PCNW Blog: Events

Join Seen participant Aaron Dixon for a reading and book signing of My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain. Dixon is one of the co-founders of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. Through his eyes – in a memoir that begins with the story of his enslaved ancestors and takes us on a journey throughout America – we see the courage of a generation, and the unforgettable legacy of Black Power.

  ARTIST LECTURE Hank Willis Thomas Wednesday, January 22, 6:30PM PCNW, 900 12th Avenue, Seattle, 98122 Tickets: $10, $8 Members Purchase tickets here A collaborator

Join us for an opening reception for Question Bridge: Black Males and Seen: An exploration of the Inside and the Out, the Then and the Now, by

EXTENDED—The rummage sale will go on all week through Dec. 15th!

Join us for the PCNW Annual Rummage Sale! December 8th, 2013, 12–6pm for students and members, and 2–6pm for the general public. Stop by and get your hands on used cameras, lenses, bags, enlargers, darkroom accessories, studio equipment, short seamless rolls, office furniture, and art!

David Maisel’s aerial images of environmentally impacted zones frame issues of contemporary landscape with equal measures of documentation and metaphor, beauty and despair. His project Black Maps shows the undoing of the natural world by wide-scaled human intervention in the landscape. Black Maps is on display at the Western Gallery at Western Washington University January 7–February 14, 2014.
In partnership with Western Washington University.

  [portfolio_slideshow] PCNW is proud to offer need-based scholarships to cover partial and full class tuition. We encourage all potential students in need of financial

All men of African diasporal descent in the Northwest are invited to submit a photograph for Seen; images will be reviewed by the curatorial team in December 2013, and selections will be printed and exhibited at PCNW concurrent with Question Bridge: Black Males from January 16–March 8, 2014.

In one photograph, what would you say? Digital files should be emailed to seen@pcnw.org with “Seen” in the subject line, or dropped off on a CD. Image resolution should be at least 300 dpi for quality printing. Tell us about your picture —stories or titles are encouraged. If your image is selected for inclusion you will be notified via email in late December.

  Photo Center NW is partnering with EMP on the opening night of Martin Schoeller: Close Up, which is on view at EMP  November 16,