levels can join in, crafting pieces that celebrate movement, adornment, and public health.

occidental square// 12-2 pm

bell st + 2nd ave // 3-6 pm

Dissolve (Alaina Stocker, Esther Loopstra & Alana O. Rogers)

Dissolve is a live visual art and dance performance where bodies and surfaces become canvases. As dancers are painted in real time, a scene of domesticity slowly unravels into expressive chaos—reminding us that life’s cycles are built to be broken and remade.

TBA // 1-3 pm

Dope Girl Movement

A hip‑hop dance collective that unites joy, feminism, and community through bold choreography and collective energy will perform at the base of the icon Hammering Man outside of Seattle Art Museum.

seattle art museum x 1st ave + university st // 2 pm, 3 pm, + 4 pm

Emi Pop

A Puerto Rican born, Seattle based musician, Emi Pop, blends catchy Spanish melodies with her own twist on Puerto Rican rocanrol and pop. Based in Seattle, she brings a fun, upbeat sound that makes you want to dance and sing along with a dreamy twist.

jupiter bar (age 21+) // 6:30 pm

eSe Teatro presents: Julieta Vitullo & Iveliz Martel

Severe illness rearranges a person’s reality: routines disrupted, hopes shattered, plans undone. In addition to the physical, mental and emotional breakdown, a cruel medical system requires people to keep it all together and continue business as usual. “Don't Call It A Journey” tells the story of Ella as she takes care of her husband after a devastating diagnosis. Through a sequence of dreams, mythical tales, magical moments and scenes of daily life, the show disassembles this experience and poses the question: Where does logic end and absurdity begin?

2nd ave + marion st plaza // 2:30 pm

Fabulous Downey Brothers, The

Known for their theatrical costumes and high-energy art rock shows, this band delivers danceable synth anthems wrapped in chaotic punk spectacle. The Seattle Times summed them up as “…Devo meets the B-52s in a post-punk fever dream—and just the right dose of glorious weirdness.”

bell st + 2nd ave // 4:45 pm

Forrest Perrine

With humor, care, and subversion, Perrine creates participatory installations that reimagine public space and civic dialogue. Dotted throughout the WALK DONT RUN route will be pieces by Perrine’s that build from both the Interpreters and place holder series.

occidental square // 12-2 pm

Future Arts Way Preview: Divine Ndemeye, Alina Nazmeeva, Alex Kosnett

Future Arts will bring 3&Pine's corner to life with interactive Augmented Reality installations as part of the upcoming Future Arts Way: Seattle’s Digital Corridor. Explore visuals of ethnobotanical Afrocentric & Indigenous plant wisdoms from "Parasitic Healing Waterfall" by Divine Ndemeye, alongside artwork "currents" by Alina Nazmeeva & Alex Kosnett, exploring local ecology, how important salmon are to our region. Together, these artworks offer a glimpse into "Other Earth 2026", an ambitious mixed-reality public art corridor debuting during the FIFA World Cup 2026 bringing together Coast Salish and non-western stories of our region.

3rd ave + pine st // 2-4 pm

Gabriela Denise Frank

A transdisciplinary artist and author whose work expands literary art into public space, blending storytelling with installation and performance.

2nd ave near bell st // 3-6 pm

Giordana Falzone

“Raw and Sunny” is a surreal exploration of the landscape–existing downtown blocks and imagined places—by way of play, humor, and physical dialogue between two dancers.

roaming // 12-6 pm

Hania Marien

“Imagining More Just Futures” invites children and their grown-ups to explore power, justice, and community action through art and play. Centered around the Power Rainbow—a colorful tool for understanding structural power across individual, relational, institutional, and cultural levels—this interactive exhibit features a painted sculpture, chalk paths, comics, and an art-making station where participants create visual responses to the question: What can we do together to build a more just future?

occidental square // 12-2 pm

Hannah March

Blending contemporary dance with themes of nostalgia, coincidence, and connection, Hannah March moves with warmth and intention—inviting audiences into moments of camaraderie, reflection, and quietly joyful rebellion.

