Jai Kobi Kaleo’okalani is a Seattle-based guitarist, producer, and poet. Graduating in 2025 with a BM in Jazz and Improvised Music from the University of Washington, they studied with Steve Rodby, Cuong Vu, Ted Poor, and Kassa Overall. Often performing under the moniker BLUES.WEAVE, their genre-defying work seamlessly blends the sonic worlds of improvised Black […]
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Briana Marela Lizárraga is a Peruvian American composer, vocalist, and performing artist that is currently based out of Oakland, CA. Raised in Seattle, WA she developed her songwriting first in the local music scene and then matured into her compositional and technological practice. She is inspired by Magical Realism and using her voice as a […]
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KTNA (かたな) is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and musician based in Seattle, operating under the creative vision of Entangled Oceans. As the first Black female visual artist with major works displayed at Western Washington University, KTNA uses art to transform spaces and create pathways to healing and resilience. Supported by the Langston Hughes Performing Arts […]
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Rasheena Fountain centers environmental advocacy and justice in her work. She has received fellowships and support from the Jack Straw Writers Program, National Audubon, and Sundress Academy for the Arts. Her film, Dropped Down Blues, debuted in the “How We Carry Water” 2024 exhibit at PRAx. In 2025, she released In the Aftermath, a blues […]
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Bret Battey (b. 1967) creates electronic, acoustic, and multimedia concert works and installations, synthesizing diverse experience in music composition, computer programming and graphic design. A major focus in his work has been the crafting of integrated sound and image compositions. He has been a Fulbright Fellow to India and a MacDowell Colony Fellow and has […]
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Kevin J. O’Conner is a poet, editor, photographer, graphic designer, composer, and artist based in Bellingham, Washington. Artist Support Program 1994
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Ffej is an analog synthesist, songwriter and sound artist on the run from normality. His experimental songs and compositions defy description as does his multifaceted musical life. This longtime resident of Seattle, WA has been performing since 1992. As well as playing his own material solo, he has participated in a number of group projects […]
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Alex Keller is an audio artist, sound designer, curator and teacher based in Austin, Texas. His work is in the media of performance, installation, and recorded release, and reflects his interests in architecture, language, abstraction and music. He is an active audio production professional, has taught classes in media production at the Art Institute of […]
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Grey Filastine composes music that brings together seemingly unrelated audio elements, live percussion, electronic sound & field recording, into a cohesive musical framework. Artist Support Program 2001: Recording the acoustic component of his work for a CD release.
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Andrew Schloss studied at Bennington College, the University of Washington, and Stanford University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1985 working at CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics). He has taught at Brown University, the University of California at San Diego, The Banff Centre for the Arts, and currently at the University […]
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