Mari Andreyevna | The Seattle Collegian In an urban city like Seattle, stillness can be found in unexpected places. The Frye Art Museum, known for its modern and contemporary art collections, reserves its auditorium to provide people with an opportunity to practice mindfulness and meditation on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Led…
Vrindha | The Seattle Collegian Seattle is known for a variety of things, including its numerous names – “Emerald City,” “Rain City,” its weather, its coffee, and its IT hubs. But one thing that is often overlooked is the city’s platform for performing arts. Specifically, theater. “Theater is a form of knowledge; it should and can also be a means…
Sophia Bruscato | The Seattle Collegian Located in the atrium, the M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery serves as a beacon of expression and engagement for Seattle Central’s community. Funded by the Student National Association (SNA), the gallery provides exposure to high-quality art exhibitions featuring regional artists, as well as a space for students to explore and exhibit their own creativity. The…
Sophia Bruscato | The Seattle Collegian On Thursday, March 14, Seattle Central’s art gallery hosted the opening reception for “Pink, Unpacked.” With over 60 pieces by Seattle Print Arts, the show explores personal meanings attached to the color, “Love it or hate it, the color pink has multitudinous cultural and emotional associations, and armies of fans and detractors alike. On the…
Photo Credit: Julia Pearson In the annals of music history, some voices echo through time, shaping entire genres and movements. Yet, there are also those whose voices, despite their undeniable talent and influence, have been muffled by the forces of intersectionality. Tina Bell, a Black woman navigating the predominantly white, male-dominated landscape of the 1980s music industry, stands as…
Photo Credit: Julia Pearson This week, I got to chat and interview Meghan Trainor, who is the curator of the M. Rosetta Hunter art gallery. She grew up in Seattle and is a visual artist who has done artwork in New York and here in Seattle. She became the curator after the previous curator, Ken Matsudaira, stepped down after…
Juliet Fiss Seattle Central College’s M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery is set to host an exhibition that transcends the boundaries of art, technology, and humanity. Or, rather, connects them. Titled “Lush Computation” and curated by Meghan Elizabeth Trainor, the exhibit showcases a profound exploration of the intersection between digital and computational technology and its deeply human aspects through…
Juan Miguel Jocom | The Seattle Collegian The M. Rosetta Hunter Art Gallery is currently featuring the work of students from the Seattle Central Woodworking program. The show, organized by filmmaker, photographer, and Seattle Central Carpentry student, Shann Thomas (they/them), includes wood creations accompanied by poetry. The exhibit will run until Jan. 26.
Labor Day, 1993. Jonathan Borovsky’s kinetic sculpture, Hammering Man, which resides outside the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), bore a new attachment: a seven hundred-pound, 19-foot circumference ball and chain, constructed of sheet metal and plate steel. Its cuff was lined with rubber, so as not to damage Hammering Man. There, the guerilla art piece stood for two days, a statement against working-class oppression, before it was removed on Sep. 8 by the Seattle Engineering Department. And as the attachment was detached, the legend was born.
Juan Miguel Jocom | The Seattle Collegian Bang the Gong is a monthly drag show that highlights a number of API drag queens from the Seattle area. Featured in this month’s shows were Kylie Mooncakes, CaraMel Flava, Kungpow Meow, Rowan Ruthless and Beau Degas.