A Bolt from the Blue: A Taste of the Caribbean with Simon Benjamin
On a cloudy day in early April, Black art gallery Wa Na Nari partnered with Black Cinema Collective to showcase a screening of five short films from New York-based Caribbean multi-disciplinary artist...
View ArticleAnida Yoeu Ali Artist Interview: A Cambodian Muslim Woman Demands to Be Seen
In the Hybrid Skin, Mythical Presence exhibit at Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM), multidisciplinary artist Anida Yoeu Ali invites guests into a wonderland featuring two of her most iconic art pieces:...
View ArticleSoo Hong Artist Interview: Repetition, Reinvention & Not Staying Still
Painter and visual artist Soo Hong refuses to stay still. As an artist who constantly challenges herself to experience fulfillment through her artistic practice, Hong’s paintings mirror the fluidity of...
View ArticleCierra G. Rowe Artist Interview: Connections in Spirit, Energy & Nature
According to rural Kentucky-based painter Cierra G. Rowe, she doesn’t live in a region of country that is particularly known for its contemporary or challenging art. Yet through many years of using the...
View ArticleRodney King Artist Interview: Honoring a Love of Black Culture
Washington-based painter and artist Rodney King has the appeal of a seasoned pro who’s been honing his craft his entire life – but he only began painting seriously four years ago. Now, King is...
View ArticleNahom Ghirmay Artist Interview: Crossing Continents, Curating Colors
As an immigrant who traversed multiple continents from a young age, self-taught Seattle-based artist Nahom Ghirmay has seen a lot of life. He incorporates his vast multicultural sensibilities into...
View ArticleMongrels Film Interview: Jerome Yoo’s Korean-Canadian Exploration of Grief...
In Korean-Canadian filmmaker Jerome Yoo’s debut narrative feature film, Mongrels (2024), Yoo depicts a family attempting to put back the pieces of their broken lives. Building invisible walls between...
View ArticleFaux Flora Art Show Review: Fischersund Presents Life Stages Thru Sound,...
Contemporary Icelandic artists have long been exemplary in their extra-sensorial willingness to merge artistic mediums, which are often inspired by the natural beauty around them. Films documenting...
View ArticleScott Méxcal Artist Interview: When All Creative Work is Political
Seattle-based interdisciplinary artist Scott Méxcal is always ready to branch out to engage new mediums and new communities — through centering Latinx or Chicano identity, as well as uplifting issues...
View ArticleTASWIRA Gallery Interview: Contemporary African Art in the Pacific Northwest
For gallerist and curator Avery Barnes, opening her first art gallery, TASWIRA, has been an intentional journey of learning in public. The gallery has slowly evolved and honed its vision in the Pacific...
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