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🚺 ‘The worse things get, the more I need to make art’
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🚺 ‘The worse things get, the more I need to make art’

RECOMBOBULATED #9. “I have often found that when words are insufficient, art gives me a tool to process the world around me,” says Seattle artist Molly Nixon.

'STITCH OURSELVES BACK TOGETHER'

She posted her first piece on Instagram in May of last year: a vintage illustration of a woman, split apart just so, and stitched back together in a geometric shift that makes you look. And think. And look.

Today, Seattle’s Molly Nixon has created 27 similarly striking pieces for a series she calls “Recombobulated.”

“These ladies are, quite literally, my attempt to work through harm done to myself (and so many others) by callous, entitled, powerful men,” Molly posted to her friends on Facebook and later on her website. “They are also a direct representation of the work we have done, and continue to do, to stitch our lives and ourselves back together.”

Molly’s had offers to buy the art, but it’s felt like a “betrayal,” she said, to sell something so tied to her own experience. On Thursday, after the Kavanaugh hearings, she came up with a way to both honor the art and support women who’ve gone through the struggles that inspired it.

So now, Molly is giving away each of her 27 “Recombobulated” pieces in exchange for a donation to the King County Sexual Assault Research Center.

Want to take her up on that? Check out Molly’s full collection on Instagram, and reach out to her via the contact form on her website or through a direct message on Instagram if you’d like to donate to KCSARC and request a piece. There’s no minimum donation, Molly said, but she hopes folks can give generously.

“There is, sadly, more demand for their services now than ever before,” she said. “I’ve been a longtime donor to KCSARC, and I’m thrilled that my artwork can help to support them further.”

Molly has just 27 pieces to gift in exchange for donations now, but expects this will be an ongoing project. “The worse things get,” she told us, “the more I need to make art.”

Molly Nixon is a Seattle scientist, activist, self-taught artist, and longtime Evergrey reader. You can follow her ongoing projects via Instagram (@renee.nixon) or view her full portfolio at reneenixon.com. Need to reach out to someone about sexual assault? Call the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center/s 24-hour resource hotline at 888-998-6423.

Now let’s help you make some plans…

25 GREAT THINGS TO DO AROUND SEATTLE THIS WEEK

MONDAY 

💪 Learn to skate like a girl (Fremont)
💡 Hear renowned historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talk about Leadership in Turbulent Times (Downtown)

 

TUESDAY 

🍴 Eat a feast while funding healthcare for homeless neighbors at Pike Place Market (Downtown)
🎶 Swoon with Hamilton star Leslie Odom, Jr. at the symphony (Downtown)

 

WEDNESDAY

💡 Get yer flu shot and brush up on flu history at MOHAI (South Lake Union)
🎶 Celebrate Seattle’s iconic Artis the Spoonman’s 70th birthday (University District)
🎨 Sip while while you paint an autumn forest (Roxhill)
🗣 Explore key ballot initiatives at this Evergrey partner event (Belltown)
💪 Master our housing market at this Evergrey partner event (Pioneer Square)

 

THURSDAY 

🍻 Have a brew at the zoo (Phinney Ridge)
💡 Hear from poet and The Color Purple author Alice Walker (Downtown)

 

FRIDAY 

🎟 Ride go karts and bumper boats after dark (Tukwila)
🍴 Get greasy at Cowabunga, the festival of beef (South Lake Union)
🍿 Kick off the Social Justice Film Festival with a flick on immigration (University District)
👋 Make new friends and learn old local history at this Evergrey partner event. (Fremont)

 

SATURDAY 

🎈 Pumpkin it up at this family friendly fall fest (Pioneer Square)
🗣 Watch U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D) debate challenger Susan Hutchison (R) (Tacoma)
👋 Meet and support Native Coast Salish artists (Downtown)
🍻 Go on a wild ’90s bar crawl (Pioneer Square)
🎈 Root for robots at Robothon (Queen Anne)

 

SUNDAY

🎈 Geek out with Legos at BrickCon (Queen Anne)
🎈 Take the fam to the big Issaquah Salmon Days Festival (Issaquah)
🛍 Refresh your wardrobe at the 4th annual Frock Swap (Ballard)
🏞 Walk a corn maze and ride monster trucks at Thomas Family Farm (Snohomish)
🎶 Get hoppy and classical at Bachtoberfest (Columbia City)

 

Going to one of these? Take us with you! Email a pic to [email protected] or tag #theevergrey on Instagram. See more upcoming events on our events page, and add your own events with an Evergrey membership. Is an event sold out? Hit reply to let us know and we’ll update the listing in tomorrow’s newsletter.

INSTANT POT IT IS!

On Friday, we listed the titles of 12 lightning talks your neighbors are giving this Thursday at Ignite Seattle and asked you to vote on the one you most want to hear more about. The topics ranged from volcanoes and pop songs to #MeToo and thru-hiking. But one talk title came out way on top: “De-Mystifying the Instant Pot,” with 23 percent of the vote.

Mission accepted, all. We’ll interview the speaker and get back to you in a future Evergrey. 👍

See you tomorrow, folks. – The Evergrey

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