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November 24, 2023
November 24, 2023
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The Paradox of Being Both Visible and Invisible

What does it mean to be visible and how can we be both visible and invisible at the same time?
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Housed in 2 shadow boxes with the detritus of exci Housed in 2 shadow boxes with the detritus of excised words littering their bottoms, Letters to My Father is a series of 4 found poems, from the pages of a Korean-English bible he gifted me, mounted on childhood photographs. The bible represents the emotional burden I carry, symbolic of the strained relationship I have with my father, with religion, my cultural identity, and our language gap.These "letters" are a way to communicate with my father vulnerably, feelings I have not been able to express, through the medium he values most. It is a one-sided conversation in English, with the Korean side left intact, tracing our relationship from birth to today. It represents the journey from celebrating the awe and joy of being my father's daughter when I was young to feelings of loss and yearning.This project has helped loosen the power the bible, and subsequently my father, has had over me so that I can learn to find peace within myself.
Hello Community! It's been a while but I've got a Hello Community! It's been a while but I've got a lot on my plate so doing this when I can. Please share so we can create more opportunities for artists in Seattle. To see details, visit the the tagged IG handles and their link in bios.Know of any calls? Please send them my way. All calls must be accessible and inclusive.⁣⁣ New feature! New listings not included in the past one has a notation.8/15: Artists of Color Expo (ACES) @artistsofcolorexpo
Aces Gallery for BIPOC, 2D, 3D8/16: The Fishbowl @thefishbowlseattle
Ephemerality, All Mediums8/19: Nepantla & WCCDA @nepantlaculturalarts
White Center Hub Public Art, 2D, 3D8/25: Seattle Public Artists Roster @seattleartists
Site Responsive Artwork8/31: Gallery B612 @artgalleryb612
O-Jak Bridge: Art & Dance Festival, Poster Competition9/05: Common Area @common_area
Imaginary Birds, All Mediums9/20: El Corazon @elcorazonseattle
Pancakes & Booze Art Show, Artwork/Performance/Vendors10/31: Gallery 110 @gallery110seattle
Annual Juried Exhibition, 2D, 3D12/31 Arte Noir @artenoirnow
Black Artists Roster, All Mediums[Image: List of calls with dates, themes, and mediums.]#callforartseattle #callforartsubmission #seattleartists #artforeveryone #artisforeveryone #accessibleart #seattleemergingartist
It's August and my @shunpikearts storefronts show It's August and my @shunpikearts storefronts show is coming to an end. Art is coming down the 12th so come down to Thomas St. between Boren & Terry to check it out. I'm also next to Audineh Asaf's stunning "Remember Me," as well as around the corner from @mommalipsdraws and @grimgrin_.My show "RAW: Redefining Beauty Beyond the Patriarchal Gaze" explores 'difficult beauty' and how we might imagine what beauty could be if we were to lean into the complexity of our full selves, encompassing light and dark and everything in between. This show features 6 out 16 portraits from the project with accompanying poems about what beauty means to each participant.Photos courtesy of @shunpikearts.
This past Sunday, I went to the most beautiful art This past Sunday, I went to the most beautiful art exhibit closing for Divine Bodies curated by @kaffe.hunni at @m.currydesigns studio. The 3 poets/spoken word artists @Clara Olivo (@hijademilagro), Patheresa Wells (patheresa_ ), and Ebo Barton (@ebobarton) were so raw, vulnerable, and powerful and I was so moved. The Mistakes poem by Ebo made me cry.Check them out and go to one of their performances if you can. You will be changed. Patheresa's book is forthcoming.
Join us at @grey.architectural.studio for their fi Join us at @grey.architectural.studio for their first ever @belltownartwalk this Friday, June 13th at 6-9pm. Grey will be featuring queer artist @kevin_hallagan_art and his site specific installation "Reflections" in honor of Pride Month.Kevin explores identity and our fragmented perception of the people and places that influence us. Kevin has long-been captivated by the sense that every whole is a collection of composite parts, and that every moment and experience we each have is the confluence of every moment and experience that has ever influenced us, the people around us, the people who developed the materials we interact with, and the architects who design our physical landscape.Visit us at 1423 Western Ave. We are on the same street as @uglybabyshop and @olfactory_house, along with @magpie_mouse_studios and @brookewestlund who are also participating nearby.Our friend @rya.wu.art will be @olfactory_house a few doors down so come say hi!#belltownartwalk
Thanks to funding from @kc4culture, my next projec Thanks to funding from @kc4culture, my next project will be Embodied Rebirth, which I'll start working on and exhibiting in 2027.Embodied Rebirth is a multidisciplinary, community centered project that explores the experience of living in marginalized female and nonbinary bodies. The project aims to take the audience on a journey from empathizing with the individual-level pain of living in marginalized bodies and the ways we contribute to harm, to a proposed collective path to healing.

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