art Archives - Drama In The Hood

Honored to Tell: The Force of Material Memory

Martin Gurley / November 5, 2023

The Seattle Black Spatial Histories Institute debuted its new exhibition Honored to Tell Saturday night to a full house at Wa Na Wari in Seattle’s Central District. Co-directed by Zola Mumford and Jill Freidberg, this moving exhibition presented a variety of artwork by the Institute’s first graduating cohort. Being surrounded by this art and the community that helped bring it to life was an impressive reminder of the importance of communal storytelling and our role within it.

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Music, film, art and more coming this week to 18th and Union

Katherina Ipince Leitner / July 30, 2023

The Erin Jorgensen Festival (EJF) is a slightly tongue-in-cheek mini-arts festival chock-full of performances, mini-classes, films, record listening, and more. Anchored by daily “Bach & Pancakes” performances (a Bach cello suite performed on a 5-octave concert marimba, accompanied by pancakes), the eclectic festival lineup includes music by alt-bluegrass trio The Half Brothers; electric cello with Lori Goldston, percussion/electronics with Aaron Michael Butler; intimate acoustic music from composer Benjamin Marx, and more.

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An Interview with Woody Shticks, Solo Performer and Comedian-Stripper

Cameron Fairchild / April 13, 2019

Woody Shticks will be the first person to tell you that he, as a performer, producer, and craftsman making a

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Honesty and Integrity Painted Over in ‘Framed’

Mark Douglass / November 10, 2018

On one surface, Framed investigates questions about art: What is art? What is talent? What do you see in a painting? Who makes a work valuable? On another surface this show is about spoiled, foiled, and soiled relationships.
Soon enough, we learn what each desires. Joanie wants her art to be respected and sold in legitimate galleries though she is more poseur than artist; May has natural talent and takes art lessons from Joanie to learn how to draw a particular face; Jake wants to work for Nick; and Nick wants to keep his wife happy, stay married, and a make money booking illegal bets.
In sound human relationships we desire ethics, truthfulness, and honesty. These characters don’t have these virtues so there’s double-crossing, lying, and deceit. What fun!