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Daniel R. Smith: art, graphic design, curation, creative direction. Seattleite & Swinomish tribal member.

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Please share! My friend Daniel Smith (Swinomish) is curating an interpretive art experience like no other! All are welcome! It is free land on the UW campus on October 30th. I’ll be part of the event in Auntie Cedar Log Lady mode.

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𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀
Sunday, October 18 at 4:00pm
Part of SERIES 3 @thecinematheque

🎟️ Ticket links in our bio!⁣
🌐 2026.SMALLFILE.CA

Be reborn through degrading pixels. Passing from the familiar to the unknown, this program will take you through the unclear limits of life, death, and rebirth. Curated by Alma F. Garcia Angeles.

Screening works by Adolfo Bermudez, Ximena Baeza, Tadeo Morales, Ian O’Neill, Daniel R. Smith, Mickey Neal, Jeffrey Liu, Jorge A.G. Moya D., Adam W George, Jiwoo Kim, and Jana Rankov⁣.

⁣The seventh annual Small File Media Festival takes place on Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18 at @thecinematheque (1131 Howe St, Vancouver).⁣ All programs will also screen online on-demand at SMALLFILE.TV in glorious low-res between October 31-November 7, 2026.

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@adolfo.bdz @ximena.baezag @jtadeoamadeo @variopint0 @kodiak_sights_and_sounds @thenanoforest @wheresmickey.ca @fixert @adamwgeorge.creative @jiwoo.ookim

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Friends, I have 2 big FREE events coming up at UW Seattle & UW Bothell:

Spot Reservation: Permit Yourself to Laugh—Swinomish artist Daniel R. Smith to transform a UW parking garage into Indigenous celebratory “occupation,” costume party, and environmental protest

What: A free interactive public art project, open to all, Native and non-Native alike
When: Oct. 30th, 11am–3pm
Where: University of Washington Seattle, Padelford Parking Garage Lot N21

https://tinyurl.com/SpotRezOct30

Spot Reservation features free, costumed photo portraits in a tiny forest (aka "nanoforest") installed in the depths of the Padelford Parking Garage, Level N21, on the east side of campus. Iranian photographer Saina Heshmati, co-founder of Antipode Gallery, will capture and distribute portraits of participants. Costume elements, including “wearable taxidermy” will be provided, but the public is also encouraged to come in costume.

Joe Seymour (Squaxin/Pueblo Acoma) will emcee and host an open mic for singing, drumming, and reading, including an appearance by poet Mateo Quispe (Red River Métis/Little Shell Chippewa). Seattle’s Off the Rez food truck will provide free fry bread tacos while supplies last. The Falconer will demonstrate live birds of prey and offer opportunities to hold birds. Tessa Rose Campbell (Tulalip/Tlingit), aka “Aunty Cedar Log Lady,” a Lynchian character, will be a wandering channeler of the forest

Spot Reservation is a Visiting Artist Residency, part of Not Apart: Indigenous Knowledges and the Art of University-Community Repair, a collaboration between the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies; the Department of American Indian Studies; the Department of Comparative History of Ideas; UW Bothell’s School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences.

Spot Reservation will be reprised Nov. 5th, 11am–3pm, at UW Bothell: https://tinyurl.com/SpotRezNov5

Smith will give two artist talks: The first at wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ (the Intellectual House) on the UW Seattle campus, Oct. 26th, 11am–12pm. The second at LB1-205 in the Library, UW Bothell campus, Nov. 2nd, 1:30pm–2:30pm.

For more information: https://tinyurl.com/NotApart

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Temporal, on view at CSMoFA (Coast Salish Museum of Fine Arts) in Olympia, features 14 artists (representing over 19 Tribal Nations) from the Indigenous Creatives Roster, each bringing a unique vision of Indigenous futurism to the museum.

Temporal is a call to action and a dream. It envisions a future where Indigenous people are the caretakers and creators of our world. What does it look like when we are given back all that has been taken from us?

Join us in celebrating these artists on view from October 2nd - December 11th. Visit www.tcmofa.org for museum hours and events or follow @tcmofa.

PNW Indigenous creatives can apply to the Indigenous Creatives Roster to be considered for future CSMoFA shows.
Artists accepted into the roster will be considered for paid art opportunities through Indigenous Creatives Collective, Friends of Waterfront Park, and other partner organizations, and will receive a one-time $100 stipend once accepted.

Learn more at www.indigenouscreatives.org/engage

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The artists of Temporal represent over 19 tribes and many generations of stories. From paintings, beadwork, and photography to digital art, experimental work and installations, this show brings out an incredibly diverse array of art forms that all answer the questions:

What does a future look like if we are given back all that has been taken from us? What does NOW and a FUTURE look when only WE define us??

Swipe through to learn more about these artists!

This show is curated by @x0mikaela0x and @indigenouscreativescollective. These artists and many more can be found on the Indigenous Creatives Roster.

Interested Indigenous creatives can apply to the Indigenous Creatives Roster to be considered for future CSMoFA shows. Artists accepted into the roster will be considered for paid art opportunities through Indigenous Creatives Collective, Friends of Waterfront Park, and other partner organizations, and will receive a one-time $100 stipend once accepted.

Learn more at www.indigenouscreatives.org/engage

Participating artists:

💫Tammie Dupuis (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation)

💫Justin Olmstead (Santa Ynez and Barbareno Chumash)

💫Liz Chikayaasix̂ Morrow (Unangax̂ – Enrolled with Naknek Native Village)

💫Epiphany Couch (spuyaləpabš (Puyallup)/Yakama)

💫Carissa Eich (Navajo)

💫Cynthia Masterson (Comanche)

💫Taylor White (Skokomish/Squaxin)

💫Inanna kʷaɁowišč tyee McCarty (Makah Tribe (enrolled), Tsawout First Nation (descendant))

💫Mikiʻala Souza (Kanaka ʻŌiwi/Native Hawaiian)

💫Megita Denton (Tap Pilam Coahuiltecan)

💫Daniel R. Smith (Swinomish)

💫Woodrow Hunt (Klamath/Modoc, Cherokee)

💫Ash Frantz (Makah)

💫Stefan Gonzales (Prio/Manso/Tiwa)

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Black Belt Eagle Scout @ King Street station

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Indigenous Creatives Collective event. Such a fabulous event!

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May ‘26
Neighborhood, community, nature, nice things like taking trips & making crêpes

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April ‘26 Seattle, WA 💕

Spring, mental shifts, Nick Lowe, abundance, dear friends, belated birthday and an inaugural Pink Party !

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Gather the wild and ferociously free ones around you. Creative combustion will transform the world. It’s one of the only true powers we have. @victoria.grace.kaiser 📸 @thenanoforest my fav artistic doppelgänger #fortflagler #fortflaglerbunkers #bearcult @hipstamatic Loftus lens & Love 81 film

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Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico - March ‘26

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NYE ‘26
Did YOU eat 13 grapes, crawl under a table, sweep the porch, jump off the last step, kiss, and exchange money before running around the block with your suitcase?

We did!

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