Featured Events in Winslow in February, 2025 (March Updated)

Curated Conversation with Mita Mahato: Hybrid Poetics in TROPSSAP and Arctic Play Comix artist Mita Mahato will share insight into how place-making inspires her hybrid poetics, with special focus on how collage technique, poetic forms, and color theory inform her new book Arctic Play (published by The 3rd Thing) and its companion activity book TROPSSAP (on exhibition in “Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined”). Comix artist Mita Mahato assembles her panels and pages with cut and collaged papers. Her work joins fragments of used and discarded materials—old newspapers, obsolete maps, junk mail, packaging scraps—in poetic experiments that dramatize entangled processes of death and renewal, specifically within the context of ecosystemic loss under capitalism. The pages of her poetry comix are deeply textured, layered, woven, and kinetic, echoing and referencing the play of lives that are entangled in various ecosystems. In conversation with BIMA’s Education lead, Jenna d’Anna, Mahato will share insights into how place-making inspires her hybrid poetics, with special focus on how collage technique, poetic forms, and color theory inform her new book Arctic Play (published by The 3rd Thing) and its companion activity book TROPSSAP (on exhibition in “Crossing the Line: The Passport Re-Imagined”). Audience Q & A to follow. Reception and book-signing before the talk at 6pm. Guest name: Mita Mahato Guest bio: Mita Mahato is the author and artist of the books Arctic Play (The 3rd Thing, 2024) and In Between (Pleiades, 2027). Her poetry comix have been published by PRISM, Ecotone, Iterant, Shenandoah, Coast/NoCoast, ANMLY, and Drunken Boat, and her work has been supported by Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK), Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity (HIFMB), Loghaven, Storyknife, Black Earth Institute, Mineral School, Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, and The Arctic Circle. A career educator, she teaches comics and poetry at all levels and is currently based in Seattle. Guest website/social: https://mitamahato.com/home.html Information Source: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art | eventbrite

Nikki Jabbora-Barber’s art re-examines female characters from stories passively internalized in childhood through a queer, mixed race lens. She will share her work and speak to these themes in conversation with BIMA’s Education & Community Engagement lead, Jenna d’Anna. Nikki Jabbora-Barber’s art re-examines female characters from stories passively internalized in childhood through a queer, mixed race lens. Symbols representing her heritage, alongside Greek mythology and pop culture references cover her woodblock self-portraits. She uplifts and adds to the collective story of thousands of women’s voices that came before hers - many that were silent or silenced throughout history and today. Nikki will share her work and speak to these themes in conversation with BIMA’s Education & Community Engagement lead, Jenna d’Anna. Audience Q & A and reception to follow. Guest bio: Nikki Jabbora - Barber (she/her), a gay Seattle-based printmaker and teaching artist, was born in Bellingham, WA to a Lebanese-German mother and Anglo-Swedish father. Her work focuses on her mixed race identity, centuries of storytelling, and womanhood through symbolic depictions of herself, flora, and fauna. Guest website/social: https://www.nikkibarberart.com Information Source: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art | eventbrite

In honor of Black History Month, BIMA will be joined by Seattle's own Scope Screenings for the Celebrating Black Voices Film Fest. Celebrate the rich contributions of Black filmmakers, both past and present, as we highlight their artistry, storytelling, and cultural significance. This one-day festival will showcase classic films that have shaped cinema and groundbreaking contemporary pieces by local filmmakers, offering a powerful reflection of Black experiences and creativity. Through these screenings, we aim to entertain, educate, and inspire audiences by honoring the profound impact of Black voices in film. Event partners: Elevate PR Management Information Source: Bainbridge Island Museum of Art | eventbrite