Saiyare Refaei
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.
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U.S. Out of Everywhere!: Call for graphics
June 3, 2026
“.. the list of victims of U.S. terrorism is almost infinite.” – Assata Shakur’s interview in Cuba with Pastors for Peace (2000) After years of aiding Israel’s genocide and mass…
No War On Cuba
May 21, 2026
After two and a half months of waiting, I just received a message from a relative in Iran as they continue to experience an ongoing internet black out: “Thanks for…
¡Venceremos!: VB’s first Queer & Trans Brigade to Cuba
September 12, 2025
It’s been fifty five years in this brigade’s history… This summer we led the first queer and trans Venceremos Brigade.
A Call for Freedom: Loretta Pierre of the Mississippi Five
July 13, 2025
Loretta Pierre describes her appearance over the three way phone call: “Long hair, long dark dark brown. Some people say black hair but it’s almost to my knees. I have…
We Keep Us Safe: News & Resources When I.C.E. Comes Knocking
February 10, 2025
Less than two months in office and the new Trump administration is calling for ethnic cleansing in Gaza and showing us many legitimate scare tactics to cause nationwide fear. One…
Witness to Action: Interview with Awni Farhat
January 28, 2025
In early January for the Justseeds Blog, Saiyare Refaei spoke with Awni Farhat, founder of the Palestinian Humanitarian Response Center (PHRC). This spring they are publishing “Witness: Genocide Through Children’s Eyes.”
Beside the Sickle Moon: Interview with author Thaer Husien
September 24, 2024
Justseeds artist Saiyare Refaei interviews author Thaer Husien about his debut novel “Beside the Sickle Moon,” on grassroots community organizing, writing, and resistance.
Falastin’s Phytoremediators
May 9, 2024
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…
Art for the People
May 1, 2024
…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…
Seattle’s International Working Women’s Day for Palestine and Beyond
March 12, 2024
“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
CHINGA LA MIGRA: Tacoma Cages Updates
September 1, 2023
“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…
Calls to Action from Minidoka
July 19, 2023
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…
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Andrea Narno, Eileen Jimenez, Hana Luna Jimenez, Andrea Marcos, Eila Woolf, Ori Chegwidden, Bonnie Chiffelle, Elizabeth Maria Ortega, Maya "MC" Carey, Eli Seibel , & Saiyare Refaei
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