Artist As Storyteller

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Artist as Storyteller

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January 25: Shereen Lani Younes

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Supported by the Seattle Colleges Performing Arts Fund, the Artist as Storyteller speakers series welcomes BIPOC artists, performers, and activists to share their work and connect with students about what it means to be an artist in today’s social and cultural climate. The series emphasizes the art-making and storytelling process as it relates to the individual and community.

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Feb 22: Erin Shigaki

Erin Shigaki was born and raised in Seattle, WA, where she recently returned after many years on the east coast, studying and working in design and art education. Her homecoming has paved a path for public art commissions and grants to create work that is community based and focused on the experiences of communities of color, often the World War II incarceration of her community ︎︎︎

Mar 8: Ken + Julia Yonetani

Ken + Julia Yonetani are a Japanese-Australian contemporary artist duo whose large-scale installations are based on extensive fieldwork and research, often collaborating with scientists. The recent work has focused on microbes, the microbiome, and the breakdown in balance of numerous ecosystems, including the human body. They have an organic farm and studio in Kyoto, Japan. ︎︎︎