Tour of Temporary Public Art at Seattle Center
Free Sculpture Walk, Oct. 29
Seattle, WA – Seattle is a city where everybody can encounter art in their daily lives. Public art tells us about our shared history and makes our values and ideals tangible. The temporary public art currently on view at Seattle Center explores sustainability, community perseverance, and innovation. Attend the free public tour on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 10:30 AM.
This art is part of Seattle Center Sculpture Walk, a collaboration between Seattle Center and Seattle Office of Arts & Culture that commissions artists to create temporary public art around campus. You may have hurried past one on your way to a concert at Climate Pledge Arena or noticed some during your afternoon stroll. They provide moments to pause, like Will Jewett’s Find Your Angle outside the Bagley Wright Theatre; to admire beauty, like Morgan Madison’s Cambia near MOPOP; or wonder at what we can accomplish together, like Teruko Nimura’s Koi No Taki Nobori in the Founder’s Court.
By integrating artists’ ideas into a variety of public settings, we shape the experience for those who visit Seattle Center to work, play, and find entertainment there. The latest temporary public artwork, Under the Same Sky by Stevie Shao and Cristina Martinez, engaged students from The Center School. It incorporates youth voices along Seattle Public Schools’ Memorial Stadium construction fencing and the artists’ interpretation of students’ thoughts about the campus and the animals and people who visit. Panels painted with student-inspired symbols and doodles turn the stadium’s fence into a colorful preview of the community it will serve when the redevelopment is complete by September 2027.
All seven artists will accompany you during the free Sculpture Walk tour on Thursday, Oct. 29, 10:30 AM. Learn more about each artwork and how the artist created something that speaks to your city as it is today. This may be your last chance to see many of them: most are set for deinstallation in early November. Yearly funding for Sculpture Walk is provided by Seattle Center 1% for Arts Funds, Climate Pledge Arena, and Seattle Kraken.
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About the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
Formed in 1971 with a mission to activate and sustain Seattle through arts and culture, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (OAC) manages the City’s public art program, cultural partnerships grant programs, The Creative Advantage arts education initiative, and cultural facilities such as the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute and ARTS at King Street Station.
In alignment with the City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative, OAC seeks new solutions that use arts as a strategy to drive not only the office, but the City as a whole toward racial equity and social justice. OAC will continue to break barriers and build arts-integrated tools that challenge the status quo and push us toward the inclusive society we envision.
OAC is supported by the 16-member Seattle Arts Commission, citizen volunteers appointed by the Mayor and City Council.
About Seattle Center
Seattle Center is a 74-acre civic, arts, and cultural gathering place in the heart of Seattle and is home to more than 30 partner organizations, including Climate Pledge Arena, KEXP, Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP), Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera, Pacific Science Center, SIFF, and many others.
Anchored by world-class attractions, historic venues, public art, and a dynamic calendar of free and affordable events centered around the iconic International Fountain, Seattle Center brings together arts, culture, sports, and community year-round.
As a department of the City of Seattle and anchor of the Uptown Arts and Cultural District, Seattle Center serves residents from across the Puget Sound region alongside visitors from around the world.
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