It’s not easy to run a contemporary art gallery in Seattle. Especially when you’re a woman in the 1940s trying to persuade collectors to support a new wave of modern art, as was Zoë Dusanne. Or even in the 2000s, when you are fighting to sustain Black artists and communities in the face of rapid gentrification, as does Elisheba Johnson. The two are separated by several generations and many changes in the contemporary art landscape, but they are bound together in their shared approach to using the home as a site for creativity and community.
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