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April 2026
April 2026
Spokane, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Join us in April of 2026 for a month long series of events focused on bringing the beauty and wonder of the deep-sea to Spokane, WA!
Join us in April of 2026 for a month long series of events focused on bringing the beauty and wonder of the deep-sea to Spokane, WA!
Chase Gallery Show Opening
Chase Gallery Show Opening
Chase Gallery Show Opening
Chase Gallery Show Opening
When: Friday April 3rd from 5-8pm, opening remarks at 6pm
Where: Opening reception at the Chase Gallery, 808 W Spokane Falls Blvd, Spokane, WA 99201
Who should come: This is an all ages event and kids are especially welcome, bring your love of art and science, your exploration skills and curiousity.
Cost: FREE!
Join the collective for the opening of their April show at the Chase Gallery on the first Friday of April 2026, this opening is free and open to the public, doors open at 5pm and we will have some opening introductory remarks at 6pm.
The Gallery show features a fun scavenger hunt, allowing you the viewer to walk in a scientists' shoes while you view the work and see how many organisms you can locate. Grab a clipboard from the table, write down your answers, take a photo and share on Instagram. Make sure to tag @unseenoceancollective to be entered to win one of the three prints hanging at Mobius Discovery Center.
Children are welcome and encouraged to attend this all ages event, make sure to grab a free bespoke coloring page or two, drawn by the artists and filled with fun facts directly from our marine biologist, these pages allow you to choose your own colors of the deep.
The Unseen Ocean Collective Members at their show in Juneau Alaska
from left to right; Meghan, Lara, Nili and Kierstin
Public Lecture at the HIVE
Public Lecture at the HIVE
When: April 18th from 1-3pm
Presentation: 1-2pm
Questions: 2-2:30pm
Mingle and connect: 2:30-3pm
Where: The HIVE location, 2904 E Sprague Ave, 99202
Event Room A
Who should come?: This is an event for adults and older children ages 15 and up who are deeply curious, filled with wonder, and are ready to explore the depths of our beautiful blue planet.
Cost: FREE!
Size: The HIVE has seating for up to 73 , this is not a ticketed event, please arrive early for best seating and chance of entry, doors open at 12:30pm.
Come and learn about the deep-sea coral and sponge gardens found off the coast of Alaska from Lara Beckmann, a researcher from the University of Gothenburg Sweden. Lara will bring you down into the depths, through the waving pink branches of the bubblegum coral, past the ruffled white sponges that look like floating lace on skinny stalks, and usher you into a magical deep-sea world filled with wonder and beauty.
Learn about this dynamic ecosystem with it's teeming biodiversity that stunned even seasoned researchers when it was discovered by NOAA in 2023. Relish the pinks and oranges, rusts, yellows and greens, discover that every corner of a coral garden is packed with life; from tiny shrimp, to crabs, octopus, fish and so much more.
Allow the Unseen Ocean collective to take you far from landlocked Spokane, deep into the waters of America's coast, and down farther than many have ever dreamed of going. This talk will be a perfect blend of science and art, exploration and discovery, information and wonder. If you have a deep love for our blue planet then join us to see her depths like you've never even dreamed of before!
Field Trips for SPS
Field Trips for SPS
Spokane Public Schools Field Trips
Spokane Public Schools Field Trips
When: April 2026
Where: The Chase Gallery, and Mobius Discovery Center
The Unseen Ocean is proud to annouce it's partnership with Mobius Discovery Center, Art Salvage Spokane and SAGA funding from Spokane Arts Awards to help fund 12 field trips for Spokane Public Schools.
In April the collective will host 12 separate field trips to the Chase Gallery revealing this deep-sea art show to local grade school kids. After an artists talk in the gallery the children will walk to Mobius Discovery Center to receive a science talk from Lara in the LAB space, science and art coloring pages created by the collective, and a STEAM kit developed by Art Salvage.
This kit was developed in conjunction with the Unseen Ocean Collective with funding from SAGA, each kit can be taken back to the classroom to create their own coral and sponge garden with.
These kits create one coral, one sponge and several associate species, all from common recycleables that could otherwise be entering the waste stream. The collective is thrilled to not only remove waste from a track that could potentially lead to polluting our earth, but also showcase science and art innovation, hopefully inspiring the youngest and most dynamic among us to greater earth and ocean stewardship.
Our field trip roster is currently fully booked.
School Talks
School Talks
Above: Our talk at the University of Alaska South in Feb 2026, special thanks to Dr. Mike Navarro for his invitation.
School Talks
School Talks
When: April 2026
Where: Local High Schools and Higher Education Institutions
The Unseen Ocean is thrilled to have several talks booked at local schools grades 9 and above. We are bringing a dynamic presentation that illustrates the collaboration that can take place between art and science. These talks will highlight the area of Alaska that the footage was taken in, and the art we have created from it. The Unseen Ocean Collective will also bring real world experience and advice on how to participate in an art and science collaboration, what it really means to work as a scientist, an artist, and real actionable movement that students can take to participate in being responsible deep-ocean stewards.
We are currently booking talks for school day afternoons between April 13th and 24th, please reach out via our contact form if you are a teacher at a local SPS or Spokane Valley School and are interested in receiving a free talk.
Mobius Discovery Center
Mobius Discovery Center
Right now Mobius Discovery Center is hosting an event display for The Unseen Ocean Collective, make sure to stop in and check it out!
During our exhibit in the month of April at the Chase Gallery you can enter a scavenger hunt photo to possibly win one of these prints!
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