Sponsored Projects
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Aaron Wheetman
Photographer and filmmaker Aaron Wheetman’s fine art work has been described as cinematic and surreal, a blend of traditional documentary photography styles with fictional elements. His portrait series “between us” was featured at the Photographic Center Northwest and in his short film “Drift” took home best short at the Orcas Island Film festival. His work has appeared in the Seattle Times, the Ballard Art Walk and the Seattle International Film Festival.
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Alchemy Tap Project
The Alchemy Tap Project is a Seattle-based performance company for serious tap dancers ages 16 and up. The company was founded on the principles of experimentation, entertainment, and excellence. Since its inception in 2012, ATP has become a regular on stages around the Pacific Northwest.
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Allies Left Behind
Allies Left Behind follows the lives of Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan who helped the American-led war and reconstruction effort in Afghanistan. These Afghans served as policemen, intelligence officers, journalists, and human rights activists who partnered with the U.S. government to create a brighter future for the country. This film uncovers the difficulties these Afghans face in obtaining residency visas to the US despite promises from the US government. Leading civil society actors explain the bureaucratic challenges preventing quicker processing speeds, revealing the disturbing truth of how the U.S. failed to uphold its commitments.
We are raising funds for post-production and publicity for the project. We are hiring an editor, colorist, sound mixer, music producer, and graphics expert to help us finish the project. We are also hiring a publicist that will help spread the word about the film and ensure that we are raising the voices of the Afghan allies who were left behind by the U.S. government. With your help, we can continue our project to tell this critical story.
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Anne Lancaster - Community Artists Program
The community artists program is a collaborative venture among local for profit/non-profit organizations and local artists for the mutual goal of enhancing community, building good will, and creating a new sustainable business model.
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Art in Suburbia
Art in Suburbia is a nonprofit arts organization based in Waltham, MA whose mission is to provide art, education, and awareness to suburban communities for social impact. Founded in 2017, our objectives are to provide an outlet for artistic and creative expression and exploration, foster community engagement, and promote social and sustainable development through its mission-programs.
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Barbara Noah
Barbara Noah is a hybrid works artist (painting, print, photography, digital art, sculpture, installations, public art). Barbara is the recipient of the Artist Trust Twining Humber Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, the Pollock/Krasner Grant, a Betty Bowen Merit Award from the Seattle Art Museum, two Faculty Excellence Awards from Cornish College of the Arts, and the Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Faculty Purse from Mills College. Her work also includes public art at locations such as the Canal Substation and Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
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The Beyond Project
The Beyond: UFOs & A New Reality is a docuseries being developed by Ontocalypse Productions—a media company that leverages the arts to help people understand and integrate the emerging realities at the bleeding edge of science and culture. The recent US government admissions about the reality of UFOs, the rapid emergence of AI into our daily lives, and groundbreaking discoveries from the realms of quantum mechanics, consciousness studies, and more have all brought us to a tipping point in human history where we are ready to ask bigger questions about the nature of reality itself. By leveraging rich storytelling along with deep scholarship from top experts across fields, The Beyond is a docuseries that will help to build the scaffolding within the public consciousness on which this emerging future will be built. All donated funds will go directly to production costs for The Beyond.
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Black and Loud Fest & Tour
Black and Loud Fest & Tour is a Music Fest focused on celebrating the art and culture of black front bands playing music in genres outside the expected norms of traditional hip hop and R’n’B. Explains project founder Cameron Lavi-Jones who is the frontman of his own black fronted band King Youngblood, “ Our vision is to create space for black fronted bands and artists playing everything from Afro-Punk to Rock to Alternative Soul, Alternative Pop, to Spoken Word to pretty much anything but what the main stream music industry expects from black artists. Black and Loud Fest and the touring we are also creating with the brand are a great beautiful for black people and really everyone to celebrate the rainbow of creativity that is Black artists. Donating helps us make it so more people that look like me are seen and heard. This is important not just for Black people but for everyone. Diversity is the core of culture. Black and Loud is a key part of the cultural mosaic we so so so must elevate especially so that we are putting our money where our mouth is when we say Black Lives Matter.
