Keeping Art Alive in the Neighborhood
Keeping the Neighborhood Alive through Art
Many of us know that most theatres, such as Steppenwolfe, started out modestly in church basements, but not many of us know that Art Galleries start out in houses on preserved blocks in the Central District in Seattle. “Situated in a fifth-generation Black-owned home, Wa Na Wari is an immersive community art project that reclaims Black cultural space and makes a statement about the importance of Black land ownership in gentrified communities.” The Martin Luther King Day weekend Art opening reception presenting the works of Kriston Banfield, Bonnie Hopper, Sable Elyse Smith and Amanda Howell Whitehurt was a powerful mechanism to keep leggoland development at bay in the Central District.
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