Artist Unknown. Cast bronze
2301 N 175th St.
Anonymous Donation 1998

The ponies were donated to the City with the stipulation that they be placed in a highly traveled, but park-like location. Ronald Bog Park as a passive-use, natural environment along a busy thoroughfare is the perfect place for the public to view this artwork.

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Artist: Stuart Nakamura
Concrete, stone, steel
Echo Lake Park
2021 NW 190th Street

Artists' Statement: In response to the location and nature of the park, my approach is to create imagery which reinforces what I feel is the character of the park...that of a sanctuary from an otherwise noisy and busy suburban setting. I also felt that the artwork should reflect the lake's natural elements and place equal importance to the horizontal aspect of the space due to the quantity of large vertical elements already present...

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City of Shoreline 1% for Art Program 2008

Artist: Leo Saul Berk
Acrylic & vinyl coated steel
Shoreline City Hall lobby
17500 Midvale Ave N

Leo Berk rode his bike into Shoreline on the Interurban Trail, visited the Shoreline Historical Museum and was fascinated by the story of Shoreline's 14 neighborhoods that officially incorporated into a city in 1995. His design for a suspended sculpture in the building's main lobby includes 14 independent shapes that coalesce into one intricate form as a visual metaphor for the City's creation and the independent and collaborative nature of the original neighborhoods. The plastic sheet material the artist chose for the sculpture shows a pale tint on its face but focuses brilliant color through cut edges. The necessary suspension cables are also a striking part of the artwork, acting as "reverse rain" with over 500 vinyl-coated cables extending from the tops of the sculptural forms to the ceiling. The sculpture, which hangs over the "living room", may also be viewed from above, looking out from in front of the second floor elevators. Although it was designed to help create a more intimate space in the two-story lobby, it lets plenty of light through with its open grid construction. Cloud Bank is also visible to passers-by at night through the building's glass curtain wall that faces the intersection of Midvale Avenue N and N 175th.

Artists: Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan Concrete, steel, and sun
2021 NW 190th Street

Artists' Statement: Reflex Solaris is an environmental artwork that uses the sun's alignment and reflection to create an aesthetic experience tied to the park's unique concave landform, dramatic westerly views, and cyclical time. Radiating out from a focal point sundial terrace is a series of five sculptural reflectors built into the land's upper slopes. Each reflector aligns with a significant geographical and astronomical locus; the Solstices, Equinoxes, True North, and Magnetic North. Each mirrored stainless steel reflector has three facets positioned to capture and play with the visual dynamics and spatial relationships of the dramatic site - from the cinemagraphic sky-scape of moving clouds, sunlight, moonlight, and starlight, to the spectacular views out across Puget Sound to the Olympic Mountains. On the solstices and equinoxes, the setting sun hits the aligned reflector shooting sunlight back to the central sundial to create a nexus of place, space, and time.

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City of Shoreline 1% for Art Program 2009

Artist: Chris Bennett
Cast Bronze
North City neighborhood on 15th Ave NE at NE 177th St, NE corner

Bennett specializes in classically formed sculptures of people and wildlife drawing inspiration from nature and local history. For the North City neighborhood, he designed this grandfather holding his grandson on his shoulders to reference the Celebrate Shoreline parade that goes down 15th Avenue each August.

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City of Shoreline 1% for Art Program 2007

Artist: Kristin Tollefson
Colored concrete with aggregate, concrete, glass & stones
16006 - 15th Ave NE

Artists' Statement: The spheres in Hamlin Park are inspired by the park's natural features: the trees that ring the open space, the undulating terrain. The necklace of cascading concrete and glass beads appears to roll downhill, joining the wooded picnic area with the play area and marking the entrance to the park. The work doubles as playful seating, perches for the human visitors to the park. Like beads of morning dew, they glisten and invite closer inspection.

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City of Shoreline 1% for Art Program 2010

Artist: Adam Yaw
Digital printed fabric
Multiple locations on 5th Ave. between 150th and 165th, and at Ridgecrest School parking lot on 10th Ave NE just north of 165th St

Artist's Statement: My banner design was inspired by sunny drives up and down Ridgecrest's 5th Avenue where one can have a quick moment of appreciation for the colorful lines of trees that parallel the road...the curling rays are meant to substitute for a winding path.

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City of Shoreline Neighborhood Mini-Grant 2008

Artist: Linda Beaumont
Paint on aluminum
Shoreline City Hall 17500 Midvale Ave N

Beaumont's artwork on the prominent north-facing façade, serves as a backdrop for the outdoor, multi-purpose amphitheater and green space. Her work, entitled Limelight, draws on her memories growing up near Shoreline when the native dogwoods (Cornus Nuttallii) were so prolific. Limelight is a four-story mural painted directly onto the aluminum metal panels of the building façade using special paint that adheres well to this specific surface and has an extremely hard finish, keeping maintenance to a minimum. The title of the mural was inspired by the light that glows when the pale yellow blossoms open during the spring bloom. While the dogwood mural will create a spring-like atmosphere year-round, the courtyard will become an especially inviting space when the dogwood trees adjacent to the mural are in bloom.

