by Bahi’chi Castañeda Htet Htet Soe (they/them/theirs) is a multimedia artist and student at Evergreen. They use art as a way to explore self and experiences of identity, decolonization, and healing. Tell me a little bit about yourself. What does it mean to be Htet Htet Soe? Names are complicated! […]
Spoiler Warning: Sex, Power, and “Eyes Wide Shut”
by Alice McIntyre Eyes Wide Shut (1999), the last film directed by Stanley Kubrick, is a wonderful walk through an anxious maze. Based on the novel Traumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler, Eyes Wide Shut follows the doctor Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) as he deals with the ramifications of jealousy. The night […]
Artist Feature: Travis Johnson
by Bahi’chi Castañeda Travis Johnson is a Black, 41-year-old creative, storyteller, and artist currently based in Olympia, WA. Over the last three decades, he has honed his skill as a painter, sculptor, singer, poet, and textile artist, channeling the past and exploring themes of transgenerational trauma, memory, and reality. Tell […]
“I call it ‘beaming down’ to Evergreen State College”: An Evening with George Takei
by Natalie “Lee” Arneson Acclaimed actor, activist, and all-around cultural icon George Takei was this year’s guest speaker for Evergreen State College’s Cal Anderson Memorial Lecture Series on November 10, 2020. George Takei and Evergreen’s Library Dean Greg Mullins had a live-stream zoom call to discuss democracy and where our […]
Spoiler Warning: “Red Dawn” and the Remnants of Ronald Reagan
by Alice McIntyre “Red Dawn” (1984) is a delightful, paranoid trainwreck. The film, directed by John Milius and starring Patrick Swayze, depicts a group of high-school students at the outset of World War Three. Forming a guerrilla force named after their school mascot, the “Wolverines,” this plucky band tries to […]
Sara Hoskins: Artist Interview by Theo Castañeda
Image courtesy of the artist. Sara Hoskins is a 21-year-old multimedia artist. She explores the intersection of digital and analog art, straddling the line between simplicity and complexity as she creates physical elements, edits them digitally, and further manipulates prints and photocopies of her art to create the final piece. […]
Spoiler Warning: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Photo: The Man Who Fell to Earth, British Lion Films, 1976 by Alice McIntyre The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie, is a movie I constantly return to. Bowie plays an alien named Thomas Jerome Newton, who has arrived on Earth from […]
Graduate Feature: Skokomish Artist Bunni Peterson-Haitwas Finishes Evergreen Studies Ready to Follow Her Heart
Photo courtesy of Bunni Peterson-Haitwas
Alyssa Giannini: Artist Interview by Jacob Anderson-Kester
Photo: Art by Alyssa Giannini Alyssa Giannini is an artist based in Olympia whose sheer body of work so far into this life is incredibly prolific and diverse. I was struck by their true uptaking of what DIY ethos entails — hands in all types of art, big and small, […]
Art Feature: Isabelle O’Connor and Her Journey With Printmaking
Artist Interview by Jacob Anderson-Kester Isabelle O’Connor is a printmaker attending Evergreen who I first encountered through a small box via Zoom meeting. The level of detail and intimacy entailed within their art drove me to expand beyond the box; though the level of connection afforded during these times is […]
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