BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//THE GROCERY STUDIOS - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for THE GROCERY STUDIOS REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220403T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220403T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20220327T011908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220327T011909Z UID:605-1648990800-1648998000@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Tim Marsden artist talk and hang DESCRIPTION:Sunday April 3\, 1-3pm⁣Tim MARSDEN: O Sweet Spontaneous ⁣Reception & hang out⁣Artist talk at 2pm⁣⁣Free! \n\n\n\nAt The Grocery ⁣3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle⁣⁣Spring flowers. Refreshments. URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/tim-marsden-artist-talk-and-hang/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220319T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20220316T065041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220316T065043Z UID:598-1647712800-1647720000@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Opening: Tim Marsden + PINK + Bijou DESCRIPTION:March 19\, 6-8:00pm: Opening celebration! \n\n\n\nTim Marsden’s installation O Sweet Spontaneous in the WUG windowsInside The Grocery: silkscreened apparel by DBD TS Studio for saleLive music & disco dance party by BijouxPINK group show at Fresh Mochi across the street\n\n\n\nTim Marsden: O Sweet Spontaneous will be up at WUG from March 19 through April 24 . URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/opening-tim-marsden-pink-bijou/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220319T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220424T170000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20220316T000225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220316T000227Z UID:602-1647712800-1650819600@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Tim Marsden at WUG DESCRIPTION:Tim Marsden’s installation\, O Sweet Spontaneous\, will be in the WUG windows March 19 – April 24. See details: Tim Marsden at WUG. URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/tim-marsden-at-wug/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220207T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220318T100000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20220316T064607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220316T064716Z UID:595-1644192000-1647597600@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Saya Moriyasu at WUG DESCRIPTION:In our inaugural exhibition at the walk up gallery (WUG)\, Saya Moriyasu brings her Shisa / Fu dogs and some cats to celebrate the lunar new year. February 7 – March 18 2022 at WUG. \n\n\n\nMore details: Saya Moriyasu at WUG. URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/saya-moriyasu-at-wug/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210731T050000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210731T080000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20210729T142053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210730T092034Z UID:541-1627707600-1627718400@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Wikipedia edit-a-thon with Wa Na Wari and The Black Lunch Table DESCRIPTION:Saturday July 31 from 12pm-3pm\, please join us along with Wa Na Wari for an online how-to and Wikipedia editing session hosted by The Black Lunch Table!\n\n\n\nThis is a great opportunity to improve the visibility of Black artists in the PNW by writing and editing Wikipedia articles.\n\n\n\n12pm-1pm: Online Training on how to edit and create Wikipedia pages\n\n\n1pm-3pm: Drop-In Online Wikipedia Editing\n\n\n\nRegister at bit.ly/BLTEditSeattle\n\n\n\nThe Black Lunch Table (BLT) is an oral-history archiving project focused on the lives and work of black artists. The work of the Black Lunch Table includes oral archiving\, salons\, peer teaching workshops\, meetups\, and Wikipedia edit-a-thons. The BLT brings people together to engage in dialogues about the writing\, recording\, and promoting inclusive art history. One aim of the Black Lunch Table project is to address the racial and gender bias on Wikipedia by encouraging Wikipedia articles about African American artists. URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/wikipedia-edit-a-thon-july-31-2021/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180727T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180727T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180716T133207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180730T105550Z UID:367-1532696400-1532703600@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:More Serenades for Science DESCRIPTION:Serenades for Science is an evening of music and other artistic endeavors in appreciation of science. A refreshing tonic for times when the truth is surprisingly fragile. With Gods of Silicon (Jed Dunkerley and Jason Puccinelli)\, Oh\, Boy (Kendal Tull-Esterbrook)\, and Meghan Elizabeth Trainor. \nGrab tickets at the link below to ensure a spot!\n(sliding donation\, all proceeds go to the artists)\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/more-serenades-for-science-tickets-48114901967 \nDoors at 7:30pm\, show at 8:00pm\nKids who like to sit and listen to live music are welcome. \nAbout the artists  \nGods of Silicon \nJed Dunkerley and Jason Puccinelli come together in a stripped-down\, 2-person country/rock act (Merle Haggard meets Devo) featuring songs about such classic popular subjects as: the gentrification of Capitol Hill\, artificial intelligence\, Ray Kurzweil’s singularity\, immortality on Facebook\, the pharmaceutical industry\, plate tectonics\, the perils of technology\, and love\, sweet love. \n \nMeghan Elizabeth Trainor will give a presentation of her witch memes\, a series of digital images that breathe life into the idea of witches as scientists. Pivoting from Isaac Newton’s occult studies as a form of proto-science\, these memes assert a speculative history of witch science first explored in Trainor’s 2016 “Familiar Algorhythm” essay. Themes include necromancy\, bogs\, robotics\, sacred electricity and Kepler’s Mom.\n \nOh\, Boy \nIn this age of information\, far too many humans still readily dismiss proven scientific theories. One solution: sweet\, folksy songs to pique vital interest in the vast impact of science. Oh\, Boy (a nod to Quantum Leap) features Kendal Tull-Esterbrook on ukulele\, singing songs about synesthesia\, biology\, black holes\, and other scientific delights.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k8UfwYqdgs URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/more-serenades-for-science/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180724T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180724T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180716T132614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180716T132614Z UID:364-1532430000-1532440800@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:The Machine To Be Another VR experience DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of virtual body-swapping in “The Machine To Be Another.” \nSign up for one of the limited VR sessions here:\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gip7LvxqHd9GLZUwlrLXKDdvRfQKc638Nm8SKIGtUZo \nOr just come and observe! \nA suggested donation of $5 – $20 is appreciated at the door\, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.\nAll proceeds go to the artists. \nThe Machine To Be Another uses virtual reality to explore the relationship between identity and empathy and offers the experience of interacting with a piece of another person’s life story by virtually seeing yourself in the body of this person and listening to his/her thoughts inside your mind. \nThe creators of The Machine To Be Another\, BeAnotherLab\, are in Seattle for the month of July working with fearless360º to conduct trainings and establish a node of the project here. The node will be run out of the Creative Exchange Lab\, Seattle’s first public research lab providing community access to open-source art + tech + science incubation for collectively-owned\, human-centered innovation and problem solving. \nExperience how virtual reality is being used to help us better understand the “other” and ourselves. \nBackground: \nKCTS profile of Machine To Be Another at TWIST360º in 2016\nhttp://kcts9.org/programs/arts/machine-be-another-virtual-body-swapping-build-empathy \nBrangien Davis wrote about her experience in The Machine for City Arts: https://www.cityartsmagazine.com/tiny-bubbles/ \nThe Artists: \nBeAnotherLab is an international\, interdisciplinary collective dedicated to investigate embodied and telepresence experiments. We believe that the understanding of the “self” is related to the understanding of the “Other” and that more than individuals\, we are part of a broader system called humanity. Under this perspective\, we search for innovative possibilities on the concepts of embodied interaction\, extended body and extended mind by mixing low-budget digital technology with social relations\, Web and neuroscience methodologies. \nGuided by a commitment to“XR for Everyone”\, fearless360º is a creative agency that produces showcases\, incubators and educational programming to inspire general audiences and impact the art and culture intersection of expanded media technologies. fearless360º launched in 2016 with Seattle’s first immersive storytelling festival SIFFXand this summer is running a pilot of Creative Exchange Lab out of Pacific Science on Thursdays and Fridays. URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/the-machine-to-be-another-vr-experience/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180629T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180629T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180616T092521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180616T120327Z UID:348-1530275400-1530284400@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:The Kidney's Alright: An Evening to Benefit José Amador DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n  \n(photo by Bruce Clayton Tom)\nJoin us for an evening of music\, spoken word\, and sketch comedy to celebrate and benefit one of the pillars of the Seattle creative community: José Amador (aka The Beige One)\, as he recovers from a recent kidney transplant. \nIt will be a talent-packed night with sketches by Aaron Allshouse\, Brent Johnson\, Cory Nealy\, Erin Stewart\, John McKenna Josh Knisely\, Kirk Anderson\, Megan Ahiers\, SkotKurruk\, Spencer Joplin-Wack\, and performances by Omar Willey\, Lola E. Peters\, Christine White\, and other special guests.This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate José and support each other as a creative community. 100% of the ticket proceeds and donations go to José as he recovers.  \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-kidneys-all-right-an-evening-to-benefit-jose-amador-tickets-47127745355 \nFriday\, June 29\nProgram begins at 7:30p / Doors at 7:00p \nAt The Grocery Studios\n3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle WA 98144\n10 minute walk from Beacon Hill light rail station \nJosé Amador is a local playwright/director/actor who has been actively involved in the Seattle Theater scene for the last two decades. As a playwright\, he has written two solo plays\, A Walk in the Dark and El Hijo Prodigo\, along with numerous full-length\, short-plays and sketches featured at or by 14/48\, Disgruntled Bit Players\, Death/Sex\, Greetings from Styx\, among others. As a director\, his most recent productions include 14/48\, Duels at Northwest New Works\, Black Like Us at Annex Theatre and Katrina: I Too Am Worthy at the Langston Hughes Arts Center. URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/the-kidneys-alright-an-evening-to-benefit-jose-amador/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180603T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180603T110000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180415T084117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180518T024333Z UID:316-1528009200-1528023600@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:{Machines of becoming} Mechatronic installation art and performances DESCRIPTION:Join us for {Machines of becoming} – 2 days of mechatronic installation\, performance\, and interventions. Free! \nSat June 2\, 5:00p – 10:00p – opening and performances\nSun June 3\, 2:00p – 6:00p – performances and artist talks\nSpecific performance and talk times TBA. \nAt The Grocery Studios\n3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle 98144\n10 minute walk from Beacon Hill light rail station \nParticipating artists: Spencer Bowen\, Chanhee Choi\, Brenna Gera\, Kathrine Boone Hardman\, Stevie Koepp\, William Perry\, Maxx Yamasaki\n\nOrganized by Afroditi Psarra & Cameron Fraser\nSupported by the Center for Digital Arts & Experimental Media (DXARTS\, UW) \n{Machines of becoming} is a collective exhibition showcasing the works of seven emerging young artists that are currently enrolled in the DXARTS 472: Mechatronic Art\, Design and Fabrication II course at the University of Washington. The students are presenting their ideas on art and technology through interactive installations\, performances and public interventions. Their works explore the idea of becoming through engagement with the machine\, each one of them interpreting this