Vermillion’s 18th Anniversary!
This Wednesday June 10, 2026 6-9pm.

What began as a leap of faith between art, music, community, and a healthy disregard for conventional business plans (Regina Hackett thought I was NUTS to open a gallery on Capitol Hill), Vermillion has grown into one of Seattle's longest-running independent cultural spaces. Through recessions, redevelopment, pandemics, changing neighborhoods, and countless late nights, we've remained a place for artists, weirdos, dreamers, musicians, poets and anyone looking for a little connection.

Vermillion would not have made it this far without an extraordinary crew, friends and families who have poured their energy, creativity, and care into this place as well as the artists, nonprofits, and community organizations who have trusted us to continue their mission (shoutout to Bret Fetzer @4Culture, Northwest Film Forum, many others...). I also want to acknowledge our landlord, whose continued support and recognition of Vermillion's cultural value has helped make it possible for an independent arts space like this to remain on Capitol Hill during a time when so many others have disappeared.

We'll be celebrating this milestone with art, records, friends old and new, and a reminder that spaces like this only survive because people continue to show up for them.

*PS: If you'd like to learn more about myself, the founder, Public Display Art's Tricia Romano did a historical profile on my personal journey HERE - Diana

**PPS: PLEASE SEND ANY PHOTOS or VIDEOS OF YOUR HISTORY WITH VERMILLION TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS, I'm attempting to do a slideshow for the 18th time: VermillionSeattlePhotos@Gmail.com