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Northwest. The methods used for artist and artwork selections include open calls, invitational calls, rosters and direct selection of artists. Panels of qualified artists and arts professionals, stakeholder community members, design team members and city staff review all applicants and make recommendations for artworks to be purchased or artists to be commissioned.
Open calls for artists are requests for qualifications that are advertised locally, regionally or nationally. Invitational calls solicit qualifications or proposals from artists with specific areas of focus who have been nominated by an expert panel with knowledge in the pertinent area. Artist rosters are formulated through a publicly advertised competition and a subsequent review of qualifications. Direct selection of artists or artworks, which is rarely used, is confined to smaller purchases or commissions for a very specific type of art. At the conclusion of the artist- selection process, selected artworks or artists are awarded a contract. Artists who are selected for roster-based projects are eligible for contract awards while the roster is in effect - generally a period of up to two years.
The Office uses its website, blog and social media outlets to inform artists and the public of our programs and promote interaction. The best way for artists to stay informed about public art opportunities is to subscribe to the Office’s e-newsletter at
www.seattle.gov/arts/.
As technology and media evolve, we look for new ways to promote the diversity of artworks that we commission and purchase, and reinforce our commitment to the value art provides our communities.
OUR PUBLIC ART COLLECTION Our permanently-sited public art collection includes works that range from sculptural objects to artworks integrated into architecture
The best way for artists to stay informed about public art opportunities is to subscribe to the Office’s e-newsletter
and infrastructure to multi-media installations to interventions in the natural environment. The artworks can be found in sidewalks and parks, in community centers and libraries, fire stations and police precinct houses, at City Hall and the symphony’s hall - throughout the entire city.
Blanche is a floating sound sculpture by San Francisco artists Peter Richards and Sue Richards. Located on the water near Seattle’s South Lake Union Historic Ships Wharf and inspired by Seattle’s maritime history, the sound sculpture sits on a floating platform and creates music generated by the lake’s waves through a sound chamber constructed from an upturned Blanchard Junior Knockabout boat (a type of sailboat).
FlipBooks, by Seattle artist Jennifer Dixon, greets bicyclists and pedestrians as they pedal or walk on Seattle’s Interurban Trail. The series of five “flip books”- each made up of eight to ten signs - animate through a progression of colorful photographic/digital images that offer a whimsical look at some of the Northwest’s natural wonders.
Stacy Levy’s Cloud Stones at Mineral Springs Park are polished black granite and white marble half domes that provide seating along a path, reflect the sky, and interact with the daily environmental changes. Their bases describe meteorological phenomena. They absorb the sun’s warmth and release it as night falls and become white and “glowing” on moonlit nights.
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