After graduating from college, I was lucky enough to spend a year
funding model has since been implemented by many other cities.
teaching in Rome. The Eternal City is full of museums, housing
Much of Seattle’s public art—beloved pieces such as Noguchi’s
some of the greatest masterpieces. I was struck, however, by the art
Black Sun in Volunteer Park, Tsutakawa’s many fountains and
Mackie’s Dancers' Series: Steps in Capitol Hill—were all financed
by this ordinance.
I walked by every day on my way to work. Beautiful piazzas built
around spectacular fountains. Mosaics showcased on the outside of
buildings. Stunning architecture housing my favorite café. Art was
all around me, integrated into every aspect of daily life.
Seattle Arts Commission curates the program and brings new
works of art to public spaces in Seattle every year. There are over
After my year in Rome, I found work as a barista for a small coffee
400 permanently sited and integrated works and almost 3,000
shop located in Pioneer Square. Torrefazione Italia was surrounded
portable works. Of course, not everyone always approves of each
by galleries, totem poles and the urban oasis of Waterfall Garden
piece—controversy is part of the process—but the city is better for
Park. Blame it on my youth, but I took much of this surrounding art
it. Being surrounded by art that touches us, challenges us and
for granted. During my time in Pioneer Sqaure, I became familiar
provokes us makes our daily lives better and more interesting.
with the local gallery owners and many of the local artists living
and working in loft spaces around the neighborhood. I gained a
Our city is really growing up. Our art tells our story. Each time I'm
fantastic appreciation for all that goes into the making and selling
out and about, I discover a new piece of art—once all the trees in
of art, and for its importance in our lives and our city. Seattle was
Pioneer Square were wrapped in colorful knit socks. These are
no Rome, but Seattle was artistic. I just had to think differently
vibrant reminders that Seattle’s public art movement is alive and
about it.
well. Now, I just have to convince my wife that a giant cardboard
panda sculpture is a good idea for one of our new locations. Did I
Fast forward some years. I became involved with Pagliacci Pizza.
mention it is purple?
As we started opening new locations, I was introduced to Seattle’s
Percent for Art ordinance. The program dates back to 1973 and is
one of the first programs of its kind in the country. The innovative
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With so many blank urban spaces, it's little surprise that artists have
made the city their canvas. Murals, massive and small, often go unnoticed.
But one day—waiting for the bus, riding the light rail, or taking a stroll—
you suddenly see a mural you’ve passed dozens of times. You’re struck
by its beauty. Successfully integrated murals enhance the streetscape
even when you’re not actively taking them in. Like the best architecture,
they don't scream for attention.
One notable creator of murals is Urban ArtWorks, a non-profit that does
well by doing good. Founded by Mike Peringer in 1995, Urban ArtWorks
employs at-risk teens and pairs them with teaching artists. Their first task
was to improve a two-mile stretch of nondescript industrial buildings
along a busy bus lane in the SoDo neighborhood. Syringes and trash
littered the area. A plague of graffiti and gang tags defaced the walls.
After cleaning up the area, Peringer secured a matching grant from the
city to paint murals on the bordering buildings. The mission accomplished
much more than cleaning up blight and adding beauty. The teens found
role models, structure, accountability, developed team and leadership
skills, and became part of a constructive community.
In 1998, the group became a non-profit. They collaborate with King
County Superior Courts working with case managers. 14- to 18-year-old
youths apply to Urban ArtWorks. After a formal interview process, they
join a team of six to twelve teens paired with one or two teaching artists.
A county workforce program pays them. Some use their wages to pay
court fees or restitution.
Urban Artworks Employs
At-Risk teens TO CrEATE A
constrUctive Community
Clients are drawn to Urban ArtWorks. However, sometimes working with
at-risk teens can yield an inconsistent workforce. “It’s a job. We’d love to
be a drop-in art center, but we’re not. We’re paid muralists. We try our
best to set them up for success, but sometimes we have to tell them to
move on. If we don’t hold them accountable to our stated expectations,
if we let them off the hook, we’re setting them up to fail.”
One of many success stories, Jesse Brown found structure and guidance
through the program. He worked for years as a teaching artist for Urban
ArtWorks and remains involved as time allows. Now a successful professional
artist, he often designs murals for the group.
