Join us for an exceptional First Friday as Vashon Center for the Arts opens two distinct exhibitions—one bringing the vibrant contemporary art of Oaxaca, Mexico, and the other featuring a deeply personal new body of work by Vashon artist Brooke Gassiot.
Visions in Color: Contemporary Artwork from Oaxaca, Mexico
Guest Curators Fulgencio Lazo & Erin Fanning
Experience the extraordinary creative energy of Oaxaca through more than thirty original works by contemporary Oaxacan artists. "Visions in Color" brings together painting, embroidery, woodblock prints, sculpture, and other works reflecting the rich intersection of Indigenous traditions, centuries-old craft practices, and contemporary artistic expression.
Guest curated by Fulgencio Lazo and Erin Fanning, the exhibition features work by Oaxacan artists: Natividad Amador, Victor Cha’ca, Siboney García Santos, Fulgencio Lazo, Jorge López, Guillermo Pacheco, Ana Santos, Shinzaburo Takeda, Soledad Velasco, Jesús Mena, and Montserrat Steck.
Tidal Bodies : Brooke Gassiot
Along VCA’s soaring 40-foot Atrium wall, Vashon artist Brooke Gassiot presents "Tidal Bodies", a powerful series of large-scale paintings and cyanotypes exploring the body as both archive and landscape.
Drawing from experiences of puberty, pregnancy, birth, menopause, breast cancer, aging, and healing, Gassiot examines cellular memory, transformation, resilience, and the emotional histories we carry. Deep Prussian-blue cyanotypes merge with flesh tones and gestural painting, moving between representation and abstraction and inviting viewers to find connections to their own experiences of change.
Two exhibitions. Two very different artistic perspectives.
One vibrant First Friday evening at VCA.
Both exhibitions are on view: October 2–November 1, 2026.
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