TBA // 1-3 pm

Hannah Simmons + Alethea Alexander

A collaborative duo that has been creating movement-based performance and installation works together since 2022. They build site-responsive work that investigates decay, impossibility, commodification and failure. Their work is reverently irreverent and seriously unserious. They value deep questioning, rigorous logic, and holistic world-building.

2+U // 1-3 pm

Heap (Kara Beadle, Andy Zacek, and a rotation of artists)

A whimsical, collaborative performance troupe that uses ladders, bicycles, and absurd props to celebrate abundance while critiquing overconsumption. “Heap” queers reductive ideas on bodily autonomy by drawing parallels between humans and objects.

roaming // 12-3 pm

3rd ave garage + virginia st // 3-6 pm

Hezza Fezza

HeZza FeZza's performance expresses universal experiences from booming space sounds to birdlike voicescapes. Born in Seattle, this songstress was nomadic before setting roots back in their elders’ and Co-Salish lands.

occidental square // 12 pm

janet galore

“The Motivation Station” is a vending machine offering video messages of encouragement, creative prompts, or tough love from Seattle’s creative community. “There are messages from all kinds of creative people who may have just the words you need to hear,” explains galore.

norton building plaza // 1-3 pm

Jesse Higman

“The Collaborative Landscape” invites strangers to co-create shimmering watercolor paintings in a large-scale social art experience celebrating flow, impermanence, and cooperation. Every 20 minutes, welcoming assistants distribute cups of iridescent mica flakes suspended in water. Painters of all ages pour together across a 16-foot horizontal canvas. Viewed from overhead, individual flows of color curve toward weighted holes, draining below. As participants move to snap a picture on their phones, the painting drains away—and a new group gathers to pour the next piece.

2+u // 1-3 pm

Jessica Dolence

In her video installation “Fruit of the Loon,” Dolence uses playfulness, post-surrealism and satire to transform storefront windows into whimsical, dreamlike art.

1000 2nd ave// 1-3 pm

Justin Harden

Blending catchy hooks with introspective and deeply personal lyrics, Harden’s songs explore his journey through the complexities of growing up and his relationship with the world around him.

occidental square // 1:30 pm

Kevin Goodrich

An interdisciplinary artist, Goodrich’s work explores the relationship between digital and traditional routes of image and object making. For WALK DONT RUN, he brings a series

occidental square // 12-2 pm

Laura Hart Newlon / Erin Elyse Burns

As a result of their friendship becoming long distance over the past year, Laura Hart Newlon and Erin Elyse Burns began using the video chat app Marco Polo to communicate. Having been past colleagues in Cornish College of the Arts’ Photomedia program, they approach the medium as only artists would. The resulting conversations yield unexpected compositions and contexts paired with wide-ranging, stream-of-consciousness discussions on the topics of art-making, pedagogy, psychology and more. “Don’t Delete” is a video installation that excerpts, collages and indexes this ongoing correspondence into a collaborative new work.

3rd ave garage + virginia // 3-6 pm

Leah Crosby

Leah Crosby makes work about care and human connection. Their piece, "Just, Let” uses temporary tattoos, touch, negotiation, and conversation to encourage reflection on care work.

2+U // 1-3 pm

Lorraine Lau

A salmon puppet procession will flow against the current of the main route to symbolize the last leg of the salmon’s journey upstream as they return to their spawning grounds.

roaming // 3-5 pm

marco farroni leonardo

roaming // 12-6 pm

Margie Livingston

A hybrid form of Action Painting, performance, and land art, Livingston drags canvases across terrain to inscribe landscapes directly into the artwork, transforming surface into story. “I feel an affinity to Michael Heizer's use of drawing when he carved circles in the desert with his motorcycle,” Livingston explains. “I too am claiming land as artist's materials, but I'm using the ground to inscribe the surface of the paint.”

roaming // 12-6 pm

Marshall Law Band

Frontman of the Marshall Law Band and organizer behind Fremont Fridays, Marshall Hugh will bring his signature blend of music, storytelling, and community-building to WALK DONT RUN. Join him in creating a collaborative vision board—an open invitation to reflect, dream, and imagine a more connected future together.

