Showing posts with label public art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public art. Show all posts

RBCA: The missing orcas are home

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Sonar Armor is damaged, but back home
The Richmond Beach Community Association (RBCA) is happy to announce the return of our two missing Orcas, “Who’s for Dinner?” and “Sonar Armor”.

Both Orcas went missing in September of last year from Kayu Kayu Ac park. A special thanks goes out to a community member who saw them and said something.

“We are happy to have them home.” said Teresa Pape, Executive Director of the Richmond Beach Community Association (RBCA). 
“These beloved art pieces mean so much to the community.”

Who's for Dinner?
In September 2016, the RBCA Board launched a Richmond Beach Public Art project called Beach Orcas on Parade.

Twenty-two artist-embellished Beach Orcas are displayed during the summer in prominent outdoor locations throughout the community. It was from one of these locations that the orcas were stolen.

“We would also like to thank the Shoreline Police Department for their quick handling of the recovery of the art.” expressed Tom Petersen, RBCA’s Vice- President. 
“This is the best possible outcome we could have hoped for.”

Although both orcas were returned, Sonar Armor needs repair. The recovered orcas will be back on public display soon. The Richmond Beach Community Association is asking for those wanting to contribute to the care and rehabilitation of all of the orcas to make a donation via their website, noting it is "for the orcas".






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Classified: Shoreline Parks and Tree Board meeting Thursday

Monday, May 20, 2019

The Shoreline Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services / Tree Board regular meeting will be held on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at Shoreline City Hall Room 303, 17500 Midvale Ave N, 7pm.

The board will be updated on the Community and Aquatics Center planning and the Public Arts planning and funding plan.







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New bus shelter art in Lake Forest Park

Monday, April 29, 2019

Photo by Heather McLaughlin

The shelter picture is by Tom Reese and is titled, "Tribal Canoe." 

Photo by Heather McLaughlin

The fish are actually pictures on the new trash can. 

Photo by Heather McLaughlin

This is the replacement bus shelter just installed at 25th and Ballinger Way in Lake Forest Park. Heather McLaughlin got photos while Metro crew was swapping out the old, green bus shelter for this new, blue one.

She went back to get photos of the "mystery fish" which turned out to be art on a large trash can, and the photo on the shelter itself.

Other bus shelters in LFP have historical photos on them.


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Sound Transit begins mitigation work at Ronald Bog by moving sculpture

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Courtesy City of Shoreline


Photos by Martin De Grazia

Sound Transit is offsetting impacts to wetlands as a result of light rail construction in Shoreline by creating new wetlands at Ronald Bog Park on N 175th and I-5. (see previous article)



The first step in constructing the Ronald Bog Wetland Mitigation Site was to move Michael Sweeney’s The Kiss to a new location.



Workers constructed a new earthen mound approximately 200 feet east from the sculpture's current location and then carefully transferred the sculpture to the new mound.



The entrance to the park was reconfigured with access to The Kiss. The sculpture is still visible from the Bog.




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Kiss sculpture being relocated within Ronald Bog park

Friday, January 18, 2019


Sound Transit is offsetting impacts to wetlands as a result of light rail construction in Shoreline by creating new wetlands at Ronald Bog Park on N 175th and I-5. (see previous article)

The first step in constructing the Ronald Bog Wetland Mitigation Site is to move Michael Sweeney’s The Kiss to a new location within the park.

The Kiss
Michael Sweeney, artist
Photo courtesy City of Shoreline
Starting today, Sound Transit will construct a new earthen mound approximately 200 feet east from the sculpture's current location and then carefully transfer the sculpture to the new mound.

Construction of the wetland mitigation site is expected to begin in summer 2019.

A few parking stalls will be temporarily occupied for construction use. A temporary road access will be installed for equipment access to work site.

The work area will be marked and fenced off from public access. Work will occur from 7am - 4pm, Monday – Friday and take approximately five weeks to complete.

Contacts
  • Outreach Specialist: My Nguyen, lynnwoodlink@soundtransit.org or 206-398-5300.
  • After-hours construction hotline: 1-888-298-2395.
  • King County Public Art Collection: Jordan Howland, Jordan.howland@4culture.org or 206-263-1589


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Beach orcas are still missing - do you know anything?

