mico astrid

smell ya later 2025 🤝

the last few weeks have been filled back to back with moving, creating, and connecting—in every nourishing (and occasionally tiring) way. as soon as Will and I moved to Chicago (literally our 3rd car-full road trip this year), I got the opportunity to join my beloved cousin @almostmemory at @oxbowschoolofart for a weeklong residency overlooking the sand dunes of Michigan. after being knee-deep in garment making for quite some time, this kicked off a refreshing period of experimentation with textiles and other exciting mediums. 1. our last night at ox-bow, hosting an open studio visit to share our installations with the rest of the artist & writer group (shoutout to all the talented folks we met but especially @noelpquinones for gifting us this polaroid 😉) 2. Mico installing our work (!!) 3. closeup of WIP printing on textiles. I enjoyed playing with fabric printing & manipulation throughout the week 4. hand sculpted and welded furniture made by yours truly (feat. my @lizziedesignstudio #bellatop size S/36 with 1.5” removed from the bodice length + zipper)… 5. …specifically designed in mind to match our new MCM seating 6. sorry I’m just obsessed w this lamp 7. adding to the warmth of our light-filled apartment… a new mini mobile from an @enidforyou workshop by the lovely @self.img this was so much fun!! can you tell I’m really into our couch color palette 8. last but not least, the #belladress for my close friend’s coastal farm wedding in California. this is the same size, S/36, with the bodice length shortened again and the skirt shortened by 1.5”. I also ended up taking in the darts by another 0.5” each (2” total removed from waist) bc my final fabric had a bit more give than my toile fabric and I didn’t like how the gathering got pulled down below my waist from the weight of the skirt. one note for the dress view is that if you omit the sleeves, the hem finish at the armscye is a slightly different shape than the top sleeves’ hem, so I trimmed back the dress armscye edges to match the top’s sleeve hem. I personally prefer how the shorter sleeve looks!

Right after college, my first job was at the Seattle Art Museum gift shop. Every shift, I’d look over at the gallery beside it and dream of one day seeing my art there. Yesterday felt like a full-circle moment 🩷 So grateful to be part of such a beautiful show alongside amazing artists—thank you all for the love and support 🥹✨ thank you @atsamgallery for having me!

Still thinking about this one from last September for Mico and Christian 🤍 Photography by @sarawelchphoto 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

Muchisimas gracias a todos y maraming salamat po sayong lahat! Saturday’s Noche Buena event was a huge success because of all of your love and support! It was so beautiful to see so many communities and comrades in the space supporting local business and uplifting relief to Palestine.  . . We collectively raised a total of $1,945! Amazing work all of you. <3 This amount was donated to the Middle East Children’s Alliance @mecaforpeace this morning. Proof of donation on second slide. . . Everyone’s role in Saturday’s event made Noche Buena a meaningful space. Special shout out to the volunteers who helped out the night before and day of the event - thank you @maryjanemaryjanemj @bombchelle and @almostmemory ! Big big thank you to our security + de-escalation team: @tiodjhere , Josh, @ella_aire_ and @asobersaga_ Thank you for keeping us safe! ❤️ . . And of course, gracias + salamat to all the vendors and community who raised the funds through their craft and purchases! @hoyvani @selvacentralgoods @carlosmartinezart @vintage_attitude @vintageattitudeshop @bombchelle @sorrysorryseattle @askatubakery @mixtcafe @guerilah 🌟 As Filipino and Mexican diasporic communities who have survived and continue to face the consequences of generational trauma deeply rooted in colonization, we move together in uplifting the safety, sovereignty, and dignity of the Palestinian people. Viva Palestina! Mabuhay Palestina! . . More Mexipino fundraising events to come in 2024. Keep a look out! . . Maraming salamat po + mil gracias a la comunidad. Ingat po kayo con mucho amor, solidaridad, y cariño, A Resting Place

Thank you @tin_house for an amazing month in Portland! It was such a joy sharing my work with y’all 🍂📚

