Up In the Air Art Project

"Up in the Air" Art Project

Beginning in 2004 with a grant from the City of Seattle's Office of Economic Development for metal frames to be installed on 70 low-level light poles from NE 41st Street to NE 50th St along University Way NE, students from the University of Washinghton School of Public Art and Sculpture partnered with local businesses under the direction of Professor John Young and the U District Chamber and the U District Service Fund to create one-of-a-kind sculptures to be mounted in the metal frames. Two phases have been completed and the final phase is is in design and will be installed in June 2008.

	Title: Appellation Artist: Seth Avecilla, 2005 Sponsor: Neighborhood Farmers Market Description: vegetable shapes make celestial objects
	Title: Artist: TBD, 2008 Sponsor: University Rotary Club Description:
	Title: Stereotype Artist: Ryan Weiss, 2005 Sponsor: University True Value Hardware Description: large metal hammer gripped by huge fisted hand
	Title: City in a Basket Artist: Jeremy Sharp, 2005 Sponsor: Neighborhood Farmers Market Description: woven copper basket with wood shapes representing Seattle skyline
	Title: Untitled Artist: Naomi Ruden & Margen Neff, 2006 Sponsor: U District StreetFair Description: colored strips swirl with little people playing on them
	Title: untitled Artist: James Ryan, 2006 Sponsor: Bank of America Description: one side has image of a home and the other of a vault door

	NE 47th Street
	Title: The Elipse Artist: Naomi Ruden, 2006 Sponsor: Harbor Properties Description: rings of painted steel with sun center
	Title: Humility Artist: Seth Avecilla, 2005 Sponsor: Continental Restaurant & Pastry Description: a city in white built on coastal mountains represents Greece
	Title: Artist: TBD, 2008 Sponsor: The Burke Museum Description:
	Title: Untitled Artist: Michael Green, 2005 Sponsor: New Seattle Massage Description: human figure represents health and healing
	Title: "The Big Mix" Artist: Adam McKinley, 2006 Sponsor: Mix Ice Cream Description: inverted "cone" with large icream world

	NE 45th Street
	Title: untitled Artist: Kipp Williams, 2006 Sponsor: UW Athletics Department Description: sports imagery from various UW team activities
	Title: "Reel Thing" Artist: Gail Glasen, 2005 Sponsor: Varsity Theatre Description: a visual celebration of the art of cinema
	Title: Artist: TBD, 2008 Sponsor: University Congregational Church Description:
	Title: "Bring Me Water" Artist: Cody Moss, 2005 Sponsor: Soules Properties Description: abstract shapes represent the fluidity of water
	Title: untitled Artist: Catherine Anderson, 2005 Sponsor: Five Doors Up Description: staircase with vintage shoes
	Title: Untitled Artist: Mark Bowen, 2006 Sponsor: Woolly Mammoth Description: two woolly mammoths orbit a globe
	Title: Talisman Artist: James Ryan, 2006 Sponsor: Woolly Mammoth Description: framing of a raven in flight
	NE 43rd Street
	Title: "Dance of the Bees" Artist: Brandi Svenden, 2005 Sponsor: Flowers Restaurant Description: large black and yellow bees surround a red flower
	Title: untitled Artist: Lauren Mamiya, 2006 Sponsor: Kai's Bistro Description: cooking utelsils surround a wire bowl representing the world
	Title: untitled Artist: Margen Nett, 2006 Sponsor: ROOTS Young Adult Shelter Description: rooflike structure and organic tree-root shapes combine
	Title: Artist: TBD Sponsor: U District Parking Associates Description:
	Title: Artist: TBD, 2008 Sponsor: University of WA Description:
	Title: untitled Artist: Michael Green, 2005 Sponsor: Finn MacCools Description: map of Ireland in bright colors on a patinaed background
	Title: Artist: TBD, 2008 Sponsor: Unico Properties Description:
	NE 42nd Street
	Title: untitled Artist: Kelly Dickenson, 2006 Sponsor: Holman Cahill Garett Ives & Oliver Description: shapes representing sound waves with words inscribed represents freedom of speech
	Title: "Plain Wing" Artist: Cody Moss, 2005 Sponsor: Jet City Improv Description: The sheet metal rivetted together is reminiscent of a jet wing
	Title: Artist: Sponsor: Description:
	Title: "John's Street" Artist: Christopher Watt, 2005 Sponsor: John Young Description: large metal panel depicting the AVE
	Title: "Explore It" Artist: Sumrin Mir, 2005 Sponsor: Neighborhood Farmers Market Description: large metal cutout of a yellow pepper
	Title: Artist: TBD, 2008 Sponsor: Shultzy's Description:

