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International Examiner
8 days
Rangsook Yoon, the Frye Art Museum’s new curatorial director, envisions a museum where people can gather and be moved together
Before unpacking a single box in Seattle, Rangsook Yoon has already made an impression. The Frye Art Museum’s newly appointed Senior Director of Curatorial Affairs is still in Sarasota, Florida, finishing the installation of a sweeping exhibition featuring 95 works from 10 regional collectors, coordinating a cross-country move with her husband, a dog, and four […] The post Rangsook Yoon, the Frye Art Museum’s new curatorial director, envisions a museum where people can gather and be moved together appeared first on International Examiner.
International Examiner
10 days
Jet Set Fever lead guitarist A.L. Truong balances art and advocacy
Five-member band Jet Set Fever performs music spanning from grunge to punk to alternative, and since their founding in 2021 in Federal Way, the group has been playing live and releasing singles, as well as an EP entitled Nothing Tracks. Jet Set Fever’s co-guitarist is A.L. Truong, a local musician who has explored rock, metal, […] The post Jet Set Fever lead guitarist A.L. Truong balances art and advocacy appeared first on International Examiner.
International Examiner
10 days
With Bush Garden re-opening imminently, a look back at its storied past
To commemorate the re-opening of Bush Garden restaurant, a Chinatown International District hangout for decades, the International Examiner is reprinting a story I wrote ten years ago on the Nisei-era (1956–1970s) history of the restaurant for the North American Post. To that write-up, included below, I would add that through the 1970s and even early […] The post With Bush Garden re-opening imminently, a look back at its storied past appeared first on International Examiner.
International Examiner
17 days
Seattle rapper and music producer Thomas Veli wants to inspire people to be popstars in their own lives
Ambition is the watchword for local musician Thomas Veli. After years of self-taught song-writing and creative development, this spring Veli performs on May 22 at Lakehouse’s No. 10 community artist showcase, and then two weeks later, he releases his debut EP. Ranging from rap, pop, and R&B, Veli writes, performs, and produces with his sights […] The post Seattle rapper and music producer Thomas Veli wants to inspire people to be popstars in their own lives appeared first on International Examiner.
International Examiner
17 days
‘Preserving history is resistance’: sculpture recognizing 1886 anti-Chinese riot a step closer to reality
A public art installation commemorating the 1886 expulsion of Chinese Seattleites is a step closer to reality after more than 20 years in the making. About 50 community leaders, historians and members of the public gathered on April 28 at the Wing Luke Museum for an educational open house about the Chinese American Legacy Artwork […] The post ‘Preserving history is resistance’: sculpture recognizing 1886 anti-Chinese riot a step closer to reality appeared first on International Examiner.
International Examiner
21 days
Dreaming alongside communities”: Amy Nguyen, Director of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture, on displacement, survival, and the algorithm that must change
White Center Before she was aware of urban policy, Amy Nguyen understood White Center through her feet and her grandmother’s hand. Every day they walked the main commercial corridor together. The street was full of fruit shops and, as she remembers it plainly, adult video shops: the unglamorous, ungentrified texture of a neighborhood that was […] The post Dreaming alongside communities”: Amy Nguyen, Director of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture, on displacement, survival, and the algorithm that must change appeared first on International Examiner.
International Examiner
21 days
Ten camps: A legacy of American survival
“My goal is to reintroduce the topic of Japanese American incarceration not as a Japanese American story, but as a shared American legacy that continues to shape all of us.” – Haruka Sakaguchi On the cusp of America’s 250th anniversary, the question still remains: what does it really mean to be American? The International Center […] The post Ten camps: A legacy of American survival appeared first on International Examiner.
International Examiner
21 days
Native Hawaiians carry forward the tradition of lei making in the Pacific Northwest using foraged and local plants
It’s a cold day in Seattle, the kind where the wind carries the scent of pine and wet leaves. Thin branches sag under the weight of occasional rain, droplets shimmering whenever the sun slips through the sky’s thick gray veil. Here, in her secret location, Native Hawaiian Tanya Jose is foraging for a lei. She […] The post Native Hawaiians carry forward the tradition of lei making in the Pacific Northwest using foraged and local plants appeared first on International Examiner.
International Examiner
22 days
UW scholar Scott Kurashige traces anti-Asian violence as a recurring pattern at the heart of American history
We know that Asian Americans, like other non-white racial groups, have been victims of violence directed towards them. Not too long ago, we witnessed and experienced a period of widespread Asian hate, which was induced by President Donald Trump when he continually called the Covid 19 virus the “Chinese virus.” It seemed like the violence […] The post UW scholar Scott Kurashige traces anti-Asian violence as a recurring pattern at the heart of American history appeared first on International Examiner.
International Examiner
22 days
Yaminee Patel’s solo show explores South Asian diaspora identity with art works forged from rice, lentils, and beans
Yaminee Patel’s debut solo show, “Rice, Roots, and the Road to Cultural Exploration” at Common Objects in Belltown is a full sensory experience. I was lucky to have visited the gallery on Friday morning before the opening. When I arrived, I was met with a perfume of rice smell — a warm embrace. I was […] The post Yaminee Patel’s solo show explores South Asian diaspora identity with art works forged from rice, lentils, and beans appeared first on International Examiner.
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22 days
“Long Take”: newly translated book of essays by Akira Kurosawa offers a personal view of the film legend
Hilarious comments from the sets during film production, private thoughts about great movie directors around the world, opinions about the Japanese movie-going public, and a daughter’s view of daily life with the movie legend, Akira Kurosawa. These are found in “Long Take,” a translation of the original book of essays by film director Akira Kurosawa, […] The post “Long Take”: newly translated book of essays by Akira Kurosawa offers a personal view of the film legend appeared first on International Examiner.
International Examiner
22 days
Surveillance cameras were installed in the CID last spring, here’s how community members feel about them one year later
On the corner of 10th Avenue South and South Jackson Street, a surveillance camera watches over the street near Cory Potts’ Center for Bicycle Repair shop. His shop, he said, once belonged to a Japanese florist who disappeared during World War II with Executive Order 9066 — taken, like over 100,000 others, by a government that […] The post Surveillance cameras were installed in the CID last spring, here’s how community members feel about them one year later appeared first on International Examiner.