Bushwick Northwest

Bushwick Northwest is dedicated to celebrating creative expression and building community connections through music, literature, and education. In encouraging participants to share their process, listeners join in open conversation about the challenges and benefits of the world in which we live, and the passions we carry.

Specifically, we support the creation of original music inspired by books! The organization oversees a curated performance program, The Bushwick Book Club Seattle, and an educational program, STYLE: Songwriting Through Youth Literature Education.

Highlighting a plurality of voices remains a priority of onstage programming, and we prioritize inspiring students to collaborate, communicate, and create in the classroom.

Our Mission

Delivering literature, music and songwriting to the Seattle community while building the next generation of musicians and readers.

Our Vision

Keeping the arts and the creative mind thriving for all.

Our core Values

Stay Inspired

Celebrate the voices in our communities, and grow with them

Make art and share ideas

Model creative community

Keep the conversation going

Bring equitable education to our youth

Bring 21st Century skills to our youth

Support the local Arts

Support local Artists

Bushwick Northwest Organization

STYLE

Songwriting Through Youth Literature Education

STYLE is one of the programs offered through Bushwick Northwest.

STYLE ignites a passion for reading in students that will last a lifetime. Impacting students’ ways of thinking and working while giving them new tools and skills in everyday life.

We are dedicated to working for all students and ensuring that price will not be a barrier for schools. We will provide reduced and free program when a school is in need.

Bushwick Northwest Organization

The Bushwick Book Club Seattle

Original Music And Art Inspired By Books

The Bushwick Book Club Seattle is one of the programs offered through Bushwick Northwest.

It is an active community of musicians, songwriters, comedians, poets, artists, authors and readers, all coming together to create and enjoy original works inspired by books.

meet The TEam

Our Board of Directors

Anthony Detrano

| He / Him

Board Member

Program Manager at Vroom Communications

Geoff Larson

| He / Him

Board President, and Executive Director of Bushwick Northwest

Upright Bass player, Songwriter, Teacher

Joseph Skocilich

| He / Him

Board Member

Chief Legal Officer at Foundry Law Group

Mary Cutler

| She / Her

Board Member

General Manager at Town Hall Seattle

Michelle Martin

| She / Her

Board Member

Beverly Clearly Endowed Professor for children and youth services, UW

Vince Martinez

| He / Him

Board Member

President and COO of Architecture 2030

Wes Weddell

| He / Him

Board Member And Associate Director of The Bushwick Book Club Seattle

Songwriter, Musician, Teacher

meet The TEam

Our Board of Advisers

Aleyanna Grae

| They / them

Adviser

Singer-songwriter, Spoken Word artist, Arts Organizer

Catalina Cantu

| She / Her

Adviser

Writer, Poet, Curator

Claudia Castro Luna

| She / Her

Adviser

Writer, Poet, Washington State Poet Laureate

Craig Seasholes

| He / Him

Adviser

Elementary Librarian, WLA Presiden

Garth Stein

| He / Him

Adviser

Writer, Seattle7Writers Guru

Jenni Shortridge

| She / Her

Adviser

Writer, Musician, Seattle7Writers Guru

Kimberly Thomas

| She / Her

Adviser

Anti-racism training, Kimberly Thomas Consulting

A Message from our Executive Director

Taking A Stand On Diversity And Social Justice In Our Community.

As an organization centered around filtering art through experience, we must honor and witness the real pain and trauma in our midst. Bushwick Northwest believes that racism in any form is unacceptable, and the organization stands committed to being an anti-racist alliance that features a diversity of voices and confronts institutional racism. As a white-founded and white-led organization, we acknowledge that we have more work to do. We recognize that we must dismantle our own historical and structural barriers and biases in order to grow into a more equitable collective and truly fulfill our mission to deliver literature, music, and songwriting to the Seattle community while building the next generation of musicians and readers.

Bushwick Northwest pledges to pursue racial, social, and economic equity at all levels of our organization. This includes representation on stages and in classrooms, in our administrative and governing bodies, partnerships and outreach, and as part of our everyday practices.

We recognize that we must dismantle our own historical and structural barriers and biases in order to grow into a more equitable collective and truly fulfill our mission to deliver literature, music, and songwriting to the Seattle community while building the next generation of musicians and readers.

Geoff Larson

executive Directotor of Bushwick Northewest

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