4Culture is in and around Harborview Medical Center a lot these days.  This summer, we supported Wendy Call as a Writer-in-Residence to work with patients. This fall, artists Carrie Bodle and Ed Essex are exhibiting work on the First Hill campus. Each received an award through our Individual Artists Projects program. Visit these great exhibitions and be sure to take in the amazing public art work from the King County Public Art Collection, managed by 4Culture.

Carrie Bodle
Waveforms
Harborview Eye Institute
908 Jefferson St, Seattle (7th Floor)
Hours: M-F 8am-5pm

Carrie Bodle presents a new work Waveforms at the Harborview Eye Institute October 28 – November 28, 2010.  The work has originated from a collaboration with UW Oceanographic Scientist Dr. Neil Banas and is an exploration into using data from ecosystem models along the Washington coast to create tangible experiences of research through art.

Ed Essex
Ed Essex: A Sixty Year Print Retrospective
Harborview Medical Center
325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle (West Lobby)

Ed Essex: A Sixty Year Print Retrospective is now through December being featured at Harborview Medical Center in the West Lobby. As an artist and art educator, Ed Essex’s prints convey the poetic allure of the Pacific Northwest’s natural environment, and celebrate the influence of the Seattle area’s culturally diverse population on his art and ideas.

Image: © 2010, Courtesy of Carrie Bodle

At the ceremony on October 9th, artistic groups including the Nuu-chah-nulth Cultural Performers from West Vancouver Island and the Coyote Soldier Boys Drum from Seattle will be dancing and singing to celebrate the awakening of the artwork in its new home. The ceremony is free and open to the general public.

The artist donated Vereinigung to 4Culture’s Public Art collection at Harborview Medical Center and worked with 4culture to site and install the artwork. We are proud to honor Connie Watts and this remarkable work at its dedication and blessing.

Photo by Spike Mafford

Seyed Alavi has been selected  to create an integrated artwork for the 500-square-foot stairway landing above the main reception area in Harborview Medical Center. The Landing is at the intersection of the new Trauma Center completed in 1997 and the old hospital building and is a pivotal crossroads for patients and their families as they move between major service areas within the hospital.

Alavi’s artwork will assist in creating better wayfinding within the hospital. The artist brings experience in creating art for a healing environment to the project as well as an elegant design sensibility. Seyed Alavi’s artwork may be seen in our Artist Registry, from which he was chosen by the selection panel.

© Seyed Alavi, 2005, Tale of Time, Kotobuki Corporation, Japan

Bainbridge Island and Seattle, WA-based artists, Maggie Smith and Lois Shelton have been selected to create a commemorative artwork honoring the nursing professionals who have, and continue to study and serve at Harborview Medical Center. The artist team was selected from a pool of 71 artists and artist teams. Smith and Shelton will research and document a legacy of learning and service, and will create an innovative, interpretive artwork to honor it.

1600 registered nurses currently work at Harborview Medical Center. Known as the “engine of the hospital,” their legacy is long and proud. Thousands of nurses have served Harborview and its patients since its founding in 1877 as the King County Hospital, and University of Washington School of Nursing students have received their clinical education at Harborview since 1931.

Maggie Smith is an artist known for her work in metal, stone, ceramic and glass. Her public projects, such as the Armed Forces Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia and the Salem Witch Trials Tercentenary Memorial in Salem, Massachusetts, have explored local history and the meaning of commemoration. Lois Shelton is an award-winning filmmaker with a focus on documentary. With subjects ranging from civil rights and the Japanese American internment to the history of houseboats on Lake Union, Lois seeks to make the past relevant to the present. Both Maggie and Lois are committed to authentic collaboration, deep research, and lyrical storytelling.

Three nursing students from the 1960’s model uniforms from Harborview, Swedish and the University of Washington. © UW Special Collections

This is a great opportunity for an artist or team to research, understand and document the heritage of the nursing profession in King County, and create an innovative, interpretive artwork to honor this legacy.

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Public Art 4Culture invites you to celebrate your new public art! Please join us for a public dedication of artwork for the new Ninth and Jefferson Building at Harborview Medical Center. Both site-specific and portable artworks will be on view, and the public will have an opportunity to tour areas of the hospital that will have restricted access once the building is occupied. As we continue to build the remarkable collection at Harborview, we are proud to contribute to the healing environment of this vital facility.

image: © Installation of Robert Horner’s lobby floor, photo by the artist

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Public Art 4Culture will dedicate artwork for the new Ninth and Jefferson Building at Harborview Medical Center on Wednesday, April 8. Both site-specific and portable artworks will be on view, and the public will have an opportunity to tour areas of the hospital that will have restricted access once the building is occupied. As we continue to build the remarkable collection at Harborview, we are proud to contribute to the healing environment of this vital facility.

image: © Installation of Robert Horner’s lobby floor, Photo by the artist.