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Georgia Malone's Here Goes NothingEpisode 7: Arts and Advocacy with Jeremy SmithArts advocacy always requires its champions, and Jeremy Smith has ben a constant presence in the Australian arts scene over the last 25 years. Jeremy is a Perth-based arts administrator and self-described fierce advocate and ally for difference. Jeremy joins Georgia for a wide-ranging conversation about the state of the arts, on his origins in lighting design, and on advocacy that is all about turning empathy into tangible action.Jeremy is currently finishing his four-year term as senior producers at Performing Lines WA, building on his past experience in arts administration with organisations like PICA, Creative Australia, DADAA...2025-04-201h 02
Creative StateSpecial Episode - Vet Corps Navigator Gabriella SmithJoin ArtsWA Wellness, Arts, and the Military Program Manager Bryan Bales for a conversation with our Vet Corps Navigator Gabriella Smith about her work serving Veterans and their communities.2023-06-1625 min
Creative StateSpecial Episode - Vet Corps: Eric BallentineIn this special episode, we sit down with Eric Ballentine, regional coordinator for the Washington Department of Veteran's Affairs (WDVA) Vet Corps. Eric sheds light on how the Vet Corps works, what makes Veterans such powerful storytellers, the Minority Vets organization, and his plans for a podcast of his own.2023-02-1321 min
Creative StateSpecial Episode - Creating community: Gabi's Olympic Cards and ComicsIn this special episode, we sit down with Gabrielle Trautmann of Gabi's Olympic Cards and Comics to learn about how her shop - which she bought at 18 years old - creates community in Olympia, Washington. Gabi, whose father served in the military, holds regular events for Veterans to gather and build human connections (she even lifts the "no swearing" rule).Learn more about Gabi's Olympic Cards and Comics here.2022-12-2219 minCreative StateGovernor's Arts & Heritage AwardsJeremy Whittington: Jeremy is a 2021 Governor’s Arts & Heritage Luminary Award honoree based in Spokane, Washington. He is the Artistic and Managing Director of Stage Left Theater. Click below to:Learn more about Stage Left TheatreExplore Jeremy Whittington's workListen to the full interviewThe 2022 Governor's Arts & Heritage Awards: The 2022 Governor's Arts & Heritage Awards were held on November 1, 2022. Click below to:Learn more about the awardsWatch the 2022 virtual presentationGeoffrey Bowton: Geoffrey is a Veteran artist who works in “Pate de Verre”, a French term meaning “Paste of Glass”. Click here to learn more about Geoffrey...2022-11-221h 08Creative StateCircle of LightFaaluaina (Lua) Pritchard, Executive Director of Asia Pacific Cultural Center: Asia Pacific Cultural Center is a 2021 Governor’s Arts & Heritage Luminary Award honoree based in Tacoma. Click here to learn more about Asia Pacific Cultural Center.Janae Huber: Janae is the Collections Manager for the Art in Public Places program at ArtsWA. Click here to learn more about Art in Public Places, and click here to learn more about Circle of Light. Watch a video:Field Report: Dick Elliott's 'Circle of Light'Jane Orleman: Jane is an artist and the widow of Circle of Light a...2022-10-2750 minCreative StateBack to SchoolHolly Jacobson, CEO of Path With Art: Path With Art is a 2021 Governor’s Arts & Heritage Luminary Award honoree based in Seattle. Click here to learn more about Path With Art.Tamar Krames: Tamar is the Program Manager for Arts in Education at ArtsWA. Click here to learn more about Arts in Education. Watch their videos:What is a Teaching Artist? (Audio described version)Arts Integration (Audio described version)Carina Del Rosario: Carina is a Teaching Artist, visual artist, and cultural worker. Click here to learn more about Carina.Bryan Bales: Bryan is th...2022-09-281h 24
Creative StateSpecial Episode - Working Washington Grants: Round 5The Working Washington Grants: Round 5 and Convention Center Grants programs bring $75 million in pandemic relief to small businesses and nonprofits across the state. In this episode, we sit down with Shannon Halberstadt to discuss both programs - and why it's important for everyone who is eligible to apply. Shannon is the Creative Economy Sector Lead for the Department of Commerce. Learn more about both grants and apply by September 9 at commercegrants.com!2022-09-0213 minCreative StateArts, Community, and WellbeingIn this episode, we look at community from three different perspectives: keeping communities strong during the pandemic, forging healthy communities by preserving cultural traditions, and creating community for Veterans through music-making. We speak with Governor's Arts & Heritage Award honoree Akuyea