transformation through different attributes of physical interfaces. As their backgrounds range from art and design to urban planning\, architecture and mechanical engineering\, so do their approaches. In Surface Stories\, Spencer Bowen creates narratives and networks through electronic tattoos\, in Getting Together\, Kat Hardman explores a mechatronic sculpture that reacts to the public’s biosignals by playing with the idea of intimacy\, and in COMe FOR whaT\, William Perry fabricates a soft wearable musical interface. These works examine different ways of creating affective technologies\, but also our understanding of skin and touch. In The Untitled Dress for the Video Game Fly High\, Chanhee Choi constructs a wearable video game installation and performance platform that merges the physical with the virtual world\, in Imperfections\, Brenna Gera forges a machine whose aim is to disrupt traditional representation in the arts\, and in Lost Machine\, Maxx Yamasaki builds a mechatronic sculpture that plays on the idea of nostalgia of having found something lost – expressing the playful aspect of engaging with handmade artifacts. Lastly\, in Growing Home\, Stevie Koepp engages with the idea of artificial nature in the urban environment by examining soil\, and invites the public to explore the speculative aspects of growing and harvesting. \n+++++++++++++++++++++ \n–About the works– \nSpencer Bowen {Surface Stories}\nIntervention\, installation \nSurface Stories is an exploration of community-driven databases and our experience of information in the age of the internet. Wearable tech applied to the skin takes inspiration from traditional tattoos. Each patron contributes their assigned word\, but the evolution of the narrative occurs when patrons interact. The time and effort required to read the text exceeds the standard scroll and skim culture of the internet\, reminding us that the allure of multi-tasking and instant gratification results in a shallow\, less intimate relationship with language. The sources Google provides us in our research\, and the re-phrasing and reconciliation involved in compiling information\, are not exempt from human error. \nBio: Spencer Bowen is an undergraduate student at the University of Washington studying Interdisciplinary Visual Arts and Digital Experimental Arts. Spencer’s future plans include working with local storefronts and start-ups on marketing\, branding\, and packaging\, and providing charitable and non-profit organizations with the means to extend their reach through design. At the intersection of tech and art\, she is fascinated with speculative objects\, innovations in materials and material-use\, and the functions of makerspace (and DIY) communities. Outside of her own field\, Spencer finds inspiration in linguistics and communications i.e. the juxtaposition of word and image\, translation and interpretation\, the graphic novel as a format\, and the relationship of diaristic tendencies to forming and maintaining memories. \nChanhee Choi {The Untitled Dress for the Video Game Fly High}\nInteractive installation and performance\, wearable controllers\, video game \nThe structure of this performance (installation with an interactive video game) is based around the playing of a video game which is projected with monitor on the walls of a space. An audience volunteer will be dressed in a flamboyant costume which also serves as the controller. The untitled dresses are covered in elastic spheres\, speakers\, led lights\, vibration motors\, and accelerometer sensors so their movement can be reflected in the game while they jump\, and the game play becomes a flashing gymnastic dance as the participant navigates the virtual world. This world is also peopled by other creatures\, who come out of virtual space as costumed performers\, wandering and dancing with the audience\, in response to both choreography and cues from the game-play. Documentation from previous performances is available. \nhttps://vimeo.com/262630096\nhttps://vimeo.com/262630096 \nBio: A native of South Korea\, Chanee Choi (Chanhee Choi) currently resides and works in Seattle and New York. Choi earned her BFA degree from Dongduk Women’s University in 2013 and MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016. In the fall of 2017\, Choi started a Ph.D. in Art and Technology at DXARTS at the University of Washington in Seattle. Choi enjoys contemplating in ceramics and embroidery\, which often results in perpetual experiment. Her interests also include performance involving video games and neon art sculptures.\nhttp://chaneec.com/ \nBrenna Gera {Imperfections}\nMechatronic installation \nI have been thinking about how imperfections are authentic and without them\, something that is overly perfect seems (and is) artificial. Through my own personal experiences\, I believe it is my brokenness and mistakes that make me stronger and make me more human. It’s being vulnerable and open about these imperfections that make me authentic. This installation\, Imperfections would be a very large canvas that I had painted a neat/realistic image onto that on its own could be admired. The mechatronic part of it would be a machine using servos that dips a paintbrush into different colors on paint and flings them onto the painting. Over time this would cause the image to be disrupted and become something new. \nBio: Brenna Gera is a freshman currently working on her DXARTS minor and pursuing Architectural Design as a major. She graduated Pierce Community College in 2017 with an Associate’s of Arts. Her projects take a scientific approach to artistic and musical designs. She is currently exploring the idea of combining the body with musical instruments through her music glove project that examine the concept of a person using their hands as an instrument\, rather than playing an instrument. This allows for an natural playing experience inspired by tapping your fingers along with a song. One of her other projects will examine the intersection of paint\, abstract design and mechatronics to represent human nature and imperfections. \nKathrine Boone Hardman {Getting Together}\nMechatronic sculpture\, wearable interfaces \nConsenting audience members are given interfaces to strap to their wrists\, with attached vibrators they are instructed to tape on their body wherever they wish\, and a finger strap. They are now connected to a skin-textured\, vine-like sculpture hanging in space\, with information about their heart rate and blood pressure controlling the motion of the sculpture\, causing the vines to curl up and tense. These members\, and these members alone are told of this relationship The entire audience\, whether wearing an interface or not\, is told they are allowed to touch the sculpture however they wish. Negotiation between the bodies of those wearing interfaces\, the sculpture\, and the audience at large begins. Subtle strokes illicit gentle vibrations from the interfaces\, while strong touches (slaps\, deep rubs\, scratches) tighten the straps of the interface and buzz the vibrators shockingly. The bodies of the interface wearers\, reacting to the stimulation (both of the interface\, and the experience as a whole) trigger motion in the sculpture\, forming a feedback loop\, allowing a networked touch. The audience may tell each other of these sensations\, or keep them to themselves\, work together\, or go against the grain. The name of the piece refers both to the communal aspect of getting together to experience the work as a group\, but also to the act of getting as a verb in the piece. Getting touched\, digitally\, through the work\, and getting feedback from your touch\, all together\, in public. Getting an emotional connection to the work\, by being connected to its sensations\, positive or negative. Getting uncomfortable at your experience with the work\, or getting pleasure from it alongside everyone else. \nBio: Kathrine Hardman is a current student in the University of Washington Interdisciplinary Visual Arts program\, interested in the underexplored world of human sensuality in artistic media. She has investigated this through devices that alter media and interactions to be perceived both haptically and sexually\, subverting the western cultural avoidance of such styles of perception. She was born in Boulder\, Colorado. \nStevie Koepp {Growing Home}\nAudiovisual installation \nThe deindustrialization of cities has left cities with degraded\, contaminated soils due to anthropogenic activities. The productive capacities of these soils and their related ecosystem services can and must be restored. Investigative approaches to the management of complex\, artificial environments is required. Speculative design can foster new typologies for agricultural practice through proposals for productive\, artificial nature. \nBio: Stevie Koepp seeks to connect the digital\, biological\, and architectural qualities of space to communicate common landscapes. She is a concurrent MARCH/MLA degree student in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington with a focus on materials and fabrication. Her thesis work engages media art and greenhouse structures to imagine expressive\, responsive and counter-hegemonic food systems. Can technology help us perceive and respond to the ecological rift between city and cultivation? An interest in systems thinking\, creative electronics and speculative design techniques led her to involvement in DXarts. Stevie enjoys experimenting with new mediums as an interdisciplinary artist and draws from past experience in textiles\, wood\, glass and metal. \nWilliam Perry {COMe FOR whaT}\nWearable musical instruments\, installation & performance \nThis piece simulates the feeling of losing connection with something you once were comfortable with. The soft structure is shaped like a lyre\, with pressure sensors as the cords. The user will squeeze and pull the cords to altering the reverb of a soothing tone. The harp will then stop responding for one minute then\, when a cord is pulled\, the sound will be a sharp computer generated sounds. This pattern will continue on a loop in timed intervals. \nBio: William Perry is a designer from St. Louis\, Missouri who is focusing on Urban Planning at the University of Washington – Seattle. Inspired by the connection humans form with inanimate objects\, he looks to capture the different feelings derived by the human to object relationship. With an interest centered around electric vehicles\, William strives to rethink the way we use control systems to form deeper rooted experiences. In order to facilitate organic interactions\, William dives into the emotional cues derived from the way objects look and behave.\nhttp://wsperry.com/ \nMaxx Yamasaki {Lost Machine}\nMechatronic sculpture \nLost Machine acts as an artifact from outside of time. It’s large box covered in switches\, displays and interface. It bears evidence of what is once did and as you navigate and negotiate its sliders and buttons it reveals small hints of its original task. One of my main goals is to capture an emotion more often used in literature and video games\, the sense of nostalgia for something that you didn’t experience or haven’t lost. Like visiting the ruins of a castle you never saw whole or seeing fallen pieces of our current world in post-apocalyptic fiction. One of my favorite story beats is having something large or powerful that the reader only experiences the smallest glimpse of. I tried to have that in the machine by taking aspects of real world devices that aren’t self contained. I took design elements from telephone switch boards and radios but swapping materials and functions to keep the familiar at bay. \nBio: Maxx Yamasaki is an artist/engineer currently studying at the University of Washington. They create assistive devices that try to alter the range of human senses and ability. Maxx also creates wind-up toys and speculative puzzle games. On the engineering side they’re currently working in insect-inspired robotics and assistive devices. \nAbout the course instructors:\nAfroditi Psarra is assistant professor in DXARTS and interdisciplinary artist working in the intersection of electronic textiles and physical computing with sound art. Her research focuses on the merge of science fiction ideas with poetic representations and performative practices\, traditional crafting methodologies with engineering and electronics\, the art and science interaction with a critical discourse in the creation of technological artifacts. Her work has been presented in seminal media arts festivals such as Ars Electronica\, Transmediale\, Eyeo and published in Siggraph\, ISWC (International Symposium on Wearable Computers) and EVA (Electronic Visualization and the Arts) between others. She has worked at the Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing group in Disney Research Zurich and has instructed workshops in numerous prestigious institutions around the globe. She is the founder of the DXARTS Softlab\, a space dedicated to the research and development of artistic projects using soft-circuits and wearable technology. She is currently working on the creation of wearable fractal antennas\, by exploring algorithmic design and fabrication methods as ways of tapping into the invisible electromagnetic landscape that surrounds our bodies and our senses\, and by democratizing open-source technologies as a means of resistance.