Tacoma, WA, United States
Saiyare Refaei (they/them/she/her) is a Chinese Iranian artist based in Tacoma, Washington. Their mediums mostly include community murals, printmaking and meticulous pointillism drawings mostly. Saiyare strives to utilize art as a means of community building, education and healing. They enjoy working collaboratively and being a conduit to visualize the stories that need to be told in our communities.
Justseeds artist Saiyare Refaei interviews author Thaer Husien about his debut novel “Beside the Sickle Moon,” on grassroots community organizing, writing, and resistance.
One of my most favorite annual events in Tacoma, Washington is Tacoma Wayzgoose. “Tacoma Wayzgoose is a community letterpress, printmaking, and book arts extravaganza. Meet local printers and view their…
…Our panel on Saturday morning “Art for the People: Sustaining Community Practices from the 60s to the Future,” was composed of Diane Fujino, a. e. hunt, Justseeds artists: Kill Joy, Jess X. Snow, and (myself) Saiyare Refaei, and moderated by Chad Shomura. We wanted to share living proof of how radical collective imagination shows up in the art and cinema within social movements…
“We stand in solidarity with our Palestinian siblings in Gaza and those among our community who are directly and indirectly affected by the current war and genocide by the Israeli settler-colonial regime. Passive observation of the horrors of bombings, genocide, and prolonged apartheid is not our way. We must rise and firmly proclaim that Palestinian Liberation is a Feminist Imperative.” – Feminists for Jina Seattle
“It is not ok for the government to hurt our people,” said Rose. “It is not ok for them to abuse their power.” (Rose’s husband was recently put in solitary…
Under the Idaho desert heat the gravel and lava rocks sang a somber beat beneath our feet. “What kind of ancestors do we want to be?” was the question posed…
There are very few unexpected emails that arrive in my inbox that make me have to hold back a squeal of excitement from my day job cubicle like the invitation…
October 26, 2022 marks forty days since the death of Mahsa Jina Amini by Iran’s morality police. From all around the country, thousands of people marched to her gravesite despite road blockades. Students in universities across the county and well as refinery workers continue their strikes against the current oppressive regime.
Within a weeks’ time trending posts of 22 year old Halle Bailey having red locs in the upcoming new little mermaid movie and inspiring little black girls everywhere became overshadowed…
This weekend the Treaty People Gathering is happening to gather, honor treaties and demand an end to Line 3. So far, 350 Minnesota organizers are expecting 1,800 people. Line 3…
These drawings were made amidst much grief and frustration this past week in part of the continued targeted violence and erasure of Asian community experience that continues to uphold a status…
As we witness the world around us in transformation, remediation, some may say chaos, in this fight for our lives, and while the whole world is ablaze (literally and figuratively)…