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What's in a weave? Native basketmaker and archeologist explore the stories baskets tell

Master basketmaker and National Heritage Fellowship winner Ed Carriere is teaming up with a retired WSU archeologist to explore the recent and ancient history of Native basket weaving, as Carriere works to keep the traditional techniques he learned from his great-grandmother alive.
Libby Denkmann

Alec Cowan

May 15, 2023 / 2:16 pm
'We are still here' – the art and culture of Seattle's Sephardic community

Seattle has the third largest Sephardic Jewish population in the U.S. A recent symposium at the University of Washington, “Muestros Artistas," featured six Sephardic artists — a mix of musicians, writers, and painters from across the country.
Mike Davis

Sarah Leibovitz

April 19, 2023 / 2:03 pm
Mike's adventures in art: 'How to Break,' the Henry, 'Nobody Lives Here'

If you're looking for tips on how to experience art in the Seattle area, you're in the right place. In this weekly post, KUOW arts reporter Mike Davis has suggestions for what to do around Seattle over the weekend so you can have your own adventures in arts and culture.
Mike Davis

Kim Malcolm

April 14, 2023 / 5:24 pm
Mike's adventures in art: An earth-ending flood, therapeutic play, and high school musical

If you're looking for tips on how to experience art in the Seattle area, you're in the right place. In this weekly post, KUOW arts reporter Mike Davis has suggestions for what to do around Seattle over the weekend so you can have your own adventures in arts and culture.
Mike Davis

Kim Malcolm

March 31, 2023 / 12:00 am
Mike's adventures in art: 'Between Two Knees'

If you're looking for tips on how to experience art in the Seattle area, you're in the right place. In this weekly post, KUOW arts reporter Mike Davis has suggestions for what to do around Seattle over the weekend so you can have your own adventures in arts and culture
Mike Davis

Kim Malcolm

March 17, 2023 / 2:39 pm
SIFF employees file petition to unionize

A group of year-round employees at the Seattle International Film Festival recently filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to form a union.
Mike Davis

March 15, 2023 / 5:07 pm
ChatGPT infiltrates the arts world

ChatGPT is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) software that has stirred controversy and sparked debates throughout the country. From newsrooms to classrooms, the ChatGPT AI has caused a wave of conversation around the ethics and capabilities of the software. Now, AI software has also infiltrated the arts world. Local entrepreneur, Karl Stedman, did something most writers could never do - he wrote and published a sci-fi novel in 7 hours.
Mike Davis

Angela King

February 17, 2023 / 5:23 pm
Mike's adventures in art: 'A Long Walk to Hope'

If you are looking for some tips on how to experience art in the Seattle area, you are in the right place. In this weekly post, KUOW Arts Reporter Mike Davis gives you tips on what to do around Seattle over the weekend so you can have your own adventures in arts and culture.
Mike Davis

February 16, 2023 / 2:15 pm
Mike's adventures in art: Seattle Opera celebrates Afghan art

If you are looking for some tips on how to experience art in the Seattle area, you are in the right place. In this weekly post, KUOW Arts Reporter Mike Davis gives you tips on what to do around Seattle over the weekend so you can have your own adventures in arts and culture.
Mike Davis

Kim Malcolm

February 09, 2023 / 2:36 pm
Healing generational trauma of Japanese Americans through art

This month marks the 81st anniversary of Executive Order 9066, the World War II order that forcibly removed Japanese Americans on the West Coast and placed them into camps. Many of those who were incarcerated held American citizenship.
Natalie Akane Newcomb

February 03, 2023 / 6:49 pm

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