PHOTO INFO: 2000 Linda Austin amid the rubble of renovation after just moving into PWNW | 2003 Katie Greisar and Danielle Vermette at Cabaret Boris & Natasha | 2005 Woolly Mammoth at the Richard Foreman Mini-Festival | 2010 Richard Decker, Linda Austin and Linda K. Johnson in Paired Spectacular: Universe | 2013 The Boris & Natasha Dancers | 2015 gin diehl parading through the space and holding aloft cushions designed by Morgan Ritter for (Un)Made: The Solo Relay Series | 2017 keyon gaskin at our Iconic Fundraiser | 2021 Nancy Ellis, Linda Austin, and Noelle Stiles in (Un)Made: a world, a world | 2022 Allie Hankins & Linda Austin in /ə ˈsɪŋgəl pɪŋk klɑʊd/ | 2023 Linda Austin in 3 miles of possible
Dear PWNW friends and supporters,
A quarter of a century! We are filled with joy, gratitude and not a little awe as we contemplate the thousands of artists, performances, rehearsal hours, and audience members whose energetic traces from 25 years of artistic activity linger in our humble space. Please help PWNW celebrate and prepare for the next chapter by donating as you can! And by coming to our space to experience artist-driven experiments in dance, music, and interdisciplinary performance. We have a wealth of such manifestations coming up in 2025!
I myself am immensely grateful for a warm home for the continued creation and production of my own work. Speaking of which, tickets are now on sale for the Feb 6-8 premiere of In Preparation for Disappearances to Come, performances taking place at PICA. Thank you, PICA, for your support!
It’s heartening to feel the flow of fertile and abundant vitality at PWNW, keeping us nourished and alert in the midst of these fraught and frightening times. Let’s keep it going! In the meantime, we hope to see you at our Dec. 21 Winter Solstice Pop-up Karaoke-Cocktail Party-Raffle Fundraiser!!
With immense gratitude we thank the individuals, foundations, and government organizations whose support makes our work possible!
Wishing you all the best, and hoping that what we offer at PWNW helps you navigate with grace and hope the turbulence of these days.
WHAT HAPPENED IN 2024
▷ PWNW presented, co-presented or hosted 18 productions by local and visiting artists for a total of 36 performances and more than 1500 audience witnesses.
▷ Our Core Alembic Residency Programs presented work last March by the 2023-24 cohort of Katherine Longstreth, Emma Lutz-Higgins, and Trash Babe Productions. The latter two will be presenting evening-length works at PWNW in 2025. Our new cohort of sophia tweed ahmad, Kye Kauffman Grant and Kai Hynes is currently in the process of researching and creating work.
▷ For our Alembic Parent Artist Residency, Latoya Lovely finished up her time at PWNW and Muffie Delgado Connelly is in the midst of her residency, while in the summer, we hosted our visiting parent artist, the Seattle-based award-winning choreographer Heather Kravas.
▷ Upward of 75 individual artists used 2500 studio hours to create, rehearse and/or share workshops.
COMING UP IN 2025!
- JAN 17-19 SMALLER + Faking It, performance + workshop by Karen Nelson, Nica Portavia , and Evan Strauss
- JAN 26 PASTfuture Long-Form Archival Conversation series Linda K Johnson with Jeff Forbes, plus more to come!
- FEB 1 workshop #3: music by Seth Nehil, cat ross, and Anthony Stillabower
- FEB 6-8 In Preparation for Disappearances to Come New work by Linda Austin Dance with Allie Hankins, Danielle Ross, Chris Cochrane and Kevin Bud Jones ⇢ at PICA
- MAR 21-23 FLOOR Emma Lutz-Higgins with Allie Hankins, Emily Jones, and John Niekrasz.
- JUNE 27-29 Alembic Artists in Performance: sophia tweed ahmad, Kye Kauffman Grant, and Kai Hynes
- JULY 18-20, 26-27 new work by Trash Babes Productions, JmeJames Antonick, Patsy Morris, and Geovanny Vega
- AUGUST 2-3 PWNW 25th anniversary 25-hour marathon
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