roaming // 12-3 pm

Molly Jae Vaughan, in collaboration with Lola Lewis

Through Project 42, Vaughan raises awareness of violence against transgender Americans, especially violence enacted on BIPOC trans women, through active accomplice creation rather than allyship alone. Since 2012, Project 42 has been working to combat the violence that transgender Americans face through memorial actions and public outreach. Started before many of the online databases listing individuals lost each year were published and Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was nationally discussed on mainstream platforms, Project 42 has worked continuously to directly engage with the public and institutions in actions, activations, and exhibitions that expose the intersectional oppressions faced by members of the trans community.

pioneer square park - walk - to 2nd + marion // 12 pm

performance x 2nd + marion st plaza // 1:40 pm

Mr. E

This stop-motion collaboration invites the attendees to document their journey, contributing personal perspectives to a shared animated video. “Swing by our booth at the Starting Line in Occidental Square to pick up supplies and instructions, then journey along the marathon route and take a picture with your own artistic viewpoint to incorporate into the accumulation video. We want to see what YOU see!”

occidental square // 12-2 pm

MS+A

Founded by Mary Sigward, MS+A is a dance company devoted to investigating the future of contemporary dance through inquiry, experimentation, and site-specific movement. For WALK DONT RUN, MS+A will reimagine and adapt an existing piece–moving it off-stage into the urban environment.

2nd + marion st plaza // 1 pm

Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone

“Persistence of Dispersed Worlds” is a site-specific performance of improvised music and dance responding to themes of space, safety, risk, and connection. During WALK DONT RUN, Loeffler-Gladstone will use music and movement to investigate safety, risk and transgression, public versus private space, and the joy of finding emergent connection amidst a crowd.

Pak & The Lolos featuring Totem Star

A vibrant collaboration of youth musicians and seasoned performers from the Totem Star collective, blending hip hop, R&B, and global sounds with messages of empowerment and unity.

pioneer square park // 12-2 pm

Perry Porter

A visual artist and songwriter from Tacoma, WA, Perry Porter blends fine art and hip hop to celebrate the aesthetics of Black Magic—honoring both Black Girl Magic and Black Boy Joy. His vibrant, genre-defying work turns performance into ritual, inviting audiences to witness and reflect on the power of joy, identity, and creative freedom.

occidental square // 12:45 pm

Pete Fleming

His multimedia practice explores the tactile nature of digital imagery, merging photography and print to reframe how we perceive and connect through visual systems. As an immigrant recently re-imaged as an American citizen, Fleming will offer give-away prints that reflect on how identity and belonging are performed and mediated through the blurred boundaries between body, image, and technology.

2nd + marion st plaza // 1-3 pm

Pooja Ganesh

A Kathak dancer, choreographer, and educator with a rich international performance history, Ganesh combines classical Indian dance with innovative contemporary expression.

bell st + 2nd ave // 4:10 pm

Samantha Fabrikant, Natalie Grant, and Katherine Neumann

Drawing from their earlier work Collective Echo, this new dance piece explores evolving themes through a fresh duet, blending movement and connection along the WALK DONT RUN route.

Sarah Kavage & Adria Xuala Garcia

Visual artist and stylist reunite after a decade to reinterpret themes of femininity, labor, and environment through a new collaborative art installation.

norton building plaza // 1-3 pm

Saya Moriyasu

Saya Morisyasu’s hand built ceramic sculptures blend figurative storytelling and humor with references to animism, Shintoism, Americana, and personal history.

2+u // 1-3 pm

Skye Hughes

Skye Hughes creates multidisciplinary, body-based performances. Her work explores how information war, identity politics, systemic oppression, and the climate crisis are inscribed into our bodies—shaping our internal landscapes and the ways we relate to one another.

roaming // 2-6 pm

Somatic Hopscotch (Via Vinson-Jacobs)

How does it feel to be a person, briefly in a body, here on this planet, in this moment? Somatic Hopscotch is a chalky jaunt to skip and jump with these questions as we trip along down the pavement. Via has been wondering how it feels to be human with everyone they meet, in dance, writing, movement training, and somatic bodywork for the last many decades.

