By Avery Quinn Pearl Jade is a 21-year-old musician and visual artist currently residing in their hometown of Anacortes, Washington. I had the pleasure of interviewing them over Zoom. Look for them in the coming months as they move back to Olympia and at https://pearltottenhammusic.bandcamp.com/music. avery: What have you been […]
An Interview with Moonshine Quinn
By Avery Quinn Moonshine Quinn is a twenty-three year old artist currently residing in Olympia on Coast Salish, Cowlitz, Nisqually, and Squaxin land. Moon is an incredible human, who in addition to being my sibling has also saved my life more than a hundred times over simply by existing. Their […]
Rot & Resilience & Storytelling: Alithea O’Dell
By Avery Quinn Alithea O’Dell, creator of Anchorless Prints, is a 36 year-old letterpress printer and printmaker and student graduating from Evergreen this spring. We had a socially-distanced, masked conversation in her open-air garage workspace, while her close friend Kim diligently worked in the background. What led you to Evergreen? […]
An Interview with Merrill Pusey
By Avery Quinn Merrill Pusey is Evergreen’s Multicultural Initiatives Coordinator and has been in that role for two years. Merrill is an incredible advocate for justice, bringing that passion to us through her work with students every day. She is also a painter of vibrant and evocative works ranging from […]
The Violet Paroxyst
by Avery Quinn The Violet Paroxyst is 20 year-old experimental music-maker Milo Balcziunas. Their music combines spacious melodies with a deeply evocative intensity to create what they call “hidden galaxies of sound.” Within these galaxies I am soothed and disturbed, made whole as well as fragmented, pulled into a world […]