Gallery B612 at the 2026 O-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival
Gallery B612 Journal
Pioneer Square, Seattle
The 5th Annual O-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival
Gallery B612 in collaboration with Margolis Arts Foundation
Connecting people across cultures and generations, the O-Jak Bridge Festival seeks to represent what we build together through art and dance.
This weekend Gallery B612 is pleased to collaborate with the Margolis Arts Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, for their fifth annual O-Jak Bridge Art & Dance Festival 2026 this weekend on November 14 at 7:30pm and November 15th at 3:30pm at the Broadway Performance Hall. Tickets for the festival are available to purchase on the O-Jak Festival website here.
This year's theme "Once Upon a Time" brings storytelling to the Heart of the O-Jak Bridge Art and Dance Festival. The program begins with Gyeonwoo and Jiknyeo's story, the folktale behind O-Jack. "Timeless Tales, Reimagined" introduces new interpretations of familiar stories; "When Tigers Smoked Pipes" takes us into the world of Korean folktales. The performers share these stories through contemporary dance, ballet, Korean dance, and K-pop, with each one bringing their own experience and imagination to the stage.
During intermissions, viewers can enjoy a visual presentation of Happily Ever After, the concurrent exhibition at Gallery B612 Pioneer Square. Bringing together local and international artists, Happily Ever After explores fairy tales, imagination, and the many ways stories take shape through art. Among the works currently on view at Gallery B612 is EVAN 최석현 original painting Twelve Zodiac - Tiger, featured on this year's festival poster. The exhibition also includes David Silvy's My Beautiful Mother, recognized with an Honorable Mention in the festival's poster competition. The public can view EVAN's paintings and the rest of the Happily Ever After Exhibition online on ARTSY or in person at Gallery B612 in Pioneer Square.
EVAN 최석현 is a young Korean artist whose vibrant mixed media paintings bring dreams, nature and fairy tales to life. His work has appeared at international art fairs included the Seattle Art Fair, LA Art Show, and Art Palm Beach, with solo exhibitions in Los Angeles, Korea, and New York. In 2026, he received a Silver Medal at the IYAC Global Youth Art Contest.
For those interested in wine, tastings, or messages, you can bid in the O-Jak Bridge Art and Dance Festival Silent Auction to support year-round access to contemporary visual art, dance, performance, and arts education in Seattle. An Auction purchase helps Margolis Arts Foundation present public performances, exhibitions, and cross-cultural collaborations, and offer workshops and learning opportunities for artists, students, and audiences.
We hope to see you this weekend at the festival!
Open call deadline approaching
Calligraphic Expressions
Deadline to apply: Saturday, November 14, 2026
This exhibition will explore the stories that remain unspoken, untranslated, and hidden beneath the surface. We are seeking artworks which explore and reimagine language and written systems in relation to visual and gestural expressions.
Application is open to all artists ages 18 and older. The exhibition will be on view from January 7, 2027 - February 20, 2027.
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