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OPUS Northwest LLC design-build 1% construction funds 2009

Artist: Dudley Carter
Carved wood & paint
Shoreline City Hall 17500 Midvale Ave N

Dudley Carter died in 1992 at age 100 having spent his later years as an artist-in-Residence at Marymoor Park in Redmond. He grew up in British Columbia among the Haida and Kwakiutl Indians, learning the stories and craft that he would later use in his art, carving his monumental wood sculptures with an axe as well as smaller tools. This pole, donated to the City by a private collector, is typical of Carter's work.

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Anonymous Donation 1998

Artist: Jessica Amoateng
Silk-screen print on fabric
32 poles on Aurora Ave between N145th St & N 165th St

Artist's statement: The Aurora Banners represent Shoreline's beautiful vegetation, complimented by the city's extraordinary commitment to fitness, recreation and relaxation. They highlight the wonderful Interurban Trail and showcase the city's ever-present oasis of evergreen trees. Additionally, the circular objects depicted are reminiscent of the design pieces on the Interurban Bridge.

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City of Shoreline 1% for Art Program 2007

Artist: Vicki Scuri,
Concrete, steel, glass, light & greening
155th Ave N at Aurora Ave N and Aurora Ave N at 160th

These pedestrian bridges mark the south entry to the City of Shoreline. The gateway bridge over Aurora features a celebratory arch with trolley-inspired, windowed blue glass. The 155th Street bridge marks the historic Interurban Trolley Line and includes mesh screening as well as the blue glass window patterns. Together they form a vital community link in a regional trail system. Other elements inspired by the rail line and community history, and collaborative envisioned and implemented by the artist and design team, include LED light sculptures marking the bridge ends, rail-shore ramp patterning with sea creatures and wave forms, a reference to former orchards in the park-like area connecting the bridges and water harvesting and swales in the landscape amenities.

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City of Shoreline 1% for Art Program 2007

Artist: Tony Angell
Cast bronze
Interurban Trailhead N 145th St & Linden Ave N

Artist's statement: The Emissary Raven piece was conceived as a "welcoming" form as travelers moved along the interurban trail into Shoreline. My experience in the wild fields of our region have often involved ravens acknowledging my presence with calls and flight displays. The metaphoric ravens of stories and art in our Northwest Native cultures likewise are part of the fundamental creation myths that give such character to where we live. I think this a fitting artistic symbol for our community that still enjoys the diversity of nature and the occasional presence of this symbolic bird.

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Donation by Rotary of Shoreline, Shoreline Rotary Foundation and individual Rotary members 2005

Artist: Kristen Tollefson
aluminum, glass & concrete. Photo by Karen Tollefson
Cromwell Park 18030 Meridian Ave N

Raintree, by artist Kristin Tollefson is centrally located and visible to passers-by on the street as well as from all areas of the park. Tollefson describes her work in this way: "Located in the center of Cromwell Park within the lowest part of the landscaped stormwater runoff area, Raintree honors the setting and history of the site. The sculpture takes its inspiration from the stormwater and bog characteristics of the ground plane environment, while addressing rain as the source of the water. This abstracted tree form with a visible root ball suggests the flow and growth of vein patterns that are found in both plants and water. Raintree is fabricated out of metal and highlighted with blue glass beads, durable materials that will respond to many kinds of ambient light."

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City of Shoreline's 1% for Art Program 2010

Artist: David Franklin
Steel, stone and paint. Photo by David Franklin
Kayu Kayu Ac Park, 19911 Richmond Beach Drive NW

Artist David Franklin’s gate welcomes visitors as they enter the park. Enhancing the Native American theme started with the naming of the park, Franklin’s gate, Traveling Traditions on the Salish Sea, depicts a Coast Salish canoe with paddles rising from the gate posts. About the entry gate Franklin said, “Inspired by the 2009 Canoe Journey to Suquamish, this artwork honors the peoples of Puget Sound who are carrying their cultures in these traditional watercraft. The paddles, two kinds commonly used in these waters are held vertically in a salute to people entering the park. The gate panel represents a Salish canoe in a scene inspired by the view from the park. The scene is illustrated with motifs of the sea, mountains, and sky inspired by designs and structure of locally made traditional baskets.”

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King County Brightwater Mitigation Program and the City of Shoreline 2010

Artist: James Madison
aluminum
Kayu Kayu Ac Park, 19911 Richmond Beach Drive NW

James Madison’s sculpture, Salmon Hunt, on the treed berm in the interior of the park, depicts the Coast Salish story of the “orcas working together with the fishermen like a pack of wolves on a hunt, helping by forming a u-shaped wall around a school of salmon and herding them directly into the fishing nets”.