Friday, September 28, 2018



The stolen orcas have not yet surfaced. The art works, by Harro Scharbau and Emily Eng, were removed from their installation at Kayu Kayu Ac park in Richmond Beach.

The Richmond Beach Community Association, which commissioned and owns the art works, has made a "no questions asked" offer if the orcas are returned by Friday.


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New artwork reflects work of Native Plant Stewards in Brugger's Bog

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Brugger’s Bog Park is currently undergoing ecological restoration by Master Native Plant Stewards from the Washington Native Plant Society and the City of Shoreline.

In an effort to reflect that commitment, the city’s Public Art Program has featured Brugger’s Bog as a site for temporary artwork.

The 2018 program brings artist Will Schlough to the program, a sculptor and mural painter with an interest in site specific work. Schlough’s public work creatively interacts with the surrounding environment, presenting unique and thought-provoking narratives.

‘Restoration’ (as the artwork is titled) depicts a five-foot tall human hand with a newly potted plant evolving from an old stump.

The piece speaks to restoration efforts and the role of humans in the development of ‘natural’ spaces, cleverly asking viewers to consider where ‘natural’ ends and ‘manmade’ begins.

It will be on view for the Fall, Winter, and Spring.

Brugger's Bog is on 25th NE, just north of Ballinger Way and across from the Aldercrest fields.



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Shoreline’s Public Art Program announces six purchases for new Portable Works Collection

Friday, August 3, 2018

Weldon Butler, Saddle, 2005

With the addition of six new artworks, Shoreline’s permanent art collection expands from outdoor public art to encompass paintings and small sculptures.

Over100 artists from around the region submitted works for consideration in May, with 30 chosen by jurors Jason Huff (Shoreline resident and Public Art Program Manager for Seattle Arts and Culture) and David Francis (Shoreline Public Art Coordinator).

 Justin Gibbens, Birds and Bees (Stellar's Jays), 2006  

“Given the city's commitment to equity and inclusion,” writes Huff, “it was important to make sure that the artists whose works are part of this selection reflected diversity of people and communities that make up Shoreline.”

After a two-week vote by staff and the public, Megan Reisinger was named “People’s Choice Artist” for two pieces in the exhibition.

BethAnn Lawson, Lost at Sea, 2017

In addition to artistic excellence, criteria for the choices included equitable representation among artists. Themes vary from Pop Surrealism to abstraction, with media from acrylic, watercolor and ink, collage, wood, and cardboard mosaic.

   Naoko Morisawa, Wave Diamond II, 2016

The total cost of the art had been approved in advance at $10,000, funded by the city’s 1% for Art Ordinance which in turn derives from eligible capital improvement projects. Future additions to the Portable Works Collection are anticipated every 2 – 3 years as funds become available. Shoreline joins the cities of Kent, Tukwila, Bellevue, Seattle, and others, in creating such collections in King County.

Megan Reisinger, Monkey Beetle, 2013

The exhibition, titled Centers of Gravity, occupies the 3rd and 4th floors of Shoreline City Hall 17500 Midvale Ave N, Shoreline 98133 and is on view M-F, 9:00am - 5:00pm, closing Monday, September 17, 2018.

Angie Hinojos Yusuf, Leaving Aztlan, 2018


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Pop-up pianos are back in Shoreline

Friday, July 20, 2018

For the 7th year of its artist street-piano program, Shoreline returns work by:
  • Marsha Lippert, 
  • Jennifer Carroll, 
  • Cynthia Knox, 
  • Kelly Lyles, 
  • Joe Brooks, 
  • Megan Reisinger, and 
  • Heather Carr.


Ed and Jon Ann Cruver found one of the pianos at Central Market and Ed immediately sat down to try one out.

"We always have fun running around town trying them out," said Jon Ann. "My husband plays, I take his photo!"

Ed Cruver playing the piano at Central Market
Photo by Jon Ann Cruver

One down, seven to go!



