Arts al Fresco: Shoreline’s public art program celebrates three exhibitions –27 artists –at once

Rodger Squirrell, Poly Helix, 2015 kinetic

One of the largest sculpture exhibitions in the region, Shoreline’s ARTSCAPE and the pioneering Shoreline piano art project now widely imitated, PIANO TIME, open together in tandem with LOST DOCUMENTS, an indoor exhibition in the Shoreline City Hall art gallery.

Arts al Fresco is the largest event that the City’s Public Art program puts on each year and features a performance at City Hall by Creative Music Adventures (singer-songwriter American roots music, featuring Michael Stegner and Friends) on Thursday, August 6, from 6:00 to 8:00pm at Shoreline City Hall and the Park at Town Center, 17500 Midvale Ave N.

Susan Pope, Backyard Birds, 2014

Maps of ARTSCAPE, PIANO TIME 2015, as well as the City’s entire current collection of public art will be available online by August 6. The 12 artist-pianos are on display through September 15; the Gallery exhibition LOST DOCUMENTS is up through October 23th and the ARTSCAPE sculptures will be in place until July, 2016.

ARTISTS: 

• Rodger Squirrell, Jeff Tangen, Lin McJunkin, Will Robinson, Kevin Au, Karien Balluff, Jesse Swickard, Leon White, Jacob Foran, Peppé, Matthew Dockrey, Alan Fulle, Matt Babcock, (ARTSCAPE); 

• Jennifer Carroll, Susan Pope, KJ Bateman, Mike Eggers, Yasuyo Dunnett, Elise Koncsek, Maria Mondloch, Marsha Lippert, Heather Carr (PIANO TIME); 

• Yadesa Bojia, Nicole Brauch, Cathy Fields, Terra Holcomb, Karen Mahardy (LOST DOCUMENTS)

Lin McJunkin, Honey +? 2.0, 2015

More information about public art in Shoreline online or contact Public Art Coordinator David Francis 206-801-2661.

Installation by ArtSite, Ltd. Seattle. Piano Time Project support from Prosser Piano, Harlan Glotzer, and Iora Health Care.

Shoreline’s Public Art Program is a part of Shoreline Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services. Shoreline Lake Forest Park Arts Council partners with the City to manage the exhibitions at City Hall.