Karen Vargas and incoming Center for Washington Cultural Traditions Director Thomas Richardson. For the final segment, you’ll hear Gabriella Smith, our Vet Corps Navigator for the Wellness, Arts, and the Military Program, speak with John Selzler, founder of MusicWorks4Veterans.Note on content: in our conversation with Akuyea, she shares a story in which she quotes a...2022-06-291h 14Creative StateCommunity Development in the ArtsEpisode 2: Community Development in the Arts | How can the arts support communities and the economy? We speak with Spokane Valley Summer Theatre Director of Development Marnie Rorholm, ArtsWA Community Development Manager Annette Roth, and Tenino Mayor Wayne Fournier. For the final segment, you’ll hear Gabriella Smith, our Vet Corps Navigator for the Wellness, Arts, and the Military Program, speak with author and U.S. Army Veteran Michelle Murray.Spokane Valley Summer Theatre: Spokane Valley Summer Theatre is a nonprofit theatre in Spokane Valley, Washington, producing musical theatre and an educational summer camp program. Learn more about thei...2022-05-251h 05Creative StateNational Poetry MonthEpisode 1: National Poetry Month | In the inaugural Creative State, we speak with Gallery One Executive Director Monica Miller, ArtsWA’s Poetry Out Loud Manager Judy Cullen, and Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest. For the final segment, you’ll hear Gabriella Smith, our Vet Corps Navigator for the Wellness, Arts, and the Military Program, speak with Olympia Poet Laureate Ashly McBunch.Gallery One: Gallery One Visual Arts Center is a nonprofit organization in Ellensburg, Washington. They offer a variety of quarterly classes, an art after school program, a gift store featuring regional artisans, a full ceramics studio avai...2022-04-2659 min
The Underground Writing PodcastBack ForwardWe’re back for the first podcast of 2020. Matt and Alvin revisit the numbers from 2019 and give you a heads up of what’s planned for 2020, so mark your calendars.
Thanks to the Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts and ArtsWA for supporting our efforts.
Talk About Me, by Yesica Solano is available now
Upcoming Events:
Dear America chapbook
To be published in early 2020
Finding Home: A Foster Youth Story, produced by UW Teaching Writer Laurie Parker
Thursday, March 12, 2020 at the Lincoln Theatre
Migrant Leaders Club reading
Satu...2020-02-1811 min
The Underground Writing PodcastBack ForwardWe’re back for the first podcast of 2020. Matt and Alvin revisit the numbers from 2019 and give you a heads up of what’s planned for 2020, so mark your calendars.Thanks to the Rick Epting Foundation for the Arts and ArtsWA for supporting our efforts.Talk About Me, by Yesica Solano is available nowUpcoming Events:Dear America chapbook To be published in early 2020Finding Home: A Foster Youth Story, produced by UW Teaching Writer Laurie ParkerThursday, March 12, 2020 at the Lincoln TheatreMigrant Leaders Club...2020-02-1711 min
Check It Out!Episode 26: How poetry chose an immigrant, Claudia Castro LunaClaudia Castro Luna was a teenager when she came to the U.S. with her family fleeing war in El Salvador. In just two years, her growing English language skills earned Castro Luna the top English student award as she graduated from high school. Now decades later, Castro Luna was named this past February as Washington State Poet Laureate and in April received an Academy of American Poets Laureate fellowship! “It’s a huge honor to be granted this chance to serve in this capacity at a statewide level,” Castro Luna tells Check It Out...2019-06-0748 min
The Underground Writing PodcastDear AmericaWe continue exploring the DEAR AMERICA prompt from our site at the Skagit County Community Justice Center: ideas of balance and counter-balance, frustration and allure.Matt shares updates from a satellite program on the east coast, The Change: a book pipeline to—among other sites—the library at Green Hill School in Chehalis, WA, and a teaser for our next Community Spotlight episode.Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with.LINKS OF INTEREST:What No On...2019-04-0820 min
The Underground Writing PodcastDid You Ever Feel Invisible?Today’s piece of writing is the Foreword to What No One Ever Tells You, Underground Writing’s first anthology of student writing. Playwright and UW friend, Quiara Alegría Hudes, wrote the piece we’ve titled, “Did You Ever Feel Invisible?”Matt and Alvin talk about the anthology, give a brief update on UW’s Teaching Writers, and present music by the Marimba Band at LaVenture Middle School, led by Amy McFeely. Note: We are a creative writing program serving at-risk populations. We do not broadcast names or identifying details of the students we work with.2019-01-1414 min