Bubblegum Octopus

Bubblegum Octopus --- Artist: Tiare Halferty, founder of Micromuttart.com "My name is Tiare Halferty, a Marshallese-American artist, and I created Micromutt as a way to share my experiences as a modern Marshallese woman. The name “Micromutt” stems from a rebellious act to take back a childhood full of derogatory name calling. “Micro” is for Micronesia, which is the Pacific region that the Marshall Islands is grouped in, and “Mutt” is for being mixed race. I am no longer just “That Micro” or “that mutt” and I want others out there to know you aren’t just those either. We are more! Micromutt stands to represent the Pasifika brothers and sisters who struggle to integrate their cultural tra...View all