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Cafe Racer
Café Racer Seattle is an organization that operates a live music venue and an internet radio station. We are focused on creating community around the love of music and art. We have created a “genre fluid” environment with a focal point on DIY and emerging artists from youth, LGBTQ, BIPOC, and other underserved communities. Our online radio station features music exclusively from Washington State musicians, and our music venue, located in the heart of the Capitol Hill Arts District of Seattle, provides access to live music experiences for all (including our underage population), presented by artists from our localized region and around the world.
Our mission is to have a safe space for people of all ages to come together and create, explore and share art and music of all genres in a welcoming, community setting in the heart of a Seattle neighborhood where music and art are embodied.
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Cook on Clay - Zakin Apprenticeship
Cook on Clay is a woman-owned artisan manufacturing ceramics studio. Co-founded by Robbie Lobell and Maryon Attwood, Cook on Clay is dedicated to educating and mentoring younger women in studio arts, artisan-based manufacturing, and sustainable small business practices.
Their Zakin Apprenticeship offers training for emerging potters to develop skills and experience in studio practice, pottery design, business, and manufacturing.
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DANCZMODE
DANCZMODE is a performance media company owned by Hallie Aldrich, dancer, choreographer, and visual media artist. Aldrich is a born/raised local dancer who has worked regionally and internationally. She returns to AAF’s roster to continue her work in visual media installations, dance film mobile mini festivals, and other unique performance works out of her Mobile Performance Dwelling, aka the “Dance Pod” which she designed and built.
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David T Phung
David T Phung is a musician, trained as an architect and storyteller originally from Palm Springs, CA. He has the ability to traverse different worlds and connect with people from different groups and cultures. Social circles are his canvas, objects are his tools, and artifacts are the social proof of connection; architecture is the place to experience things together.
He believes that technology is the key to reconnecting humanity with its senses, culture, and space. As a social connector, David imagines and brings together different social circles to collaborate and overlap on-location, online, and onchain. His work and passion serves to bring us together, to elevate our senses, so we can change the world for the better.
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D&G Dance Company
D&G Dance Company provides dance classes for youth and adults in Hiphop, Jazz, Lyrical, Breakdancing and Ballet. They are an inclusive, passionate group of teachers that care about each other as a dance family.
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Degenerate Art Ensemble
Degenerate Art Ensemble makes live performances inspired by punk, comics, cinema, nightmares and fairy tales driven by live music and their own style of visceral movement theater and dance. Their work is an exorcism through collision and conflict challenging how we see audience, architecture, music, story, myth and reality. It comes out of a deep desire for communion and soul-exchange and transformation.
Degenerate Art Ensemble will be participating in the International Festival of Contemporary Dance Mexico City on August 11, 2021 with a performance of Skeleton Flower. This engagement is supported by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Design Lecture Series
The Design Lecture Series, produced by Civilization, brings world-class designers to the stage to share their knowledge for free. Its aim is to stimulate conversation around design, share its rich history and inspire our communities. Posters from the series have won multiple print awards and are included in SFMOMA’s permanent collection.
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EARTHRISER - Limber Media
EARTHRISER is a climate change film composed of two parts: “Love Song For A Wailing Earth” and “Dance Of A Future Climate Refugee.” The film features Seattle-based dancer Allegra Searle-LeBel, renowned mediamaker Cole Rise, and an award-winning Pacific Northwest production team.
The first part, “Love Song For A Wailing Earth,” is about one woman’s climate grief, expressed through her dance in a Washington old-growth forest. This project is currently in production, to be released worldwide on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day (April 22, 2020).
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Embrace Diversity in America Art Project
Embrace Diversity in America Art Project is being produced by Janice Maria Alexander, artist, author, and president of Artistic Angels Corporation. The project’s mission is to contribute to the goal of reducing hate crimes in America and helping to unify our nation by bringing an artistic awareness to the beauty and blessings of multiculturalism.