Murals by Urban ArtWorks can be found throughout the city, at schools
and parks, on construction site barricades, and on buildings. They also
decorate signal boxes, those ugly gray rectangular boxes located at lighted
traffic intersections around Seattle. Their latest signal boxes can be seen
throughout the South Lake Union neighborhood and on Capitol Hill’s
Broadway.
Next time you admire an urban mural, take note: it just may have been part
of an essential experience that turned around the life of an at-risk teen.
“After you’ve been arrested, and you’re sixteen, people aren’t likely to
hire you. So we become this experience for their resume, also something
productive to do after school,” said Kathleen Warren, Director of Urban
ArtWorks for the last six years. “The goal is when they leave our program,
they’ve created something wonderful that ties them to the community in
a positive way.”
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Park Art
Volunteer Park Conservatory
Summer in Seattle is a treasured thing; the warm, dry weather made all the sweeter by
the long rainy months. We come out of hibernation, shedding Gore-Tex to enjoy the
abundant beauty of Seattle’s parks. Empty picnic tables become hard to find and
frisbees come out of hiding. There’s no better time to enjoy Seattle’s public art.
VolunteeR PARK
Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill has gardens
designed over a century ago by the Olmsted
brothers and a conservatory overflowing with
colorful orchids, spiny cacti and plants from
regions that span the globe. It’s also home to the
city’s unofficial number one selfie destination:
Black Sun by Isamu Noguchi. In front of the
stately Asian Art Museum, a never-ending
parade of camera phone-wielding tourists
(and locals) wait for their turn to sit in the
12-ton black granite donut. With phones at
arm’s length, they grace the iconic backdrop
of the Space Needle, the Sound and the
Olympic Mountains with their smile.
Photo Credit: MOHAI / Howard Giske
Transcendent Signs
Olympic Sculpture Park
Olympic Sculpture Park is worth a visit just to
meander through the massive rusted steel hulls
of Richard Serra’s Wake. There’s also plenty of
other art to dig as you zigzag your way to the
waterfront to skip stones on the Sound.
Gasworks Park
GAS WORKS Park
The bones of industry give Gas Works Park
its vibe. In 1975, Seattle landscape architect
Richard Haag elevated what remained of an
old coal gasification plant into art. An artificial
kite-flying hill topped with an elaborate sundial
looms over the ruins. It’s an ideal perch from
which to contrast Seattle’s industrial past with
its tech-rich future. Across the lake a flock of
cranes labors to build Amazon’s sprouting glass
and steel campus.
A Sound Garden
Olympic Sculpture Park
A SOUND GARDEN
Speaking of Black (Hole) Sun, a small part of
Seattle’s grunge history—A Sound Garden by
Douglas Hollis—is located at the northern end of
Magnuson Park overlooking Lake Washington. It
landed on the tourist map when Chris Cornell,
Soundgarden's lead singer, named his band
after the sculpture. With 12 organ-like steel
pipes suspended on 21-foot-high poles and
vanes that keep them aligned with the wind,
the weatherworn sculpture rises from a wave
of land in an otherwise flat meadowed park.
When the wind blows, which it does often here,
the sculpture murmurs and moans an eerie,
harmonious and unforgettable music.
Visit wrc.noaa.gov to plan your visit.
SEATTLE JAPANESE GARDEN
In the Washington Park Arboretum, the Japanese
Garden is an idealized version of nature. Worldrenowned designer Juki Iida had 600 tons of
Bandera Mountain granite moved to the garden.
He oversaw the placement of every stone. At
the threshold of the bronze gate, there is a large
flat shedding stone. Pause and shed the outside
world before entering a natural world made
magical by the hand of an artist.
Japanese Garden
The glowing red “R” that tops the old Rainier
Brewery along I-5 is an imposter! To see
the original, which welcomed all to Seattle
for over 50 years, you have to visit MOHAI
(Museum of History and Industry). In 2000,
Tully’s moved in and moved the R out to
make room for a glowing green “T.” Beer
drinkers (and coffee drinkers) everywhere
groaned. In 2013, hoping to right a wrong, a
group of collaborators commissioned a new
neon R and civic order was restored.