\nhttp://afroditipsarra.com/\nhttps://www.dx-softlab.com/ \nCameron Perry Fraser is a composer and sound artist from Chesapeake\, VA. He is a current Graduate Student in the University of Washington’s DXARTS program. He received an MFA from Columbia University’s Sound Arts program where he worked and played in Columbia’s famed Computer Music Center. Cameron composes music for his unique acoustic/electric hybrid instruments\, sculptures and instillations. His work often employs ecoacoustic strategies\, indeterminate methods and feedback systems. His instruments echo the Aeolian harp\, band organ\, calliope and player piano. In his work microcontrollers take the place of the piano roll and solar panels replace steam players.\nhttp://www.cameronperryfraser.com/ URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/save-the-date-mechatronic-art-exhibition-and-performances-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180602T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180602T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180415T083924Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180518T023751Z UID:313-1527933600-1527951600@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:{Machines of becoming} Mechatronic installation art and performances DESCRIPTION:Join us for {Machines of becoming} – 2 days of mechatronic installation\, performance\, and interventions. Free! \nSat June 2\, 5:00p – 10:00p – opening and performances\nSun June 3\, 2:00p – 6:00p – performances and artist talks\nSpecific performance and talk times TBA. \nAt The Grocery Studios\n3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle 98144\n10 minute walk from Beacon Hill light rail station \nParticipating artists: Spencer Bowen\, Chanhee Choi\, Brenna Gera\, Kathrine Boone Hardman\, Stevie Koepp\, William Perry\, Maxx Yamasaki\n\nOrganized by Afroditi Psarra & Cameron Fraser\nSupported by the Center for Digital Arts & Experimental Media (DXARTS\, UW) \n{Machines of becoming} is a collective exhibition showcasing the works of seven emerging young artists that are currently enrolled in the DXARTS 472: Mechatronic Art\, Design and Fabrication II course at the University of Washington. The students are presenting their ideas on art and technology through interactive installations\, performances and public interventions. Their works explore the idea of becoming through engagement with the machine\, each one of them interpreting this transformation through different attributes of physical interfaces. As their backgrounds range from art and design to urban planning\, architecture and mechanical engineering\, so do their approaches. In Surface Stories\, Spencer Bowen creates narratives and networks through electronic tattoos\, in Getting Together\, Kat Hardman explores a mechatronic sculpture that reacts to the public’s biosignals by playing with the idea of intimacy\, and in COMe FOR whaT\, William Perry fabricates a soft wearable musical interface. These works examine different ways of creating affective technologies\, but also our understanding of skin and touch. In The Untitled Dress for the Video Game Fly High\, Chanhee Choi constructs a wearable video game installation and performance platform that merges the physical with the virtual world\, in Imperfections\, Brenna Gera forges a machine whose aim is to disrupt traditional representation in the arts\, and in Lost Machine\, Maxx Yamasaki builds a mechatronic sculpture that plays on the idea of nostalgia of having found something lost – expressing the playful aspect of engaging with handmade artifacts. Lastly\, in Growing Home\, Stevie Koepp engages with the idea of artificial nature in the urban environment by examining soil\, and invites the public to explore the speculative aspects of growing and harvesting. \n+++++++++++++++++++++ \n–About the works– \nSpencer Bowen {Surface Stories}\nIntervention\, installation \nSurface Stories is an exploration of community-driven databases and our experience of information in the age of the internet. Wearable tech applied to the skin takes inspiration from traditional tattoos. Each patron contributes their assigned word\, but the evolution of the narrative occurs when patrons interact. The time and effort required to read the text exceeds the standard scroll and skim culture of the internet\, reminding us that the allure of multi-tasking and instant gratification results in a shallow\, less intimate relationship with language. The sources Google provides us in our research\, and the re-phrasing and reconciliation involved in compiling information\, are not exempt from human error. \nBio: Spencer Bowen is an undergraduate student at the University of Washington studying Interdisciplinary Visual Arts and Digital Experimental Arts. Spencer’s future plans include working with local storefronts and start-ups on marketing\, branding\, and packaging\, and providing charitable and non-profit organizations with the means to extend their reach through design. At the intersection of tech and art\, she is fascinated with speculative objects\, innovations in materials and material-use\, and the functions of makerspace (and DIY) communities. Outside of her own field\, Spencer finds inspiration in linguistics and communications i.e. the juxtaposition of word and image\, translation and interpretation\, the graphic novel as a format\, and the relationship of diaristic tendencies to forming and maintaining memories. \nChanhee Choi {The Untitled Dress for the Video Game Fly High}\nInteractive installation and performance\, wearable controllers\, video game \nThe structure of this performance (installation with an interactive video game) is based around the playing of a video game which is projected with monitor on the walls of a space. An audience volunteer will be dressed in a flamboyant costume which also serves as the controller. The untitled dresses are covered in elastic spheres\, speakers\, led lights\, vibration motors\, and accelerometer sensors so their movement can be reflected in the game while they jump\, and the game play becomes a flashing gymnastic dance as the participant navigates the virtual world. This world is also peopled by other creatures\, who come out of virtual space as costumed performers\, wandering and dancing with the audience\, in response to both choreography and cues from the game-play. Documentation from previous performances is available. \nhttps://vimeo.com/262630096\nhttps://vimeo.com/262630096 \nBio: A native of South Korea\, Chanee Choi (Chanhee Choi) currently resides and works in Seattle and New York. Choi earned her BFA degree from Dongduk Women’s University in 2013 and MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016. In the fall of 2017\, Choi started a Ph.D. in Art and Technology at DXARTS at the University of Washington in Seattle. Choi enjoys contemplating in ceramics and embroidery\, which often results in perpetual experiment. Her interests also include performance involving video games and neon art sculptures.\nhttp://chaneec.com/ \nBrenna Gera {Imperfections}\nMechatronic installation \nI have been thinking about how imperfections are authentic and without them\, something that is overly perfect seems (and is) artificial. Through my own personal experiences\, I believe it is my brokenness and mistakes that make me stronger and make me more human. It’s being vulnerable and open about these imperfections that make me authentic. This installation\, Imperfections would be a very large canvas that I had painted a neat/realistic image onto that on its own could be admired. The mechatronic part of it would be a machine using servos that dips a paintbrush into different colors on paint and flings them onto the painting. Over time this would cause the image to be disrupted and become something new. \nBio: Brenna Gera is a freshman currently working on her DXARTS minor and pursuing Architectural Design as a major. She graduated Pierce Community College in 2017 with an Associate’s of Arts. Her projects take a scientific approach to artistic and musical designs. She is currently exploring the idea of combining the body with musical instruments through her music glove project that examine the concept of a person using their hands as an instrument\, rather than playing an instrument. This allows for an natural playing experience inspired by tapping your fingers along with a song. One of her other projects will examine the intersection of paint\, abstract design and mechatronics to represent human nature and imperfections. \nKathrine Boone Hardman {Getting Together}\nMechatronic sculpture\, wearable interfaces \nConsenting audience members are given interfaces to strap to their wrists\, with attached vibrators they are instructed to tape on their body wherever they wish\, and a finger strap. They are now connected to a skin-textured\, vine-like sculpture hanging in space\, with information about their heart rate and blood pressure controlling the motion of the sculpture\, causing the vines to curl up and tense. These members\, and these members alone are told of this relationship The entire audience\, whether wearing an interface or not\, is told they are allowed to touch the sculpture however they wish. Negotiation between the bodies of those wearing interfaces\, the sculpture\, and the audience at large begins. Subtle strokes illicit gentle vibrations from the interfaces\, while strong touches (slaps\, deep rubs\, scratches) tighten the straps of the interface and buzz the vibrators shockingly. The bodies of the interface wearers\, reacting to the stimulation (both of the interface\, and the experience as a whole) trigger motion in the sculpture\, forming a feedback loop\, allowing a networked touch. The audience may tell each other of these sensations\, or keep them to themselves\, work together\, or go against the grain. The name of the piece refers both to the communal aspect of getting together to experience the work as a group\, but also to the act of getting as a verb in the piece. Getting touched\, digitally\, through the work\, and getting feedback from your touch\, all together\, in public. Getting an emotional connection to the work\, by being connected to its sensations\, positive or negative. Getting uncomfortable at your experience with the work\, or getting pleasure from it alongside everyone else. \nBio: Kathrine Hardman is a current student in the University of Washington Interdisciplinary Visual Arts program\, interested in the underexplored world of human sensuality in artistic media. She has investigated this through devices that alter media and interactions to be perceived both haptically and sexually\, subverting the western cultural avoidance of such styles of perception. She was born in Boulder\, Colorado. \nStevie Koepp {Growing Home}\nAudiovisual installation \nThe deindustrialization of cities has left cities with degraded\, contaminated soils due to anthropogenic activities. The productive capacities of these soils and their related ecosystem services can and must be restored. Investigative approaches to the management of complex\, artificial environments is required. Speculative design can foster new typologies for agricultural practice through proposals for productive\, artificial nature. \nBio: Stevie Koepp seeks to connect the digital\, biological\, and architectural qualities of space to communicate common landscapes. She is a concurrent MARCH/MLA degree student in the College of Built Environments at the University of Washington with a focus on materials and fabrication. Her thesis work engages media art and greenhouse structures to imagine expressive\, responsive and counter-hegemonic food systems. Can technology help us perceive and respond to the ecological rift between city and cultivation? An interest in systems thinking\, creative electronics and speculative design techniques led her to involvement in DXarts. Stevie enjoys experimenting with new mediums as an interdisciplinary artist and draws from past experience in textiles\, wood\, glass and metal. \nWilliam Perry {COMe FOR whaT}\nWearable musical instruments\, installation & performance \nThis piece simulates the feeling of losing connection with something you once were comfortable with. The soft structure is shaped like a lyre\, with pressure sensors as the cords. The user will squeeze and pull the cords to altering the reverb of a soothing tone. The harp will then stop responding for one minute then\, when a cord is pulled\, the sound will be a sharp computer generated sounds. This pattern will continue on a loop in timed intervals. \nBio: William Perry is a designer from St. Louis\, Missouri who is focusing on Urban Planning at the University of Washington – Seattle. Inspired by the connection humans form with inanimate objects\, he looks to capture the different feelings derived by the human to object relationship. With an interest centered around electric vehicles\, William strives to rethink the way we use control systems to form deeper rooted experiences. In order to facilitate organic interactions\, William dives into the emotional cues derived from the way objects look and behave.