Vee Hua 華婷婷As the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) moves into its 51st year, it comes with a shortened screening schedule but continues to offer many notable short and feature films from all over the world. The festival takes place in-person between...
In Indigenous rock band Khu.éex”s latest single, “We Pray,” listeners may just find a remedy for hope in a time of great pain and need worldwide. With band members based in both Washington State and Alaska, the music video was...
Before I even enter the apartment of Mexican artist Amecas — real name Américo Castillo, from which his artist name is born — I am greeted at the front door by Pakal, his hairless Mexican dog. Also known in Nahuatl as a Xoloitzcuintle...
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 Northwest since its initial concept was...
Navi EsparzaSeattle-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 of multiculturalism, assimilation, white...
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 live concerts that are played in outdoor settings...
Anna BrunnerIn 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 one another, the Lee family’s desperate need for...
Multifaceted Seattle-based singer-songwriter Deshawn Rivers always had aspirations of being an artist, though he didn’t know what kind. He just wanted to express his inklings for creation. Over time, these feelings dwindled due to societal and...