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Fremont Fridays
Fremont Fridays is a free music series that centers BIPOC voices and vendors for 11 straight weeks in the heart of Seattle's Fremont neighborhood from June 23rd through September 1st. This outdoor event is on its third summer and has economically empowered 150 performers, 75 vendors and the surrounding businesses. This year we aim to take the production and impact of Fremont Fridays to the next level and with the help of Allied Arts we know we can raise the funds to keep Fremont Fridays FREE!
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Friends of the Sinners Project
Sinners, a play by veteran Israeli dramatist Joshua Sobol, is a theatrical protest against heinous fact: the stoning of women to death in Iran and other Middle Eastern countries. The play’s setting is stark and startling: Layla, a married professor of English, is buried over her waist in the desert sand. She is about to be stoned because of accusations she had an adulterous affair with one of her married students, who, out of guilt, talked about the tryst to the authorities.
This project is working to bring this powerful and important theatrical work to new audiences.
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From Within Nucleus Academy & Dance Company
From Within Nucleus is a not for profit organization that organizes professional dance shows using Bharatanatyam dance technique.
From Within Academy is their own dance school, sharing Bharatanatyam instruction and spreading the true traditions of Indian art and culture throughout diverse communities.
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Gregory Kemmis
Snohomish photographer Gregory Kemmis has been involved with multiple creative photography and music projects for over a decade, including album cover artwork design.
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Hearts of the Dulcimer
Hearts of the Dulcimer is both a podcast and a feature-length documentary film about the mountain dulcimer.
Artists Patricia Delich and Wayne Jiang are now seeking funding to create a docuseries which will provide the general public with an entertaining and in-depth introduction to the dulcimer, while affirming its cultural position to dulcimer enthusiasts.
The docuseries will combine footage from live performances, archival material, travelogues, on-location interviews, narrative animation, and motion graphics.
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Intervention Studios
Rap and video artist Rio Da the Profit is creating a modern-day upcoming clothing line that involves a mixture of A.I., envisioning the future of the industry for the 22nd century.
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Iraqis in Pajamas
Founded by Loolwa Khazzoom, the band Iraqis in Pajamas fuses ancient Iraqi Jewish prayers with original punk rock and personal storytelling, singing in Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew, and English. In turn vulnerable and angry, haunting and inspiring, the band disarms audiences, opening listeners to deep contemplation about trauma, healing, and transformation. The band is fundraising to produce and promote a full-length double album, Punk iRock: The first CD will be the original version of the 10 Iraqi Jewish prayers, and the second CD will be these prayers sung in all their punk rock glory.
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Karma Collaborative
Karma Collaborative provides coaching, consulting, facilitation, and practical guides to help shift the way we think, feel, talk, act and essentially tell stories about our lives.
“Our skilled practitioners facilitate change, cultivate possibilities and open the flow of creativity, leading to the generation of new ideas and innovation for the emerging paradigm.”
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Kayako Sareen
A certified professional food photographer, Kayako also takes time out for photographic art, such as her recent “One Food / One Month” project.
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King Youngblood's Hold Your Crown
Hold Your Crown is an ongoing project founded by rising Seattle alt-rock band, King Youngblood (formerly Gypsy Temple), that focuses on breaking the stigma that many young people from middle school through college-age and young adults face when they live with a mental illness.
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LanDforms Dance
Founded by Danielle Evelena Doell and Leah Crosby, LanDforms Dance’s often funny, sometimes tragic, always unusual performances explore the absurdities of human relationships, nostalgia, and the intersections of power, control, and love.
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Lumikalai Film
Eli Ives of Lumikalai Film is producing Colour Creates Light: A Diaspora in Four Films, an international series of feature-length documentary films related to the atelier of painter Hans Hofmann (1880-1966). The teaching at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, permutated through the lives of three alumnae, offers a conduit into the heart of the visual creative process.
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Malikah Festiva
Founded by Lee Mozena of Zena Consulting in Redmond, WA, the Malikah Festival brings the elegance and nuance of modest fashion out of mosques and private homes, and into a public venue. It also shatters simplistic stereotypes about families who practice modesty as a form of dress and lifestyle choice, using arts and culture as a vehicle to bring citizens together.
