We're excited to announce GROWTH as our theme for next year's Stanza, our annual art & poetry collaboration anthology and gallery show!

Poets are invited to submit poetry inspired by plants and fungi. 🌱 Accepted poems will be paired with artists for visual interpretation. Poets can submit work for consideration, and artists can apply to be considered for pairing until January 18th. You can submit as both a poet and an artist.

All work will be published in 2026's Stanza book to be released in April, which is National Poetry Month! Artwork will also be featured in a gallery show coinciding with the book launch on April 11.

We want to tell people that there is a better way, something we can all work towards.
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First, tell us something that happened to you or someone you know. Then, tell us how it could be different, better, more equitable, kinder.

Stories will be reviewed and selected by Riff Raff League, an open community organizing group hosted by Push/Pull. We'll publish the stories in a free zine that will be distributed to Little Free Libraries throughout the Northwest Seattle area, online, and hopefully will reach even farther.

We're looking for stories that are no more than one letter size page typed (approx 400-450 words). Send questions to [email protected].
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Accepting submissions through November 15.

SWORD DANCE is a series by Seattle artist and illustrator Mx. Morgan, themed with wolves and the swords suit from traditional tarot, displayed in Risograph print. Particular to Mx. Morgan's body of work, the viewer is invited to intuitively find oneself in the feral animal— and like in tarot, one may discover inner truths.

The sword suit in traditional tarot typically represents introspective challenges— logic, anxieties, decision-making, traumas, overthinking, and so on. Each card is presented with the wolf as a primary focus, an animal symbolizing untamed nature, power, fear, familial ties. 

Adorning each card are red, tangled flourishes which can be seen as feathers, vines, or perhaps blood, depending on how one chooses to interpret them. That is the beautiful aspect of tarot— there are hard set meanings rooted in one’s cultural significance, however it is up to the viewer to determine what that card means to them personally. Which card do you find yourself in?

Join us for the opening reception, Saturday, September 13, from 6-9 pm. Light refreshments will be provided, so RSVPs are appreciated!

Our annual Book Club show opens this Saturday, featuring various works inspired by The Winged Histories by Sofia Samata.

If you've read the book, come marvel at the cool art and connect pieces to the narrative! If you haven't, perhaps you'll be inspired to! Join us for the opening reception starting at 6!

It's time for the follow up to Kaylyn Chileen's 2024 Cats of Ballard with MORE CATS OF BALLARD!

What new neighbourhood cats will you see in the show this year? Will there be any returning faces? Will your fav neighbour that was missed last year be represented year? Will your outer-neighbourhood cat be scorned once again? ALL THIS AND MORE you can find out opening night!

Join us Saturday, June 14, for the opening reception from 6-9pm!

Cheers to everyone who joined us last month for the opening reception of Stanza: Lost & Found, especially all of the wonderful poets who read their work! It's always lovely being able to see and hear artists present their work.

Many thanks for everyone's patience as we worked hard to assemble copies of the zine this year. It's always too easy to underestimate the amount of time it takes to print, cut, and assemble everything by hand, but we're so happy with how the zine turned out and hope you do too! There will only ever be 150 copies, so get one while we have them!