Damfino

04/30/2026

As architectural plans move forward at Damfino, we are scouring the internet for good deals on the basics we need to get Damfino up and running in a public capacity! Today, we loaded up our new (to us) pipe and drape set-up, which will serve as backdrops, theatre wings, moveable walls, hanging art displays, and temporary sound mitigation for our (currently) very echoey space! Big thanks to for the help with the load in and out; we couldn't have done it without him!

03/24/2026

Arden Gonta performing Honeybee Blue at the Damfino Arts soft opening during Georgetown's Bites, Sites, and Sounds. One of our primary collaborators, Arden is an extremely talented singer, songwriter, musician, and master of many instruments! We are so extremely lucky to have had her play at our first show in our new location in Georgetown ♥︎

(Also, sorry that the first line of the song wasn't recording, I was too busy hopping up and down and cheering when I realized which song she was playing ♥︎)

Definitely go check her out on Bandcamp under Arden Gonta ♥︎

Arden Gonta
Arden Gonta Music

03/24/2026

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the Damfino Arts stage at Bites & Sites (& Sounds) on Saturday! It was our super soft opening, and we couldn't have ever dreamed of having a more talented and amazing group of musicians play our inaugural show. Big shout out to Waco Barrette, Lizzie Franks, Bob Lovelace, Arden Gonta, and Assigned Gay At Band ♥︎ We'll be posting pictures and videos of the event soon.

But first, an enormous round of applause to our stage and sound engineers, our hype people, and our set up and tear down crew ♥︎ We literally couldn't do it without you.

From left to right: Miles, Brendon, Iris, Sydney, Rylan, Arden, Cricket, and Christopher. Not pictured, Rebecca ♥︎

Thank you all so, so much! Best crew in town.

03/20/2026

01/25/2026

2026 from 2019: What a long way we've come! Seeing Damfino on the building blueprints reminded me of the very first time I saw our name on the stage plans for Wash of Gray at McCaw Hall! What a strange, meandering, and magical journey - from stage and art shows to a pandemic pivot to film, music, and education, and now... happily forward into a combination of everywhere we've been and everything we yet hope to achieve. Stage, film, shows, classes, workshops, and community events. Thank you for sticking with us; this has been an absolute dream come true, with years of hard work and community support to get us here. We're beyond grateful to each and every one of you ♥︎ Sydney

01/02/2026

Happy New Year! Damfino is ringing in this new year with some exciting news - we now have our very own space to host stage productions, community events, classes, and anything we can dream up! We're still about 3 to 6 months from opening our doors, but we're thrilled to announce that we'll be up and running soon. We're one block off Airport Way in Georgetown, so if you're in the area and see us outside working, stop by and say hi! We can't wait to see you in 2026!

Much Love,
Sydney Pertl & Miles Pertl,
Artistic Directors of Damfino Arts

05/06/2025

This is our first year on WA Gives Big! We're making our big push for start up funds for a permanent base for Damfino. If you want to support a local nonprofit, if your employer matches funds, if you're looking for ways to support your local arts community (or get a tax write off!), please consider checking out our page and donating! ♥︎

For the past five years, Damfino Arts has succeeded in connecting art lovers to new local works by representing local artists and developing art programming that amplifies and invests in our dynamic Seattle arts scene. Damfino Arts is proud to be taking the next leap,...

04/13/2025

Have you ever worked with us? We'd love to hear from you! We're looking for 2-3 sentences to show potential donors that our little organization has had big impacts! ♥︎ Thank you ♥︎

05/31/2023

We're back in the swing of things! Our first recording session with the incredibly talented Arden Gonta Arden Gonta Music is in the books for our newest video series, Project Marker! We had such an amazing time, and Arden brought us all to tears with her beautiful singing voice, skillful guitar playing, and brilliant compositions.

Project Marker is an upcoming video series showcasing the talented musicians, dancers, and artists in our area while documenting and drawing attention to the buildings, businesses, and social gathering spaces which are so quickly changing in our area. Using the throughline of Land Use Management signs and Malvina Reynold's lyrics from the 1960's and 70's (whose generational wisdom is as relevant today as it was then), we seek to celebrate and showcase the hidden corners of Seattle that have been forgotten and will soon no longer exist.

Submissions are open for musicians, dancers, and a very limited number of visual artists who feel this project speaks to them: email damfinoarts[@]gmail[.com] for more information or to submit links to your work!

Thank you so much to:
Arden Gonta
John & Anne Tangeman
Karate Garden Studios
Keith Sjoquist
& Rylan Cheeka !

Damfino Arts is under the artistic directorship of Miles Pertl and Sydney M. Pertl , and we would like to thank everyone under whose kind support projects like this flourish ♡