Bizhiki Band Interview: Blending Powwow, Ojibwe Culture & Contemporary Sounds
Bizhiki‘s debut album, Unbound, released on JagJaguwar, presents a powerful reimagining of contemporary Native music, born from Ojibwe homelands of the present-day Midwest. A multi-genre, multicultural...
View ArticleCierra G. Rowe Artist Interview: Connections in Spirit, Energy & Nature
According to rural Kentucky-based painter Cierra G. Rowe, she doesn’t live in a region of country that is particularly known for its contemporary or challenging art. Yet through many years of using the...
View ArticleAll We Carry Documentary Film Interview: A Migrant Family Seeks a New Beginning
Documentarian Cady Voge‘s heart-touching documentary feature film, All We Carry (Lo que llevamos) (2024), offers an extensive look into the arduous journey of refugees and immigrants traveling through...
View ArticleThe Falling Sky Documentary Interview: Davi Kopenawa & the Yanomami Dream the...
In 2014, Yanomami shaman and activist Davi Kopenawa co-authored The Falling Sky, a landmark work chronicling the Yanomami’s Indigenous worldview and warning of the dire consequences of environmental...
View ArticleMongrels Film Interview: Jerome Yoo’s Korean-Canadian Exploration of Grief...
In Korean-Canadian filmmaker Jerome Yoo’s debut narrative feature film, Mongrels (2024), Yoo depicts a family attempting to put back the pieces of their broken lives. Building invisible walls between...
View ArticleTASWIRA Gallery Interview: Contemporary African Art in the Pacific Northwest
For gallerist and curator Avery Barnes, opening her first art gallery, TASWIRA, has been an intentional journey of learning in public. The gallery has slowly evolved and honed its vision in the Pacific...
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