Could the Elephant Super Car Wash sign really
be Seattle’s most photographed attraction?
We’re not buying it—how could you measure
such a thing—but it almost sounds credible.
It’s 11 years older than even the Space Needle.
And it is, in fact, a uniquely hot pink elephant
with a mesmerizing neon glow. The sluggish
Denny traffic provides ample time for photography, however muted by exhaust fumes the
resulting image may be.
Got a vacant rooftop? One 19-ton neon globe
is looking for a home. When the Seattle PostIntelligencer dropped its paper edition and
new owners took over the building, one of
Seattle's iconic signs lost its brick and mortar
perch. MOHAI owns the rusting globe now
and is responsible for finding it a new home.
Rumors abound that a secret location in the
Myrtle Edwards area is in the works. Keep
your fingers crossed. A neon world depends
on it, as does a beloved part of Seattle’s history.
Whatever you call them—signs, architecture,
art—a hot pink elephant, a towering neon
R, and a hulking blue globe are part of
our cityscape. High art they are not, but
sentimental creatures we are. Planted in our
memories through countless passive viewings,
they’ve grown on us. We’ve immortalized them
in our photographs. They’ve transcended their
commercial purpose to become an essential
part of the Emerald City.
CREW
S P O T L I G H T
CHRIS LONT
Main Street - Driver
His love of art got Chris
into some trouble, graffiti
in particular. Waylaid
for a few years, the
love didn’t die. When
Chris took it up again
after a five-year hiatus,
it was with renewed
passion and many cans
of spray paint. In the
last four years, he’s
collaborated with local
and global artists including Charms Won, been
featured at Sasquatch
Music Festival, put on
numerous successful
shows, and painted two
large-scale murals and
a handful of smaller
ones in Seattle. Art
doesn't just play a role
in his life; it is his life.
View his work on
Instagram: @dozer_art.
NICHOLAS CHAMBERLAIN
Lake city way - Driver
Nicholas began his art
career in pencil and
charcoal and quickly
moved to digital after
getting the opportunity
to create a logo for a
local Seattle DJ. This led
to more work on album
covers, show flyers, and
design for DJ/producer
Liquid Stranger and
record label Wakaan.
Nicholas has since
started his own clothing
brand SP(LiT) Designs.
Visit splitpublications.com
to view his work.
RILEY DOYLE
West Seattle - Cook
While working as the art
director for a headwear
company in Colorado,
Riley yearned for a
classical foundation in
drawing and painting
the human form. This
led him to Seattle and
Georgetown Atelier
where he studies
traditional drawing and
painting techniques,
working from a live
model every day. His
latest work is large scale
and bears classical influences, merging figure
and landscape painting.
Visit rileydoyleart.com
to view his art.
JOn Obrycki
Stone Way
GENERAL MANAGER
It all began with old
skateboards. When they
were no longer suitable
for skating, Jon used
acrylics to paint the
decks. Making art became
an essential part of his
life. His present focus
is pyrography—the
process of using a heat
controlled metal tip to
burn images on wood.
Working predominantly
on birch, Jon incorporates acrylics and a resin
finish in his large-scale
pieces. Recently his
work was included in
the Queen Anne Art
Walk.
DESTINI COLE
MAGNOLIA
ASSISTANT MANAGER
As her mom remembers
it, Destini expressed
herself by drawing
before she could write.
Drawing grew into a
way of seeing and
understanding the
world, a way to work
through life’s challenges
and a fun way to add
beauty to her days. She
cannot imagine life
without making art. It’s
what she’s always done
and who she is.
GEORGE TSUTAKAWA'S
BRANDON HYMES
MADISON - COOK
Driven by his love
of art, science and
anthropology, Brandon
draws colorful geometric patterns. He calls
it his own vision of
sacred geometry. He
arrived at his chosen
form through a connection with perfect
circles. Through his
art, Brandon seeks
to conjure a sense of
peace and serenity in
the viewer’s mind.
FounTAINS
Hidden amongst Seattle’s many public
fountains are several treasures by Seattle
artist George Tsutakawa. Tsutakawa gained
international renown for his sculptural
fountains. One could do far worse than
spending a day hunting down Tsutakawa’s
public fountains and sculptures in Seattle.
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