We are excited to announce this year’s festival participants! Mokedo Gallery won’t be the same after April 22nd. Come support and bring your people!

Gabrielle Abbott
Alyssa Anne
Katie Kapugi
Jessica Levey
Joyce Liao
Jennifer Bacon
Brooke Borcherding
J. Mari Clarkmoore
Remelisa Cullitan
Gail Gruber
Naveen Khan
Sheeba Marie
Salome Mc
Taryn McGovern
Robin McQuay
Sharon Meixsell
Shamay Thomas
Jessica Vorheis
Minhi Winkempleck

 

Admission is $10–tickets are available online or at the door.

Call for Artists is now open for the 8th Annual Women Arts Festival!

Last year’s festival at the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle was a whirlwind of dance  and vocal performances in one room and  a visual art showcase in the other. Participants and guests met and mingled to celebrate women-identified self-expression in true Goddess fashion!

This year, we will be at the Mokedo Art Gallery and Event Space on Saturday, April 22nd to continue the celebration and vital conversation. Now more than ever, building strong arts communities is key to visibility. Isis Women Arts is committed to creating a safe performance and event space for trans and cis women artists’ talents to be seen and heard.

The Call for Artists is now officially open! Remember, the Deadline is March 15th , and will be here before you know it, so get those applications to us as early as you can. We at the Goddess Collective can’t wait to see what you are creating this year!

The 7th Annual Women Arts Festival is approaching. We are ready. Are you?

Who can believe it’s almost been a year since our last festival? It didn’t seem that far ago since we were dancing to the rhythm of steel drums from the Rainbow Girls, gazing in awe at the visual works of art from influences such as Aramis Hamer, and stopping ourselves from accompanying Mari Soul and Animals of Grace on stage. Well, if you missed out, it’s okay. We’re back again for the 7th Annual Isis Women Arts Festival on Saturday, May 14th. This time we are setting up the stage at the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle. Join us for an evening of dance, music,poetry, breathtaking art, and more. Doors open at 7:30pm. See you there! Oh and how could we forget: Admission is free.

WORK/LIFE Shows March 18-19th

Philippa Myler, a 2015 Isis Women Arts Festival paticipant, is thrilled to announce WORK//LIFE, 8pm March 18-19th at Velocity Dance Center.

Ktisk Contemporary Dance which Myler is a member presents an evening of new works inspired by the struggles of balancing work, life, and art. Choreographers Rachael Forstrom, Philippa Myler, Lauren Linder and Adrianna Hernandez delve into the ways careers affect the people pursuing them in three personal journeys into the calling of dance as a vocation. Join the group prior to the production to witness a for a special photography installation by Michelle Smith-Lewis, in collaboration with Ktisk.

TICKETS:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2500510

$18 Advance | $20 Door | $15 /Artist/Student/Senior

Subject to availability, Door is cash only.

Ktisk Contemporary Dance is an eclectic fusion of modern, ballet, and jazz movement vocabularies. Ktisk seeks to push the body’s physical and mental limits by connecting movement, story, and emotion, diverging from pure technique and driving toward theatrically-based performance art.

For more information, please visit http://www.ktiskcontemporarydance.com or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/KtiskContemporaryDance.

It’s That Time of Year Again

And what time is that? Festival time! Isis Women Arts is preparing for its annual arts festival and we know it is going to be spectacular as usual. Stay tuned for the Call for Artists with all the details.

Upcoming event! Creativi-TEA: Using Tea as Inspiration for Painting and Drawing

We’ll have a cuppa tea, maybe two or even three. Whether it soothes your soul or ignites the fire, may the tea be your muse and guide during this three hour painting journey.  Paint, paper, brushes, tea, and cups will be provided.

Facilitator:  Darnita Howard

Save The Date: November 14, 2015

Time: 2-5 pm 

Place: Genesis Global Spiritual Center -Burien WA

Cost: $20

**Seating is limited.**

Register now!

You’re Invited: Chat, Chew, and Check-In

Isis Women Arts invites you to join us for an afternoon of delectable treats and artistic goal setting. We’ll be at Beacon Library Meeting Room on Saturday, September 26, 2015 from 3:30-5:30 pm. Isis Women Arts goddess Miranda Veenhuysen will serve as the facilitator. Come on out, bring a dish, enjoy discussions, and develop goals and strategies for a prosperous year. FREE admission. Click here to RSVP.

Our Festival Rocked and So Do You!

6th Annual Arts Festival
(1. Participating artist, 2. Isis Women Arts board, 3. Visual artists showcase, 4. Audience enjoying Rainbow Girls)

The 6th Annual Isis Women Arts Festival rocked! The visual art was tantalizing and the performances were captivating. This has been one of our biggest turnouts and it’s because of you. On behalf of Isis Women Arts, we thank you. We appreciate your contribution to our festival and our mission. With much gratitude in our hearts and a larger vision in mind, we know that your support impacts the world on a larger scale. Not only did you say “YES!” to us here at Isis Women Arts, but you are giving a resounding “YES!” to women, to women artists, and to the collective that believes in the power of the arts and creative expression. And for this again, we give thanks.

We are taking over Indiegogo!

Not really but Isis Women Arts has launched an Indiegogo campaign and we really would like your support. Since its inception, the Isis Women Arts Festival has been built off the blood, sweat, tears and pockets of our dear director, Kathryn Hightower. Though each festival has been a success with a large turnout, the expenses have been hefty. This is why we have launched our campaign. To keep the festival going and to sustain our operations, we desire financial backing. We are not a profit agency but a collective present to support and empower the woman artist. We have a vision to increase not only our festival but to continue to build community throughout the year with workshops. It’s a part of our mission. It is who we are. As singer-songwriter Paula Cole once stated, “I hope and believe we are paving a better future for female artists to come.”  Isis Women Arts hopes and believes this as well. Do you? Would you be so willing to give today?

6th Annual Isis Women Arts Festival Coming in May!

Spring is approaching fast and so is the 6th Annual isis Women Arts Festival. Artistic goddesses are bringing the goods once again. This time we’ll be making our mark at the Hillman City Collaboratory in Seattle, WA on May 2. We will have a showcase a variety of amazing, talented performing and visual artists from painters, photographers, dancers, musicians, and more. Doors open at 7pm. Suggested donation is $10 but we welcome everyone with open arms. See you there!