Guest Curated Series
Our community-responsive programming is guest-curated by Seattle-area artists, to increase opportunities where Seattle’s community voices can be seen and heard.
About the Spring 2023 Series
In this three-part series, curator Claudia Castro Luna invites a variety of artists to explore how we can keep creativity alive in our lives.
Events in the Spring 2023 Series:
Mar. 30: “Creativity Everyday” (presented in English and Spanish)
Apr. 16: “Pelo Malo” (presented in English and Spanish)
Apr. 20: “Poetry Everyday” (presented in English and Spanish)
Acerca de la Serie Primavera 2023
En esta serie de tres partes, la curadora Claudia Castro Luna invita a una variedad de artistas a explorar cómo podemos mantener viva la creatividad en nuestras vidas.
Eventos en la Serie Primavera 2023:
30 de marzo: “Creatividad cotidiana” (presentado en español e inglés)
16 de abril: “Pelo Malo” (presentado en español e inglés)
20 de abril: “Poesía cotidiana” (presentado en español e inglés)
About the Curator
Claudia Castro Luna has been an Academy of American Poets Poet Laureate fellow, the Washington State Poet Laureate, and Seattle’s inaugural Civic Poet. She is the author of "One River, A Thousand Voices;" the Pushcart nominated "Killing Marías," shortlisted for the Washington State 2018 Book Award in poetry; and the chapbook "This City," and her most recent collection "Cipota Under the Moon." Her most recent nonfiction can be found in the anthology "There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis." Born in El Salvador, she came to the United States in 1981. Living in English and Spanish, Claudia writes and teaches in Seattle on unceded Duwamish lands where she gardens and keeps chickens with her husband and their three children.
Acerca de la curadora
Claudia Castro Luna ha sido becaria de la Academia de Poetas Estadounidenses, poeta laureada del estado de Washington y poeta cívica inaugural de Seattle. Es autora de “One River, a Thousand Voices”; del libro de poesías “Killing Marías”, preseleccionado para el Premio del Libro 2018 del estado de Washington en poesía; y el libro de capítulos “This City” y su coleción más reciente "Cipota Unter the Moon". Su libro de no ficción más reciente se puede encontrar en la antología “There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis”. Nacida en El Salvador, vino a los Estados Unidos en 1981. Con una vida bilingüe en inglés y español, Claudia escribe y enseña en Seattle en tierras Duwamish no cedidas, donde cultiva y cría gallinas con su esposo y sus tres hijos.
Past Programs
We have offered guest-curated programming since 2021.
Fall 2022 Series: Public Engagement, curated by Shin Yu Pai
View the Fall 2022 Series
Fall 2022 Series: Bibliophilia!, curated by Jekeva Phillips
Bibliophilia! events were not recorded.
Fall 2021 Series: Radical Self-Acceptance as Activism, curated by Olaiya Land
View the Fall 2021 Series
Spring 2021 Series: Grow[ing] Up: A Literary Series About Growing Pains, curated by D.A. Navoti