Archive - Artists Up Close

The Artist's Body Remembers: Art Etched In Ancestral Memory

Can art carry ancestral memory? Visual artist Gary Logan explores this possibility through biomorphic forms, mysterious natural worlds, and a deeply…

Aug 15 •

July 2025

The Matriarch: A Portrait of Power in Champ Ensminger’s Yai Nin

Independent filmmaker Champ Ensminger's Yai Nin captures a rare portrait of a woman living fully in her power.

Jul 1 •

May 2025

Publication Delay - Recovering From Attack

I’m just sending a message to all of you that the publication of the next article is delayed until next week.

May 31 •

April 2025

Welcome To Paradise (Event Audio)

Multidisciplinary artist Jo Cosme discusses her multimedia installation, disaster capitalism, and life as a Boricua artist in Seattle.

Apr 30 •

1:06:55

Reclaiming Indigeneity

Boricua multimedia artist Jo Cosme uses virtual reality and lenticular photography to confront the settler gaze and reclaim land, memory, and Indigenous…

Apr 1 •

February 2025

What Is Joy in a World of Loss? (Event Audio)

Filmmaker Arthur Asriyants is joined by co-producers Ramona Lee and Maurice Reneaux to explore the true meaning of joy, art, freedom, and resistance.

Feb 23 •

1:01:26

January 2025

A Sami Descendant’s Protest Art

Artist Meredith Ojala draws on her Sami heritage to interweave the personal and political, exploring environmental justice, cultural resilience, and…

Jan 1 •

November 2024

September 2024

Mapping the soul through sacred geometry and cosmic art with mixed-media encaustic artist Nichole DeMent, whose work reveals the unseen patterns…

Sep 30, 2024 •

15:05

Theatre Review: The Ever-Expanding Moment

What happens when a Black man killed by the police is trapped in the afterlife with the white officer who shot him? Artists Up Close Reviews "The…

Sep 13, 2024 •

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