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...
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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...
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Mar 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....
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Feb 1, 2019
Meghan Elizabeth Trainhor: Witancraeftlic
Meghan Elizabeth Trainhor’s mixed media installations and artworks blend witchcraft and technology, blurring distinctions between magic...
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Jan 1, 2019


Bold As Love: Jimi Hendrix at Home
The November opening of the current exhibit at the Northwest African America Museum was a vibrating affair replete with music, energy,...
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Jan 1, 2019


Contemporary Native Activism and Culture in the Northwest
Native leaders, artists, poets, musicians, storytellers, political activists (usually these identities overlap and intersect) ever more...
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Jan 1, 2019


Alfredo Arreguín: Life Patterns
In these dark days, both literally, the depths of December, and in our political climate, the Alfredo Arreguín exhibition at the...
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Dec 1, 2018


Peacock in the Desert: The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India
The distinguished curator/director Karni Jasol of The Mehrangarh Museum Trust elegantly explained for me the high points of “Peacock in...
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Nov 1, 2018


WWI America
As we approach the hundredth anniversary of Armistice Day for World War I on November 11, our very own Museum of History and Industry is...
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Oct 1, 2018


MUSE: Mickalene Thomas Photographs and tête á tête
Mickalene Thomas strategically presented her amazing work to an almost all white press gathering (one Asian came from Microsoft). MUSE:...
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Sep 1, 2018
Rethinking Edward Curtis Everywhere This Summer
(And a few notes on other events) On the 150th birthday of perhaps our most famous local photographer, Edward Curtis, you will not be...
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Jun 1, 2018


In our Face: “Figuring History: Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickelene Thomas”
In promoting “Figuring History: Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickelene Thomas,” the Seattle Art Museum asks these big...
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Mar 1, 2018

