The San Francisco artist group Rebar has installed their new temporary installation Seattlight at King Street Station’s newly refurbished Jackson Plaza. Seattlight is a nighttime, interactive artwork designed to highlight the unseen pathways of pedestrian traffic through the plaza. The artwork lights up in response to the movements of people… [ Keep reading ]
Five artists will create temporary art installations along Greenwood Avenue North for the project Art Interruptions, kicking off at the PhinneyWood Summer Streets festival tomorrow, Aug. 10, between 6 and 10 p.m. Wander along Greenwood Avenue North from North 67th to North 87th streets and find the following artworks. Art… [ Keep reading ]
Summer weather is here, and that means our public art conservation team is working hard to maintain and restore several artworks around the city. Go check out these artworks while the sun is shining! Over the last month, preventive maintenance projects have included Paul Sorey’s Tree Bench at Pratt Park, Ela Lamblin’s Whirl… [ Keep reading ]
We recently spoke with Elizabeth Conner about her artworks Painting and Sculpting the Land and Drawing the Land, dedicated at the Jefferson Park Jubilee held this month at Beacon Hill’s Jefferson Park. Painting and Sculpting the Land serves as a rain garden/water feature with plants that create a ring of… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle is home to the United States’ second largest Somali population. See photographs by teen members of this community and photographers/mentors Claire Garoutte and Saheed Adejumobi from Seattle University in the exhibition Our Children, Our Voices. The exhibition is on view in the City Hall Lobby Gallery and Anne Focke… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs will dedicate Elizabeth Conner’s Painting and Sculpting the Land and Drawing the Land at the Jefferson Park Jubilee opening ceremony at Beacon Hill’s Jefferson Park, noon to 1 p.m., this Saturday, July 14. Meet the artist following the opening ceremony, which will feature… [ Keep reading ]
In case you missed Stokley Towles Stormwater: Life in the Gutter last fall or last month, Seattle Channel 21 will broadcast his one-man performance beginning tonight, 9 p.m, June 21 to Sunday, June 24 (see schedule below). You can also watch the video online now. Stormwater: Life in the Gutter,… [ Keep reading ]
Does bigger artwork make for better artwork? BIG AND BOLD: An Exhibition of Sizable Artworks examines many of the city’s larger artworks in its Portable Works Collection. BIG AND BOLD is on view through Sept. 28 at the Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery. BIG AND BOLD highlights 11 artworks by 10… [ Keep reading ]
Wander down to Westlake Park in downtown Seattle and happen upon Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir’s 26 life–size, androgynous human sculptures. Thórarinsdóttir’s installation Borders will extend throughout the park between Pine and Pike streets June 6 to fall of this year. The figures, 13 aluminum and 13 cast iron, some standing, some seated on… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle artist Carol dePelecyn’s new artworks Memento and Short in the Tooth will open at Seattle Public Utilities’ ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new South Transfer Station, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, May 30. In Memento and Short in the Tooth, dePelecyn salvaged parts of the old South Park Bridge to… [ Keep reading ]
