We're making a book!

Shelf Life is making a book!

Thanks to a generous Hope Corps grant from the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, as well as support from King County 4Culture, Shelf Life has commissioned seven artists to create artwork to accompany a book of oral histories recorded by the Shelf Life Community Story Project. All seven artists have strong ties to, and/or deep roots in, the Central District. The artists are: Jite Agbro, Erin Shigaki, Damon Brown, Romson Bustillo, Bonnie Hopper, Chi Moscou Jackson, and Inye Wokoma. Ariel Paine @ampfire - graduate of the Seattle Black Spatial Histories Institute - is working on the project as assistant story editor and archival researcher in training.

When the book is completed, Central District community stories will share the page with visual artworks created by some of Seattle’s most talented, innovative, and brilliant artists. Chin Music press will publish the book with an anticipated release date of summer, 2025.