\nhttp://wsperry.com/ \nMaxx Yamasaki {Lost Machine}\nMechatronic sculpture \nLost Machine acts as an artifact from outside of time. It’s large box covered in switches\, displays and interface. It bears evidence of what is once did and as you navigate and negotiate its sliders and buttons it reveals small hints of its original task. One of my main goals is to capture an emotion more often used in literature and video games\, the sense of nostalgia for something that you didn’t experience or haven’t lost. Like visiting the ruins of a castle you never saw whole or seeing fallen pieces of our current world in post-apocalyptic fiction. One of my favorite story beats is having something large or powerful that the reader only experiences the smallest glimpse of. I tried to have that in the machine by taking aspects of real world devices that aren’t self contained. I took design elements from telephone switch boards and radios but swapping materials and functions to keep the familiar at bay. \nBio: Maxx Yamasaki is an artist/engineer currently studying at the University of Washington. They create assistive devices that try to alter the range of human senses and ability. Maxx also creates wind-up toys and speculative puzzle games. On the engineering side they’re currently working in insect-inspired robotics and assistive devices. \nAbout the course instructors:\nAfroditi Psarra is assistant professor in DXARTS and interdisciplinary artist working in the intersection of electronic textiles and physical computing with sound art. Her research focuses on the merge of science fiction ideas with poetic representations and performative practices\, traditional crafting methodologies with engineering and electronics\, the art and science interaction with a critical discourse in the creation of technological artifacts. Her work has been presented in seminal media arts festivals such as Ars Electronica\, Transmediale\, Eyeo and published in Siggraph\, ISWC (International Symposium on Wearable Computers) and EVA (Electronic Visualization and the Arts) between others. She has worked at the Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing group in Disney Research Zurich and has instructed workshops in numerous prestigious institutions around the globe. She is the founder of the DXARTS Softlab\, a space dedicated to the research and development of artistic projects using soft-circuits and wearable technology. She is currently working on the creation of wearable fractal antennas\, by exploring algorithmic design and fabrication methods as ways of tapping into the invisible electromagnetic landscape that surrounds our bodies and our senses\, and by democratizing open-source technologies as a means of resistance.\nhttp://afroditipsarra.com/\nhttps://www.dx-softlab.com/ \nCameron Perry Fraser is a composer and sound artist from Chesapeake\, VA. He is a current Graduate Student in the University of Washington’s DXARTS program. He received an MFA from Columbia University’s Sound Arts program where he worked and played in Columbia’s famed Computer Music Center. Cameron composes music for his unique acoustic/electric hybrid instruments\, sculptures and instillations. His work often employs ecoacoustic strategies\, indeterminate methods and feedback systems. His instruments echo the Aeolian harp\, band organ\, calliope and player piano. In his work microcontrollers take the place of the piano roll and solar panels replace steam players.\nhttp://www.cameronperryfraser.com/ URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/save-the-date-mechatronic-art-exhibition-and-performances/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180527T050000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180527T090000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180429T235543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180526T043036Z UID:325-1527397200-1527411600@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Christian French Estate Sale DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to host a sale of many items from Christian French’s amazing collection of things\, some useful\, some beautiful\, all part of his history\, which he now releases to the world to make room for new art and possibilities. Free and open to the public. \nSaturday May 26 10am – 7pm\nSunday May 27 12pm – 4pm URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/christian-french-estate-sale-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180526T120000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180429T235458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180526T043007Z UID:323-1527303600-1527336000@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Christian French Estate Sale DESCRIPTION:We are pleased to host a sale of many items from Christian French’s amazing collection of things\, some useful\, some beautiful\, all part of his history\, which he now releases to the world to make room for new art and possibilities. Free and open to the public. \nSaturday May 26 10am – 7pm\nSunday May 27 12pm – 4pm URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/christian-french-estate-sale/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180520T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180520T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180415T072800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180429T235839Z UID:306-1526821200-1526828400@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Nat Evans: Flyover Country DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of immersive storytelling\, soundscapes\, and imagery from gifted composer\, Nat Evans. \nThe Grocery 3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle 98144\nTwo evenings: Saturday May 19 and Sunday May 20\nShow: 8:00pm / Doors 7:30 \nTickets are sliding scale $5 – $20\, all proceeds go to the artist\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/nat-evans-flyover-country-tickets-45507219318 \nFrom the artist:\nFlyover Country is a multi-layered composition picking apart stories and mythologies of Nat Evans’ family accompanied by music\, visuals and electronics. \nIn the summer of 2017\, I discovered a huge wealth of family history – family trees extending back to the 1600s\, stories that had been written down\, and an archive of hundreds of photographs dating back to the 1870s. As I began to assemble a history of my family and our westward expansion\, I concurrently took a deep look at indigenous cultures of North America\, and traveled to different places that had similar ecological features to places my family settled\, such as the oceanic tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of Kansas. \nThe deeper I looked at the wider history of things\, the more the holes in the mythology of my family manifested themselves. Timelines of movement matched up with historical genocide at the hands of white citizen militias\, treaties with the Lakota broken as millions of bison were slaughtered for the market hunt and white settlers flooded the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota to mine for gold\, and unsustainable farming practices led to tilled under grasslands from Illinois to New Mexico\, precipitating the Dust Bowl. \nIn Flyover Country\, a series of stories about my family\, the United States\, and strange dreams had while traveling are woven together in this performance with music\, archival family images\, drawings\, and short films from site visits. \n \nflyover country trailer from Nat Evans on Vimeo. \nAbout the artist \nNat Evans is a composer and artist based in Seattle\, Washington. His interdisciplinary works range from site-specific events and installations to chamber music\, scores for dance and film\, conceptual works based in ecology and social practice\, to meditations on everyday life. \nHis work is regularly presented across the United States\, and has also been presented in Europe\, South America\, Australia and China. Evans has received numerous commissions including The Henry\, Odeon Quartet\, San Francisco MOMA\, Seattle Art Museum\, The City of Tomorrow\, Portland Cello Project\, ALL RISE\, The Box Is Empty\, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art\, among others. \nWorks and events by Evans have been featured on WNYC’s New Sounds and BBC3\, as well as in LA Weekly\, WIRED\, The New York Times\, Tiny Mix Tapes\, The Believer and numerous other publications. His work has appeared at galleries such as Interstitial\, SOIL\, The Frye Art Museum\, Greg Kucera\, as well as Mediate Art Soundwave Biennial\, Aqua Art Miami\, NEPO 5k\, and other festivals. \nHe studied music at Butler University with Michael Schelle\, Craig Hetrick and Frank Felice. \nhttp://natevansmusic.com URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/nat-evans-flyover-country-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180519T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180519T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180415T072707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180429T235804Z UID:304-1526734800-1526742000@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Nat Evans: Flyover Country DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of immersive storytelling\, soundscapes\, and imagery from gifted composer\, Nat Evans. \nThe Grocery 3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle 98144\nTwo evenings: Saturday May 19 and Sunday May 20\nShow: 8:00pm / Doors 7:30 \nTickets are sliding scale $5 – $20\, all proceeds go to the artist\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/nat-evans-flyover-country-tickets-45507219318 \nFrom the artist:\nFlyover Country is a multi-layered composition picking apart stories and mythologies of Nat Evans’ family accompanied by music\, visuals and electronics. \nIn the summer of 2017\, I discovered a huge wealth of family history – family trees extending back to the 1600s\, stories that had been written down\, and an archive of hundreds of photographs dating back to the 1870s. As I began to assemble a history of my family and our westward expansion\, I concurrently took a deep look at indigenous cultures of North America\, and traveled to different places that had similar ecological features to places my family settled\, such as the oceanic tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of Kansas. \nThe deeper I looked at the wider history of things\, the more the holes in the mythology of my family manifested themselves. Timelines of movement matched up with historical genocide at the hands of white citizen militias\, treaties with the Lakota broken as millions of bison were slaughtered for the market hunt and white settlers flooded the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota to mine for gold\, and unsustainable farming practices led to tilled under grasslands from Illinois to New Mexico\, precipitating the Dust Bowl. \nIn Flyover Country\, a series of stories about my family\, the United States\, and strange dreams had while traveling are woven together in this performance with music\, archival family images\, drawings\, and short films from site visits. \n \nflyover country trailer from Nat Evans on Vimeo. \nAbout the artist \nNat Evans is a composer and artist based in Seattle\, Washington. His interdisciplinary works range from site-specific events and installations to chamber music\, scores for dance and film\, conceptual works based in ecology and social practice\, to meditations on everyday life. \nHis work is regularly presented across the United States\, and has also been presented in Europe\, South America\, Australia and China. Evans has received numerous commissions including The Henry\, Odeon Quartet\, San Francisco MOMA\, Seattle Art Museum\, The City of Tomorrow\, Portland Cello Project\, ALL RISE\, The Box Is Empty\, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art\, among others. \nWorks and events by Evans have been featured on WNYC’s New Sounds and BBC3\, as well as in LA Weekly\, WIRED\, The New York Times\, Tiny Mix Tapes\, The Believer and numerous other publications. His work has appeared at galleries such as Interstitial\, SOIL\, The Frye Art Museum\, Greg Kucera\, as well as Mediate Art Soundwave Biennial\, Aqua Art Miami\, NEPO 5k\, and other festivals. \nHe studied music at Butler University with Michael Schelle\, Craig Hetrick and Frank Felice. \nhttp://natevansmusic.com URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/nat-evans-flyover-country/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180512T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180512T153000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180415T071758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180415T071758Z UID:302-1526126400-1526139000@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Rell Be Free: The HomeGrown Tour DESCRIPTION:The Grocery is proud to be one of the stops on the HomeGrown tour with Rell Be Free and DJ Pax! \nPlease join us for an evening of hip hop\, good food\, and community to celebrate the release of Rell Be Free’s  album\, Nu GROWTH. \nThe Grocery\, 3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle 98144\nSaturday May 12\nDoors open at 7:00PM\nDJ PAX playing Hip/Hop\, R&B\, and Reggaeton to open and get us moving\nRELL BE FREE \nTickets: $10\nWe have limited space\, so be sure to grab a ticket to reserve your spot!