Filmmaker Megan Griffiths calls herself a “people person.” She’s referring to the energy she gets from interacting with others, but the shorthand…
Seattle Magazine 2011 Spotlight Award: Mandy Greer
“This is my eight-year-old dream come true,” says Mandy Greer, surveying her home studio, which her husband (artist Paul Margolis) recently…
Seattle Magazine 2011 Spotlight Award: Kyle Loven
At Kyle Loven’s studio space in Belltown, the worktable is littered with ears—latex ears, which he’s been perfecting for his recent…
Seattle Magazine 2011 Spotlight Award: Garrett Fisher
Sitting on the living room floor of his modest Capitol Hill home, a cup of tea in hand and a…
Charlie and Benita Staadecker Create a Lasting Arts Legacy
Charlie and Benita Staadecker should come with a warning label: Contact with contents may result in channeling all your discretionary…
2010 Spotlight Award: Cherie Priest
In the 1880s, a brick wall encircled downtown Seattle. A safety measure, the wall was 15 to 20 feet thick,…
2010 Spotlight Award: Macklemore
If traditional hip-hop lyrics are to be taken at their word, a rapper’s true nature is embodied in his car.…
2009 Spotlight Award: Bao Tran
“I’m an old person in a young person’s body,” asserts local filmmaker Bao Tran. It’s a little hard to believe…
2009 Spotlight Award: Ellie Sandstrom
Watching Ellie Sandstrom dance is like watching a spider wrap a fresh kill in its web—it’s fascinating and a little…
2009 Spotlight Award: Karen Finneyfrock
Anyone still unsure of exactly what spoken word poetry is should ask Karen Finneyfrock, the Seattle poet who, in 2006,…