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 ]
The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, in partnership with Seattle City Light (SCL), seeks an artist or artist team to develop permanent, site-integrated artwork for SCL’s new Denny Substation. The substation will provide a new electrical power distribution system to serve the South Lake Union and Denny Triangle… [ Keep reading ]
We’re seeking an artist or artist team to develop a detailed proposal for artwork for the Elliott Bay Seawall Project. The artwork will reveal and promote the habitat and ecological function of the new seawall. The call is open to professional artists residing in the United States. The application deadline… [ Keep reading ]
Paul Sorey, Coffee Pot Pergola, 2005, 30th Avenue N.E., permanently sited in front of Cranium’s Café in Lake City. We’re seeking a senior project manager to join our public art team to work jointly in our agency and the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to act as… [ Keep reading ]
Hammering Man, the iconic 48’ tall kinetic sculpture sited outside of Seattle Art Museum, will take a rest along with many of Seattle’s workers on Monday, September 3, in honor of Labor Day. The artist, Jonathan Borofsky, has created numerous Hammering Man sculptures of different sizes that are sited all… [ Keep reading ]
Haiti’s January 2010 7.0 earthquake left more than one million people homeless, 220,000 killed and 300,000 injured. The country, people, culture and struggle are captured through the work of three Pacific Northwest artists in the exhibition Remember Haiti. The show opens at a reception, 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept…. [ Keep reading ]
Seven new temporary artworks have been installed along the Central Waterfront for the project Art Interruptions. Last week, five artists installed temporary art installations or began performance artworks along Greenwood Avenue North from North 67th to North 87th streets. All artworks will be up for approximately six weeks. Art Interruptions incorporates… [ Keep reading ]
