In every era, fashionable clothing is designed with an ideal body in mind. Join Seattle Style: Fashion/Function curator Clara Berg for a look at how these ever-shifting ideals were built into garments to shape the body and fool the eye.
In every era, fashionable clothing is designed with an ideal body in mind. Join Seattle Style: Fashion/Function curator Clara Berg for a look at how these ever-shifting ideals were built into garments to shape the body and fool the eye.
In every era, fashionable clothing is designed with an ideal body in mind. Join Seattle Style: Fashion/Function curator Clara Berg for a look at how these ever-shifting ideals were built into garments to shape the body and fool the eye.
Our current global health crisis has highlighted the ways in which the health of humans, animals, and the environment are inextricably linked—a concept central to the work of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's Global Health Program.
Widespread excitement followed the legalization of marijuana in Washington State. Voters' approval of Initiative 502 promised new business opportunities but left Black marijuana entrepreneurs behind. In response, the new House Bill 2870 created a Marijuana Social Equity Program to ensure that communities disproportionately harmed by marijuana criminalization can participate in the new profits.
Out of a time of loss and pain has also emerged great resilience and creativity. Living through a global pandemic has meant constantly adapting to changing circumstances and finding ways to persevere despite restrictions. Join this live conversation about the innovative solutions utilized to care for each other and meet community needs. Hear from organizers, students, and scientists as we explore what lessons we can take with us moving forward.
COVID-19 has changed our work-life in dramatic ways: blurring distinctions between home and work, casting low-wage workers on the frontlines as "essential" without safety measures, and highlighting existing racial and gender disparities in our work. Join us for a panel conversation featuring the experiences of front-line workers, labor advocates, and historical researchers who together will help us reconsider the role that work plays in our lives.
It's been a year and then some. Historical organizations have grappled with how to document and preserve history while living through it. What is collected today shapes the way stories will be told for the future but there are unique challenges facing those who attempt to make sense of the recent past. Join heritage organizations to learn about the lessons learned from this singular moment in history.
A Cancer Patient's Wife is a fictionalized account of navigating the labyrinth of cancer care, handling the emotional upheaval of a cancer diagnosis and honoring the vows we make to ourselves and to one another. Author Maren Higbee will read and discuss how her real life inspired this insightful story. Book signing to follow.
Join Yakama Nation elder Glen Pinkham as he shares his experiences facilitating traditional buffalo harvesting on ancestral lands. Hear how these experiences have brought physical, mental, and spiritual healing to the hunters, and learn about what honorable harvesting means for Native Peoples.Presented in partnership with Living Breath of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ" Symposium.
Join BIPOC community health practitioners and educators including Channa Bliner-Smith, Rachel Heaton, Shelagh Brown and Dr. Tamsin Lee, for a discussion on culturally-rooted healing practices, ranging from plant and traditional medicine to energy work.
Explore the legacy of community health centers, from 1890s Wayside Mission Hospital to numerous modern clinics.