Imagine walking through a forest when you notice glowing snakes up in the trees, gnarled roots at your feet, and the syncopated beats of rain as water hits the ground around you – I’d say that’s a great start to a very spooky Halloween story! If you visit the Cedar… [ Keep reading ]
A Million Bucks to Art on the Waterfront “Thanks to Seattle’s public art law, part of the construction budget to rebuild the massive Elliott Bay Seawall will pay for a million-dollar art commission. This is the biggest-budget public art commission ever in Seattle, by several hundred thousand dollars, according to… [ Keep reading ]
On Wednesday, December 4, Coll Thrush will give a talk at the Olympic Sculpture park at 7 pm. The talk will be on representations of indigenous life in Seattle’s civic imagery, art and monuments, and look at issues raised by the use of First Nations icons in the Vancouver Olympics… [ Keep reading ]
Recently in Jackson Park, people have been reporting that they have seen something new to the landscape – a new type of plant, perhaps? Some are as tall as trees, some lay on the ground, but all have beautiful, intricate leaves, which appear to be hand cut by an artist…. [ Keep reading ]
In June of this year, our office put out a call for a sound artist to create an integrated, sound-based artwork on the Elliott Bay waterfront. The call was in collaboration with the Seattle Department of Transportation as part of the redevelopment of Seattle’s Central Waterfront and is one of… [ Keep reading ]
In 2010 the city restored the Salmon Bay Natural Area near the Ballard Locks in order to improve water and upland habitat for salmon and other species. In certain seasons, you can watch salmon swimming in the tides. Welcoming all to the site is Martin Oliver’s A Salish Welcome (2010), a… [ Keep reading ]
Arts in the News Meet the artists behind the new Rainier ‘R’ “As Seattleites watch the new 12-foot Rainier Brewing “R” being hoisted atop the old brewery along Interstate 5 later this week, some onlookers will be holding their breath. “When you go to plug it in, you just hope… [ Keep reading ]
KEXP, you get a car! 826, you get a car; and Cornish, you get a car! …Well, maybe Oprah isn’t giving any of Seattle’s organizations cars, but Mayor McGinn announced that 13 cultural organizations have received money to upgrade or complete their facilities! Way better than a Pontiac. More great… [ Keep reading ]
The Arts & Social Change on November 5th is now sold out! Read on to see how you can still help to envision ASC’s future. Arts & Social Change started last year as a one-off symposium, but since has grown into an active Facebook group, a partnership with… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Arts Commission welcomes three new members: Jerry Garcia, Amber Rose Jimenez and Vivian Phillips. Garcia and Phillips will both serve terms to Dec. 31, 2014 when they will be up for reappointment. Garcia is a City Council appointment and Phillips is a Mayor McGinn appointment. Jimenez is serving… [ Keep reading ]
