The narrative threads of Carletta Carrington Wilson’s literary and visual works merge mirroring the melding of language and form. Encountering cloth as a constellation, as a geographical expanse and translator of time, Wilson explores the potential and possibility of engaging with fabric and its fabrication in unexpected ways.

The Pacific Northwest’s moody skies, mountain ranges, and bodies of water are integral to her artistic practice. It is here that her work has rooted itself, has ascended and descended, has formed structures upon which eye + hand, mouth/tongue/mind conjoin to create text & images reaching across realms of time. Her work is sited in and linked to the act of imagining and re-imagining a history in which multitudes of individuals found themselves without the means to transmit the meaning of their journey through the beauty and brutality of life. She uses history as canvas, an eye, camera lens, brush stroke, sculpting tool, pen, and thread.

Wilson’s poems, artist’s books, and artworks and can be found in local, regional, and national collections. She is the author of Poem of Stone and Bone: The Iconography of James W. Washington Jr. in Fourteen Stanzas and Thirty-One Days.

Learn more: https://carlettacarringtonwilson.com

Seattle artist Tomo Nakayama’s fourth album “Ocean” will be released on November 7th on Porchlight Records/Den Tapes in the USA, and in Japan on Lemon House Inc. Following his breakthrough 2020 synthpop album “Melonday”, “Ocean” is Tomo’s return to a graceful, lush, organic full-band sound, backed by pianist Yuuki Matthews (The Shins), bassist Abbey Blackwell (Alvvays), and drummer Christopher Icasiano (Fleet Foxes) and featuring guest turns by Jesy Fortino (Tiny Vipers) and Debbie Miller. It is his most personal and complete musical statement to date, a self-produced ten song reflection on grief, healing, and the meaning of creating art and maintaining humanity in a tumultuous world. “Ocean” travels across sonic worlds of dream pop, orchestral acoustic folk, jazzy psychedelia and indie rock, all tied together by a wide open melodic and lyrical heart. “Ocean” is a deeply collaborative album awash in images of the sea, serving as metaphors for the vastness of love, human connection, and our capacity to clearly see and be one with the world.

Born in Japan and raised in Seattle, Tomo Nakayama has explored the lines between intimate indie folk, exuberant synth pop, and cinematic soundtracks for over two decades. Best known for placements in Netflix’s “House of Ninjas” and the Sundance Grand Jury nominated film “Touchy Feely”, Tomo’s music has been praised by NPR, KEXP, and the New York Times, and his hit single “Get to Know You” received over 2 million streams worldwide. He has toured across the world, sharing the stage with artists such as Cornelius, Ron Sexsmith, Fruit Bats, Thao, and Stella Donnelly. A versatile multi-instrumentalist and composer, Tomo has also accompanied and collaborated with Dave Matthews, Jeremy Enigk (of Sunny Day Real Estate), Sera Cahoone, Jherek Bischoff, Jesse Sykes, Uwade, Donnie Emerson (Dreamin’ Wild, Light in the Attic), and experimental dance company Malacarne.

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• https://www.tomonakayama.com/
• @tomonakayama

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Lynn Brunelle brings more than 30 years of experience writing across multiple mediums and making science engaging and accessible for audiences of all ages.

She is a four-time Emmy Award-winning writer for Bill Nye the Science Guy and the author of more than 60 titles, including Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall, illustrated by Jason Chin, which received the 2025 Robert F. Sibert Medal, the Flora Stieglitz Strauss Award, and an Orbis Pictus Honor Award. In addition, she has contributed to NBC’s New Day Northwest, Martha Stewart Radio, NPR’s Science Friday, National Geographic, Sesame Workshop, The Discovery Channel, Disney, and more.

Learn more about Brunelle here.

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