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Marcia Marcus: Art in the Family
Marcia Marcus: Art in the Family is a feature-length documentary film which explores the life of an artist working during the fertile decades of post-war America, the beginnings of performance art in the 1960’s, through the Feminist Art Movement of the 1970s and beyond.
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Marshall Law Band – The Hero's Journey Campaign
The Hero’s Journey Campaign is an ongoing project founded by rising Seattle Funk-Hop group know as the Marshall Law Band (MLB). The campaign focuses on creating hero’s in our own lives and community. The MLB aims to make an impact on a variety of issues including homelessness, mental health, youth mentorship and environmental awareness.
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Mary Maguire
Mary Maguire is a multi-disciplinary artist (digital collage, painting, photography, fashion/textiles) from Detroit, MI. Mary’s personal and collaborative projects explore new ways of doing old things, mental health and loneliness, curation and culture.
Her “in-progress” and “completed” digital and physical works are published to the internet and/or minted on the blockchain as a collectible. She also hosts curated events that bring together artists, technologists and culture enthusiasts for conversation, camaraderie and collaboration.
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Migration Project
The Migration Project is making migration visible through art exhibitions. To date, it has included three displays of the portfolio Migration Now published by Just Seeds and Culture Strike.
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Miles Regis
LA-based, Trinidad-born artist Miles Regis is prolific in both fine art and fashion design. Regis freely swaps the materials and languages of each to enrich the other. His large-scale mixed media paintings on canvas and linen incorporate dimensional collage elements of denim, buttons, leather, printed matter, sequins, and patches of eclectically sourced found textiles along with his dextrous, gestural, richly hued abstract and figurative painting techniques. Aggressively hopeful and humanistic, Regis embraces a storytelling stance in his stylized renditions of fundamental scenes of love, loss, freedom, survival, activism, and living history.
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Miss Africa Washington State Pageant
The mission of Miss Africa Washington State Pageant is to pave the way for a new generation of young African women leaders and to instill into them the culture of giving.
The competition has produced more than 30 confident, more assertive and goal driven women. Today, Miss Africa Washington State has grown to be the largest African pageant in the Northwest, bringing many communities together.
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Modulation Institute
Modulation Institute is a safe space for Trans & Non-Binary individuals to receive 1:1 private vocal training from any location. Modulation Voice is designed for us to work together as a team on vocal feminization, vocal masculinization, and non-binary vocal expression in speech or singing.
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Museum Without Walls
Museum Without Walls’ objective is to inspire the next generation to become social justice leaders who will ignite change in their communities. We do this by providing the unique opportunity to hear first hand accounts of intolerance and racism at the site where it was experienced.
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Non-Breaking Space Gallery
Non-Breaking Space is a not-for-profit exhibition space created by the design firm Civilization and devoted to showcasing important works of graphic design.
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Nrityalaya School of Dance
Nrityalaya School of Dance was founded by Vidyalakshmi Vinod in 2002 in the greater Seattle area to teach students the ancient Indian classical dance, Bharatanatyam.
The school strives to impart quality dance education and disciplined training to its students and help them grow into professional classical dancers.
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Nrityenakatha Dance-Theater Productions
Nrityenakatha is devoted to showcasing the captivating tales of ancient Indian literature through the language of dance. We intertwine Kuchipudi and Garba/Raas to create our own unique dance style. Dances are set to vibrant soundtracks in the semi-classical, Hindustani genre.
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Open Flight Studio
Open Flight Studio (OFS) is a space for performance-based artists to research, experiment, develop, teach, dialog and perform. OFS strives to maintain a neutral space that is affordable and accessible to enable the goals, pursuits and interests of individual artists, groups and art advocates.
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Paige Barnes
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Paul Kikuchi
Paul Kikuchi is a musician, activist, and educator whose work is informed by highly diverse influences — from his roots as a rock drummer to his experience as a Feldenkrais practitioner — as well as his research into Japanese-American history in the Pacific Northwest.
