Check out Horatio Law’s new public artwork South Park Vortex, at the dedication, 11 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 2, at Marra-Desimone Park (Marra Farms) in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood. The event will be at the northeast corner of Marra-Desimone Park at 533 South Director St., between Fifth Avenue South… [ Keep reading ]
A weekly round-up of arts and culture news in Seattle. The Fussy Eye: Salvage Art Seattle Weekly, Brian Miller At the center of the atrium at MOHAI, newly relocated to the Naval Reserve Armory in South Lake Union, is a permanent new sculptural installation that helps anchor the museum to… [ Keep reading ]
In honor of February as Black History Month, we’re featuring Troy Miles’ series of decals on signal boxes – metal boxes at intersections with traffic lights – in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood. In 2010, Seattle graphic artist and Central District resident Miles designed three unique decals—Inside, Straight Out the CD… [ Keep reading ]
In collaboration with Seattle Parks and Recreation (Parks), we’re seeking two artists or artist teams to each create temporary, site-specific public art projects for downtown Seattle’s Westlake Park, located at 401 Pine St. The selected artists will create artworks that activate the park during summer 2013. The call is open… [ Keep reading ]
Your weekly round-up of arts and culture news in the Northwest. The Act of Love City Arts, City Arts Staff In honor of Valentine’s Day, City Arts brings you “The Act of Love” featuring three couples who collaborate on their creative projects. Among them are two of Seattle theatre’s top designers,… [ Keep reading ]
Happy Valentine’s Day, art lovers! Here’s Katherine Aoki’s print Truckin’ (ed. 9 of 20) from 2001, part of a themed series entitled The Construction of Modern Girlhood. The print is multiple-plate linoleum cut with watercolor detail. The allegorical series addresses the idea of “girl power.” Aoki received her M.F.A. in… [ Keep reading ]
Assistant Conductor Stilian Kirov will lead the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in a free lunchtime concert, 12 to 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, in the City Hall lobby. Mayor Mike McGinn will welcome attendees to the performance, which will feature masterworks from the 19th and 20th centuries. The Symphony will perform… [ Keep reading ]
Capitol Hill’s Pike/Pine corridor was recently named one of the top 12 ArtPlaces in the United States. The neighborhood boasts a number of arts destinations, including the public artwork Waterworks by Douglas Hollis. Waterworks is at Cal Anderson Park just north of Pine Street and east of Broadway. If you’ve… [ Keep reading ]
Your weekly round-up of arts and culture news in the Northwest. Alden Mason Has Died The Stranger, Jen Graves “I just heard; it happened last night, I’m told. I know he was very old, and everyone has to die, but I can’t help but feel that quite a lot died with… [ Keep reading ]
We received the sad news of Alden Mason’s death yesterday. The loss will be felt deeply in the arts community and beyond. Mason won a Mayor’s Arts Award in 2005 (photo left). The city also owns a number of his paintings as part of the portable works collection including the one featured below, Goodbye Love, from 2001…. [ Keep reading ]
