Art Workshop: Squish and Stitch (Sum 숨) with Jun Yang

This workshop offers a creative space to slow down, connect, and breathe as you use soft materials to express care and love. Paint portraits of loved ones, pets, or flowers directly onto fabric and fill your creations to give form, weight, and meaning. Come early to hear Jun’s story and see examples of their work — or feel free to drop in any time.  

Materials are provided and no prior art experience is necessary; Jun invites participants to explore freely, without pressure to make something perfect.  

About the Artist

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  Jun Yang is a Korean multidisciplinary artist based in San Francisco. Jun’s practice spans painting, murals, textile, and ceramic sculpture, inviting audiences into tactile, interactive experiences that activate sensory memory and emotional connection. Rooted in themes of identity, healing, and belonging, their work draws from lived experience as a queer immigrant navigating displacement and the search for safe space. Jun explores personal and collective memory through softness, color, and material form. 

  Jun has collaborated with community organizations and received grants from the San Francisco Arts Commission to develop inclusive public workshops and creative programming. Jun has curated exhibitions centering AAPI, queer, and women artists at venues including Ruth’s Table and Maitri Compassionate Care, where they currently serve on the board. Jun’s work connects personal expression with social impact, fostering inclusive spaces for empathy, healing, and shared cultural experience.