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Items for consideration for Shoreline's permanent art collection on display at City Hall

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Cloud Bank at City Hall is part of the
City's permanent art collection
Photo by Steven H. Robinson

The City of Shoreline’s first art show dedicated to the creation of a permanent indoor art collection has arrived on the 3rd and 4th floors of City Hall (M-F 9:00-5:00 until September 17). 17500 Midvale Ave N, Shoreline 98133. 

From this exhibition of 44 artworks by 30 artists in the Puget Sound area (including 4 from Shoreline specifically and another 5 from Edmonds, Lynnwood, Woodinville, and the north end), the City’s Public Art Program is seeking to choose 2-5 artworks for permanent display at city facilities.

Residents who see the show before Friday, June 22 will be able to submit a ballot voting for their favorite pieces. The Parks Board will make the final decisions.

The Snail is part of the permanent collection
Photo by Wayne Pridemore
From over 105 artist submissions and more than 500 artworks, jurors David Francis and Jason Huff (from Seattle Arts and Culture; also a Shoreline resident) selected a final group of 30 (44 artworks).

Each explores contemporary art as a balancing of objectives and a blending of disciplinary focus.

Many of the artists have backgrounds in other fields and experiences in other countries, reflecting a global village of contemporary art.

As Huff writes in his juror’s statement, “Given the city's commitment to equity and inclusion, it was important to make sure that the artists whose works are part of this selection reflected diversity of people and communities that make up Shoreline.”

Themes vary from nature, to history, identity, and the design of spatial representation. A notebook on the 3rd floor features artists’ statements, bios, and resumes.

ARTISTS:

Gala Bent, Patti Bowman, Weldon Butler, Minh Carrico, MalPina Chan, Diem Chau, Maura Donegan, Shruti Ghatak, Justin Gibbens, Clare Johnson, Jody Joldersma, Amanda Knowles, BethAnn Lawson, Rich Lehl, Terry Leness, Vikram Madan, Carol Milne, Daphne Minkoff, Naoko Morisawa, Saya Moriyasu, Kemba Opio, Megan Reisinger, Jane Richlovsky, George Rodriguez, Samantha Scherer, Tee Gee Story, Thuy Van Vu. Matthew Whitney, Suze Woolf, Angie Yusef.


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"Centers of Gravity" art exhibition offers 45 choices for City's permanent collection

Friday, May 25, 2018

Terry Leness - The Gatekeeper


In science, a center of gravity is a point or place where an object can be balanced. The City of Shoreline’s first exhibition devoted to the creation of a permanent collection strives to create a balance of media and artistic backgrounds in keeping with a 21st century city with rapidly changing demographics.

The exhibition opens Saturday, June 9, 2018 from 5:00pm -7:30pm, at Shoreline City Hall, 17500 Midvale Ave N, Shoreline 98133; on the third and fourth floors with artists in attendance.

Megan Reisinger - The Yeti
Regular gallery hours will be 9:00-5:00 Monday - Friday and by appointment on weekends until September 17, 2018, when unsold work will be returned.

The City plans to spend up to $10,000 on the artwork to begin its permanent indoor collection, complementing its 26 permanent outdoor sculptures, and will announce its selections in July.

From over 105 artist submissions and more than 500 artworks, jurors David Francis and Jason Huff (Seattle Arts and Culture) selected a final group of 30 (45 artworks) that each explore contemporary art as a balancing of of objectives and a blending of disciplinary focus.

Many of the artists have backgrounds in other fields and experiences in other countries, reflecting a global village of contemporary art.

As Huff writes in his juror’s statement, “Given the city's commitment to equity and inclusion, it was important to make sure that the artists whose works are part of this selection reflected diversity of people and communities that make up Shoreline.”

Themes vary from nature, to history, identity, and the design of spatial representation.


ARTISTS:
Gala Bent, Patti Bowman, Weldon Butler,  Minh Carrico, MalPina Chan, Diem Chau,  Maura Donegan,  Shruti Ghatak, Justin Gibbens, Clare Johnson, Jody Joldersma, Amanda Knowles, BethAnn Lawson,  Rich Lehl, Terry Leness, Vikram Madan, Carol Milne, Daphne Minkoff, Naoko Morisawa,  Saya Moriyasu,  Kemba Opio, Megan Reisinger, Jane Richlovsky, George Rodriguez, Samantha Scherer, Tee Gee Story, Thuy Van Vu. Matthew Whitney, Suze Woolf, Angie Yusef.

