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Weekly art hit: Thornton Creek by Stephen Glassman

It’s no secret that Seattle, the “Emerald City,” is known for being green – from the environmentalism to the sheer color of the landscape. What one might not know is that grass, plants, and everything green can be found even in the most unlikely of places, including incorporated on the… [ Keep reading ]

Weekly Art Hit: Dendrites, snaking & rain drums, oh my!

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 ]

On Dec 4, Coll Thrush talks ‘Native Seattle’

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 ]

Jackson Park’s New Bounty

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 ]

Weekly Art Hit: A Salish Welcome by Martin Oliver

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 ]

Watch the creation and installation of “Playland”

Watch artist Jen Dixon create and install “Playland” in this new video! “Playland” was titled and inspired by an amusement park of the 1930’s. Dixon took old street signs and created collages that were installed last July in the Bitter Lake neighborhood. Seattle Department of Transportation‘s own Therese Casper created… [ Keep reading ]

What we’re reading this week

Our weekly round-up of arts and culture news in the greater Seattle area. Arts in the News Art Space and Race: How did affordable artist housing in Seattle’s least-white neighborhoods end up more than 80 percent white? “Demand for artist housing in Seattle is incredible.There are a thousand artists on… [ Keep reading ]

Weekly Art Hit: ‘Highpoint’ by Daniel Laskarin

Walking up to the High Point Community Center, you are greeted by colorful set of table and chairs. Looking more closely, you notice that one chair has been displaced and is perched high above the community center atop a yellow spire that soars from the furniture grouping through the roof…. [ Keep reading ]

Weekly Art Hit: ‘FlipBooks’ by Jennifer Dixon

Remember, when you were a kid, flipping the corner of a small book really quickly and watching a cartoon come to life in your hands?  The grown up (sort of) version can be seen along the Interurban Trail in north Seattle, only this time you need to move through space,… [ Keep reading ]

Weekly Art Hit: ‘Dragonfly Garden and Pavilion’ by Lorna Jordan

Somewhat hidden in the Delridge neighborhood – if you can hide a 16’ tall anisoptera (that’s dragonfly to you and me) – is a public artwork that is part sculpture, part shelter, part garden and all drama – West Seattle’s Dragonfly Garden and Pavilion. Tucked behind the behemoth steel factory… [ Keep reading ]