Longest Night

Schona Christie

Schona Christie is a multifaceted creator, from painting in oil paints, acrylic, and watercolor, to sculpting with ceramics, drawing, and even dabbling in video poetry and music. She is a Colorado native who has called Seattle home for 11 years. She is currently a graduate student for Art Therapy and has a gift for seeing the beauty in everything and everyone. Schona is a healer at heart. She facilitates healing workshops specifically for BIPOC community and has used her artistic expressions as healing salves to move through the pain points that life can bring. She's always curious and seeking new ways to express herself. Her creativity doesn't stop there: she is also a gifted hairstylist since 2013. It is Schona's life's work to make the world a more beautiful place, sparking inspiration and the opportunity to heal with art and creative expression.

Earthbeam

JENNGREEN is an earthbound, deep rooted, music hermit who has crafted her voice through DIY, amateur to pirate, online and FM radio - spanning over the last 19 years. Born in Detroit, she spent quality time in Chicago from 2008 to 2014 before moving to Seattle. Jenn is heavily influenced by her Midwest roots, translating her vast musical curiosity and voracious appetite into both exploring and fully supporting underground music. She embodies the Midwest's tenacity, rich history and Spirit in her era spanning radio shows, performances, and contributions. In 2022, Jenn unveiled her new Ambient based alias Earthbeam. With great intentionality, Jenn's vibrancy, genuine enthusiasm and dedication to music deeply radiates, connecting people through universal sound and culture. 

Alicia Mullikin

ALICIA MULLIKIN is an Indigenous Chicana dance artist and educator. She is the visionary behind El Sueño, an organization that propels powerful expressions of Mexican Indigenous Identity to the forefront. In 2023, Alicia's dedication to advocacy earned her recognition as one of only fifteen national artists honored as an Arts Advocacy Leadership Fellow by the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures. Through her artistry and activism, Alicia strives to empower and nurture future ancestors.

Shin Yu Pai

Shin Yu Pai is the current Civic Poet of Seattle. She is the 2024 Shelley Memorial Award winner and the author of 13 books, including most recently No Neutral (Empty Bowl) and Less Desolate (Blue Cactus). 

Tory Trujillo

Tory Trujillo is a Two-Spirit, Mixed-Blood Mexican Indigenous Facilitator of Healing. Her Modalities include Sound Medicine, Ritual, Bodywork, and Energywork. Her transformational sound medicine sessions for individuals and groups are informed by her ancestral lineage and enhanced through additional training.

dayjha

dayjha (They/She) is a student of abolition and restorative/transformative justice, as well as a writer and mutimedia artist healing a fractured upbringing through collage and written word. Published in Abolition Feminisms Vol. 2 with Haymarket Books, dayjha shines their Leo light on the things often relegated to the shadows, using herbs, astrology, time, and nature motifs. When not creating, you can find them planning elaborate parties, cooking beautiful meals for their loved ones, perusing bookstores, writing because their life depends on it, and enjoying a really good cup of coffee.

ilaria ghattas

ilaria ghattas is the founder of tea&, a brand inspired by the rich traditions of her family, where tea has always been the centerpiece of connection and celebration. Growing up in an Egyptian household, tea was more than just a beverage; it was a healer, an alchemist, a friend, a guide—wisdom that manifests itself in every sip. Inspired by her mother and grandmothers, Ilaria invites you to share in the magic of this daily ritual.

Amanda Moreno

Amanda Moreno is a Seattle-based astrologer, diviner, soul worker, writer and mentor in practice since 2010. Her work is dedicated to helping folks connect more fully with their place in the world for the sake of navigating times of great change. Her approach centers the relationships between practitioner and client but also between humans and the lands, waters, spirits, ancestors and skies. You can learn more about her at aquarianspirals.com.

elijah jamal asani

elijah jamal asani is a Nigerian-American / anti-discilplinary artist bred in Chicago and based near the River Wimahl. He navigates the soft side of Black surrealism through a rivers’ worth of mediums & infinite((sweet))everythings.

Kamari Bright

Kamari Bright is a St. Louis-born videopoet and multimedia artist heavily inspired by human psychology and removing the vagueness of the growth and healing process. Leaning into the mechanisms of communication through the interplay of imagery and language, her works have been received at the International Poetry Film Festival of Thuringia, the Academy Award-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, Seattle Art Museum, TriQuarterly, Moss, International Video Poetry Festival of Athens, and more.

Patrick Connelly

Patrick Connelly is a Seattle-based filmmaker and printmaker. His work often blends the two mediums. He has a BFA in film studies from UWM Milwaukee. You can see more of his prints and film work at pconcave.com.

Yixuan Pan

My name is Yixuan Pan 潘怡璇. I’m from the land of fish and rice, where I grew up speaking Mandarin Chinese. Through sound and image, I like to work with people. In recent years, my work has taken untraditional art forms, such as choral conducting, urban walking, window cleaning, love letter whispering, music therapy operating, and lollipop casting. I am the author of an artist book: It - A Skillful Amateur's Records on Glass. I also run a podcast called Working Artist about artists and their day jobs. Currently, I am an art professor at the University of Washington. I want to be a cook when I grow up.

Sara Wylie

Sara Wylie (She/They) is a chronically ill non-fiction filmmaker, producer and researcher from the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations (aka Vancouver, BC). Sara has directed films (A More Radiant Sphere, 2022 and The Garden Collective, 2020) and produced award-winning short documentaries (Handsome & Majestic, 2016), a feature film (Wizard Mode, 2016).

Chloe Collyer

Chloe Collyer is a nonbinary photographer, journalist, and photo educator whose work is deeply connected to the history of marginalized communities in the Pacific Northwest. 

Webster Crowell

Webster Crowell is a filmmaker and animator, with extensive experience in museum and gallery settings, working with installation artists and curators as a fabricator and art handler.

Vee Hua 華婷婷

Vee Hua 華婷婷 (They/Them) is a journalist, filmmaker, and film educator splitting their time between Seattle, Washington, and Oaxaca, Mexico. In their recent role as Executive Director of the interdisciplinary community hub, Northwest Film Forum, they played a groundbreaking role in making the space accessible for diverse audiences. Their narrative feature film, RECKLESS SPIRITS, is a metaphysical, multi-lingual POC comedy, slated for production in late 2025. Vee is also in post-production on a documentary short about Hunt’s Trading Post near the Navajo and Southern Ute Nations. They have a Master’s in Tribal Resource and Environmental Stewardship from the American Indian Studies Department at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and are committed to equity through actionable practices. 

Paul Siple

A perpetually curious DIY dabbler and technology collector from Seattle, Paul Siple makes video art and experimental 16mm animation, ornate gift wrapping from reclaimed materials, and generative electronic music to pair with his moving image art. He studied mixed media sculpture, video art, and illustration at the University of Chicago.