“Everyone who says you can’t do something,” she said, “is afraid that you will.” Patty Murray This was Patty Murray’s response to the resistance towards women of political power but can equally be applied to artists. Has someone told you that can’t art yet you preserved and proved them wrong?
I’ve had to deal with PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder for many years and once I finally overcame the worst of it, I was able to write this poem to try to explain how the MDD felt to me. Poem by Vanessa Kuljis aka Tasha LeeAnne Wolf
Fish Out of Place The place is the space, The place is the space, outside of time and space. Fish out of place outside of its element, photographic experiment, heavenly blue, dynamic magenta. Chilled to the bone, yet still alive in my mind’s eye, undulating, rhythmic movements. Listen for the message from […]
I am and have been mostly a nonfiction writer but the storytelling class has pushed me to write fiction. The teacher, Vincent Orduna, gave us an assignment to create a fantastical world. I have never done anything like that but decided to stretch and do what I could. The next assignment […]
A farewell song from Bex Lipps, former PWA Community Manager. Do you let life flow over you? Quack, Quack!
Come celebrate our FLAG (Free Little Art Galleries) project that brought our participants’ artwork into public spaces around Seattle, allowing everyone to experience the power of creativity and self-expression. The FLAG micro-galleries were displayed in three outdoor locations and featured abstract paintings from the REST center, self-portraits from Entre Hermanos, and pinhole photography from Plymouth […]
Welcome to part one of our weekly Path with Art Audio Series. This series will explore music, poetry, and other recorded audio from the Path with Art archive. Our entry this week was sung by our Path with Art Singers, recorded at Jack Straw Studios in the Fall of 2022. […]
Tim Bridges drawing from Open Studio 1/24/23.
Are you a Washington-based artist looking for a mentor? Artists Up—a collaborative between the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, 4Culture, and Washington State Arts Commission—is connecting artists with mentors through Mentorly, an artist-owned and -operated online mentorship platform. Apply for an Artists Up Mentorly Scholarship to receive 4 free online sessions with an […]
How many times have you worried about “wasting” your art supplies? Have you ever been inspired but then stop dead before making a single mark on paper? I sure have! Especially if I have a really nice piece of watercolor paper or some cool papers that I want to cut […]
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