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Throughout the year, Seattle Center hosts temporary art installations across our campus, enlivening the grounds and offering the public a unique and suprising engagement with art. Currently, we have two art installation initiatives, The Monorail Column Mural Project, and Seattle Center Sculpture Walk. Read more about both below!
Title: Jack the Giant
Artist: June Sekiguchi
Location: kiosk by Mural Amphitheatre
Based on the children's game of jacks, this sculpture uses intersecting planes for structural form and is the largest iteration of the sculpture the artist has produced. The nostalgic incarnation of a super-sized jack located at Seattle Center is an appropriate setting as it is the epicenter of festivals, culture and play.
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Title: Crybaby
Artist: Nichole Rathburn
Location: Artists at Play Plaza
Scale, material and color turn a crying face into something more reminiscent of a carnival sign, reminding me of the precarious relationship between comedy and tragedy. Crybaby feels like a ludicrous representation of my (and maybe your?) insides.
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Title: What the F*** Just Happened
Artist: Gerardo Pena
Location: Fisher Pavilion eastside tower
A visual representation of the chaotic period that was the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown and the lingering affects that have prevailed the years after, and in some ways, forever altered our way of life.
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Seattle Monorail
International Fountain
Artist at Play Playground
Youth Generated Mural
Mural Amphitheatre
Northwest Folklife Festival
Seattle PrideFest
For more information on Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
Office of Arts & Culture Website