Themes vary from nature, to history, identity, and the design of spatial representation.



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Photo: Dogwood in bloom at City Hall

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Dogwood in bloom
Photo by Marla Tullio

In the background, on the side of Shoreline City Hall, Limelight by Linda Beaumont.

In the foreground, dogwood bushes are in full bloom.

Thanks to Marla Tullio for sharing this wonderful photo!

DKH



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Big Brother art installation reduced to single daily showing

Saturday, January 6, 2018

Big Brother at Shoreview Park
Photo by David Francis


By Diane Hettrick

Outdoor art installations that run on solar power are at the mercy of the winter skies in Shoreline, so the Big Brother exhibit at Shoreview Park has been reduced to one showing a day.

Shoreline Public Art coordinator David Francis says that they have reduced the daily showing to just 4:30-4:45 (no screenings at 5:09, 5:30, or 6:00) so that the battery will have the best chance to benefit from any sunlight.

However, you had best see it this week.

"Even if there is no re-charge from sunlight, the battery should last another week", said Francis. "No guarantees after January 12 and if it is not showing at 4:30pm after that time we will probably dismantle for the winter and try again in spring / summer."

See previous article about the installation. Shoreview Park, 700 NW Innis Arden Way, 98177



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Augmented Nature exhibition explores nature, art, and technology in Shoreline Parks

Monday, December 11, 2017

Big Brother plays a video at night
Photo by David Francis

Augmented Nature exhibition explores nature, art, and technology in Shoreline Parks.

This temporary outdoor art exhibition, located in several public parks in Shoreline, explores the boundary between nature, art, and technology.

As a means of celebrating the years of planning and fundraising that went into the project, City of Shoreline will host an artists’ reception at City Hall Shoreline on Thursday, December 14, 2017, from 6:30 – 8:30pm, 17500 Midvale Ave N, Shoreline, 98133, E-line bus or free parking in the City garage.

Funded in part by a grant from 4Culture, the project features the work of five artists working in collaboration on a variety of installations. Images and videos from the installations will be displayed on monitors in the lobby along with light refreshments.

Big Brother at night
Photo by David Francis
Big Brother, an experimental, solar-powered video projection installed at Shoreview Park, 700 NW Innis Arden Way, 98177, by Alan Fulle and Workshop 3d with daily screenings at 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, and 6:00pm through May 30, 2018

Faux-Forest Service Signs, three wooden signs on posts made by Joel Kennedy that when viewed with a downloadable app provides additional augmented reality content (Workshop 3d), including a sweeping historical panorama called Known Unknowns by Ken Winnick; through May 30, 2018 at Shoreview Park, 700 NW Innis Arden Way, 98177.  

Known Unknowns
Known Unknowns uses a combination of historical and contemporary photographs to create a synthetic panorama that tells a hyperlocal story of the area around Shoreview Park.

Many Colors of Green: Shoreline, an ongoing project by City Meditation Crew that crowdsources iPhone imagery with meditative walking (Hamlin, Ronald Bog, South Woods Parks); additional support from Michigan Technical University.

There are actually at least three distinct displays at the park,
1) The movie in the trees,
2) "known unknowns" synth pano
3) Ice age AR, down in the woods.



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Public Art City of Shoreline #24: Sunset

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Photo by Wayne Pridemore


City of Shoreline Public Art Collection
Sunset School Park entryway, 17800 10th Ave NW
Funded by a City of Shoreline Neighborhood Mini-grant, The Friends of Sunset Park and the Richmond Highlands Neighborhood Association 2014

Sunset  Bruce and Shannon Andersen, artists. Stainless and cor-ten steel

Sunset, a significant artwork at the Sunset School Park entryway, was created by Seattle artists, Bruce and Shannon Andersen. It was dedicated during a neighborhood celebration on October 4, 2014.

