Impactful Native Artistry

Celebrating Indigenous filmmakers, artists, writers and vocalists with purpose This is the first in a four-part series amplifying and celebrating Indigenous people in the region. The series is in collaboration with the…

Black & Loud Gallery

Black & Loud Fest showcased powerful Black music: country, gospel, rock, rap, jazz, and punk all were accounted for. Check out some of our shots from the unforgettable night. 

Punk is Not Dead! She’s BLACK!

Black & Loud Fest showcased powerful Black music: country, gospel, rock, rap, jazz, and punk all were accounted for.  Punk is Not Dead! She’s BLACK! I wrote that phrase on the back…

Portland Exhibition Explores Art to Preserve Moments in Time

The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation’s “Citizen Fellow: Art as Archive and Memory” showcases 10 fellows from the past 15 years of fellowship programming. The art exhibition runs through November. Staff greeted…

Connecting Past and Present Through Indigenous Art

Paige Pettibon, descendant of the Bitterroot Salish of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Black & white, highlights the complexity of Indigenous identities, and uplifts shared community values through a range of…

AfroPunk Seattle

This story was originally published on For the Love of Monsters. The first year of anything is always the toughest—it’s when you have the most to prove, the most to lose, and…

Native Designs Showcased at 2024 UNITY Gala

Closing out the 2024 UNITY conference, youth represented their Native nations through traditional designs and attended a fashion show with pieces from award winning Indigenous designer Red Berry Woman. As lights flashed…

Art Show Helped Bring Indigenous Woman Home

With ‘Portraits in Red,’ artist Nayana LaFond aims to raise awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. Currently on display at Yakima Valley Museum, the traveling art show will continue its Pacific…

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