July, July

City Arts celebrates its first anniversary with a colorful list of the most notable quotes and moments of our first thirteen months.

If the Suburbs Don’t Kill You,
They Will Make You Stronger

By Tim Appelo

Art provocateur/tombstone sculptor Greg Lundgren exorcises childhood demons and incites rich-kid revolution with his major Open Satellite art installation, I Am from Bellevue.

Commemorating a
History of Violence

By Stacey Levine

The former Western State Hill Ward insane asylum becomes a haunted, beautiful memorial park.

Always in Her Shadow

By Emily White

Western State’s most famous victim, film star Frances Farmer, inspired Kurt Cobain, Tom Cruise, Madonna and a lost biographical masterpiece that may come back to life.

 

Finish This Masterpiece or Look for a Job?

By Jamie Friddle

Seven hundred local artists reveal how they’re coping in our Hard Times Survival Guide.

In Store

By Stacey Levine

Looking for the best place to find Baby Godzilla and a Spacy Prototype Multipurpose Mobile Suit? Try Northgate’s Kicks Hobby Japan.

Sudden Sculpture

By Virginia Wright

How a spark from the Burning Man arts festival ignited Burien’s innovative, interactive, fiery sculpture park.

 

City Seen

Seen and Overheard

Day + Night

Curator’s Eye

The Missing

Selected by Sam Davidson, director, Davidson Galleries

A local curator selects an artist whose work they think more people should see.