Photo: Art by Yvette Onychuk Yvette Onychuk is an artist whose deeply detailed fantasy style caught my eye while attending the Evergreen Arts and Crafts Fair. An arts student at Evergreen, she originally hails from Redmond, Washington. Fittingly for the locale, a good deal of her artwork rings of otherworldly interpretations of forestlike settings […]
Emily Grugel: Artist Interview with Jacob Anderson-Kester
Photo: Art by Emily Grugel Emily Grugel is a member of the Olympia community who finds a great deal of reflection and expression through art. She is a member of the band Defect Play, which is one of her key focuses in the arts; she also makes collages, as well as a variety […]
Albums of the Year
By Jacob Anderson-Kester 2019 marks the end of the decade. Music has been through a lot in the 2010s: a marked decline in the popularity of rock music, the rise of trap music and a proliferation of its sonic qualities, and the absolute dominance of music streaming platforms. Music continues to diversify […]
Breanne Johnston: Artist Interview by Jacob Anderson-Kester
Photo: Art by Breanne Johnston Breanne Estelle Johnston is a recent Evergreen graduate who takes photos as a way to express her love for the people and places she gets to share her life with. She grew up in Bremerton, Washington, surrounded by the Salish Sea and hugged by the Olympic and […]
Everett Crichton: Artist Interview by Jacob Anderson-Kester
Photo: Art by Everett Crichton Everett Crichton is a photographer specializing in nature photography and portraits. As a senior at Evergreen, he has had multiple years to capture what makes Olympia special—and based on the extensive nature of his portfolio, has taken every opportunity to do so. His move from Seattle doesn’t […]
Down the Hobbit Hole: An Interview with Dean Shakked
Photo: Hobbit Hole by Jewel Martin By Jewel Martin Dean Shakked is a local musician and former Evergreen student who is firmly embedded in the local Olympia music scene. Along with his various musical projects that cover a wide range of genres, he also operates a music venue out of his house, called The Hobbit […]
Maren Moreno: Artist Interview by Jacob Anderson-Kester
Photo: Art by Maren Moreno Note: This article contains a discussion about sexual assault and its representation in media. Maren Moreno is a filmmaker attending Evergreen whose body of work provocatively confronts societal topics. Her latest film, Revenge Angels, tells the story of Fern, a naïve college freshman whose world is completely altered after […]
Mason Dillon Artist Interview by Brittanyana Pierro
Photo: Art by Mason Dillon Mason Dillon is a rapper, student and more recently Streetwear artist originally from a small suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dillon came to Evergreen in 2017 as a freshman, and found inspiration to pursue his art in a variety of ways, including clothes-making. Over the Summer, Dillon released his […]
Artist Interview: Jeweler M. Quarrels
By Brittyana Pierro. How long have you been doing metal work? 1 ½ years. How did you get into it? I was scrolling through the class catalog and nothing sounded really interesting. I’d been doing a lot of like 2d art already. So, scientific illustration and environmental science art. Everything […]
Artist Interview: Rocky Thomas
By Brittyana Pierro. Rocky Thomas is a multimedia artist and first-year student at Evergreen. She recently transferred into the Studio Projects: Land and Sky program in order to pursue her love for art. Right now in class she is focused on a wood-carving project. The process of the project is […]