Yahoo

Gets Real: Wa Na Wari

What started as an art expedition has now become a history lesson about the importance, legacy, and preservation of minority ownership. Wa Na Wari is an unassuming house nestled in the middle of ...
Seattle Times

With ‘Story Porch,’ Seattle’s Wa Na Wari honors ancestors, community and West African spiritual traditions

“People will come in all the time and say, ‘This is Maunt Birdie’s house,’” said Wa Na Wari co-founder Elisheba Johnson in a recent conversation about the Central District art space‘s history, and its ...
Seattle Times

Wa Na Wari’s Walk the Block showcases Seattle’s Black arts and artists

Though cooler temperatures and the Big Dark are just around the corner, there’s no better time to strap on some comfy walking shoes, slip on a cozy sweater and revel in an outdoor presentation of ...
The Stranger

Wa Na Wari Wants You to Consume Art Through Zoom

Last year around this time, Black art space and collective Wa Na Wari was celebrating its opening. Located in the Central District, the space named after the southern Nigerian Kalabari word for "our ...
KING5

An oasis of art in a neighborhood under stress

SEATTLE — In a neighborhood under the social strain of gentrification and displacement, this arts and cultural center is a place of beauty, reflection, and community. Here in the Central District, the ...
The Stranger

Finding a Home in Wa Na Wari

In a small room on the top floor of a house in the Central District, a video plays in a continuous loop. I'm going to tell you about the video, but first I want to tell you about the house. It's ...
Forbes

'Kimi No Na Wa' Has Made Over $100 Million At The Japanese Box Office

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The film has sold 8.5 million tickets and earned 11.1 billion yen, ...
Hyperallergic

A Gallery Prioritizes Care in a Historically Black Seattle Neighborhood

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KUOW

Wa Na Wari celebrates Black joy with Juneteenth Photobooth

Monday, June 20 marks the first official observance of a brand new federal holiday, Juneteenth. Juneteenth honors the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States, when federal ...
KUOW

Creating Black arts spaces: 'We need honest conversations about Blackness'

Last year Elisheba Johnson left her job at the city of Seattle’s Office of Arts and Culture. Although she loved the staff and the work she was doing, she needed a change. “I’d been having ...
Forbes

'Kimi No Na Wa' Is Still Topping The Japanese Box Office After 7 Weeks

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. After the movie broke the $100 million box office barrier in Japan ...