\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/homegrown-tour-rell-be-free-and-dj-pax-at-the-grocery-tickets-45166858289 \nWith delicious food by That Brown Girl Cooks and other refreshments. \nHomeGrown Seattle Tour\nFar from an original idea\, this self and community empowered tour will be completely localized! Beginning the month of May\, Seattle artist Rell Be Free and art collective La Realeza are hosting 10 shows throughout the Southend and Central District. Each show will elevate different Black artists and organizers\, as well as (mostly) local Black businesses. Seattle is full to the brim of dope homegrown artists\,entrepreneurs and organizers. So stop frontin\, and get down with us to support some of the best artists and businesses in the 206. \nAbout the Artist\, Jerrell Davis\nRell Be Free is a product of Seattle’s South End and has grown into one of the Town’s leading hip-hop artists and premier educators. Addressing topics most current MC’s avoid\, Rell speaks truth to power and unapologetically represents the African Diaspora. 2017’s Super Predator EP and Power Inverse (FreeKingz) were just previews of Rell’s most recent release “Nu GROWTH.” Rell has a unique sound that is set to build a nu standard in today’s rap game! Check out his Seattle “HomeGrown Tour\,” Rell’s self & community powered local tour focused in Black spaces in Seattle’s South End and Central District. \nCheck out more of RBF’s music on Sound Cloud\, YouTube\, and Spotify.\nGet the album here on Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nu-growth/1354320924\nSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/53i4eTAbKRLt2Ir4SW5Z4V?si=gtSv85rRTvq0q1zSPYHbyw URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/rell-be-free-the-homegrown-tour/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180506T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180506T153000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180415T074723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180429T235157Z UID:308-1525611600-1525620600@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:The Academy of Reason & Wonder Inquiry No. 4: Exploring Other Minds DESCRIPTION:This evening is a rare treat\, and will be our last instance of The Academy of Reason & Wonder in 2018\, since we will close for renovations June through December. \nJoin us for lectures from scholars who are exploring the intelligence of other creatures–from the simplest hydra to our neighborhood crows. \nThe Grocery 3001 21st Ave S Seattle 98144\nSunday May 6\nProgram at 8:00pm / Doors at 7:30pm \nTwo thirty-minute lectures followed by Q&A\, and mingling with refreshments to discuss the ideas. \nTickets are sliding scale\, proceeds go to the speakers and supporting the series:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-academy-of-reason-wonder-inquiry-no-4-exploring-other-minds-tickets-45168306621 \nDecoding crow vocal communication\nDr. Doug Wacker\, Andrea Bilotta\, and Jeremy Granville Newton\nAmerican crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) can recognize faces\, solve multifaceted puzzles\, and form strong social bonds.  As such\, many consider them to be a highly intelligent and interesting species.  They make a multitude of vocalizations\, the function of which are not all well understood.  Our research group is trying to decode the meaning of crow calls using remote recording techniques and the audio playback of constructed calls to free-living crows. \nEmbodied intelligence: how biology computes\nDr. Adrienne Fairhall\nWhile we are still far from understanding the complexities of human thought\, a number of the “primitives” of our mental processes are present in even very simple creatures. We will explore how even primitive organisms process and store information and use it to make apparently purposeful decisions. When do these abilities lead to a sense of self? \nAbout the speakers \nDr. Adrienne Fairhall\, Fairhall Computational Neuroscience Lab UW\nAdrienne’s background is in theoretical physics\, with degrees from the Australian National University and the Weizmann Institute in Israel. Since graduating\, her research program has focused on applying physics and mathematical ideas to understand neural function. As a faculty member in UW’s Department of Physiology and Biophysics since 2004\, she has collaborated on the neuroscience of animal sensation and behavior including the rules of motion detection\, insect foraging and flight control\, birdsong\, and navigation in virtual reality environments.\nhttps://fairhalllab.com/ \nDr. Doug Wacker\, Assistant Professor of Animal Behavior\, UW Bothell\nDr. Wacker is interested in the social behavior and communication of wild birds.  He received his PhD in Neurobiology and Behavior from the University of Washington in Seattle.  He now works at UW Bothell\, home to a vibrant undergraduate community and a large communal crow roost numbering\, at its height\, about 16000 birds each night.\nhttps://www.uwb.edu/biological-sciences/faculty/biology/dwacker \nAndrea Bilotta\, undergraduate researcher\, Community Psychology\, UW Bothell\nAndrea is interested in studying the social behaviors of wildlife through non-invasive research practices. She is currently working with the large communal roost of crows on the University of Washington Bothell’s wetlands\, and will be furthering her experience this summer as an intern for the Sarvey Wildlife Care Center. \nJeremy Granville Newton\, undergraduate researcher\, Applied Computing\, UW Bothell\nJeremy is interested in the intersections of computing\, behavior\, and philosophy. \n  \nThe Academy of Reason & Wonder seeks to fan the flames of inspiration to generate positive energy in ourselves\, our communities\, and\, by extension\, our world. It brings people together to educate\, inspire\, and encourage the pursuit of reason. Ignite your own curiosity and wonder through personal perspectives on topics such as history\, science\, language\, philosophy\, music theory\, or wonders of the natural world. \nThe Academy of Reason & Wonder is a lecture series that occurs on a nearly monthly basis at The Grocery\, a creative space on North Beacon Hill. Sign up to be notified of future events: https://tinyurl.com/grocerystudiosevents. \n  URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/the-academy-of-reason-wonder-inquiry-no-4-embodied-intelligence/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180428T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180428T153000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180415T071509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180415T071509Z UID:300-1524920400-1524929400@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Creative Commons Film Night DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Creative Commons Film Night\, Saturday April 28 at The Grocery! Free! \nPuget Sound Cinema Society and The Seattle Star present an evening of short films from around the world\, all released with a Creative Commons or other open license. This eclectic program features animation\, documentary\, experimental\, educational\, and narrative films by Molly Manning Walker\, Daniel Martinez Lara\, Bruce and Katharine Cornwell\, Centron Films\, The Blender Foundation\, and more! \nSaturday April 28\n730pm doors\n800 program begins\nAfterward— mingling\, refreshments\, art \nSeating is limited so grab a free ticket to reserve your spot:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-commons-film-night-tickets-45156286669\n\nDonations are welcome on a “pay-as-you-leave” basis \nAs is customary at all PSCS events\, free refreshments will be available. Additionally there will be a gallery of work from local artists giving their interpretations and inspirations from films in the evening’s program. \nCome share a night of film\, food and fun with us. \nOmar says\, “…it will be eclectic\, refreshing\, and generally awesome. Also\, I make food for everyone. Hypoallergenic and vegan options\, too. Oh yeah\, and it’s free as in freedom and also free as in price.” \nAbout this evening’s host\, Omar Willey \nBorn in Seattle when the last person leaving was supposed to turn out the lights\, Omar Willey has been an experimental filmmaker and photographer since 1988\, with six feature films under his belt and a dozen shorts that have been shown locally as well as broadcast internationally. \nWith Anthony Reed\, he began the Puget Sound Cinema Society in 2000\, modeled after Amos Vogel’s Cinema 16 and dedicated to putting the mystery and thoughtfulness back into moviegoing and exhibition. He is also known as a longtime theater critic dating back to 1989 at KCMU radio (now KEXP) but is best known perhaps as the publisher of the online journal of arts and culture\, The Seattle Star (http://www.seattlestar.net/)\, in which he has continued his interest in writing about performing arts\, science\, experimental film\, and open culture. \nHe volunteers his free time to the open source software movement\, Project Gutenberg\, and Creative Commons projects across the country. Currently teaching with the TeenTix Press Corps\, he also teaches free workshops in critical writing and photography for general audiences around town. He is interested in everything. URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/creative-commons-film-night/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180421T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180421T153000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180415T071331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180415T071331Z UID:298-1524315600-1524324600@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:The Academy of Reason & Wonder Inquiry No. 3: CATS vs DOGS DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the most controversial lectures so far at The Academy of Reason & Wonder! \nInquiry No. 3: CATS vs DOGS will pit Zack Davisson (translator and author of Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan) against nemesis Ivan Schneider (scholar and author of “The Search for Dog in Cervantes”) to present their perspectives and debate on topics such as: \nCATS vs. DOGS\nWhich would you rather encounter in a dark alley?\nIn the afterlife?\nIn a floating dream?\nIn a post-apocalyptic nightmare?\nIn a book?\nIn a song?\nWhich side are you on? \nDoors at 7:00PM\nSliding scale donation $5 – $20\nProceeds go to speakers\, artists\, and supporting this series. \nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/academy-of-reason-wonder-inquiry-no-3-cats-vs-dogs-tickets-44842859199 \n7:30 CATS. After Zack introduces you to Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan\, you’ll never see cats the same way again. And you may have trouble sleeping. \n8:00 DOGS. Ivan sniffs out the talking dogs in Don Quixote and in Beatles songs. \n8:30 CATS vs. DOGS. Debate between Zack and Ivan on the relative merits of cats and dogs\, with consideration of animal portrayals in popular culture\, literature\, arts\, folklore\, and music. Audience participation will be encouraged. \n9:00 PERFORMANCE: Bipetsual – Zack on vocals\, Ivan on guitar/vocals. \n9:30 Mingling\, refreshments\, conversations with the speakers. (NO FIGHTING) \nAbout the speakers \nZack Davisson is an award winning translator\, writer\, and scholar of Japanese folklore and ghosts. He is the author of Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan\, Yurei: The Japanese Ghost\, The Ghost of Oyuki\, and The Secret Biwa Music that Caused the Yurei to Lament from Chin Music Press. He contributed articles to Weird Tales Magazine\, Japanzine\, Metropolis Magazine and the comic book Wayward from Image comics. As a translator\, he was nominated for the 2014 Japanese-US Friendship Commission Translation Prize\, and is the translator of the Eisner Award winning and Harvey nominated Shigeru Mizuki’s Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan. For Drawn and Quarterly\, Davisson translates and curates the famous folklore comic Kitaro. For Dark Horse\, he translates Satoshi Kon’s work\, including OPUS\, SERAPHIM: 266613336 WINGS\, and THE ART OF SATOSHI KON. He was also a researcher and on-screen talent for National Geographic’s TV special Japan: Lost Souls of Okinawa\, has appeared as a commentator on Chinese news network CCTV\, and maintains the popular Japanese folklore website http://HYAKUMONOGATARI.COM/ He currently resides in Seattle\, Washington\, with his wife\, Miyuki\, their dog Mochi\, cats Bagheera and Sheer Khan\, and several ghosts. \nIvan Schneider is the author of “The Search for Dog in Cervantes\,” an academic paper that claims Cervantes initially intended to include a talking dog in Don Quixote. The paper was recently published in the Animal Narratology special issue of Humanities\, a peer-reviewed\, open-access journal. Ivan wrote his master’s thesis for a degree from Harvard Extension School on “Narrative Complexity in the Talking-Dog Stories of Cervantes\, Hoffmann\, Gogol\, Bulgakov\, and Kafka.” Ivan also writes for The Seattle Review of Books and plays guitar and ukulele. Ivan’s website:http://ivantohelpyou.com/ \nThe Academy of Reason & Wonder is a lecture series that occurs on a nearly monthly basis at The Grocery\, a creative space on North Beacon Hill. Sign up to be notified of future events: https://tinyurl.com/grocerystudiosevents. \nThe Academy of Reason & Wonder seeks to fan the flames of inspiration to generate positive energy in ourselves\, our communities\, and\, by extension\, our world. It brings people together to educate\, inspire\, and encourage the pursuit of reason. Ignite your own curiosity and wonder through personal perspectives on topics such as history\, science\, language\, philosophy\, music theory\, or wonders of the natural world. URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/the-academy-of-reason-wonder-inquiry-no-3-cats-vs-dogs/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180325T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180325T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180321T112931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180321T112931Z UID:293-1521982800-1521990000@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Kristina Dillard's work in progress: The Literary Dances DESCRIPTION:March 24 and 25th at The Grocery!