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A Police Officer’s Tattoo Has Ignited Debate Over Nazi Symbol

by Hakim Bishara June 29, 2020November 5, 2020

Viral photos show Nat Small, a police officer in Walla Walla and former US Marine scout sniper, with a tattoo featuring the double lightning bolt symbol associated with the Nazi SS corps (Schutzstaffel).

Posted inNews

Frye Art Museum Workers Say Layoffs Motivated by Union Busting

by Hakim Bishara April 13, 2020

Donning face masks and gloves, and standing six feet apart, workers picketed the Seattle museum, saying two union representatives were unjustly targeted.

Posted inArt

Nature-Inspired Artworks Tap Into the Dark Side of the Psyche

by Lindsay Costello April 10, 2020April 9, 2020

Rebecca Brewer’s complex and dynamic compositions hint at the murky depths of psychological and emotional experience.

Posted inArt

A Gallery Prioritizes Care in a Historically Black Seattle Neighborhood

Avatar photo by Mia Imani Harrison March 13, 2020March 14, 2020

Also acting as a space for community gathering, Wa Na Wari offers a long-term solution against gentrification and displacement as vehicles of white supremacy.

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A Relief Fund Helps Seattle Artists Impacted by Coronavirus Cancellations

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia March 11, 2020March 27, 2020

To help meet its growing needs in the face of COVID-19, celebrated author and Seattle native Ijeoma Oluo has launched a relief fund for her city’s art community.

Posted inArt

Seattle Museum Falls Short of “Reimagining” Asian Art as It Promised

Avatar photo by Thea Quiray Tagle February 12, 2020February 11, 2020

Hopefully this renovation is not the endpoint of this institution’s reimagining of what an Asian art museum should be.

Posted inIn Brief

How to Protect Your Rights at US Border Crossings

by Hakim Bishara January 28, 2020January 28, 2020

PEN America released a five-point guide for writers and journalists after Iranians and Iranian-Americans reported increased scrutiny at US border crossings following the killing of Qasem Soleimani.

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A Poetic Feast Conjures Familial Immigrant Histories

by Lindsay Costello August 26, 2019August 23, 2019

Rather than being haunted by the past, Jane Wong views “going toward the ghost” as a method of reclaiming her family’s silenced histories.

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Discover Why the Pacific Northwest Is the Center of Glass Art at Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience

by Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience July 16, 2019June 2, 2021

A new festival celebrating the region’s creative glassmakers opens October 17-20, 2019 and features 50+ artists and organizations.

Posted inArt

Tschabalala Self’s Avatars of Black Womanhood

Avatar photo by Jasmine Jamillah Mahmoud March 4, 2019March 10, 2019

Tschabalala Self explores the iconography, interiority, and subject status of Black women in her multimedia portraits.

Posted inOpinion

When a Lynching Memorial Becomes a Photo Opportunity

by William C. Anderson December 27, 2018March 12, 2019

A reflection on the commodification of Jim Crow’s violence through public memorials.

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Frank Gehry Designs the New Eisenhower Memorial

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian March 26, 2010March 26, 2010

View of Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial (via Culture Monster) Culture Monster has the specifics on this new landmark in central Washington, DC by starchitect Frank Gehry: The memorial to the 34th president will be built on a four-acre site along Independence Avenue, close to but not directly on the National Mall and backing up to the […]

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