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I was born in raised in Spokane, and have always had a love for photography. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I found a love for nature and capturing the beautiful areas our hometown has.
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Film
Feature films, short documentaries, upcoming festivals, calls for filmmakers, and more. Mark your calendar for SpIFF, the annual Spokane International Film Festival, going strong for over twenty years. Visit local independent theater gems like the Magic Lantern and Garland Theater, who screen work by local filmmakers.
Film
Event: June 29
The Passing On: Award-Winning Documentary Screening & Director Q/A
This beautiful, poetic documentary explores some of society’s most challenging and fraught transitional spaces.
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Gary A. Edwards
My website contains samples from 14 music CDs I composed including classical, jazz, rock, pop, Latin, R&B contemporary gospel, children’s songs, film sountrack music and more.
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ARCANO
My work is an alchemic process of my emotional states, ideas, life experiences, spiritual and philosophical concepts, or any other external influence that causes a deep impact on the inside and that needs to be transmuted into image.
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Luis Garcia
Luis Garcia creates a new drama about a deaf boy and a compassionate dishwasher.
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Rachel Baker
untouchable is a comedy short film inspired by true stories about the pains of growing up. Originally a one-woman show, it tells the story of a girl growing up while navigating and overcoming limitations, bullying, and learning what it means to be a “good” person.
Native/Alaska Native
Grantee
Robert Charloe
The project will capture the rich narratives and expressive portraits of Kalispel tribal elders.
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Dookie Trackshoes
Mr. Sletner, also known by his alias Raw B, is far from your ordinary artist. For nearly three decades, he has been a dynamic presence in the Pacific Northwest’s music scene, serving as a music producer, musician, DJ, emcee, and performer. His profound musical background has allowed him to effortlessly blend the realms of hip-hop and electronic music, earning him a devoted following and keeping him at the forefront of musical innovation.
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Rick Rivera AKA Coach Rick AKA Ricardo Ibarra-Rivera
Rick Rivera AKA Coach Rick AKA Ricardo Ibarra-Rivera is an Actor, Acting Coach, Life/Health/Business Coach and Creative residing in Spokane, WA. A first generation American, born to Guatemalan parents, Rick was born and raised in San Francisco. He discovered theatre in high school (St. Ignatius College Preparatory) and continued pursuing the art and craft of acting through Undergraduate (Santa Clara University) and Graduate (American Conservatory Theatre) degrees.
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Hasson Harris
Hasson Harris has been creating works in Fashion Photography , Baking, film, digital art and painting since 2007. Before relocating to the PNW area in 2017 from Los Angeles, he was an industry standard fashion photographer and stylist which lead him to open and head his own agency Slater Management. Once relocating to Spokane he dived into another passion of film making, writing and directing his first horror short Manic Macabre. Manic Macabre is now in pre production for a full length feature entitled Buck Eighty, continuing story. His work, heavily inspired by pop culture , 90s Nostalgia and Music. All these aesthetics shaped what he believes to be his signature style. Born in the Bronx Ny, and raised a military brat, he has always been surrounded by diversity which plays a very big part in his creative outlets for inspiration. He is never not creating without music. Tom Tom Club, Genius of Love being his personal theme, with Stacey Lattisaw’s Attack of the Name Game running close behind. He enjoys dabbling in all forms of creativity and its outlets for as he says “it’s just heartbeats for my monster.”
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Courtney Castleman
I’m a digital artist with ADHD who specializes in hand-drawn illustrations, comics, and storyboarding! I occasionally do traditional acrylic paintings as well. I was born and raised in Spokane, my grandfather’s art career was one of the things that inspired me growing up. I’m trying to kickstart my art career as best as I can. Eventually, I’d like to be able to fully support myself with art as my career. In my free time outside of my current job, I am taking care of my Shiba Inu named Nyva! She’s a cutie, and sometimes a troublemaker haha!