Susan Noyes Platt
Feb 1, 2020
Seattle Asian Art Museum Reopens!
We are having another thrilling museum opening in Seattle this month! The renovated Asian Art Museum opens to the public on Saturday...
Susan N. Platt
Jan 1, 2020
A Few Bright Spots to Cheer the Dark Days of Winter
For the holiday and winter season here is Betty Shabazz X (Malcolm X’s wife): “We can say ‘Peace on Earth’ We can sing about it, preach...
Susan Platt
Oct 1, 2019
From Fashion to Tagalog Theater
Part I: WaNaWari’s Ongoing Success WaNaWari held a dynamic and entertaining fashion show on Sunday Sept 1 in their back yard. The...
Susan Platt & Georgia S. McDade
Sep 1, 2019
Art Reviews
Editor’s note: We received four art reviews this month: two from our art critic, Susan Platt, and two from our “Renaissance Woman,”...
Leschi Council
Jun 1, 2019
An Afternoon at Wa Na Wari Center
Spending an afternoon at the Wa Na Wari Center, a home for Black art, stories, and connection in Seattle’s Central District was an...
Susan Platt
Jun 1, 2019
“Seattle Style Fashion/Function”
Fashion? Seattle? Clara Berg, Collections Specialist for Costumes and Textiles, started her introduction to the latest exhibition at...
Susan Platt
May 1, 2019
Yəhaw̓!
Prepare to be delighted and overwhelmed! As you enter the huge exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art on view at the new art space...
Susan N. Platt
Apr 1, 2019
Climate Change: Artists Getting on Board
I have been reading a book called Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life, A Tar Sands Tale, by Matt Hern and Am Johal, with wonderful...
Leschi Council
Mar 1, 2019
Exhibits to Enjoy
Race & Personal Narrative The book has a long history as a rich vessel for stories of the human condition. Amontaine Aurore and Kimisha...
Georgia McDade
Mar 1, 2019
Viewing the Library of Black Lies
When I saw Edgar Arceneaux’s installation at the Henry Gallery on the UW campus, the image of Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin came to mind...
Esther Ervin
Feb 1, 2019
The Ethnic Heritage Art Gallery
Editor’s note: our art critic, Susan Platt is recovering from surgery and we are grateful to Esther Ervin for contributing this month....
Ken Matsudaira
Jan 1, 2019
Meghan Elizabeth Trainhor: Witancraeftlic
Meghan Elizabeth Trainhor’s mixed media installations and artworks blend witchcraft and technology, blurring distinctions between magic...