\nWe are proud to present two evenings of dance by Kristina Dillard\, all works in progress centered on pieces of literature. \nPlease note: seating is on the floor\, with some seating in chairs. Let us know if you need to reserve a chair. \nThe Literary Dances are a study into creating painterly movement portraits. Choreographer Kristina Dillard uses spoken word paired with movement to create audio-visual vignettes of texts excerpted from literature. As the dancers experience dynamic changes in movement\, their voices respond sympathetically\, enhancing the reality of their body’s experience. Ever looking for ways to create layers of richly visual impact\, Dillard explores sequential movement\, highly crafted choreographic phrasing\, rich costuming\, and additional luscious ways to embellish the dancers and performance space. Dillard often takes note of the literature’s composition\, mirroring the structure of the text in the construct of the dance. In this rendition\, we are excited to collaborate with Janet Galore to create additional visual impact with video projection. \n(photo by Tim Summers) \nWith performers Kristina Dillard\, Tesee George\, Wendy Samuels\, Lis Swihart\, and special guests Michelle Rauschenberg and Annette LeFevbre who will do a reading of text intended for a new section. \nDoors at 7:30p \n8:00p – 9:00p literary dances and spoken word\n9:00p – 9:30p discussion with the artist\, Q & A\n9:30p – 10:00p conversation and refreshments \nAll ticket sales go to the artists – sliding scale $5 – $30\nAt eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kristina-dillards-work-in-progress-the-literary-dances-tickets-43533607191 \nWorks featured include: \nRuby\nIn Ruby\, Dillard reflects on Flannery O’Connor’s formalism\, and the choreographic crafting is in direct response to the structure of the short story. Images of gruesome farm equipment accidents and unborn children floating in space\, combined with uncomfortable movement\, heavy breathing\, and Wendy Samuels’ authentic drawl\, come together in a creepy performance heavily steeped in southern irony. \nDiebenkorn\nText by Tom Robbins describes a woman in the throes of creative process. The text describes the colors she uses\, and free association in response to each one. Tesee George’s body becomes the paint and the painting “the choreography here plays with the balance between large\, space-eating phrases and calligraphic details.” (Sandra Kurtz the Weekly 2004) \nBud\nThis languorous solo responds to Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s magical realism in an excerpt from Love in the Time of Cholera. Describing the ecstasy\, intense feeling\, pain\, and even sickness of two young people falling in love. Everything is rose petal pink\, Dillard’s body\, her gown\, her thoughts. She rolls and undulates\, leaps briefly in excitement\, as her body explores the fine line between passion and illness. \nAdditional spoken word text will be presented with very short studies\, their possibilities\, and discussion with the audience. \nAbout the artist\nKristina Dillard has been performing\, creating\, and producing work in Seattle since 1993. She is the artistic director of the Big Red Dance Company\, receiving grants from the Seattle Arts Commission\, the Washington State Arts Commission\, and the Allied Arts Foundation. Her choreography for Big Red Dance has been presented by Velocity\, On the Boards\, Seattle Center\, and 10 Tiny Dances in Seattle and Portland. Kristina currently performs with Lucia Neare’s Theatrical Wonders\, and is working on several dance films with long time collaborator David Beckley. She will be presenting an evening length work about cake\, with courses of cake\, at Cafe Nordo in August. Dillard has spent the last eighteen years trying to find ways to make her work more “painterly”. She holds a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts\, and an MFA in Choreography from Sarah Lawrence College.\nhttps://www.instagram.com/kissmecakekristina/ URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/kristina-dillards-work-in-progress-the-literary-dances-2/ LOCATION:The Grocery\, 3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98144\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180324T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180324T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180321T112726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180321T112726Z UID:290-1521896400-1521903600@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Kristina Dillard's work in progress: The Literary Dances DESCRIPTION:March 24 and 25th at The Grocery!\nWe are proud to present two evenings of dance by Kristina Dillard\, all works in progress centered on pieces of literature. \nPlease note: seating is on the floor\, with some seating in chairs. Let us know if you need to reserve a chair. \nThe Literary Dances are a study into creating painterly movement portraits. Choreographer Kristina Dillard uses spoken word paired with movement to create audio-visual vignettes of texts excerpted from literature. As the dancers experience dynamic changes in movement\, their voices respond sympathetically\, enhancing the reality of their body’s experience. Ever looking for ways to create layers of richly visual impact\, Dillard explores sequential movement\, highly crafted choreographic phrasing\, rich costuming\, and additional luscious ways to embellish the dancers and performance space. Dillard often takes note of the literature’s composition\, mirroring the structure of the text in the construct of the dance. In this rendition\, we are excited to collaborate with Janet Galore to create additional visual impact with video projection. \n(photo by Tim Summers) \nWith performers Kristina Dillard\, Tesee George\, Wendy Samuels\, Lis Swihart\, and special guests Michelle Rauschenberg and Annette LeFevbre who will do a reading of text intended for a new section. \nDoors at 7:30p \n8:00p – 9:00p literary dances and spoken word\n9:00p – 9:30p discussion with the artist\, Q & A\n9:30p – 10:00p conversation and refreshments \nAll ticket sales go to the artists – sliding scale $5 – $30\nAt eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kristina-dillards-work-in-progress-the-literary-dances-tickets-43533607191 \nWorks featured include: \nRuby\nIn Ruby\, Dillard reflects on Flannery O’Connor’s formalism\, and the choreographic crafting is in direct response to the structure of the short story. Images of gruesome farm equipment accidents and unborn children floating in space\, combined with uncomfortable movement\, heavy breathing\, and Wendy Samuels’ authentic drawl\, come together in a creepy performance heavily steeped in southern irony. \nDiebenkorn\nText by Tom Robbins describes a woman in the throes of creative process. The text describes the colors she uses\, and free association in response to each one. Tesee George’s body becomes the paint and the painting “the choreography here plays with the balance between large\, space-eating phrases and calligraphic details.” (Sandra Kurtz the Weekly 2004) \nBud\nThis languorous solo responds to Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s magical realism in an excerpt from Love in the Time of Cholera. Describing the ecstasy\, intense feeling\, pain\, and even sickness of two young people falling in love. Everything is rose petal pink\, Dillard’s body\, her gown\, her thoughts. She rolls and undulates\, leaps briefly in excitement\, as her body explores the fine line between passion and illness. \nAdditional spoken word text will be presented with very short studies\, their possibilities\, and discussion with the audience. \nAbout the artist\nKristina Dillard has been performing\, creating\, and producing work in Seattle since 1993. She is the artistic director of the Big Red Dance Company\, receiving grants from the Seattle Arts Commission\, the Washington State Arts Commission\, and the Allied Arts Foundation. Her choreography for Big Red Dance has been presented by Velocity\, On the Boards\, Seattle Center\, and 10 Tiny Dances in Seattle and Portland. Kristina currently performs with Lucia Neare’s Theatrical Wonders\, and is working on several dance films with long time collaborator David Beckley. She will be presenting an evening length work about cake\, with courses of cake\, at Cafe Nordo in August. Dillard has spent the last eighteen years trying to find ways to make her work more “painterly”. She holds a BFA in Dance from Cornish College of the Arts\, and an MFA in Choreography from Sarah Lawrence College.\nhttps://www.instagram.com/kissmecakekristina/ URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/kristina-dillards-work-in-progress-the-literary-dances/ LOCATION:The Grocery\, 3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98144\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180304T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180304T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180321T112143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180321T112143Z UID:287-1520163000-1520172000@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Academy of Reason & Wonder Inquiry No. 2 - Story:History:Herstory DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the second in our lecture series\, The Academy of Reason & Wonder\, designed to ignite your curiosity and pursuit of understanding. \nStory : History : Herstory features lectures by Tessa Hulls and Johan Liedgren\, who will explore the anatomy of storytelling\, stories as tricksters that serve in our evolution and survival\, stories of strong and independent women in the early 1900’s who made their own ways and refused to play the roles they were given. \nSunday March 4\, 7:30 – 10:30PM\nThe Grocery\, 3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle WA 98144 \nDoors at 7:00p\nSliding scale donation $5 – $20\nProceeds go to speakers\, artists\, and supporting this series. \n7:30pm Johan Liedgren\nWhat Stories Want From Us\nUsing the story of “The Garden of Eden” as an example\, Johan explores the elements that are required to make a story a story\, to be worth telling and being heard. We will look at why they have earned the part they play; what they want and from us and what they offer in return. With that we can look to create narratives for ourselves\, create meaning and direction without rigidity. Story serves us as a trickster\, always looking to push us to re-contextualize\, question\, play and imagine the new\, so we can look at the world not as static\, but as the beginning of another story—a story that is both surprising and an eternal source of hope. \n8:00pm Tessa Hulls\nFucking the Patriarchy at the Turn of the Century: Strong Women in the Early 1900’s\nWomen have been refusing to play nice with society’s rules since the dawn of human history\, but it was only in the early 1900’s that photographic technology started providing visual evidence of these strong women and their exploits. Through a series of historical photographs and illustrations\, this talk will showcase the extraordinary lives of little-known female survivalists\, circus performers\, prospectors\, mountaineers\, cyclists\, and general badasses who adamantly refused to do what was expected of ladies of their era. \n8:30 – 10:30pm\nPlease stay for formal Q & A with Johan and Tessa\, as well as informal discussion\, conversation\, and refreshments. \nAbout the presenters \nJohan Liedgren is a Swedish writer\, filmmaker\, and business consultant based in Seattle. His creative work includes lead writer for Europe’s political drama-series “The Commission” (akin to West-Wing)\, a long and respectful list of commercials\, music videos and feature films. He recently completed a “Feliniesque” rap-video and the feature film: “The Very Private Work of Sister K”\, and is currently developing three new feature films and an original drama series for television\, in production by BBC One in the UK. His work has been recognized with awards from Sundance\, Slamdance\, the Museum of Television and Film as well as a long list of festivals from around the world. www.liedgren.com \nTessa Hulls is a multidisciplinary artist/writer/adventurer who is fascinated by the concept of home. As the daughter of two first-generation immigrants who landed in a tiny town of 350 people\, she spent her formative years reading her way through the public library and roaming alone through the hills\, and this love of solitude\, research\, and forward motion informs much of her creative practice. Her restlessness has joyously dragged her across all seven continents\, and she lives a semi-nomadic seasonal lifestyle that allows her to conduct creative field research in exceedingly remote places. She is currently working on a nonfiction graphic novel exploring loss of language\, cultural divides\, immigration\, mental illness\, mixed race identity\, mother-daughter relationships\, and the American fascination with the frontier as told through the life story of her maternal grandmother\, Sun Yi. Website: www.tessahulls.com Instagram: @tessahulls \nThe Academy of Reason & Wonder is a