by Lee Arneson Hello! My name’s Elayna (she/her), I’ll be newly twenty-two by the time this is printed (yes, I’m a Sagittarius) and I’m always changing my favorite color but currently it’s cedar-branch-green. I grew up in Massachusetts and moved to Olympia to attend Evergreen, where I will be graduating […]
An Interview with Sako, the CPJ’s Amazing In-House Artist!
by Natalie ‘Lee’ Arneson CPJ: So, would you like to introduce yourself? Sako: Yeah! Hello, my name is Sako. This is my second year at Evergreen, and I am a visual artist of several mediums. I would say I do mostly illustration, digital, and a lot of my art practice […]
An Interview with Paige Nakagawara
by Natalie “Lee” Arneson This past Thursday, I had the pleasure of sitting down with artist Paige Nakagawara for an interview, who I’ll let introduce herself in her own words. Hello Reader!! My name is Paige Nakagawara, and I am a Sophomore here at The Evergreen State College. I’m a […]
Artist Profile: George Galvez
by Caroline Keane Photo: George Galvez’s Mural at the Alano Club, GEORGEOUS MURALS. Over the past two years, the walls of downtown Olympia have become much more colorful. Murals and graffiti covered boarded up shops. This shift began when the pandemic hit and the Black Lives Matter uprising followed. This […]
Interview with Artist Pearl Jade
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 […]
Love in the Asian & Pacific Islander Communities
By Natalie “Lee” Arneson As I reflect on this last article I’m writing for this school year, I think back to the first article I wrote last Spring—“Being Asian American in the Time of COVID-19”. While this article is near and dear to me and the issues I discussed in […]
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 […]
A Conversation With Danielle, A Homeless Resident of Olympia
A Conversation With Danielle, A Homeless Resident of Olympia, On the City’s Response to Homelessness and the Incident At the Red Lion Hotel By Miguel Louis The following is an interview. Here is Danielle: My name is Danielle. I’m 31 years old and I’ve been homeless for going on four […]
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 […]
An Interview with Harrison Hannon
By Brooke Lynch (photo by Lindsey Dalthrop) Pre-Covid 19, what do you think the state of Olympia music was and what was your experience in it like? It was ranging from all these different types of people playing music: different genres, different subcultures, different sub genres being shown. It was […]