“Hunny Bunny Houseparty” on March 30 at the Waverly in Cumberland showcased several artists with roots to Cortes Island.
Eva Yensen, who grew up on Cortes, was featured in addition to DJ Yaffa Ibrahim, Laurena Fairbairn, and Sadie Marfisi, all of whom have called Cortes Island home. The headlining DJ, Aspen King, was born, raised and is still based on Cortes.
Yensen attributes “Cortes winters” with fueling the creatives.
“The winters on Cortes especially allow creative space to happen, because you’re like in this cocoon,” the visual artist explained. “There’s not really that much else to do in the winters on Cortes other than dive into creative projects.”
“It really filled up my heart and inspired me to want to be part of things like this and maybe help organize them in the future,” she continued.
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