The mission of BRUNA is to create and host unanticipated cultural conversations through its publishing projects and occasional residency program.
Before 2020, BRUNA hosted public events, a publication archive and community reading room, a small store, and residencies for invited artists, curators, and writers.
Besides facilitating cross pollinations between visual art and experimental writing, BRUNA seeks out work at the corner—between English and other languages, artists and their larger communities, Bellingham and elsewheres. BRUNA seeks to create a larger arena of understanding developed through intimately made connections between readers, writers, and artists.
BRUNA is a collaborative project founded by Kristina Lee Podesva, a Bellingham-based artist, writer, and publisher working between the practice of writing and artistic production. For a detailed biography, please see her personal website.