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Covid 19 murals in Seattle: Ballard
This is the only series of photos that I didn’ t take myself. Ballard seems far from where I live. So I asked around and put together these images. Thanks to Jeff Hou and Sean Yale. But of course they are not in any particular sequence and Ballard seems to have the least online presence […]
This entry was posted on May 22, 2020 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
COVID 19 murals in Seattle: Pioneer Square
Pioneer Square has many many murals. I photographed a few of them and then discovered there is a walking tour which identifies a lot more of them. They are sponsored by the Alliance for Pioneer Square and Pioneer Square Business Improvement Association. In the case of the Globe Bookstore, the owner reached out to a […]
This entry was posted on May 22, 2020 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
COVID 19 mural art on Capital Hill May 2020
This is an introductory essay on the mural art in Seattle that is filling the boarded up windows of so many stores. I need to do a lot more research on the artists and the sponsors, but here I will simply post the murals I saw yesterday. I spoke with one artist Tara Velan who […]
This entry was posted on May 10, 2020 and is filed under Uncategorized. -
The New Deal Era and Today: Some comparisons
Recently references to the New Deal programs that provided federal assistance to painters, photographers ( Dorothea Lange being the most famous), and theater ( the shut down of Hallie Flanigan’s radical Theater Program), abound in our press these days, as the Corona Virus devastates the arts and the creative sphere. Even the conservative commentator David […]
This entry was posted on May 8, 2020 and is filed under Uncategorized.
