Author - Akoiya Harris

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Akoiya Harris is a movement artist based in Seattle Washington. Her work uses a queer Black gaze to look at the ways art holds personal and communal histories. As a choreographer, she has shown work at the Seattle Art Museum, Wa Na Wari, Mad Art Gallery, Base Art Space, Friends of the Waterfront, Northwest Film Forum, The Moore Theater, and 12th Ave Arts. Akoiyas practice is rooted in finding the ways oral history, archival research, and poetry can be interwoven into dance works. She has also performed with Spectrum Dance Theater, Will Rawls, Zoe|Juniper, Third Rail Projects, and Black Collectivity. Akoiya has collected oral histories on the behalf of Wa Na Wari and Black Collectivity and participated in Black Embodiments Studio. She also has the pleasure of teaching at Pacific Northwest Ballet and Ailey Camp.

Art Artist Interviews

Black Collectivity’s To Gather Invites Black Performers and Audiences to Witness One Another

What do you think of when you hear the words “to gather?” Who all is there? Where are you going? What does it feel like? Is it warm? Familiar? These are all questions that came up for...

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Oct07

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Art Artist Interviews

Le’Ecia Farmer Artist Interview: Space Cowrie Works Through Ancestral Energies

Akoiya Harris

Space Cowrie — interdisciplinary artist Le’Ecia Farmer‘s latest exhibit on display at Seattle’s ARTS at King Street Station — is a portal that transports viewers to a place where the past, present, and future all...

Jul22

Art Artist Interviews

we sense, we remember we rest, we dream: We Black, We Surreal Art Show Review

Akoiya Harris

Born from a “Black Curatorial Practice” class led by University of Washington (UW) professor Jasmine Mahmoud, the interdisciplinary arts show, we sense, we remember we rest, we dream: We Black, We Surreal emerged from discussions around...