Submergence: Going Below the Surface with Orca and Salmon
June 4 – July 2, 2021
Virtual Opening: Friday, June 4, 7pm (archived video)
Submergence Reading: Thursday, June 24, 6pm (archived video)
Submergence: Going Below the Surface with Orca and Salmon is an innovative, multimedia exhibit featuring visual art, text, audio, and audio visual works, centering on the theme of southern resident orca and Chinook salmon co/recovery. Submergence will take place during Orca Month 2021, June 1st-July 2nd, 2021. The Endangered Species Coalition and Jack Straw Cultural Center acknowledge Seattle as the traditional territory of Coast Salish Peoples and as the past and present traditional land of the Duwamish People.
Submergence Visual Artists
Barbara Ayala Rugg Diehl – Joy Hagen – Amber Zimmerman – Teri Zimmerman – Keanna M. Tester – Angie Dixon – Dave Anderson – Jennie Hearing – Leslie Kreher – Tobi Solvang – Sarah Halpern – Melissa Koch – Joan Green – Laurie Selden – Aimee Mattila – Jon-Eric Schafer –Lynnette A Robinson – James Lilly – Natalia Kapchuk – Suzanne Steel – Young Summers – Roxann Murray – Kari Westphal -Mark Ouellette – Sue Coccia – Norris Carlson
Submergence Audio, Digital, and Video Artists
Scott Bentley – Daniel Dancer – Heather McMordie – Amelia Nommensen – S.Denise Henrikson – Vanessa Harriss – Hunter Herman – Bridget Marsch-Grim -Jennipher Brewer – Ashes Gleason – Brian Romer – Eduardo Del Signore – Jeanne Dodds – Lev Yarborough
Submergence Writers
Sarah DeWeerdt – Sandra Noel – Orin Melvin – Jayne Marek – Alicia Hokanson – Rena Priest – Christianne Balk – Gloria Vando -Miranda Mellis – Sheila Dearden – Fredda Jaffe – Ching-In Chen – Sophia McLain
Submergence Voice Actors
Karen Yarborough – Heather Cook – Ching-In Chen – Sheila Dearden – Rena Priest
Artists
Ching-In Chen
Ching-In Chen is a genderqueer Chinese American hybrid writer, community organizer, and teacher. They are author of The Heart’s Traffic (Arktoi/Red Hen Press) and recombinant (Kelsey Street…
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Rena Priest
Rena Priest is a writer and Lummi tribal member. Her debut book, Patriarchy Blues, was released on MoonPath Press and garnered an American Book Award. Her most recent collection, Sublime…
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