Susan Noyes Platt
- Sep 1, 2018
MUSE: Mickalene Thomas Photographs and tête á tête
Mickalene Thomas strategically presented her amazing work to an almost all white press gathering (one Asian came from Microsoft). MUSE:...
Susan Noyes Platt
- Jun 1, 2018
Rethinking Edward Curtis Everywhere This Summer
(And a few notes on other events) On the 150th birthday of perhaps our most famous local photographer, Edward Curtis, you will not be...
Susan Noyes Platt
- Mar 1, 2018
In our Face: “Figuring History: Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickelene Thomas”
In promoting “Figuring History: Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickelene Thomas,” the Seattle Art Museum asks these big...
Leschi Council
- Feb 1, 2018
Artists, Immigration and Activism: A Panel and Community Conversation
What is the role of the artist in addressing social issues? What does it mean to be American? How has art been a catalyst for immigrant...
Susan Noyes Platt
- Feb 1, 2018
Seattle and the Central District ‘On the Spot’ Then and Now
A man named Al Smith named his photography business “On the Spot” as he recorded life in the Central District from the 1940s to the end...
Susan Noyes Platt
- Jan 1, 2018
Migration: A Perspective from London
A small red sweatshirt reads “My first Christmas ever,” one of hundreds of pieces of children’s clothing hanging above my head in the...
Georgia S. McDade
- Nov 1, 2017
A Veritable Feast at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
It may be too late for you to see the wonderful plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in Ashland, but the eight-hour drive or...