The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS), in partnership with Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), is pleased to announce the two Pacific Northwest-based artists selected for the 2023 SDOT Bridge Artists in Residence. Artists Mariah Vicary and Vivian Li will lead this unique, project-based residency and will create digital… [ Keep reading ]
Residency will take place July through December 2023 *Application Due Date Extended: May 5, 2023 This summer, the University and Fremont Bridges will host two artist-in-residence programs. Designed by the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), the residency is open… [ Keep reading ]
Perched above the road and waterway in the University and Fremont Bridge towers, two artists spent four months thinking about their surroundings and creating graphic novel works inspired by the location and their experiences. The artworks created during this residency are beautiful, meaningful and vibrate with resonance to the iconic and… [ Keep reading ]
This fall, as drivers cross and boaters pass underneath the University and Fremont Bridges, comics artists will be observing and documenting the rhythm of the city from the bridge towers. In partnership with Seattle Department of Transportation, the Office of Arts & Culture selected E.T. Russian and Roger Fernandes as… [ Keep reading ]
In two public events Paurl Walsh, the 2018 Fremont Bridge artist-in-residence, will share his artistic vision, inspiration, experience and a taste of the music he created while in the Northwest tower of the Fremont Bridge. Sunday, May 12, 2019, 2 p.m. Seattle Public Library, Central Branch, Microsoft Auditorium 1000 Fourth… [ Keep reading ]
Beginning June 2018, the northwest tower of the Fremont Bridge will be a temporary studio for musician and composer Paurl Walsh. Walsh will be able to use the tower space as a source of inspiration to compose and create a sound-based piece in response to the summer residency. He will… [ Keep reading ]
The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS), in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), seeks a practicing composer and/or musician to be an Artist-in Residence in the northwest tower of the Fremont Bridge. The selected composer and/or musician will undertake an in-depth exploration of the historic bridge’s… [ Keep reading ]
Fremont Bridge writer-in-residence Elissa Washuta’s essay White City is now available for everyone to read. In addition, a podcast of Washuta reading an excerpt of the essay at the Seattle Public Library‘s Central branch is available here. Elissa Washuta was commissioned by the Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS), in… [ Keep reading ]
Saturday, February 18, 2017; 2 – 3:30 p.m. Central Library, Microsoft Auditorium Seattle Public Library 1000 Fourth Ave. Seattle, WA 98104 Library events and programs are free and everyone is welcome. Registration is not required. Elissa Washuta was selected by the Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS), in partnership with… [ Keep reading ]
Come join us at Ophelia’s for their first hours event! They’ll be open later than usual, have refreshments, a reading, and a sale! Friday, August 19, 2016, 7-9 p.m. Ophelia’s Books 3504 Fremont Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98103 More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/1735873899984010/ Elissa Washuta will be reading this month. She… [ Keep reading ]
