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Oct. 19, 2021 - Seattle sees a new wave of Indigenous art
10/19/2021 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Seattle is seeing a surge of Indigenous public art.
New works by local Native artists let everyone know: You are on Indigenous land.
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Oct. 19, 2021 - Seattle sees a new wave of Indigenous art
10/19/2021 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
New works by local Native artists let everyone know: You are on Indigenous land.
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Seattle is seeing a surge of indigenous public art.
In the coming months and years, site-specific artwork will be installed in lobbies, staircases, and public plazas around the city.
The new work will welcome visitors and let them know that they are on indigenous land.
A work called "Grandmother Frog" will be installed later this year outside Chief Seattle Club's new affordable housing development.
It will be the first Salish carving of its kind in downtown Seattle.
And at 21 feet tall with a five foot shoulder span, it's the largest ever made by Andrea Wilbur-Sigo, an accomplished artist and member of the Squaxin Island Tribe.
You can expect to see more indigenous art commissioned for Seattle Center's new Climate Pledge Arena, the Washington State Convention Center expansion, the Seattle Waterfront Park, and the Seattle Aquarium's new Ocean Pavilion.
I'm Starla Sampaco.
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