lecture series that occurs on a nearly monthly basis at The Grocery\, a creative space on North Beacon Hill. Sign up to be notified of future events: https://tinyurl.com/grocerystudiosevents. \nThe Academy of Reason & Wonder seeks to fan the flames of inspiration to generate positive energy in ourselves\, our communities\, and\, by extension\, our world. It brings people together to educate\, inspire\, and encourage the pursuit of reason. Ignite your own curiosity and wonder through personal perspectives on topics such as history\, science\, language\, philosophy\, music theory\, or wonders of the natural world. URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/academy-of-reason-wonder-inquiry-no-2-storyhistoryherstory/ LOCATION:The Grocery\, 3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98144\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180211T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180211T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20180321T111823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180321T111823Z UID:282-1518348600-1518357600@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Academy of Reason & Wonder: Inquiry No. 1 - Life Without Us DESCRIPTION:We are excited for our first event of 2018\, and we hope you can join us! Featuring lectures by Jed Dunkerley\, Kirsten Anderson\, and ambient creature projections by Janet Galore. \nThe Academy of Reason & Wonder:\nInquiry No. 1\nLife Without Us \nThe Academy of Reason & Wonder is a lecture series that seeks to fan the flames of inspiration to generate positive energy in ourselves\, our communities\, and\, by extension\, our world. It brings people together to educate\, inspire\, and encourage the pursuit of reason. Ignite your own curiosity and wonder through personal perspectives on topics such as history\, science\, language\, philosophy\, music theory\, or wonders of the natural world. \n7:30p – 10:30p\, Sunday February 11 2018\nThe Grocery\n3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle 98144 \nDoors at 7:00p\nSliding scale donation $5 – $20\nProceeds go to speakers\, artists\, and supporting this series. \nLimited seating – reserve your tickets here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/academy-of-reason-wonder-inquiry-no-1-life-without-us-tickets-42399287410 \n7:30pm Kirsten Anderson\nWonderful Weirdies\nWe think we are generally well versed in the types of exotic animals that co-populate this planet… tigers\, rhinos\, pangolins… but there is a vast world of much lesser known creatures no less fascinating and often quite a bit more wonderfully bizarre out there! This mini-lecture/slideshow joyously opens a window onto some of the strangest animals currently living on Planet Earth that you’ve probably never heard of…yet! \n8:00pm Jed Dunkerley\nNietzsche Among the Dinosaurs: How Animals that Died in the Mesozoic Era Can Help Us Live in the Present\nJed Dunkerley gives a primer in current paleontological research from the Mesozoic Era\, the history of our understanding of the geologic timescale\, and the fossilization process\, while marveling at how DNA is a creative force in the universe\, and how thinking about “deep time” can create a spectacular perspective to help soothe nagging existential questions in these strange modern times. \n8:30 – 10:30pm\nPlease stay for formal Q & A with Jed and Kirsten\, as well as informal discussion\, conversation\, and mingling among ambient projections of live micro creatures by Janet Galore. \nAbout the presenters \nKirsten Anderson is best known as the founder of Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle. She is also runs a non-profit dedicated to supporting wildlife called “Creatura Wildlife Projects” and recently opened a gallery/boutique called “Creatura House” where she blends her love of the science and mystery of natural world with the enigma and mystery of the art world.www.creaturawild.org\, www.creatura.house \nJed Dunkerley is a painter\, songwriter\, and performer whose research into subject matter for those practices springs from his personal interests in ecology\, architecture\, urban planning\, technology\, and natural history. Additionally\, he’s a full-time art teacher at Franklin High School since 2004.https://www.lindahodgesgallery.com/jed-dunkerley \nJanet Galore is an interdisciplinary artist and designer with equal love for art and science. An incurable generalist with a start in pure mathematics\, she has been designing for emerging technologies for over 20 years. She and her husband Demi Raven host art and community activities at their space\, The Grocery. http://thegrocerystudios.com/\, http://janetgalore.com/ \nThe Academy of Reason & Wonder occurs on a nearly monthly basis at The Grocery\, a creative space on North Beacon Hill. Sign up to be notified of future events: https://tinyurl.com/grocerystudiosevents. URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/academy-of-reason-wonder-inquiry-no-1-life-without-us/ LOCATION:The Grocery\, 3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle\, WA\, 98144\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171112T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171112T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20170821T160801Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171028T112819Z UID:218-1510488000-1510491600@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Ephemerals: Petra Zanki DESCRIPTION:Ephemerals is a choreography for five dancing elements: body\, image\, sound\, light and words. Overlapping\, preceding\, and following one another\, they weave the kaleidoscopic world made of childhood memories\, sensations and impressions\, and take the spectator on a long journey within. \nTickets available here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/petra-zanki-ephemerals-tickets-38792166414 \n40 mins \nChoreography\, text & movie: Petra Zanki\nPerformance: Taryn McGovern \nMusic: Adam Semijalac  / light concept: Petra Zanki / light design: David Verkade / original light design: Hanne Dick\, Marino Frankola\, Duško Richtermoc / originial technical support: Marino Frankola/ costume design: Juliette Bogers / video editing: Nives Sertić / original graphic design: Damir Gamulin / photography: Damir Žižić / translations: Marina Miladinov / original administration: Višnja Neufeld Fosin /original production and organization: Banana Gerila. \nOriginal co-production: HIPP-TSP\, PERFORACIJE festival / residencies and research support: Zagreb Dance Center\, Monty-Antwerpen\, SPAZIO-ICK Amsterdam\, pa-f St.Erme / Financial support: Ministry of Culture of Republic of Croatia\, City Council Zagreb. \nSpecial thanks to & our hearts go to: On the Boards\, OtB staff\, The Grocery\, David Verkade\, and Andrea Gagliano URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/ephemerals-petra-zanki-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171111T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171111T130000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20170821T160721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171028T112759Z UID:216-1510401600-1510405200@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Ephemerals: Petra Zanki DESCRIPTION:Ephemerals is a choreography for five dancing elements: body\, image\, sound\, light and words. Overlapping\, preceding\, and following one another\, they weave the kaleidoscopic world made of childhood memories\, sensations and impressions\, and take the spectator on a long journey within. \nTickets available here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/petra-zanki-ephemerals-tickets-38792166414 \n40 mins \nChoreography\, text & movie: Petra Zanki\nPerformance: Taryn McGovern \nMusic: Adam Semijalac  / light concept: Petra Zanki / light design: David Verkade / original light design: Hanne Dick\, Marino Frankola\, Duško Richtermoc / originial technical support: Marino Frankola/ costume design: Juliette Bogers / video editing: Nives Sertić / original graphic design: Damir Gamulin / photography: Damir Žižić / translations: Marina Miladinov / original administration: Višnja Neufeld Fosin /original production and organization: Banana Gerila. \nOriginal co-production: HIPP-TSP\, PERFORACIJE festival / residencies and research support: Zagreb Dance Center\, Monty-Antwerpen\, SPAZIO-ICK Amsterdam\, pa-f St.Erme / Financial support: Ministry of Culture of Republic of Croatia\, City Council Zagreb. \nSpecial thanks to & our hearts go to: On the Boards\, OtB staff\, The Grocery\, David Verkade\, and Andrea Gagliano URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/ephemerals-petra-zanki/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171105T040000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171105T090000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20171008T074441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171028T112507Z UID:244-1509854400-1509872400@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Christian French: Awaken the Dead to the Dreams of the Living DESCRIPTION:The Grocery is pleased to host an installation and performative work by Christian French. Appropriate to the season\, a transformation of the artist manifests in the form of a wake and celebration. Read on for timing and details. \n3:00pm – 10:00pm\, Saturday November 4\n12-5pm Sunday November 5 \n“Awaken the Dead to the Dreams of the Living” is a ritual pre-enactment of the memorial phase of an artist’s life and work\, a mix-tape of sorts. Autobiographical elements weave into French’s work\, and each project\, including this one\, is a form of self-portrait. On one side\, an exhibition of select works spanning a career of over two decades in Seattle. On the other\, a performative lying-in-state that puts the exhibition into the context of the social traditions of a wake. Please bring your well wishes and funny stories\, and come help Christian celebrate the turning of the seasons\, as well as a transition into a new phase in his work. Visitors will be able to duplicate French’s cassette mix-tape to bring home. \nSaturday Nov 4: Wake for the Artist\, Christian French\n3:00 – 6:00p – Viewing (and mix-tape duping) hours:\n6:00 – 8:00p – Artist lying in state\n7:15 – 7:30p – Toasts\n7:30 – 9:30 – Live music and merry making\, with music by El Mariachi Monarcas\, and catering by That Brown Girl Cooks \nSunday Nov 5: Exhibit viewing and cassette tape duping\n12:00 –5:00p \nChristian French is a Seattle based artist trained in photography and experimental cinema. French’s work ranges across mediums and approaches. In addition to photography\, he has also worked with found objects\, shipping containers\, trophies\, spandex and constellations. In his interest in the structure of narrative and a focus on the relationship of the viewer to the world they pass through\, French’s works aim to inspire repeated encounters. He has received commissions through the Seattle Office of Art & Culture\, as well as recognition and awards from Artist Trust\, and  4 Culture. He served as an artist-in-residence at Sound Transit where he developed “Stellar Connections\,” the wayfinding pictograms for the original 13 light rail stations. \nhttp://www.christianfrenchsestatesale.com/ URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/christian-french-awaken-the-dead-to-the-dreams-of-the-living/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171104T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171104T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20170918T221156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171028T112251Z UID:224-1509782400-1509807600@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Christian French: Awaken the Dead to the Dreams of the Living DESCRIPTION:The Grocery is pleased to host an installation and performative work by Christian French. Appropriate to the season\, a transformation of the artist manifests in the form of a wake and celebration. Read on for timing and details. \n3:00pm – 10:00pm\, Saturday November 4\n12-5pm Sunday November 5 \n“Awaken the Dead to the Dreams of the Living” is a ritual pre-enactment of the memorial phase of an artist’s life and work\, a mix-tape of sorts. Autobiographical elements weave into French’s work\, and each project\, including this one\, is a form of self-portrait. On one side\, an exhibition of select works spanning a career of over two decades in Seattle. On the other\, a performative lying-in-state that puts the exhibition into the context of the social traditions of a wake. Please bring your well wishes and funny stories\, and come help Christian celebrate the turning of the seasons\, as well as a transition into a new phase in his work. Visitors will be able to duplicate French’s cassette mix-tape to bring home. \nSaturday Nov 4: Wake for the Artist\, Christian French\n3:00 – 6:00p – Viewing (and mix-tape duping) hours:\n6:00 – 8:00p – Artist lying in state\n7:15 – 7:30p – Toasts\n7:30 – 9:30 – Live music and merry making\, with music by El Mariachi Monarcas\, and catering by That Brown Girl Cooks \nSunday Nov 5: Exhibit viewing and cassette tape duping\n12:00 –5:00p \nChristian French is a Seattle based artist trained in photography and experimental cinema. French’s work ranges across mediums and approaches. In addition to photography\, he has also worked with found objects\, shipping containers\, trophies\, spandex and constellations. In his interest in the structure of narrative and a focus on the