2nd ave + spring st // 1-3 pm

Stacy

Stacy LIKES vodka crans, botox, and being entertained. She DOES NOT LIKE you. However, if you have the honor of seeing her, feel free to ask for a picture. Stacy LOVES the attention.

roaming // 12-6 pm

Seattle Art Museum

The Seattle Art Museum will offer an afternoon of artful button-making, music, and dynamic performances by Dope Girl Movement at the base of the iconic Hammering Man.

1st + university st // 12-4 pm

SEATTLE CREATES Shadow Dance

Shadow Dance is a large-scale, evolving mural created by tracing the silhouettes of participants onto a shared canvas using a projected light source. Over the course of the event, each new outline overlaps the last, filled with doodles, signatures, and spontaneous marks. The final work becomes a vibrant tapestry of layered human forms—symbolizing community, creative expression, and the merging of people and ideas at WALK DONT RUN.
SEATTLE CREATES: Empower local talent with the skills, connections + opportunities needed to thrive in Seattle's dynamic creative economy.

artlove salon x 110 union st // 1-3 pm

Tammie Dupuis

At multiple points along the route, artist Tammie Dupuis–of Bitterroot Salish and Q’lispe tribes, and European descent–presents oversized beaded sculptures that explore Indigenous visibility/invisibility and her own layered identity.

pioneer square park// 12-2 pm

2+u // 1-3 pm

Tara Tamaribuchi

Tamaribuchi will be presenting two traditional Japanese folk dances: “Tsugaru Jyongara Bushi”, a narrative dance from Northern Honshu that recounts a tragic feudal conflict, and “Oyamabayashi”, a sacred kagura dance performed for centuries to invoke safety and peace. Steeped in history and ritual, these performances offer a profound connection to Japan’s cultural heritage.

bell st + 2nd ave // 3:20 pm + 5:15 pm

The Bad Things

Emerging from Seattle’s underground scene, this six-piece “Junkyard Cabaret” band blends punk, folk, and cabaret with theatrical flair. Known for energetic live shows and collaborations with local cabaret and burlesque artists, they’ll bring their dynamic sound to the sidewalks of Seattle as part of WALK DONT RUN.

norton building plaza // 1-3 pm

THIS MUCH BRASS

Roaming the Seattle streets since 2011, THIS MUCH BRASS has spread their signature New Orleans-inspired sound throughout the US and Europe. Their infectious groove is blended with modern influences like: YoungBlood Brass, Soul Rebels, and Hot 8 Brass. TMB Brass is committed to uplifting NOLA aural history and lowering barriers for equitable arts access. Your first call for a second-line band.

roaming // 12-2 pm

Tom Eykemans and Chris Smith

“Alley Cats” reimagines lost cat posters through colorful public collage, part of an ongoing visual series that celebrates the cats who rule our neighborhoods.

occidental square // 12-2 pm
bell st + 2nd ave // 3-6 pm

Undercurrent

Undercurrent is a dance organization founded in 2017 that guides interdisciplinary performances, year-round floorwork classes, movement innovation labs, guest artist workshops, immersive retreats, university courses, and social gatherings—all with the aim of expanding our collective curiosity, physical capacity, and interconnected communities.

pike street plaza // 2-4 pm

Wiggle Room (Janelle Abbott/JRAT and Alyza DelPan-Monley)

A collaborative fashion/dance performance turning textile waste into costumes, choreography, and community interaction via a live clothing loom. Attendees are invited to contribute to a live community loom, weaving strips of old clothing into a tapestry that will become part of future Wiggle Room costumes.

3rd ave garage + virginia // 3-6 pm

Zack Bent

Bent invites viewers into poetic scenes of stillness, longing, and strange nostalgia–basketball hoops placed on forms–asking us to reconsider play, togetherness, and the quiet weight of time.

Please don’t vacate! I’ve been waiting for something or someone. My way is wanting. My armatures are weathered. Ask me about the passing of our days or about our loss of togetherness. Is there any wonder in play or is silence our last continent?

bell st + 2nd ave // 3-6 pm