WHERE BEAUTY LIES

October 11, 2019 through September 18, 2022 in the Safeco Insurance Foundation Special Exhibition Gallery

ABOUT THE EXHIBIT

Where Beauty Lies
October 11, 2019 through September 18, 2022
Special Exhibition Gallery

What defines beauty? Our newest exhibit Where Beauty Lies examines the complicated history, culture, industry, psychology, and politics of beauty from the Asian Pacific American perspective. With personal stories, reflections, art, and artifacts representing a diversity of identities and experiences, the exhibit aims to challenge and expand our ideas of what beauty truly means.

Photo by Nate Gowdy

BEYOND THE EXHIBIT

EXHIBIT OPENING

On October 10, 2019, the community gathered to celebrate the new exhibit with special speakers and performances. Become a member to be the first to RSVP for special community events!

OUR READING LIST

Check out this curated list of books that examine the complicated history, culture, industry, psychology, and politics of beauty from AA & NH/PI perspectives

DECOLONIZE BEAUTY

Seattle actor, performer, playwright Susan Lieu reflects on conditioned standards of beauty and the process of reclaiming the definition of beauty for herself. Featured on NPR, her one woman show 140 LBS: HOW BEAUTY KILLED MY MOTHER uncovers the painful truth of her mother, herself, and the impossible ideal of Vietnamese feminine beauty.