relationship of the viewer to the world they pass through\, French’s works aim to inspire repeated encounters. He has received commissions through the Seattle Office of Art & Culture\, as well as recognition and awards from Artist Trust\, and  4 Culture. He served as an artist-in-residence at Sound Transit where he developed “Stellar Connections\,” the wayfinding pictograms for the original 13 light rail stations. \nhttp://www.christianfrenchsestatesale.com/ URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/christian-french-wake/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171031T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171031T140000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20170918T225343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170918T230904Z UID:231-1509447600-1509458400@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Halloween treats and tricks DESCRIPTION:We’ll be hanging out at the main door of The Grocery with candy for kids\, hot apple cider\, scary music\, and movies in the window. \nFrom dusk (6 or so) till 9:00pm or the candy runs out. \n  URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/halloween-treats-and-tricks/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171028T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171028T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20170918T215358Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171028T112117Z UID:221-1509193800-1509202800@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Underworld Alchemy: Not Seance\, Science DESCRIPTION:Underworld Alchemy and guests conjure an evening of exploratory jazz\, moving images\, and light appropriate to the season. \n7:30pm – 10:00pm\, doors at 7:00 \nTickets available at eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/not-seance-science-uncovering-the-spirits-of-the-living-tickets-38488988601  \nUnderworld Alchemy is Sarah Manning on sax\, Briggan Krauss on electric guitar\, with drums by Dylan van der Schyff. http://sarahmanningmusic.com/ \nCollaborative visuals by Janet Galore. URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/underworld-alchemy-and-guests/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170924T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170924T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20170821T143325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170821T143325Z UID:214-1506258000-1506265200@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Degenerate Art Ensemble with Mizu Desierto DESCRIPTION:Tickets:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/degenerate-art-ensemble-and-mizu-desierto-at-the-grocery-tickets-37014905579  \nThe Grocery is proud to host two evenings of performance by Degenerate Art Ensemble and Mizu Desierto. \nThis is an intimate event where the audience is immersed in movement\, live music and dance. \nWhen: Sat Sept 23 and Sun Sept 24. (Show at 8:00pm\, doors at 7:00pm)\nWhere: The Grocery\, 3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle 98144\nTickets: Sliding scale\, $5 – $30. \nAll proceeds go to the artists and to support the performance costs. \nPlease note that we have limited space\, and tickets are required to reserve a spot. There will be some chair seating\, and some floor seating. \nProgram for both evenings: \nMizu Desiertopresents Matriarch\, a dance and film meditation on death and dying\, forgotten and future lineages\, the andro-gene and bees. Sometimes only through the loss of the matriarch\, can we realize that we must become our own queen. \nDegenerate Art Ensemble presents Diphylleia Grayi (Skeleton Flower)\, a fantastical\, semi-autobiographical exploration of a creative person’s struggle with depression\, identity and and the awakening of feminine power where healing and transformation are fuelled by the secret medicine of fairy tales. The work is an immersive stage performance weaving together live music and song\, visceral solo dance and storytelling ritual. Haruko Crow Nishimura and Joshua Kohl will perform the live music\, dance and song elements in this rare\, raw and intimate performance setting. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nHaruko Crow Nishimura is a choreographer\, dancer and vocalist and is artistic-director of Seattle’s Degenerate Art Ensemble (DAE). She strives to discover how art can create deeper connections and awakenings. The company creates performance work infused with the energy of live music and driven by her own style of visceral movement theater and dance drawing on her background in butoh and physical theater. Her vocal style ranges from emotive melodic crooning to searing punk. Her work with the ensemble has been featured in 10 countries presenting large scale experimental dance and theater projects\, concerts\, site-transforming spectacles and ongoing public experimentations. She was commissioned along with DAE by director Robert Wilson to interpret his work Einstein on the Beach and undertook a massive site specific collaboration for NEXT50 World’s Fair Anniversary with Olson Kundig Architects in 2012. She danced as a soloist with the Kronos Quartet in 2013 and again as part of the 95 rituals – Anna Halprin’s 95th birthday anniversary at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2015. She was the recipient of a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship. In addition to her work with DAE\, Nishimura is constantly collaborating with both local and international artists to push the boundaries of her medium dancing in the street\, creating rituals for strangers in public spaces and hosting artist salons in her home cultivating a community space for artists to share their work. \nJoshua Kohl is a composer and conductor and is the co-director of the Seattle based multi­art group Degenerate Art Ensemble (DAE). He has performed with the group throughout the United States\, and ten countries of Western and Eastern Europe. He was commissioned in 2016 to compose an orchestral work by the legendary Czech rock band Uz Jsme Doma and conducted the work in Prague with the South Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. The work will tour the US in 2018. His score for filmmaker Wes Hurley’s Potato Dreams is currently screening at film festivals internationally. His and DAE’s work Red Shoes was awarded a Music Theatre Now Award from the International Theatre Institute awarded at the Swedish Biennale of Performing Arts in 2013. His original composition was performed by the Kronos Quartet in 2012 and 2015. In 2012 he conducted the music of fellow DAE composer Jherek Bischoff at the Lincoln Center with vocalist David Byrne. \nhttp://www.degenerateartensemble.com/press/ \nMizu Desierto is a dance-theatre artist\, artistic director and farmer whose life=art explores themes of feminism\, queerness\, playful social deviance and regenerative land/culture. She is the co-founder of Portland’s Water in the Desert\, a hub of numerous projects\, including: The Headwaters Theatre\, Prior Day Farm & the annual festival that is Butoh College. Mizu’s artistic works have been commissioned by The City of Portland and Portland Center Stage and her projects have received funding from the Arizona Commission on the Arts\, Oregon’s Regional Arts & Culture Council\, Portland Development Commission\, Oregon Arts Commission\, The Multnomah County Cultural Coalition & The Oregon Cultural Trust. As an educator\, she has worked as adjunct faculty in dance at Prescott College and Portland State University. Recently she was awarded her second fellowship residency at PLAYA for continued work with ÆVIUM\, a multi-generational\, multi-regional women’s dance project with a 20 year history of collaboration. \nhttp://www.witd.org/mizu-desierto/ URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/degenerate-art-ensemble-with-mizu-desierto-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170923T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170923T150000 DTSTAMP:20260404T055224 CREATED:20170821T143220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170821T143220Z UID:212-1506171600-1506178800@thegrocerystudios.com SUMMARY:Degenerate Art Ensemble with Mizu Desierto DESCRIPTION:Tickets:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/degenerate-art-ensemble-and-mizu-desierto-at-the-grocery-tickets-37014905579  \nThe Grocery is proud to host two evenings of performance by Degenerate Art Ensemble and Mizu Desierto. \nThis is an intimate event where the audience is immersed in movement\, live music and dance. \nWhen: Sat Sept 23 and Sun Sept 24. (Show at 8:00pm\, doors at 7:00pm)\nWhere: The Grocery\, 3001 21st Ave S\, Seattle 98144\nTickets: Sliding scale\, $5 – $30. \nAll proceeds go to the artists and to support the performance costs. \nPlease note that we have limited space\, and tickets are required to reserve a spot. There will be some chair seating\, and some floor seating. \nProgram for both evenings: \nMizu Desiertopresents Matriarch\, a dance and film meditation on death and dying\, forgotten and future lineages\, the andro-gene and bees. Sometimes only through the loss of the matriarch\, can we realize that we must become our own queen. \nDegenerate Art Ensemble presents Diphylleia Grayi (Skeleton Flower)\, a fantastical\, semi-autobiographical exploration of a creative person’s struggle with depression\, identity and and the awakening of feminine power where healing and transformation are fuelled by the secret medicine of fairy tales. The work is an immersive stage performance weaving together live music and song\, visceral solo dance and storytelling ritual. Haruko Crow Nishimura and Joshua Kohl will perform the live music\, dance and song elements in this rare\, raw and intimate performance setting. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nHaruko Crow Nishimura is a choreographer\, dancer and vocalist and is artistic-director of Seattle’s Degenerate Art Ensemble (DAE). She strives to discover how art can create deeper connections and awakenings. The company creates performance work infused with the energy of live music and driven by her own style of visceral movement theater and dance drawing on her background in butoh and physical theater. Her vocal style ranges from emotive melodic crooning to searing punk. Her work with the ensemble has been featured in 10 countries presenting large scale experimental dance and theater projects\, concerts\, site-transforming spectacles and ongoing public experimentations. She was commissioned along with DAE by director Robert Wilson to interpret his work Einstein on the Beach and undertook a massive site specific collaboration for NEXT50 World’s Fair Anniversary with Olson Kundig Architects in 2012. She danced as a soloist with the Kronos Quartet in 2013 and again as part of the 95 rituals – Anna Halprin’s 95th birthday anniversary at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2015. She was the recipient of a 2012 Guggenheim Fellowship. In addition to her work with DAE\, Nishimura is constantly collaborating with both local and international artists to push the boundaries of her medium dancing in the street\, creating rituals for strangers in public spaces and hosting artist salons in her home cultivating a community space for artists to share their work. \nJoshua Kohl is a composer and conductor and is the co-director of the Seattle based multi­art group Degenerate Art Ensemble (DAE). He has performed with the group throughout the United States\, and ten countries of Western and Eastern Europe. He was commissioned in 2016 to compose an orchestral work by the legendary Czech rock band Uz Jsme Doma and conducted the work in Prague with the South Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. The work will tour the US in 2018. His score for filmmaker Wes Hurley’s Potato Dreams is currently screening at film festivals internationally. His and DAE’s work Red Shoes was awarded a Music Theatre Now Award from the International Theatre Institute awarded at the Swedish Biennale of Performing Arts in 2013. His original composition was performed by the Kronos Quartet in 2012 and 2015. In 2012 he conducted the music of fellow DAE composer Jherek Bischoff at the Lincoln Center with vocalist David Byrne. \nhttp://www.degenerateartensemble.com/press/ \nMizu Desierto is a dance-theatre artist\, artistic director and farmer whose life=art explores themes of feminism\, queerness\, playful social deviance and regenerative land/culture. She is the co-founder of Portland’s Water in the Desert\, a hub of numerous projects\, including: The Headwaters Theatre\, Prior Day Farm & the annual festival that is Butoh College. Mizu’s artistic works have been commissioned by The City of Portland and Portland Center Stage and her projects have received funding from the Arizona Commission on the Arts\, Oregon’s Regional Arts & Culture Council\, Portland Development Commission\, Oregon Arts Commission\, The Multnomah County Cultural Coalition & The Oregon Cultural Trust. As an educator\, she has worked as adjunct faculty in dance at Prescott College and Portland State University. Recently she was awarded her second fellowship residency at PLAYA for continued work with ÆVIUM\, a multi-generational\, multi-regional women’s dance project with a 20 year history of collaboration. \nhttp://www.witd.org/mizu-desierto/ URL:https://thegrocerystudios.com/event/degenerate-art-ensemble-with-mizu-desierto/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR