Building Community through the Arts

PUBLIC ART ON BEACON HILL

Beacon Arts has been involved with public art projects throughout Beacon Hill and are open to new opportunities and collaborations. Below are some examples of our past projects.

Blue Sky Trails

Beacon Arts was commissioned by El Centro de la Raza’s Air and noise project to assist with outreach at 4 events in 2018. Artists attended 4 Beacon Hill events and created murals and scrolls capturing in real time the arrival time and decibel level of each plane that flew over head. The full installation was presented at the Beacon Hill Festival June 1, 2019

The murals depict an airplane with the time and noise level of an actual flight on a pristine blue sky. The scrolls list the schedule of flights and their noise level. Average time between flights 90 seconds. City of Seattle's acceptable level is 55 decibels. Most planes were well above 70 decibels. Community members marveled at the obvious injustice documented from their own life experience.

Beacon Hill Mural Project

In 2015, Beacon Arts was awarded a Small and Simple matching fund by the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods to create a mural for Beacon Hill. What followed was a summer of outreach to our community to learn what images and stories would be important to include in this mural. Two artists, Anjali Grant & Will Schlough, created several sketches from the outreach that were showcased at the annual Pear-a-dise event for feedback. The final mural was chosen and installed at Dragon Auto Repair, 2901 17th Ave S, who graciously donated one of their walls for the mural.

TBD Community Space

Beacon Arts activated the TBD Community Space at 2507 Beacon Ave S (behind the whale/sunflower mural) from April 2017 - April 2018. The space hosted art markets and gallery space, concerts, and more. The biggest hit was Dozer's Warehouse curated by Crik Lont. Upon Beacon Arts leaving, Crik was able to continue using the warehouse and gallery for studio work and occasional shows.

Words of Wisdom Relocation Project

In 2005, the PTSA at Asa Mercer Middle School embarked on a community outreach project that sought to celebrate and highlight the diversity of Beacon Hill. At that time, there were 29 different home languages at the school. The project had three parts: family nights for cultural sharing, a book of the collected sayings and a “Words of Wisdom” walkway. With the school under remodel, Beacon Arts is working with the school to safely relocate the walkway to a new location in the school.