THE THIRD SCARF SHOWCASE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE
Where Art Meets Purpose — And Passion Sparks Change
Join us on a powerful journey where creativity becomes a catalyst for transformation. Through dance, story, paint, song, and soul, artists unite to shine a light on the social issues that stir their hearts. From moving performances to heartfelt expression, witness how art can awaken, uplift, and ignite a deeper understanding of the world we share.
Be part of the movement — where every voice, brushstroke, movement and step tells a story that matters.
SCARF Showcase at Northwest Folklife (2025)
SCARF will present its bi-annual showcase at the Northwest Folklife Festival this year.
Please email programming@scarf.global
DANCE: 24th May 2025 | 3:00 to 4:00 pm at the Exhibition Hall Seattle Center
SPOKEN WORD: 24th May 2025 | 6:45 to 7:30 pm Center Theater (below Armory) Seattle Center
VISUAL ARTS: 23rd May to 26th May 2025 | All through the festival at select galleries
SCARF Showcase at Northwest Folklife (2025)
SCARF will present its bi-annual showcase at the Northwest Folklife Festival this year.
Please email programming@scarf.global
DANCE: 24th May 2025 | 3:00 to 4:00 pm at the Exhibition Hall Seattle Center
Group | Piece | Style | Artists |
|---|---|---|---|
Seattle Taal Squad | Behind the Screens - This performance is a depiction of the contrast between curated online personas on various social media and real-life struggles, highlighting the pressures of social media on mental health. We at Seattle Taal Squad bring various different dance styles like Kathak, Fusion, hip hop to depict various emotions. It will end with a powerful message of self-acceptance and balance. | Dance - contemporary | Siri Sadashiva Ramya Rao, Megha Ghugare Rekha Ramesh, Deepthi Reddy, Akshaya Venkatesh, Pumathy Sikkan, Isha Tarte, Tripti Raut, Gouri Vidwans |
ICDC | She Rises - This creative piece is an exploration of the social issues that impact women, primarily in South Asia, told through three Indian Classical dance styles: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, and Kuchipudi. Each style comes together to weave stories of resilience, strength, and survival, inspired by Maya Angelou's poem, Still I Rise. Rooted in our experiences, the choreography addresses issues such as domestic abuse, skin color discrimination, misogyny, and hypocrisy. This piece is our humble attempt to highlight the challenges that women encounter and express them through the language of dance; using our bodies not just to perform, but to bring awareness. This is not just dance it is a tribute to the quiet power of endurance. | Dance - Indian Classical | Ankita Das Harika Chatlapalli Pooja Ganesh |
SCARF & ARPAN Performing Arts | The Potter and the Clay - A humble lump of clay, overlooked and cast aside, dares to dream of purpose. She calls out to the potter—not for comfort, but for transformation. She longs to be shaped, even if it means being pressed, pounded, and burned in fire. She yearns to hold water, to serve, to matter. She pleads with the clouds for life-giving rain, with the Earth to embrace her fully, so she may become whole. But while her voice echoes with yearning and resilience, the potter remains unaware—guided by appearances, blind to potential. | Dance - Comtemporary & Bharatanatyam | Sprahaa Bhattad Anya Kumar |
SCARF Showcase at Northwest Folklife (2025)
SCARF will present its bi-annual showcase at the Northwest Folklife Festival this year.
Please email programming@scarf.global
SPOKEN WORD: 24th May 2025 | 6:45 to 7:30 pm Center Theater (below Armory) Seattle Center
Group | Title | Style | Artists |
|---|---|---|---|
Wilde Type | Hello America | Song | Aadishree Gaur |
Preeti Shridhar | Seizing Strength: Ending the Silence! | Spoken Word | Preeti Shridhar |
Steven Perez | Neighborhood / Man with feelings | Song | Steven Perez |
Priya Saaral | Safe to heal | Song | Priya Saaral |
Darren Nordlie | Glimmers & Fractures | Spoken Word | Darren Nordlie |
Wilde Type | Mighty Queen | Song | Anand Gersappe, George Varghese & Rajesh Kamath |
SCARF Showcase at Northwest Folklife (2025)
SCARF will present its bi-annual showcase at the Northwest Folklife Festival this year.
Please email programming@scarf.global
VISUAL ARTS: 23rd May to 26th May 2025 | All through the festival at select galleries
Group | Artwork | Concept | Artists |
|---|---|---|---|
Eva Moon | Their first manicure | When my adult child came out to me as nonbinary, I offered to celebrate by taking them for their first-ever manicure. They chose to have their nails done in the colors of the nonbinary flag. We were both delighted with the outcome, the experience, and the start of a new phase of life. Now that their very right to express their identity is in jeopardy, it's more important than ever to hold onto joyous memories. https://www.instagram.com/evamoonartist/ | Eva Moon |
Sudeshna Sathe Dixit | The Color of My Universe is Red | "Inspired by the contrast between the perceived freedom of men and the often-unseen struggles of women, this work delves into themes of power, control, and silent suffering. While the world of men is painted in blue skies and ambition, a woman's universe often swirls in quiet dread, marked by wounds, history, and blood-red realities. The composition reflects centuries of persecution and the systemic reduction of women to vessels of succession rather than individuals with agency.
Through color, form, and expression, this piece aims to challenge the normalization of oppression and provoke reflection on what has been accepted for far too long. It is both a statement and a question, an assertion of pain, yet a call for recognition and change." | Sudeshna Sathe Dixit |
Shubha Nambiar | Who Am I? | "This piece is my visual interpretation of the social conflict first generation Indian Americans experience growing up in the United States with immigrant Indian parents. It shares the struggles of Indian Americans stuck between two cultures, two identities and two desires that often go unnoticed in the scuffle to accomplish things in life. This often leaves them questioning themselves about their identity- feeling too Indian outside of home and too American at home with family and friends. How do they balance the two cultures and grow into who they are while feeling like they still belong in both worlds - without needing to be conscious of the choices they make to better accommodate to one part of who they are? And ultimately serving as a
way to realize that in fact it is a blessing to have the knowledge and customs of two different cultures ingrained in them, while not having to give up all to one aspect of it." | Shubha Nambiar |
Maanya Ramanujan | The Face You Don’t See | Mental health challenges are a burden many people carry that others often never see. My painting depicts a young man who is struggling and upset, but this “face” of his is not fully visible, partly covered up by the facade that he displays to the world. People’s struggles with mental health becomes the face that society does not see. | Maanya Ramanujan |