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Familiar Faces, New Roles: Our Public Art Team is Ready for 2022
We are thrilled to announce big news from the Public Art 4Culture team!
Continue Reading ›Guest Post: How a 4Culture Grant Turned Me into a Teacher
Josh Tuininga is an author, artist, and designer based in North Bend, Washington and is a recipient of our 2020 Heritage Grant and Art Projects grants. His latest project is a historical graphic novel set in the multicultural Seattle Central District of the 1940s which explores the unique situation of Japanese and Jewish Americans living side by side during World War II. The project has been picked up by Abrams Comic Arts and will be released in Spring of 2023.
Continue Reading ›Guest Post: Exhibit Reimagined 20 Years Later
In this joint post, curators Maggie Kase at the Log House Museum and Heidi Bohan from the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center share the history behind the new exhibit The Spirit Returns 2.0: A Duwamish and Settler Story, which was supported by 4Culture grants:
Continue Reading ›Guest Post: Marilyn Montúfar Spotlights Migrant Youth
Marilyn Montúfar is a recipient of our 2021 Art Projects grant and exhibited her photography at Gallery 4Culture in February 2018. Here, she shares how she’s putting her grant funds to work:
Continue Reading ›After 30 Years, Silhouettes and Cutups Finds a New Home
King County Metro’s Northgate Transit Center opened to the public on June 6, 1992. Artist Cris Bruch was a member of the original design team. He worked closely with architects Zimmer Gunsul Frasca of Portland and Barbara Oakrock of Seattle to influence the overall look and feel of the site. In addition, he created fifteen free-standing Corten steel sculptures for the urban landscape – eight larger animal silhouettes and seven smaller animal cutouts. These Silhouettes and Cutups represent his first-ever public commission.
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