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City announces new project with VividMatterCollective to recreate and properly preserve the Capitol Hill Black Lives Matter Street Mural

September 21, 2020

Starting Tuesday morning, September 22, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) and the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will be collaborating with the original artists from VividMatterCollective to recreate the Black Lives Matter street mural painted during this summer’s protests on Capitol Hill. The mural has rapidly deteriorated… [ Keep reading ]

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Two new artists selected for Bridge Artist-in-Residence

August 5, 2020

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 ]

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CHOP art preservation supported by the City

July 8, 2020

The Office of Arts & Culture in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation and Parks and Recreation are working with artists and community members from the CHOP to store, document and preserve artworks that captured the hope, imagination and inspiration for a more racially equitable society. The immediate goal was to get the artwork out… [ Keep reading ]

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Seven Artists Selected for Art Interruptions 2020 along North Seattle Neighborhood Greenway

June 10, 2020

The Office of Arts & Culture in partnership with Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has commissioned seven emerging public artists to create temporary art installations along the North Seattle Neighborhood Greenway in Licton Springs for Art Interruptions 2020. The artworks will inhabit city sidewalks and parks and offer passers-by a… [ Keep reading ]

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New artwork “Alone Together” delights downtown pedestrians

July 29, 2019

Friday, August 2, 2019, 2-3 p.m. Public celebration at Harbor Steps 1221 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98101 Artwork stickers will be available for the first 250 people. A new artwork, Alone Together, by Juliana Kang Robinson will be interwoven into the infrastructure of the all-walk intersection of University and 1st… [ Keep reading ]

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Celebrate International Sculpture Day with our newest artwork “Aurora Bright Dawn”

April 26, 2019

Saturday, April 27, noonOak Tree Village Pedestrian BridgeN 102nd Street and Aurora Avenue N Guest post by artist Vicki Scuri Tomorrow, Saturday April 27th, is International Sculpture (IS) Day, a worldwide event celebrating the many ways sculpture and public art impact and improve people’s lives. Artist Vicki Scuri, the Office… [ Keep reading ]

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Music inspired by the [center of the universe] Fremont Bridge

April 4, 2019

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 ]

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Temporary art on the new Rainier Valley Neighborhood Greenway

August 7, 2018

Opening celebration for Rainier Valley Neighborhood Greenway and Art Interruptions on Saturday, August 11th from 12 – 4pm at the Rainier Beach Playfield The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), in partnership with the Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS), will be celebrating the opening of the Rainier Valley Neighborhood… [ Keep reading ]

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Fremont Bridge will be a temporary studio for sound artist Paurl Walsh this summer

June 6, 2018

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 ]

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Wanted: Musician/Composer for Fremont Bridge Residency

February 5, 2018

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 ]

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