The artists noted that “Sunset is inspired by the by the striking contrast of the brilliant glow from the sun descending behind the bold silhouette of the majestic Olympic Mountains. This continually evolving dynamic between land and sky, interacts with the piece, creating an engaging reference for the viewer.”

Sunset was fabricated by the artists of stainless and cor-ten steel. The properties of cor-ten allow it to oxidize for 2-3 years providing a contrast in color and texture to the arcs of stainless above.

--Text courtesy City of Shoreline



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Random works of art: Cairns by Pilgrim

Saturday, October 28, 2017



Text and photos by Cynthia Sheridan

The Balancing Man, also known as Pilgrim, has found a new spot for his lifelong vocation of creating structures in harmony with the law of gravity.

Along the exterior edge of his apartment complex, Pilgrim has built a garden of balancing rocks.

Recently he was required to move the structures from one side of the driveway to the other, an amazing feat which he was able to complete in one short weekend.

This is a local curiosity not to be missed; the standing rocks are located in the parking lot of North Ridge Apartments, at 1530 NE 177th St in North City.



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Photos: Dramatic foliage on Blue Bridges

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Photo by Brenda Kent

The foliage on the walls of the Blue Bridges at 155th and Aurora is very dramatic at this time of year.


Photo by Brenda Kent

The walls themselves are public art, part of the bridge design by artist Vicki Scuri.


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Public Art City of Shoreline #23: Redwood Lantern

Monday, October 9, 2017

Photo by Diane Hettrick


City of Shoreline Public Art Collection
Shoreline City Hall courtyard, 17500 Midvale Ave N
Donation to the City by Dr. Bruce and JoAnn Amundson and an anonymous donor 2014

Redwood Lantern  Bruce Johnson, artist. Redwood, copper, stained glass

Artist's statement: The lantern theme is recurrent in California sculptor Bruce Johnson’s work. This one has three lenses recessed into copper clad openings. The main body of the lantern is salvaged old growth curly redwood. The copper clad roof and base forms are beautifully scalloped and textured, embodying unique form and elegant craft. From his secluded studio on the Sonoma coast, Johnson has created large-scale redwood sculpture for collections around the world. His work strives to connect to the beauty and harmony found in nature while marking a place with artwork using the fine detail found in sacred architecture.

--Text courtesy City of Shoreline



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Parkwood Neighborhood celebrates completion of public art work

Monday, September 18, 2017

Photo by Dan Short
Back row: Chris Goodman, Robin Lombard, Chris Brummer
Front row: Chie Iida, Sara Snedeker (artist), Yoshiko Saheki, Marie Ammerman, Katie Schielke

Volunteers from the Parkwood Neighborhood Association were undaunted by the drizzle as they gathered at Twin Ponds Sunday to celebrate the successful completion of their art project with Shoreline artist Sara Snedeker.


Photo by Dan Short

Under Snedeker's direction, volunteers painted a colorful design on the columns of the I-5 overpass at NE 155th and 1st NE, near Twin Ponds Park.

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

A bright surprise of rainbow color greets drivers in NE 155th St as they travel under the I-5 overpass.

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Under the direction of Shoreline artist Sara Snedeker, volunteers painted bright stripes of vivid color on the columns supporting the freeway overpass.

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

Prism Pantone now marks the gateway to the Parkwood Neighborhood.

Photo by Wayne Pridemore

A drab and dark space now has bright swaths of colors.

Photo by Wayne Pridemore


The project was sponsored and carried out by the Parkwood Neighborhood Association and funded by a mini-grant from the City of Shoreline.



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Public Art City of Shoreline #22: The Skater

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Photo by Steven H. Robinson


City of Shoreline Public Art Collection
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, 201312 15th Ave NW
City of Shoreline Purchase, 1% for Art Program 2014

The Skater  Kevin Au, artist. Painted Steel

Artist's statement: The Winter Olympics was held in Vancouver BC in 2010. The women figure skating events inspired the creation of the Skater. It was my intention to capture the grace and beauty of the skater during her spins.

--Text courtesy City of Shoreline



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