Local designers create art for new Ballard QFC
With the shelves stocked inside the new QFC on 24th Ave NW, final touches are being put on the outside. We met up with Seattle artists Anna Sher of Boulevard …
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Ballard Senior Center selling Taproot tickets
Before the arsonist struck Central Greenwood in October, heavily damaging the Taproot Theatre, the Ballard Senior Center bought the December 1st show of Taproot’s “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live …
Tidying up old art under Ballard Bridge
Over the last few weeks, volunteers with the Fremont Arts Council have been thinning out an art storage area under the Ballard Bridge. If you look through the fence, you …
See art proposals for Salmon Bay Natural Area
Groundswell NW invites you to look at five proposals for a “landmark art piece” that will be installed at the Salmon Bay Natural Area. The public is invited to provide …
Guerrilla art mysteriously appears on 14th Ave.
You may have noticed the new metal artwork in the center median of 14th Ave. It’s at 58th St., where volunteers with the 14th Avenue Visioning Project recently created the …
Sea serpent returns to Shilshole Bay Marina
A year ago, the sea serpent sculpture on the Shilshole Bay Marina jetty was removed to be refurbished. “It’s back,” writes Kim from Seattle Daily Photo, who snapped this shot …
A look inside the Art Church
We stopped by grand opening party of the Art Church at 61st St. and 20th Ave. to snap a few photos of artist Marianne Maksirisombat’s collection inside.
We arrived just as the party was getting underway. The pews are gone, and Maksirisombat’s artwork lines the walls in the congregation hall.
Maksirisombat recently moved into the vacant Ballard Assembly of God church, and she’s turned it into an art studio. Couple more photos below…
New mural next to Green Go
No, it’s not Henry painting this mural on a fence on 20th Ave. It’s artist Todd Lown, who’s seen here putting the finishing touches on a mural of the great …
Ballard church transformed into art gallery
For the last two months, artist Marianne Maksirisombat and her family and friends have been working to turn her new home, the vacant Ballard Assembly of God church on 61st …
Coat & sock drive for homeless
Thousands of homeless men, women and children sleep on the streets of Seattle each night. With winter upon us one local businessman is helping with a coat and sock drive. …
Shoes nailed to telephone poles
MyBallard reader Don emailed us about an unusual display along Ballard Ave. Noticed this on Sunday, someone nailed shoes to telephone poles all over Ballard Ave. The shoes are paired, …
Crews reinstalling sculptures on Ballard Bridge
Back in February 2006, eight sculptures were removed from the Ballard Bridge after a fierce windstorm damaged the anchors that secured the public art in place. After a long repair …