Weekly Art Hit: ‘Dancers’ Series: Steps’ by Jack Mackie
May 23, 2013
…for the artwork was a direct outgrowth of his work with design team members. The artist selected the sites for his artwork along Broadway, and also the particular dance step…
Weekly Art Hit: ‘The Philosophical Promenade’ by Keith Beckley and Dennis Evans
June 6, 2013
…’80s as part of the I-90 lid construction project. The artwork was funded by the Engineering Department (now Seattle Public Utilities) 1% for Art funds and Washington Department of Transportation…
Weekly Art Hit: ‘Dragonfly Garden and Pavilion’ by Lorna Jordan
October 4, 2013
…part shelter, part garden and all drama – West Seattle’s Dragonfly Garden and Pavilion. Tucked behind the behemoth steel factory south of the West Seattle Bridge is artist Lorna Jordan’s…
Weekly Art Hit: Paul Sorey’s “Tree Bench”
December 5, 2013
…artist can be found here, courtesy of the Seattle Channel. The artwork Tree Bench was funded with Seattle Parks and Recreation 2000 Parks Levy 1% for Art funds and a…
Weekly art hit: “Points of View”
December 13, 2013
…intended to represent “the rippling effect an individual’s action has on society at large” according to the artist statement found on the plaque next to the artwork. The artwork Points…
Mayor Murray Announces $1.8 million investment in Seattle art organizations
February 23, 2016
…of diversity in the arts. A healthy, equitable arts ecology is one where many organizations, such as the Seattle Symphony, Northwest African Art Museum, Seattle Repertory Theater, Path with Art,…
Shaun Peterson talks art
June 15, 2015
…with artist Qwalsius-Shaun Peterson. Peterson is a Coast Salish artist of Puyallup heritage who has recently been selected for a public art commission on the Seattle Waterfront. His work spans…
City, county present ceramic works from their public art collections
January 31, 2012
The Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and 4Culture present ceramic artworks from their public art collections in the exhibition “Enduring Clay: Four Decades of Collecting Ceramics by the…
Public art conservation staff restores several artworks
August 2, 2012
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…
City accepts John T. Williams totem into public art collection
February 28, 2012
…part of our public art collection. Williams, a First Nations woodcarver, was fatally shot in August 2010 by a Seattle police officer. At the top of the painted, red-cedar totem…