SHOW YOUR PDA FOR PUBLIC ART

We invite you to share your favorite works of public art with us!

Because we are a non-profit, sadly, we cannot host a contest to entice you to send us your recommendations. However! If you provide us with a recommendation and we share it in an upcoming issue, you will have bragging rights to proclaim to everyone you know that your submission appeared in PublicDisplay.ART.

In addition, everyone who submits a recommendation on or before May 15th will earn one of two limited edition buttons: “Public Art: I FOUND IT!” or “I GET WET LOOKING AT PUBLIC ART.” To claim your gift, stop by Vermillion Gallery on June 9th during Capitol Hill Art Walk and stop by the PublicDisplay.ART table. If your name is on the list, we’ll give you a button!

There are three ways to submit:

  • POST: Use hashtag #publicart4publicdisplay

  • EMAIL: Send photo to publicdisplay@onereel.org

  • MAIL: Send photo and contact info to 1122 E Pike St #1016 Seattle, WA 98122. (Note: mailed photos cannot be returned.) Include a self addressed, stamped envelope to have button mailed to you!





 

ART ON THE WATERFRONT

Waterfront Public Art Map

DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION

All Public Space Projects

WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION

SEATTLE CENTER 

Public Art on Seattle Center’s Campus

SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Public Art featured by Branch:

•            Central Library Art

•            Beacon Hill Branch Art

•            Columbia Branch Art

•            Douglass-Truth Branch Art

•            Greenwood Branch

•            High Point Branch Art

•            International District Branch Art

•            Rainier Beach Branch Art

•            Southwest Branch Art

•            Wallingford Branch Art

 
 
 
 

It’s Seattle. Public art is all around us. The chance encounter is easy. Just open your eyes and look around.

However, should you wish to immerse yourself in Seattle’s treasure trove of public art riches — understanding how it came to be, who owns the works of art, and most importantly, the name of the artist who created the work that stands before you — things get a bit trickier.

This list is our attempt to present you with a comprehensive starting point to begin your public art exploration. Each link connects you to a tiny corner of what’s out there. And we can proudly say that you aren’t likely to find a better compiled list than this one to guide you on your journey of discovery through Seattle’s public art.

But it’s not. Comprehensive, that is. Undocumented street art is added to Seattle’s landscape daily, most of which — unless funded by the city, the county, a corporation, a university, or the state — will never make it onto a map of “documented” public art.

Our advice is appreciate public art like you do the stars in summer sky: Identify the “constellations”, pull out a telescope to zero in a section or two up close, and ultimately fall back on a blanket to get lost in the grandeur of it all. If stars represent the vast universe, Seattle’s public art represents every cultural and creative aspect of the city. It’s both miraculous and jaw-dropping.

 
“Mostly Gone, But Not Forgotten”
— ART SAVES ME