nanoforest

Omen warning—minatory forest dwellers coming soon to a group show near you:

PLACEHOLDER: Roots, Rupture + Regeneration
Columbia City Gallery, Jan 28-Mar 6
Artists’ Reception, January 31, 5-7pm
Through the work of Indigenous artists of the Pacific Northwest, this exhibition grounds placekeeping and placemaking—tracing how memory, survival, and belonging persist across land, objects, and urban space.
https://columbiacitygallery.com/event/placeholder-roots-rupture-regeneration/

15th Annual International Juried Exhibition
110 Seattle, Pioneer Square, Feb 5-28
https://gallery110.com/exhibitions/15th-annual-international-juried-exhibition



Rooted in Relations: Authenticity & the Power of Indigenous Sovereignty
Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Feb 4 - April 2
A group exhibition that celebrates the interconnection, strength, and sovereignty that flow from Indigenous relationships—with land, language, culture, and community.
https://www.mesacc.edu/arts/event/2026-02/rooted-relations-authenticity-and-power-indigenous-sovereignty

Photographer: Melanie Masson
Sister/model: Kim Kalliber

Disornament Now!

Free the Trees! 2024 Documentary: Seattle, WA, USA. Local Seattleite takes a stand against forced peppermint merriment and the big holly dollars behind seasonal tree suffering.…

“Crowther, Hintler & a group of colleagues published their answer in the journal Nature. Using a blend of satellite images, artificial intelligence & extrapolation, they estimated that Earth held roughly three trillion trees, about half its total when people first began practicing agriculture, about 10,000 years ago. Furthermore, they concluded something like 15 billion trees were still being cleared each year, for a net loss of about 10 billion trees annually.”

Can Planting a Trillion New Trees Save the World? To fight climate change, companies and nonprofits have been promoting worldwide planting campaigns. Getting to a trillion is easier said than done.

New issue of new Seattle arts mag out now featuring creatures inside & out: https://publicdisplay.art/

Fun fact: Cover collage images shot entirely on an iphone.

nanoforest hosts artist Lisa Myers Bulmash this Saturday for Walk the Block!

Take a community art walk in the Central District, plus other fun things to do this week What's there to do this weekend and the upcoming week? Enjoy a pop-up art walk in Seattle's Central District. Or check out Seattle Latino Film Festival, Trails to Taps Relay, an online class about witches or other in-person and virtual...