What started as an art expedition has now become a history lesson about the importance, legacy, and preservation of minority ownership. Wa Na Wari is an unassuming house nestled in the middle of ...

In a small room on the top floor of a house in the Central District, a video plays in a continuous loop. I'm going to tell you about the video, but first I want to tell you about the house. It's ...

Before pandemic closures hit, Wa Na Wari was hosting community events nearly every day, from yoga to birthday parties to food pop-ups to book readings. The Central District organization was quickly ...

“People will come in all the time and say, ‘This is Maunt Birdie’s house,’” said Wa Na Wari co-founder Elisheba Johnson in a recent conversation about the Central District art space‘s history, and its ...

Wa Na Wari in Seattle, Washington (all images courtesy of Elisheba Johnson) SEATTLE — In Washington state, Wa Na Wari is reclaiming a historically Black neighborhood that is on the brink of erasure.

hen you think of an arts space, you think of pictures, paintings, or other kinds of visual art – they’re the main course. But also on the menu at Wa Na Wari in Seattle’s Central District is food.

Monday, June 20 marks the first official observance of a brand new federal holiday, Juneteenth. Juneteenth honors the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States, when federal ...