We designed an artful website and relational database for Olympia Music History project to share interviews about Olympia's formative punk music influence and bring the stories to life.
Olympia Music History Project is a nonprofit in Olympia, WA founded by Kelsey Smith, Markly Morrison, and Mariella Luz. The dedicated team of researchers spent hundreds of hours editing, transcribing, and organizing interviews to present to the public. They are currently work to expand the project in a second round of interviews. Consider making a donation to support their work!
While Seattle is often recognized as the birthplace of Grunge, Olympia has made its own profound and globally recognized contributions to the Pacific Northwest music scene. Our website for Olympia Music History Project documents and celebrates the people who lived, performed, and shaped Olympia’s rich music history. The stories featured in this site highlight a diverse community, including key voices from the Riot Grrrl movement and the organizers behind major music events like The Transfused, Yoyo a Go Go, Homo A Go Go, the International Pop Underground Convention, Ladyfest, and many more.
The project focuses on Olympia’s music scene from 1980 to 2002, preserving stories through oral histories, original artwork, photographs, and other unique pieces of ephemera. Our team partnered closely with the OMHP team to build a relational database to share information about bands, venues, people, and releases mentioned in each interview, and to capture the spirit of our community in the site.