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Quest of Life Media & Broadcast
Quest of Life Media & Broadcast produces QLRadio, a 24/7 streaming internet station devoted to the music of the LGBTQ global community.
QLRadio strives to expose the world to and market the music of LGBTQ Independent Singers/Songwriters/Musicians. Listeners from over 23 countries around the world have visited QLRadio.
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Rain City Relief
Rain City Relief is an arts funding program created by Adam Simon of Sinking City Apparel to help Seattle-area musicians through the promotions and sales and of music albums.
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Robert Lang Studios Academy
Robert Lang Studios Academy offers programs structured for students to understand and respect the recording studio environment, as well as develop an understanding of how to best use the spaces and tools available to make their career in the studio industry.
From the early Northwest sound of the Sonics and 15 year old Kenny G, to Nirvana’s final studio recording, to today’s finest musicians like Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Robert Lang Studios continues to expand, create and inspire!
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Rravan Productions Performing Arts Program
Rravan Productions Performing Arts Program meets the needs of persons with different abilities and different learning styles, of all ages, by teaming up with community artist and presenting musical comedy productions to its audiences.
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Runnin4U
Founded by famed football running back Robert Turbin, Runnin4U allows Robert to continue his passion for community service, help fund the research and treatment of Multiple Sclerosis and Cerebral Palsy, and to supply the Irvington High athletic teams with safety and field equipment, uniforms, first-aid, coaching and training assistance. Runnin4U will be partnering with a Seattle music station to promote local musicians.
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Scott Capestany's The Rainforest
Award-winning filmmaker, writer and journalist Scott A. Capestany is producing The Rainforest, a film about a group of international explorers that set off into the heart of a mysterious rainforest in search of an ancient lost civilization while attempting to solve and uncover the truth about an ancient mystical tribal legend that protects its rumored existence.
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Seattle Creates
SEATTLE CREATES is a youth focused initiative providing FREE monthly, in-person workshops and immersive training sessions that foster support for interdisciplinary careers in Arts, Tech, and Creative industries. Our core focus is to develop professional skillsets, strengthen regional innovation, and build pathways of access for any person, regardless of age, who is interested in pursuing a creative career in Seattle. Our ultimate goal is to support the greater creative economy and build community connections that allow everyone to thrive.
Open to the public every 2nd Thursday of the month, workshop attendees have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a creative community and networking playground as we open up various studios located throughout the SLU campus of Cornish College of the Arts. With first hand access to industry leading professionals and business development resources, workshop participants glean insights from cross-industry panels (arts + tech), interactive presentations, robust conversations, and breakout groups. In addition to the workshops, we provide FREE access to business coaching sessions, complimentary drop-in classes, job fairs, cultural events, and field trip invitations to attend Open Studios and Gallery spaces as an extension of the program.
This series is produced by T.O.N.E. with the support of our core partners: Cornish College of the Arts, Business 101 for the Creative Entrepreneur, Seattle Office of Economic Development, and Women in Tech REGATTA.
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Seattle World Tour Foundation
Seattle World Tour Foundation‘s mission is to build a more equitable and healthy community by helping to provide funding and programing to underserved communities. They unite artists, businesses and community members through unique events, programs and concerts.
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SOLA
The mission of SOLA (“Support of Old Lady Artists”) is to award cash grants to female visual artists over 60 who are currently working and living in Washington State and have created a body of work spanning at least 25 years.
The SOLA Award honors accomplished yet under-recognized women artists for their dedication and persistence.
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South Sound Baroque Orchestra
South Sound Baroque Orchestra is a group of local musicians that began meeting in September of 2015 with the intent of performing concerts in and around the Seattle area. Because of their instrumentation, their musical selections will generally come from the baroque period and will include composers such as Bach, Handel, Haydn, Vivaldi and others.
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Tae Phoenix
My work is about themes that everyone can relate to on some level: rejecting conformity, embracing authenticity, and finding the connections between healing ourselves and building the world we want.