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King County Brightwater Mitigation Program and the City of Shoreline 2010

Artist: Ellen Sollod
Stainless steel and fused glass sidewalk inlays
Aurora Avenue North between 175th and 185th

Artist’s statement: A Portrait of Shoreline in Time and Space presents a scientific, mathematical and symbolic depiction of the city. A stylized "clock" at 175th places Shoreline at Pacific Standard Time (PST) in relation to Eastern Standard Time (EST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). At 185th, the city’s place in the world is depicted through its latitude and longitude on the southeast corner and its zip codes and area codes across the street. True east, north and west are presented at different corners with the direction's initial and an arrow. The history of growing cranberries in pre-settlement times is suggested through three clusters on 175th near the bank. And, for fun, duck feet march their way across the sidewalk in two locations, referencing Shoreline's adjacency to the Sound. For interest, cast blue glass insets add color and sparkle at each location. The mirrored-back disks reflect light during the day and capture the ambient light of street lights at night. All of the inlays are surrounded by dark glitter-crete for added accent.

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1% for Art Program and Aurora Avenue project funds 2011

Artist: Kathleen Fruge-Brown
Digital print on fabric from three sets of original linoleum block prints
Aurora Avenue North between 175th and 185th

Artist’s statement: In designing the Livable City street banners, I tried to distill the qualities that make Shoreline’s Town Center unique. The bustle of commerce along the Aurora corridor, its neighborhoods and side streets, the verdant trees, bluffs, and waters that surround it—all of these have their part in Shoreline Town Center’s distinctive character. The designs, taken from my hand-carved block prints, incorporate images that celebrate the values and beauties of this very livable city.

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1% for Art Program

Artist: Virginia Paquette
Painted Steel
Spartan Recreation Center, 202 NE 185th St

Artist’s statement: Twirl Spin Jump, constructed of welded and painted steel, is based on repeated linear shapes of circles and ovals “in motion.” These are meant to relate to the equipment and physical activities happening inside the recreation center i.e.: twirling, spinning and jumping, and reflect the spirit of the place by making a lively welcome at the entrance.

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1% for Art Program

Artists: Unearth Collective
Steel and Paint
Interurban Trail in 1/4 mile increments starting at N 145th St

Artists’ Statement: Referencing the Interurban Trail land's past use as a train line, we replicated a selection of rationalized drawings from a 1904 manual of hand signals used by railroad workers. In the past, the language of hand and lantern positions gave signalmen a 'voice,' allowing them to communicate visually over noise and across distance. Today, this signalman maintains his 'voice' by way of announcing the miles. But what else is he telling us? In addition to explaining the system of lantern signals, the manual drawings signify more and leave some questions unanswered. The signal man, gazing diagonally into the distance, also has posture, uniform, gender, emotion and facial expression, all of which can influence interpretation of the message. The diagrams convey sequential arm motion but tell us nothing of speed or delivery. We can imagine that some information may have been conveyed fast, as in: "APPLY AIR BRAKES," or with gravitas: "GO BACK," or in regret: "TRAIN HAS PARTED." By propelling this historical figure into the present‐day, we question what has been lost and gained in industrialization and the rationalization of the workplace, in which all of us are entwined. By digitally re‐drawing this obviously old image, using the old trick of trompe l'oeil, presenting it within an old tradition of etching, and using modern fonts, color palettes, and materials, we reference what been lost and gained in modern production.

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1% for Art Program

Artist: Andy Echelshall
Acrylic paint and sealant on concrete.
1st Avenue NE and NE 205th St

Artist’ statement: As a resident of Edmonds I am passionate about the beauty and history of the area. I was conscious of the great opportunity presented by this site, its visibility from Rt 104, nearby residences and the cemetery. I wanted to create something that is not only visually appealing but educational and intriguing, a pleasing visual respite from the morning commute and a welcome addition to the neighborhood. The Echo Lake Neighborhood Association mural project combined all of the elements I love about mural painting: history, the environment and landscape. This was a wonderful project to be a part of and I’m honored to have been given the opportunity.

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City of Shoreline Neighborhood Mini-grant and 1% for Public Art Program 2013

Artist: Bruce Johnson
Redwood and copper
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, 20312 15th Ave NE

Artist’s statement: I have been working with salvaged old growth redwood for four decades My interventions as a sculptor with the raw wood are significant yet subtle. My goal is to honor the scale and vitality of the material and at the same time transforms the raw and often fractured material into contemporary abstract sculpture. My affection for wood has grown over the years, as has my understanding that the forces and patterns of nature are revealed in the gestures and intricacies of the wood. You are invited to touch and to clamor over the Wood Wave. It is this tactile and kinesthetic experience that a book or a flat screen cannot provide. Some knowledge is learned and some is absorbed. Wood Wave is old growth redwood and lived for 1000 years. Wood Wave is an elder and a witness and one of the longest-lived species on the planet. We can find wonder in the swirling roots of the Wood Wave and recognize that these patterns are ubiquitous through out nature. We can find wonder and that is the essential point.

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Donation to the City by Dr. Bruce and JoAnn Amundson for placement at the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden as an interactive art piece