After three years of construction, the Spokane Street Viaduct Widening Project is nearly complete. At a public dedication, 9 to 10 a.m, Friday, Nov. 16, SODO by Santa Monica, Calif.-artist team merge conceptual design (Claudia Reisenberger and Franka Diehnelt) will be unveiled, along with new sidewalks and landscaping in the lower roadway… [ Keep reading ]
In honor of Election Day, here’s Richard Marquis’ patriotically-themed blown glass Retro Stuff – Stars and Stripes Tea Pot #10 (or coffee pot, however you want to see it…) from 1997. “His teapots are the one body of work that continues throughout Marquis’ career beginning in the mid-1960s when he… [ Keep reading ]
In the spirit of Halloween, here’s a spooky artwork in the Seattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection. The acrylic-on-paper painting The Devil as a Joker (1982) by Ted Wiprud can hardly be labeled as minimal in approach or statement. The devil figure visually consumes the surface of… [ Keep reading ]
Two sculptures now mark the location of the Chief Sealth Trail, on the east and west sides, where the trail crosses Beacon Avenue South and South Dawson Street on Beacon Hill. In Cloud Rider by Seattle artist Dan Webb, two bicycle riders wearing gold-leafed wings on their backs rise from… [ Keep reading ]
On Sunday, October 21, Ellen Sollod’s latest work was installed in the Seattle cityscape. Origami Tessellation 324.3.4 (Fractured), a 28-foot-tall cylinder of stainless steel, was placed in the median of Mercer Street at Boren Avenue North. We asked Sollod a few questions about the work; you’ll find her answers below, mixed in… Filed Under: Art Beat, Public Art
In this election season, with an upcoming vote for this state’s governor, we thought we’d feature a public artwork created in honor of the second governor of Washington state, Governor John Harte McGraw. The full-length, historic, bronze statue stands in McGraw Place near Westlake Center, bordered by Stewart Street, Fifth… [ Keep reading ]
Last week Lanny Bergner installed his work Electrifying the Grid at Seattle City Light’s (SCL) South Service Center. The piece is located in a conference room and consists of seven wall mounted painted MDF (a type of fiberboard) panels, each serving as backing boards for 16 patterned and burned stainless steel, mesh 3-D… [ Keep reading ]
Just a few more days of The Next Fifty – the anniversary celebration of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair – and we’re featuring artworks on the old fair grounds at Seattle Center. Head down to Seattle Center before the celebration ends on Oct. 21 and check out Alexander Liberman’s largest… [ Keep reading ]
As The Next Fifty – the anniversary celebration of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair – draws to a close on Oct. 21, we’d like to feature a few artworks on the old fair grounds at Seattle Center. We bet you’ve seen the 60-foot-long, landmark glass mosaic Seattle Mural at the… [ Keep reading ]
Did you know that the City of Seattle owns nearly 3,000 works? Made up of 350 permanently sited and integrated works and 2,600 portable works, the collection is pretty impressive. And while you can probably name a few of them, we’re betting there are some surprises mixed in there. Which is… [ Keep reading ]
