Black Arts Legacies
Shermona Mitchell: Making art that might scare you
This actor/director found her place in Seattle theater by embracing risk and seizing her own narrative.
Tifa Tomb
Tifa is a Seattle-area filmmaker who produces and edits feature-length and short narrative and nonfiction work. She also works as a media producer at the University of Washington and directed the shor
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Lue Hughes: Writing between the skylines
Inspired by the verdant beauty of South Seattle, this poet inscribes Blackness onto the landscape.
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Debora Moore: Sculpting glass botanicals
A pioneer of glass techniques, this esteemed creator is one of the few Black female artists in her medium.
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Riz Rollins: Spinning an expansive soundtrack
A pillar of Seattle music, this DJ mixes genres, expands minds and liberates the dancefloor.
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Cipher Goings: Tapping into the rhythm
Sixteen years after he first discovered tap, this Seattle dancer is finding his place in the lineage of an art form with deep roots in the Black community.