Why Spokane artists are creating in response to the world’s current state

Courtesy Karen Mobley

A campaign sign turned into a message of peace by Karen Mobley

For centuries, creatives have used art as a form of expression and a vehicle for change.

In the late 19th century, poet Emily Dickinson wrote: “Hope is the thing with feathers – / That perches in the soul – / And sings the tune without words – / And never stops – at all.”

Throughout the 1980s, Keith Haring rose to global prominence for his simple yet outspoken drawings, which reflected on topics

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