Andrew Lee Creech, playwright and performer, rehearses a monologue from one of his plays during a Cascade PBS Black Arts Legacies photo shoot with Meron Menghistab at the ACT Theater in Seattle, Washington, on Mon., March 24, 2025. (M. Scott Brauer / Cascade PBS)
Mixed media artist Jite Agbro works in her Ballard studio during a Cascade PBS Black Arts Legacies photo shoot at the ACT Theater in Seattle, Washington, on Thu., March 20, 2025.

While serving as Associate Photo Editor at Cascade PBS, I helped produce still photo shoots for the fourth and final season of Black Arts Legacies, a series focusing on living and dead Black artists in Seattle. I worked with the team to schedule the shoots for photographer Meron Menghistab, who has served as lead photographer for the series since the start, around the artists’ schedules and multiple video shoots. I also photographed some alternate, behind the scenes, and detail images to help flesh out the final presentation on the website and broadcast.  

The artists here are print artist Jite Agbro, drummer and music producer Kassa Overall, and playwright and actor Andrew Lee Creech.

Congratulations to the whole team for making this project over the years!

Drummer and producer Kassa Overall performs in his backyard studio for a Cascade PBS Black Arts Legacies photoshoot with Meron Menghistab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Mon., March 10, 2025. (M. Scott Brauer / Cascade PBS)
Paint and tools lay on a table used for mixing paints as mixed media artist Jite Agbro works in her Ballard studio during a Cascade PBS Black Arts Legacies photo shoot at the ACT Theater in Seattle, Washington, on Thu., March 20, 2025.
Andrew Lee Creech, playwright and performer, rehearses a monologue from one of his plays during a Cascade PBS Black Arts Legacies photo shoot with Meron Menghistab at the ACT Theater in Seattle, Washington, on Mon., March 24, 2025. (M. Scott Brauer / Cascade PBS)
Drummer and producer Kassa Overall's drumsticks rest on a snare drum after he performed in his backyard studio for a Cascade PBS Black Arts Legacies photoshoot with Meron Menghistab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Mon., March 10, 2025. (M. Scott Brauer / Cascade PBS)
Meron Menghistab photographs mixed media artist Jite Agbro works in her Ballard studio during a Cascade PBS Black Arts Legacies photo shoot at the ACT Theater in Seattle, Washington, on Thu., March 20, 2025.
Meron Menghistab photographs drummer and producer Kassa Overall in Overall's backyard studio for a Cascade PBS Black Arts Legacies photoshoot in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Mon., March 10, 2025. (M. Scott Brauer / Cascade PBS)
Meron Menghistab photographs playwright and performer Andrew Lee Creech during a Cascade PBS Black Arts Legacies photo shoot with Meron Menghistab at the ACT Theater in Seattle, Washington, on Mon., March 24, 2025. (M. Scott Brauer / Cascade PBS)
Mixed media artist Jite Agbro in her Ballard studio during a Cascade PBS Black Arts Legacies photo shoot at the ACT Theater in Seattle, Washington, on Thu., March 20, 2025.
Drummer and producer Kassa Overall performs in his backyard studio for a Cascade PBS Black Arts Legacies photoshoot with Meron Menghistab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Mon., March 10, 2025. (M. Scott Brauer / Cascade PBS)
Andrew Lee Creech, playwright and performer, rehearses a monologue from one of his plays during a Cascade PBS Black Arts Legacies photo shoot with Meron Menghistab at the ACT Theater in Seattle, Washington, on Mon., March 24, 2025. (M. Scott Brauer / Cascade PBS)
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