Sometimes, when I’m stuck on where a musical idea belongs, I’ll write lyrics from the perspective of a fictional character and see where that takes me. I love this approach because I tend to obsess over stories: telling them, absorbing them, analyzing them. It doesn’t really matter as long as I’m immersed. I’ve written songs that started out as screenplays and the beginnings of musicals that I originally thought were novels. It all makes me ridiculously happy.
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TASWIRA
TASWIRA is not only a premier African art gallery and event space; it is a visionary hub for cultural exchange and community engagement. Our mission transcends mere presentation; we aim to cultivate a world where artists and businesses thrive together, fostering a vibrant tapestry where African heritage is celebrated and integrated into Seattle's societal fabric.
Within 2000 square feet, our versatile space serves as a nexus for in-person experiences and unique merchandise reflecting a rich tapestry of BIPOC- owned businesses. In addition to showcasing revolving collections of historical artifacts and contemporary works, TASWIRA is committed to curating modern expressions of the past and present. We dedicate ourselves to cultural programming centered around health and wellness, youth empowerment, and education about African heritage.
Standing as a cultural beacon in Pioneer Square, our diverse array of programming enriches the community experience in numerous ways. From live performing arts to engaging youth initiatives, from health and wellness workshops to exclusive events, we offer a dynamic platform supplementing African heritage often erased from curriculums.
Our flagship youth empowerment programs inspire and uplift the next generation of leaders and creatives through mentorship and hands-on learning experiences. By fostering pride in heritage, we empower them to become agents of change.
Our commitment to holistic wellness extends from physical to mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Through unique partnerships, we offer workshops that provide attendees with valuable tools for self-care and growth.
In addition to regular programming, TASWIRA opens its doors to the public for private and public events to celebrate within our exhibitions. We’ve seen the gallery serve as a host for building stronger teams, holding space for community dialogue, fundraising for youth resources, and highlighting remarkable artists and small businesses. These opportunities foster important connection, reflection, and celebration.
Ultimately, TASWIRA is a living testament to the power of art and culture to transform lives and communities. Through our initiatives, we create a space where people of all backgrounds learn, connect, and celebrate the beauty and diversity of the African diaspora. As we grow, we remain committed to promoting cultural exchange, fostering community engagement, and uplifting Black/African artists and innovators.
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Teaspoon & Pound Media
Tatiana Bacchus, Owner/Senior Producer of Teaspoon & Pound Media, LLC, is an emerging independent filmmaker, who curates the ancestral wisdom of invisible characters by telling their untold stories.
Tatiana is currently working on her first feature length documentary, Freedom Denied, which posthumously tells the story of Jean-Baptiste Edvard Pierre’s near decade-long battle for political asylum in the United States, as told by the attorneys and community activists who fought for his freedom.
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The Firehouse Arts and Events Center
The Firehouse Arts and Events Center is a local, regional and national venue for the performing arts, and is dedicated to connecting the community with the arts.
Located in a Bellingham, WA, renovated historic 1927 Fire Station, the Firehouse offers space for classes, workshops and performances. The Firehouse is home to many fine local artists and strives to be a quality affordable venue for the smaller performing arts groups so they have a space to teach, learn, and perform, allowing them opportunities they cannot otherwise afford.
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The SongCatchers
Peter Gabriel took the SongCatchers on numerous national and international tours with WOMAD and calls the SongCatchers “Spine Tingling.” The multi-ethnic group performs for countless audiences including Indian Tribes across the country. Honoring the traditions of intertribal pow wow singing and drumming and fusing rock, soul, jazz and spoken word into their one of a kind fusion of music, the Songcatchers were the only intertribal musical group to sign with a major label (A&M Records) and reach the highest level of recognition (winning 2 Native American Grammys!) without watering down the blood and guts sound of authentic intertribal music.
The group’s original members Arlie Neskahi, Dine` (Navajo Nation), Lara Lavi, Mark Cardenas and Charles Neville formed the group over 20 years ago and these one-of-a-kind artists have been creating music like no other all this time. Adding Maurice Jones Jr. on bass and Cameron Lavi-Jones on guitar have made the group a true family affair. Mark Smith (Groventre- Shoshone) is also a mainstay pow wow singer since the band’s first experiment at the Crocodile in Seattle when Arlie Neskahi’s White Eagle Singers stepped in to jam with The Lara Lavi Band.
