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January 16, 2024
January 16, 2024
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I want to give a shoutout and thanks to my friend I want to give a shoutout and thanks to my friend @meganfebuary. It was her work with blackout bible poetry that gave me the courage to tear out the pages of the bible my dad gifted me so many years ago. It felt scary at first and my heart raced just thinking about it but now it feels liberating.Megan is a trauma-informed writing coach and she recently published her book, Brave the Page. It's all about how writing your own story can facilitate healing. She writes,"This is why I say over and over again that words are witnesses to our lives. They reveal us and, as a result, heal us by allowing us to be known by others and even by ourselves. With every story we uncover, write, and listen to, we are on a passage to spiritual awakening, and no enlightenment has ever come about without some trial or transformation."In 2017, I did just this and it changed my life. I started putting words to a page to share in a newsletter all the stories I carried within. I didn't know why but felt a compelling need. With each story, I was able to unburden the pain and shame I had carried my whole life. This revealed to me that the stories I had been telling myself weren't true- that the pain and shame belonged to others and wasn't mine to suffer through any longer. It helped me come home to myself and changed me in a fundamental way. This courage to write is what has given me the courage to live.We all carry stories about ourselves in our heads. If you haven't tried writing about them, consider Megan's book to help guide you. She is an amazingly compassionate person and a wonderful person to work with and someone I trust. Who knows? Maybe it will change your life.
Making a couple more of these from my series "Lett Making a couple more of these from my series "Letters to My Father" for @turtlewave.art curated show at @thefishbowlseattle "If I Could Tell You I would."The 4 I already created will be at @artistsofcolorexpo this year if you'd like to see all 6 poems.#foundpoems #foundpoetry #religiouswounds #religiouswounding #healingartwork
Hello Community! Here are available open calls. Pl Hello Community! Here are available open calls. 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.9/20: El Corazon @elcorazonseattle
Pancakes & Booze Art Show, Artwork/Performance/Vendors9/26 Nepantla @nepantlaculturalarts
Dia de los Muertos, 2D9/30: Gallery B612 @artgalleryb612
Small Works (under 12x16), 2D, 3D10/01: The Vestibule @the_vestibule_
The Game Show, All Mediums10/01: Common Area @common_area
Mobile Bookstore, Prints, Comics, Zine10/10: Honor the Earth @honortheearth
Sovereign Indigenous Future, Digital Submissions10/15: Cebreazy Paints Gallery @cebreazypaints
Unceded Bonds
2D & Spoken Word10/31: Gallery 110 @gallery110seattle
Annual Juried Exhibition, 2D, 3D11/01: Shunpike Storefronts @shunpikearts
Storefront Exhibitions, 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
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.

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