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I feel so grateful for for being a third space for our AA community. It's a space that brings me joy. This was last Sunday's where we discussed Here After, a book on grief.

Rather than participating I was testing out a Fujifilm XT-5. I still shoot a Canon 5D Mark III for my art projects but miss everyday casual shooting so am considering a smaller system I can carry around. It was comedic how complicated this camera was and I accidentally deleted a bunch of photos by accident (sorry for the missing you and dog pic).

Hello Community! Here are available open calls for the rest of the year and beyond. Please share so we can create more opportunities for artists in Seattle. To see details, visit the the tagged IG handles and their link in bios.

Know of any calls? Please send them my way. All calls must be accessible and inclusive.⁣⁣ New listings not included in the previous one has a notation.

11/20: Just Seeds (new)
Abolish ICE Everywhere, Graphic Art

11/23: The Fishbowl (new)
Ripe: Q***r Asian Joy Show, All Mediums

11/27: The Fishbowl (new)
All Wrapped Up Communal Group Show, All Mediums

11/28: Holocaust Center Humanity (new)
Art is Resistance, All Mediums

11/28: Nepantla Cultural Arts (new)
Winter Art Show, 2D Art

12/01: Slip Gallery
Our Light, Unbound, All Mediums

12/01: Lynwood Event Center (new)
Art & Motion of Winged Life, 2D

12/07: Base Camp Studios .camp.studios (new)
Bad Habits, All Mediums

12/12: Gallery 4Culture (new)
Gallery Proposal, Solo, Collab, Group Exhibits

12/15 Fathom Gallery (new)
Experiments in Recology, Call for Artists

12/31 Arte Noir
Black Artists Roster, All Mediums

01/11: Base Camp Studios .camp.studios (new)
Super Sports, All Mediums

3/08: Gallery B612 (new)
A Celebration of Asian & Pacific American Heritage, All Medium

5/01: Slip Gallery
Toys Not Included Vol. 4, Paste Ups & Stickers

[Image: List of calls with dates, themes, and mediums.]

I had so much fun last night at the intuitive collage workshop with at .

It's so fun to unexpectedly see where we're at by just picking words and images and putting them together.

What do you think mine means? I do love the "color washing" phrase I found. Any guesses?

Hello Community! Here are available open calls. Please share so we can create more opportunities for artists in Seattle. To see details, visit the the tagged IG handles and their link in bios.

Know of any calls? Please send them my way. All calls must be accessible and inclusive.⁣⁣ New listings not included in the previous one has a notation.

10/23: 4Culture Storefront Media (new)
Carousel of Artwork on Screens, Digital

10/31: Gallery 110
Annual Juried Exhibition, 2D, 3D

11/01: Slip Gallery (new)
Erase the Line, All Mediums

11/01: Base Camp Studios 2 .camp.studios (new)
Open, Immersive Installation Proposal

11/01: Shunpike Storefronts
Storefront Exhibitions, 2D, 3D

11/09: Base Camp Studios .camp.studios (new)
Ladders, All Mediums

12/01: Slip Gallery
Our Light, Unbound, All Mediums

12/07: Base Camp Studios .camp.studios (new)
Bad Habits, All Mediums

12/31 Arte Noir
Black Artists Roster, All Mediums

01/11: Base Camp Studios .camp.studios (new)
Super Sports, All Mediums

[Image: List of calls with dates, themes, and mediums.]

Housed in 2 shadow boxes with the detritus of excised words littering their bottoms, Letters to My Father is a series of 4 found poems, from the pages of a Korean-English bible he gifted me, mounted on childhood photographs. The bible represents the emotional burden I carry, symbolic of the strained relationship I have with my father, with religion, my cultural identity, and our language gap.

These "letters" are a way to communicate with my father vulnerably, feelings I have not been able to express, through the medium he values most. It is a one-sided conversation in English, with the Korean side left intact, tracing our relationship from birth to today. It represents the journey from celebrating the awe and joy of being my father's daughter when I was young to feelings of loss and yearning.

This project has helped loosen the power the bible, and subsequently my father, has had over me so that I can learn to find peace within myself.