Carlson Commemoration

Whitworth Indigenous Artist Residency

Oct. 13-Nov. 7, 2025

Epiphany Couch (spuyaləpabš [Puyallup], Yakama and Scandinavian/mixed European artist)

Whitworth University's art & design department and art collection invite you join us for the following Carlson Commemoration Indigenous Artist Residency events:

Artist Lecture: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Lied Center for the Visual Arts Room 102;
Refreshments at 5 p.m.
Panel Discussion for Creatives: "Re-Cast: Invoking the Past in Contemporary Expression": Tuesday, Oct. 28, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; The Hive Room A, 2904 E. Sprague Ave., Spokane; refreshments at 5 p.m.
Open House Art Exhibition & Closing Reception: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 4:30-6:30 p.m.; Lied Center for the Visual Arts Room 102
Open House Art Exhibition: Wednesday, Nov. 5-Friday, Nov. 7, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Lied Art Center Room 102

All events are free and open to the public.

Epiphany Couch is an interdisciplinary artist and writer whose work explores generational knowledge, storytelling, and our relationships with the natural and spiritual worlds. She is of spuyaləpabš (Puyallup), Yakama and Scandinavian/mixed European descent. Working across photography, beadwork, weaving and collage, she reinterprets traditional forms to create artworks that engage ancestral knowledge and invite new ways of understanding. Her practice is rooted in unconventional collaboration – across time, between generations, and with the natural world – recognizing these relationships as vital to sustaining memory, culture and identity.

This residency is part of the Carlson Commemoration and sponsored by the Paul & Anne Leavens Family Fund.