Newsletter - The Brief

Our quarterly newsletter devoted to brief, unpretentious arts writing that makes you feel again.

You can get The Brief directly in your inbox and through the Substack platform. Subscribe at this link.

Latest Release

Edition 1
Winter 2025

Featured Columns:
3 Works — 200- , 400- , & 600-word close descriptions

Tough But Fair — short missives on art world things we’re just not that into

Report from the Field — intimate looks at unexpected art worlds

Journal - A Year In Black Art

Our annual journal features writing done by Arts Writing Incubator participants & our guests and collaborators.

Hard copies of the journal are dropped at locations throughout Seattle for free—part of our mission to make black arts discourse available and accessible to as many people as possible.

Latest Release

Issue 8
2024-2025

Edited By:

Ella Ray

Designed By:

nia musiba

Featuring Essays on:
Tyler Mitchell, Mavis Beacon, Christopher Paul, Joyce Scott, and more.