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Juneteenth: Honoring the Journey
Like many holidays, Juneteenth has been known by various names, such as Freedom Day, Liberation Day, and Black Independence Day. While each of these names highlights different aspects of the significance of this day, today it is most widely known by a portmanteau that blends “June” and “nineteenth” into a single, recognizable term.
Continue Reading ›Residual Effects: John Feodorov on the impetus behind Assimilations
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John Feodorov was sitting in the Boise airport after giving a lecture at the University of Idaho when a phrase suddenly came to him: I cannot speak my mother’s language.
Continue Reading ›Happy Pride from 4Culture!
Whether you’re out at parades and street parties or enjoying a quiet night in, there are so many ways to celebrate Pride Month in King County! Here, 4Culture staff have pulled together some of our favorite ways that the cultural sector is joining in this June:
Continue Reading ›Material Consequences: Maria Phillips on the objects and ideas in at what point…
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During the pandemic, Maria Phillips used to walk along the beach near her home in West Seattle, picking up litter with her kids—often on Mondays when the sand was dotted with objects left behind from the weekend: masks, water bottles, cigarettes, press-on fingernails.
Continue Reading ›Friendly Reminders from Your 4Culture Grant Managers!
Now that 2024 is well underway, we have two housekeeping items for grant recipients as you manage your award:
Continue Reading ›Center for Wooden Boats Restores a Treasure on Lake Union
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Hidden on the north side of Lake Union, next to Ivar’s and along the Burke-Gilman Trail, Waterway 15 celebrates the area’s maritime history and the public’s right to access commonly-held waters.
Continue Reading ›Kicking Off a Year of Poems
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It’s National Poetry Month and 4Culture is celebrating by launching a new phase of Poetry in Public – the poems! Look for poems on King County Metro buses and Sound Transit light rail starting mid-April and read and listen to selected poems online today.
Continue Reading ›Introducing Our 2024-25 Gallery 4Culture Artists
Gallery 4Culture has a 45-year history of exhibiting innovative, underrepresented artists and art forms in solo and small-group shows! Panelists Ricky Reyes, Rosaline Dou, Sara Osebold, and Stefan Gonzales reviewed submitted applications and selected 10 King County-based artists for the 2024-2025 season.
Continue Reading ›Now Available: Two New Artist Designed ORCA Cards
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Limited-edition ORCA cards designed by emerging artists Yasiman Ahsani and Rey Daoed are now available at the King Street Center Pass Sales Office, while supplies last!
Continue Reading ›Information on 2024 Project Grants, Doors Open, and COVID Relief Funds
You’ve likely heard the exciting news that last month, the King County Council unanimously passed Doors Open, a piece of legislation that will increase funding to King County cultural organizations by an estimated $90 million per year. Learn more about this landmark investment here.
Continue Reading ›Artists Selected for Two Major King County Metro Projects
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4Culture and Metro are excited to announce the selection of not one but two artist teams who will help advance the future of regional public transit at the forthcoming South Annex Base in Tukwila and an expanded bus stop at Third Avenue South and South Main Street in historic Pioneer Square.
Continue Reading ›At Harborview Medical Center, hundreds of artworks inspire healing
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Doctors and nurses visit with patients. Staff stream through the hallways. Loved ones wait in lobbies. On any given day at Harborview Medical Center, thousands of people play a part in a range of procedures, tests, and treatments that heal the sick and injured. As all of these people make their way through the hospital’s clinics and corridors, they pass by numerous artworks on the floors, walls, and near the elevators. Each artwork offers a respite, a moment of beauty or perspective. Together these pieces keep the Harborview community grounded day after day, even in the face of extraordinary challenges.
Continue Reading ›Signature Bridges Connect Us to Form and Function
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Amid the many types of public artworks in King County’s collection—portable and permanent works on the walls, large- and small-scale installations, pieces integrated into buildings, ephemeral experiences and participatory initiatives—one group of artworks is particularly unusual: our signature bridges. Since the late 1990s, 4Culture has partnered with the county’s Road Services Division to include artists on their bridge design teams. This collaborative and creative approach to developing transportation infrastructure elevates the experience of traveling over our region’s waterways, often offering a glimpse into who we are and where we want to go.
Continue Reading ›Guest Post: Reflections on My Preservation Internship with Beacon Hill Council
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Rosa Woolsey, the 2023 Equity in Historic Preservation Undergraduate Intern, reflects on her introduction to historic preservation and her internship project, researching culturally significant places for Seattle’s Beacon Hill Council and the Beyond Integrity initiative.
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