	NE 41st Street

NE 50th Street

Title: Artist: TBD, 2008 Sponsor: University Family YMCA Description:
Title: The Helix Artist: TBD, 2006 Sponsor: Harbor Properties Description: painted metal spirals
Title: Artist: TBD, 2008 Sponsor: The Lothlorien Apartments Description:
Title: Artist: TBD, 2008 Sponsor: The Lothlorien Apartments Description:
Title: Artist: TBD 2008 Sponsor: The Lothlorien Apartments Description:
Title: Vintage Artist: Hillary Moore, 2005 Sponsor: The Wilsonian Description: brass tubes create illusion of flapper fringe
Title: Untitled Artist: Lauren Mamiya, 2006 Sponsor: The Wilsonian Description: saxophone and musical score with dancing feet
NE 47th Street
Title: Revolutions Artist: Lauren Antolin, 2005 Sponsor: Red Light Description: Dress form and vintage fabric
Title: Precious Time Artist: Gail Glasen, 2005 Sponsor: Gargoyles Statuary Description: Gargoyles surround large hour glass and "crystals"
Title: The Four Elements Artist: Catherine Roe Sponsor: Safeco Insurance, 2006 Description: Ring holding the four elements: earth. wind, water, fire
Title: Artist: TBD, 2008 Sponsor: Hotel Deca Description:
Title: Artist: TBD 2008 Sponsor: Washington State Employee Credit Union Description:
Title: "Energy" Artist: Anna Choi, 2005 Sponsor: Wells Fargo Bank Description: sphere of figures representing community
NE 45th Street
Title: "Construct" Artist: Matthew Hornland, 2005 Sponsor: University Masonic Lodge Description: concept of building materials and construction
Title: "Walking Man" Artist: Mitch Balintos, 2005 Sponsor: MJ Feet Description: large yellow figure wearing bright red sandals
Title: Untitled Artist: Kelly Kam, 2005 Sponsor: University Bookstore Description: cascading book covers provide a water feature element
Title: Untitled Artist: Jayne Vidheecharoen, 2005 Sponsor: University Bookstore Description: symbols from multiple languages in a collage of book pages
Title: "Ascending" Artist: Carey Ackerstrom, 2005 Sponsor: University Bookstore Description: single bronze figure holds open book as wings
Title: Untitled Artist: Michio Imanaka, 2005 Sponsor: Shiga's One World Shop Description: materials designed to represent varioous aspects of Japanese culture

NE 43rd Street

Title: untitled Artist: Kipp Williams, 2006 Sponsor: Thai-gher Room Description: noodles pouring out of a bowl turn into a tiger
Title: untitled Artist: Jasmine Zimmerman, 2005 Sponsor: Kennedy Real Estate Description: translucent fiberglass construct
Title: Artist: Sponsor: Description:
Title: Artist: TBD, 2008 Sponsor: University of WA Description:
Title: untitled Artist: Catherine Anderson, 2005 Sponsor: Neighborhood Farmers Market Description: three brightly colored apples spin on a center pole

NE 42nd Street
Title: untitled Artist: Kelly Kam, 2005 Sponsor: Neighborhood Farmers Market Description: pivoting panel w/ farm image cutouts
Title: "Leslie" Artist: Mitch Balintos, 2005 Sponsor: La Tienda Folk Art Gallery Description: large image of Indonesian finger puppet
Title: "Surge" Artist: Carey Ackerstrom, 2005 Sponsor: La Tienda Folk Art Gallery Description: origami cranes of folded metal in bright colors ascend in a spiral
Title: Artist: TBD 2008 Sponsor: University Rotary Club Description:
Title: untitled Artist: Matthew Hornland, 2005 Sponsor: Shultzy's Description: collage of metal shapes representing the rebuilding of the AVE
Title: "International Sausage Sattelite" Artist: Claire Putney, 2006 Sponsor: Shultzy's Description: hotdog sattelite orbits the world
Title: "A Treasure Nourished" Artist: Sumrin Mir, 2005 Sponsor: Wells Fargo Bank Description: a treasure chest (representing security) springs from multi-colored roots
NE 41st Street

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