Today it feels even more important to share Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora by @chelo_castillo88 @landscapewithj9 and @estherwslin and edited by @undocupoets - and a HUGE thank you to @harperperennial for sending me this ARC! I am incredibly grateful 💕 • A lush tapestry of poetry and prose, Here to Stay is an invitation to engage with a new field of contemporary American poetry. From the indomitable writers and activists Janine Joseph, Esther Lin, and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo comes an anthology gathering some of the best work from currently and formerly undocumented poets, as well as poets from mixed status families from across the undocumented diaspora in America. Here to Stay is a collection of honest, searing, and evocative poems interspersed with short personal narratives. Deeply intimate, these works explore how to exist in the space between the familiar and the unknown, between the safety of silence and the desire to share. Highlighting the significant insights of undocumented poets, this brilliant compendium challenges misconceptions of what it means to live and write as an undocumented person in modern America. Beautiful, poignant, and timely, this must-read collection is a rich and essential new chapter in the ongoing story of the eclectic immigrant experience and the United States itself. • Swipe for the dedication, and the epigraph which quotes @thealinemello • Please pre-order and request this book at your local library. It releases this September! • I will be tagging as many contributors as IG allows, and in the comments too! #undocupoets #heretostay #undocumented #poetryanthology #tbr #poetryandprose #poetrycommunity #bookstagram

We are excited to share that Mico Astrid & P.C. Verrone will be joining us this October as Fall Residents. Mico’s debut memoir, Askal, is a surreal assemblage of memories & pseudo-memories taken from personal, generational, & Philippine-American histories. Through this accounting of inherited grief, Askal calls for a world where these destructive histories do not repeat. P.C. will be working on his novel “Tar-Baby,” a contemporary reimagining of the Br’er Rabbit folktale in which the mysterious appearance of a young Black woman becomes the centerpiece of a political battle over a gentrified Midwestern neighborhood. We also want to highlight the work of our finalists. Angelique is working on a book of essays about the American dream narrative, the bootstrapping myth, and the dangerous perceptions of poverty we continue to perpetuate from both sides of the poverty line. Samanaz’s YA Dark Fantasy project, Paresthesia, is an anthology of seven interlinked stories that journeys the magical land of Iran and six of its age-old provinces, discovering their culture, language, traditions, and, most importantly, their myth, lore, and fantasy.

We are honored to welcome the new 2023 Undocupoets Fellowship recipients, Charlotte Abotsi, Mico Astrid, and Georgio Russell! Link in bio.

Still so thrilled and honored that Mico and Christian trusted me in making their wedding cake earlier this month, thank you for believing in my vision and allowing me to be a part of such a momentous occasion ✨🤍✨ black sesame cake, black tea soak, shiso black plum jam, oolong swiss buttercream, fresh fig, florals from the sweetest @odd.flowers 💐

🎙️ We have received too many touching stories for In Between, so we decide to present SIX more works to you in the form of staged reading! 📖 🪄 Introducing Somewhere Else, written and directed by Mico Astrid. It is a story about a child enters a mysterious portal with no knowledge of what’s on the other side. ✏️ About the playwright: Mico Astrid (she/they) is a queer Filipino/American artist currently living in Seattle. ​Their multidisciplinary, deeply sentimental work explores their observations and identities in the midst of diaspora. 🎫 Tickets are on sale now! Check the link in our bio to grab yours. 📅 August 19, 2 pm ---------------------------- 🤔 What is staged reading? 💡 Different from a full production, a staged reading comes with minimal staging and props, and the focus is placed on the powerful words and performances. 🤔 Will I see the same stories in "In Between - Staged Reading" and "In Between"? 💡 No, they are two different performances with distinct stories and actors. #yuntheatre #stagedreading #seattletheatre #seattleperformance #seattleevents #theatre

Join us tomorrow from 7-9pm for an artist talk with panelists and Meryenda artists @airbackwardzz @xochimeh_bodywork @almostmemory @eirikswood moderated by @aleksamanila Gallery Hours @kasamaspace Monday - Friday: 12 pm - 6 pm 📸: @agatdula