Archive for 'Gallery'
Ever wonder what happens to old pull tabs from aluminum cans, the wire off champagne corks, or that old lathe from a room remodel? Well, wonder no more. You’ll find these and many other objects reclaimed by several artists and put to good use in the exhibition Reclaimed: Artists Working with
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Posted: April 5th, 2012 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: artworks, exhibition, portable works collection, Reclaimed: Artists Working with Recycled or Repurposed Materials, Recycled materials, repurposed materials, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery
Looking into Light, on view at City Hall through April 27, documents the experience of family homelessness in America. The National Center on Family Homelessness and its Campaign to End Child Homelessness present this exhibition of 50 photos from its archive of more than 20,000 images. Looking into Light also includes photos by
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Posted: March 30th, 2012 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: City Hall, City Hall Gallery, exhibition
Looking into Light, on view at City Hall through April 27, documents the experience of family homelessness in America. The National Center on Family Homelessness and its Campaign to End Child Homelessness present this unique exhibition of 50 photos from its archive of more than 20,000 images. The exhibition is touring
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Posted: March 8th, 2012 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: City Hall, City Hall Gallery, exhibition, homelessness, Looking into Light, photography
The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and 4Culture present ceramic artworks from their public art collections in the exhibition “Enduring Clay: Four Decades of Collecting Ceramics by the City of Seattle and King County.” The show is on view at the Washington State Convention Center through April 9, and is
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Posted: January 31st, 2012 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: 4Culture, ceramics, city of Seattle, clay, exhibitions, National Council for the Education for the Ceramic Arts, NCECA, Washington State Convention Center
Mandy Greer; Mater Matrix Mother and Medium (detail); 2009; wool and synthetic yarn plastic, fabric, glass and plastic beads; 36" x 68". Photo by Blake Haygood. Missed our 40th anniversary exhibition Seattle as Collector: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40 at Seattle Art Museum last year?
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Posted: January 5th, 2012 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: artworks, City Hall, City Hall galleries, exhibition, Permanent, Public Art, Public art program
Hugo Ludeña, Chambelanes (detail), 1999, chromogenic print, 20" x 30". What artworks from the city's Portable Works Collection would our staff choose to be in an exhibition? Find out in the exhibition Staff Picks, on display at Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery through March 31. Staff Picks features 24 artworks including sculptures, drawings
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Posted: January 5th, 2012 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: artwork, Portable Works, portable works collection, Public Art, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery
Words come to us in a myriad of ways: through the books we read, billboards that line our highways, the e-mails and texts that link us to others, radio, TV and the music on our iPods. In the exhibition “Word Play,” on view at Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Oct. 4 to
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Posted: October 4th, 2011 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: portable works collection, Public Art, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery
An extension of the exhibition at Seattle Art Museum Seattle as Collector: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40 is on display at City Hall through the end of the year. The smaller-scale City Hall exhibition—Seattle as Collector at City Hall—continues the celebration of our agency's 40th anniversary and
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Posted: August 11th, 2011 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: 40th anniversary, anniversary, City Hall, City Hall galleries, exhibition, Seattle as Collector
An exhibition highlighting 22 artists’ responses to the built environment just opened at the Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery. Aptly titled The Built Environment, the exhibition features two categories of artworks: drawings or sculptures that represent ideas for proposed public artworks and artworks which reflect artists’ responses to architecture. Included in the exhibition is
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Posted: July 8th, 2011 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: artwork, Portable Works, Public Art, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery
Performance/Art, on display at Seattle City Hall through July 11, features the dramatic work of four Seattle performance photographers who collaborate with dancers, musicians and actors to move beyond the fleeting moments of a performance to create powerful visual metaphors that convey more than a snapshot. Photographers David Belisle, Gabriel Bienczycki, Steven
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Posted: May 17th, 2011 under Art Beat, Gallery, Public Art.
Tags: artwork, City Hall, exhibition, Gallery, photography, visual arts
