June 25th, Sunday, 2-5 pm: Annual James W. Washington Jr. Garden Party and Fund Raiser. SPECIAL GUEST: Literary Artist Carletta C. Wilson. Author of Poem of  Stone & Bone, Carletta has documented her 2011 experience as an artist-in-residence in powerful words and full color photographs that are designed to encourage and inspire….

Join us at: the Dr. James & Janie Washington Cultural Center, 1816 26th Avenue, Seattle 98122. Music and presentations by community members.

As artist-in-residence at the Dr. James and Janie Washington Studio and Cultural Center in the Central District, Wilson created a series of site-specific installations whose process is documented in Poem of Stone & Bone. Journal entries chart her journey and visceral responses to objects found on the grounds, in the house and studio of the artist. Poem of Stone and Bone engages objects, land and literature to create a nuanced perspective on the life and work of James W. Washington Jr.

Reception for Carletta Carrington Wilson’s book “Poem of Stone & Bone, The Iconography of James W. Washington Jr.” 2-5 pm, Sheraton Grand Hotel Seattle, 1400 6th Avenue, Seattle 98101. This is a reception for the Raven Chronicles Press’s 2023 publication of Carletta Carrington Wilson’s “Poem of Stone & Bone, The Iconography of James W. Washington Jr. in Fourteen Stanzas and Thirty-One Days.” This book documents four site-specific installations Wilson created in 2011 on the Seattle property of noted African American sculptor James W. Washington Jr. This house, located at 1816 26th Avenue in Seattle, Washington, honors the life and legacy of Washington, a celebrated African American painter and sculptor and a leading member of the Northwest School of artists.