explore pioneer square

Welcome to the Original Seattle Neighborhood – rich in history, arts, culture, and food!

Events

December 18, 2025 | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Friend Museum

Learn More

Office Hours with Rya

* This event is drop-in anytime from 10A-2P, no ticket is required to attend.

Meet Rya! Our anchor for our 12/18 Office Hours —

“Events manager by day, artist the rest of the time, Rya Wu paints and makes glass jewelry inspired by transformation, fragility, and resilience. They love building community and uplifting marginalized voices through projects like The Fishbowl and Have You Eaten, which center QTBIPOC and immigrant artists through art and collective care.”

Rya will be working on putting together an event on their laptop during their office hours!

More about this regular Thursday event at Friend Museum:

Parallel play. Co-working. Office hours. We’re entering fall side-by-side this year, ready to pull up a seat beside you.

Every Thursday this fall / winter we’ll hold an open, drop-in, low pressure space to gather in our space. From 10-2 there will be someone at the table next to our in house coffee shop — working, creating, reading or just being in community. The invite is always open, we’ll always pull up a chair for you.

Bring your work, art in progress, book or just yourself and find a moment or two of camaraderie as daylight fades. Stay as long as you’d like, we’re open 9-5 everyday. $1 off at the cafe for anyone who joins.

In the coming weeks we’ll introduce the anchors who will sit at the table with you and let you know a bit about what they’re working on while they spend Thursday with us.

Want to be the lighthouse at the head of our table sometime this fall? Send us an email (friendmuseumseattle@gmail.com) we’d love to have you.