Introducing the Clarion West Class of 2024!

The Clarion West staff and community are incredibly pleased to welcome a new class of 18 students to Seattle this summer! This year’s students hail from Thailand, Zimbabwe, Colombia, India, Nigeria, Canada, and various regions of Turtle Island/the USA. They will have the unparalleled opportunity to work with our phenomenal 2024 instructor lineup, which includes Usman T. Malik, Brenda Peynado, Cadwell Turnbull, Sarah Pinsker, Ruoxi Chen, and Carmen Maria Machado.

Congratulations, class of 2024!

Chris Campbell (Boston, MA, USA)

Rutendo Chidzodzo (Harare, Zimbabwe)

Max Franciscovich (Milwaukee, WI, USA)

Andrés González Galante (Bogotá DC, Colombia)

Isaiah Hunt (Cleveland, OH, USA)

Somto Ihezue (Nigeria)

M.T. Khan (Toronto, Canada)

ashi krishnan (Ramaytush Ohlone land, Turtle Island)

Conrad Loyer (Santa Clarita, CA, USA)

Hazel Milla (NC, USA)

Sydney Rossman-Reich (Orlando, FL, USA)

Laurie Sample (London, UK/Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)

C.Z. Tacks (Ngunnawal Country, ACT, Australia)

Tanisha Tekriwal (Mumbai/Ahmedabad, India)

Charles Velasquez-Witosky (Raleigh, NC, USA/Brooklyn, NY, USA)

D.A. Vorobyov (Netherlands/NC, USA)

Chanon Wongsatayanont (Phuket, Thailand)

Chris Yin (Seattle, WA/Southern CA, USA)

If you are interested in supporting this year’s class by donating supplies, you can check out our Wish List. Or, if you are in Seattle and would like to volunteer, please submit this volunteer survey. Thank you!