“I grew up with both my traditional music and rock and roll, the SongCatchers allow me to explore all parts of my musical life and we plan to catch some new songs on stage too!” Explains Arlie Neskahi, one of the lead singers, founders, and leader of the tribal singers in the group.
The multi-generational SongCatchers are committed to social change, resistance of the Trump Administration, participating in rally’s marches, activations and Indian Reservations across the United States and bringing the voice of people of all races, colors, creeds and tribes to the stage as a proof positive that Native American music is part of a living culture and their lyrics sung in English and Navajo are part of a message of loving all people and especially our mother, the earth.
For Performing Arts Center Performances, Rally’s, Marches and other Resistance-related performances, The SongCatchers recommend performing their song Dreaming In Color which is sung to a traditional round dance tribal rhythm. The full band is vocals, guitar, bass, electronic violin, drums, sax, and intertribal powwow drum and singers. The group can perform as a 7-piece or up to a 14-piece group. Stage plot and Tech rider available upon request.
Represented Tribes are Diné (Navajo), Choctaw, Groventre, Shoshone, Colville, Yakima, Blackfeet, Pima & Levi- of the lost tribes of Israel.
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Thistle Dance
Thistle conjures wonderfully strange creations and challenges our codified perception of history and lore. Thistle's work blooms at the intersection of theater and concert dance, using movement as our primary language to bridge the gap between audience and artistry.
Thistle Dance creates movement based storytelling for the stage and screen that celebrates the unexamined or overlooked. We use movement as our primary language, to reflect the nuance and complexities in the world around us. The cannon is being re-evaluated for biases, and as we re-examine our facts, we should re-explore our fiction.
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Tim Duffy
Sculptor and musician Timm Duffy’s career includes over 25 years as a sculptural fabricator and designer for the film industry, as well as work with Directors Guild of America and Frank Gehry Associates. His work, mostly in bronze, celebrates ideas and emotions, form and shapes, abstraction and textures, and dreams and stories.
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Westmoreland Performing Arts
Westmoreland Performing Arts, located in Greensburg, PA, promotes physical and emotional well-being through performing arts classes and live performances that take place in a safe, accepting and non-judgmental environment. They give students of all backgrounds and beliefs the skills to become independent, creative thinkers, critical problem solvers, and successful collaborators. They mentor, support, protect and encourage, a respectful and professional community, where each student’s creative potential can be explored.
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With Love, Solé
With Love, Solé is a movement of the healing arts. Curated by founder Nika Solé, the organization is designed to bring healing around the world by way of mobilizing healers and wellness practitioners, talks and lectures given by wellness experts, and art projects created for the healing of all people everywhere. Empowering people with both the knowledge and first-hand experience of mind, body, soul revival.
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Words of a King
Words of a King is an initiative to bring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s words to younger generations through hip hop, related visuals, and curricula.
Co-written by Katherine Lynn Nemeth and Cameron Lavi-Jones, the song, “Words of a King,” is based as closely as possible on quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King’s speeches using rap and gospel style with a hip hop beat. The final version of the song and visuals will be broadcast quality for worldwide distribution. “Words of a King” is performed by 21-year-old activist, producer, and artist Cameron Lavi-Jones.
Katherine Lynn Nemeth is an artist, educator, and visionary, who is passionately intent to reach every school-age young person in America. “My goal is for every child, whether BIPOC or Caucasian, to feel the elevation and enlightenment through this song and visuals to effect the powerful social change we need now and in the future.”
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Zinnia TV
Zinnia TV provides online content channels with artful videos to help people with dementia feel engaged and connected.
Even the most dedicated care partners rely on TV at times to occupy the person living with dementia. But standard programming created for healthy brains can trigger distress for a person who is no longer able to track a plot, tell fiction from reality, or track rapidly moving images and sounds. Zinnia’s content channels feature familiar faces, subjects, and sounds.