Along with our partners at the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), we’re seeking an artist to create an artwork for the second phase of the Chief Sealth Trail, which connects the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood with the Rainier Valley in Southeast Seattle.
Those three, tall, wiggly posts standing at a busy Northgate intersection are the work of artist Benson Shaw. He recently installed the public artwork as part of the Thornton Creek Water Quality Channel project. The poles, called Wiggle Posts, are at the corner of Northeast 103rd Street and 5th Avenue… [ Keep reading ]
Check out the January issue of the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs eNews here. In this Issue Message from the director Funding open for youth arts projects Artist sought for new First Hill Streetcar artwork Seeking artists to showcase at ethnic arts event More than 40 neighborhood events funded… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle is seeking an artist to develop site-integrated artwork for the First Hill Streetcar line, which will connect the Chinatown/International District transit station to the future Capitol Hill light rail station via First Hill. The new line is part of the Seattle Streetcar Network. The call is open to professional… [ Keep reading ]
Our curator Deborah Paine encountered this couple enjoying a picnic atop Michael Heizer’s sculpture Adjacent, Against, Upon at Myrtle Edwards Park.
Forbes.com recently named Seattle’s Cal Anderson Park among the top 12 of America’s Best City Parks. The focal point of this urban oasis in one of the city’s densest neighborhoods is Waterworks, a water feature and public artwork designed by artist Douglas Hollis with The Berger Partnership. Located over the lidded… [ Keep reading ]
We’ve teamed up with the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) to host a discussion, Water Calling: Artist Panel, 2 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14, at Olympic Sculpture Park’s PACCAR Pavilion.
The city of Seattle invites young artists to take part in an art contest to raise awareness of the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative. The winning artwork will be used in outreach materials for the initiative.
For more than three decades, weather and insects took their toll on a waterfront totem pole. So when the Port of Seattle called, we were happy to lend a hand to return the totem to its original glory and install it at its new home in Elliott Bay Park.
We think it’s cool that Gabi Campanario, who has a sketching gig with the Seattle Times, draws on arts and cultural events to tell the city’s story.
