Advancing Conversation About Culture in King County, Washington
Posted in Feature Stories, Public Art on Jul 29th, 2010
Last weekend (July23 – 25), Trails Project artists Susan Robb and Stokley Towles led a group of intrepid walkers on The Long Walk. For a glimpse into their shared adventure, Beth Sellars, one of the walkers, describes.
By Beth Sellars
The Long Walk inspired…
Posted in Feature Stories, Public Art on Jun 22nd, 2010
By Eric Kramak
At long last, we have finished! (Though the opportunity for others is just beginning.)
Begun in the bygone days of December 2009, the University of Washington Geography Honors Seminar entered into a six month collaborative project with 4Culture and…
Posted in Feature Stories, Public Art on Apr 29th, 2010
By Rita Lee and Lola Stronach
As part of 4Culture’s Public Art Education & Outreach Program, the route maps for the first three lines of RapidRide service – King County Metro’s new bus rapid transit service set to launch in the…
Posted in Arts, Recommended Events on Apr 22nd, 2010
Great article in the Seattle Times about the celebration at the Herbert Bayer Earthworks this evening.
When inviting artists to come and work at the Herbert Bayer Earthworks, I think about the interplay between art, landscape and community. The line-up for…
Posted in Public Art on Mar 23rd, 2010
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You’re late for your meeting, but if you hurry you might just make it on time. But just as you approach a bridge, the red lights start flashing, the guards lower and the deck raises–foiled! With seven…
Posted in Feature Stories, Public Art on Mar 22nd, 2010
The transit system is focused on mobility, on safely and efficiently moving commuters from Point A to Point B. Composed of buses, stations and commuters, the system is also a network of routes. While often overlooked as simply…
Posted in Feature Stories, Public Art on Feb 10th, 2010
When Bridges and Streams Collide
Have you heard the one about the biologist, geologist, engineer, and artist who hiked up a relic stream bed together?
I hadn’t either until last November when I headed to the Money Creek Bridge with King County…
Posted in Feature Stories, Public Art on Dec 9th, 2009
Leo Berk, King County’s Bridge Unit Artist-in-Residence, is working collaboratively with Roads Services Division staff to understand the function and design possibilities of short span bridges. Tasked with designing a kit of parts for incorporation into the County’s small scale…
Posted in Feature Stories, Public Art on Nov 17th, 2009
What we build says a lot about who we are. 4Culture’s Public Art Program has a strong history of managing projects with County partners, projects designed to reveal the expressive potential and the civic gesture embodied in our infrastructure. 4Culture…
Posted in Arts, Recommended Events on Aug 4th, 2009
By Cheryl dos Remedios
I’m super excited about all the great projects lined-up for aLIVe! This one-day exhibition will include work by Vaughn Bell, Clair Colquitt, Nicole Kistler, Alex Martin, Brian McAllister, Peter Reiquam, Vladimir Ryliski, Kristin Tollefson and Sustainable Ballard,…
Guest blogger Sabrina Roach, Development & Outreach Director at KBCS 91.3 Community Radio, co-director of Reclaim the Media, 2008-2009 Arts Leadership Lab Core Team member. Most of her family has lived and worked in King County since 1903.
What if we…
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