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Public Art Quarterly: Summer Edition

Welcome Summer! Longer, dryer, and warmer days mean going out and spending time with friends and family (or on your own) to enjoy the public artworks on display throughout the city. This edition we’re looking back at all of the spring art in bloom. We welcomed new artworks into the… [ Keep reading ]

Public Art Quarterly | Welcoming New Staff and New Art!

The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture’s Public Art division is starting 2025 with new projects, newly installed artwork, and ongoing gallery shows and maintenance to the Civic Art Collection. Here’s a brief overview of some of the many things happening in and around the city.   Staffing Updates Public Art staff… [ Keep reading ]

FLOW: Art Along the Ship Canal, Summer 2023

FLOW: Art Along the Ship Canal concludes with these ten artists this summer: Ballard East Ballard Fremont Wallingford Commissioned by the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) in partnership with Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), these temporary installations tell a visual story of the unifying nature of water, how it… [ Keep reading ]

FLOW: Art Along the Ship Canal Summer 2022

FLOW: Art Along the Ship Canal continues with four new artists this summer with new installations by Perri Rhoden, Allyce Wood, Malayka Gormally, and Marsha Rollinger. Commissioned by ARTS in partnership with Seattle Public Utilities (SPU), these temporary installations tell a visual story of the unifying nature of water, how… [ Keep reading ]

The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and Seattle Neighborhood Greenways is offering a Free family friendly bike tour

Saturday, September 26 Tour Time: 12:30 – 4 p.m. Tour starts: Salmon Bay Natural Area, 3419 N.W. 54th St. (Map It). Meet at the artwork A Salish Welcome at the west end of The Canal’s parking lot. Street parking is located north of NW 54th St. Grab your helmets and… [ Keep reading ]

Weekly Art Hit: ‘Ballard Sculpture Garden’ by Jeffry Mitchell

Weekly Art Hit heads into the ‘90s with Seattle artist Jeffry Mitchell’s Ballard Sculpture Garden from 1995. Mitchell created the two-part artwork consisting of a concrete frieze and a sculpture garden for Seattle City Light’s System Control Center in Ballard. The cast concrete frieze follows the upper portion of the… [ Keep reading ]