Created by Milisuthando Bongela, Milisuthando (2023) is the powerful documentary feature film which bears the Indigenous South African creator’s name. The appropriately hyper-personal work...
Read onWhat 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 dancers Symone Sanz, Cipher Goings, and myself when...
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...
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...
Perpetually curious about the nebulous experiences of being human, interdisciplinary artist Jaleesa Johnston uses her art practice to investigate the complexities of Black femininity, as it exists within social consciousness and physical forms. Not...
For the second year in a row, BAZZOOKAFEST 2022 returns as a free BIPOC-powered music and arts festival. Taking place at Jefferson Park in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood, the two-day event will feature an array of gender-expansive artists...
When Sarah, a no-nonsense molecular biologist at Columbia University, receives a call informing her of her mother’s death, her default response is denial. “There must be some sort of mistake,” she says. As the protagonist of Queen...
When it comes to the current state of identity politics, Belgian musicians Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul check a lot of boxes of diversity and representation. Both have immigrant backgrounds — with Adigéry being of Guadeloupean and French...