By Felix Chrome Our interview hasn’t technically started yet, but Hannah Swanson has already pulled out her phone and asks if I want to see the new stuff she’s working on. She opens Instagram and scrolls through pictures of glass sculptural pieces against mirrors and black velvet, chatting about technique and […]
Artist Interview:
Zoe Kolln
By Issac Scott This week, our cover features art by Zoe Kolln, an Evergreen student involved in the Evergreen Art Gallery, the Bike Shop, and the Tacoma Art Museum. This year, Kolln has spearheaded the campaign to save the Evergreen Art Gallery from closure due to budget cuts. I asked […]
New Indigenous Arts Campus in the Works
By Emma Rotolo Evergreen’s Longhouse is taking on the design of an Indigenous Arts Campus, a collection of buildings near the Longhouse with studios for native arts. The campus is still at its early stages, and will be planned in increments over the course of a few years, though it […]
‘Correctional/Fluid’ Shows New Work from Jean Nagai
By Phoebe Celeste Thomas Salon Refu/The Susan Christian Project Space hosted the opening of local artist Jean Nagai’s new exhibit “Correctional/Fluid” on Dec. 5, in what was billed as a “Multimedia Happening.” The exhibition features new works in White-Out on colored paper and canvas, and will be at the gallery […]
Artist Statement: Patrick Semple
These two pieces, “Moonbeam Mirror Light,” and “Deep Sleep” are from a series I’ve been working on, using oil pastel on newspaper. Initially, I was bored in the kitchen one morning so I grabbed this print of The Stranger and went to town on someone’s face with pastel; it has […]
Up & Coming (Oct. 24 – Oct. 30)
Arts & culture events in Olympia between Oct. 24 and Oct. 30. FRIDAY OCT. 24 Capitol Theater 206 5th Ave SE. 9pm. $8 / $2 student The Nightmare Before Christmas Cryptatropa 421 4th Ave E. 21+ Alto, Chrome Windows, Greggg, L.A. Lungs Le Voyeur 404 4th Ave E. 7pm. ALL […]
Mutant Radio Turns One
Olympia Poetry Series Celebrates Their One Year Anniversary With a Reading on October 26
By Felix Asherah Chrome Standing around on the sidewalk with friends, hugging and chatting as the sun goes down, it feels just like the scene outside one of the countless punk shows I’ve attended since I moved to Olympia. But I’m not here to see my friends’ bands play. We are […]
Stuff To Do: Halloween Weekend
By Ira Zuckerman FRIDAY 10/31 Night of the Living Tribute Bands (Capitol Theater, 206 5th Ave SE, 8pm, $10) As rock groups, Bon Jovi and Weezer don’t really share artistic traits. All they have in common is that they made it. For the Olympia Film Society, that’s enough to put them […]
Artist Interview: Scott Young
By Phoebe Celeste Thomas & Jamie Nadel Scott Young is a visual artist and musician in the Olympia area (whose art is featured on our cover). He uses a variety of mediums such as drawing, collage, painting, and, more recently, photography, and is in the bands GAG and TransFX. He grew […]
Excuse me, Fashion is Art
BY SARA FABIAN This article was inspired by interaction with some folks at Olympia’s Spring Arts Walk. After introducing myself as a style columnist, I asked this group of stylish women if I could take a picture and document some of their unique articles of clothing. Not only did they […]
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