Call for Artists for UW station

Posted on by Andrew Smith


As you may or may not know, Sound Transit spends 1% of its capital budget on art. The results are kind of mixed. Some of the art is great, others are interesting, some is kind of odd, and some is just plain terrible (see the above installation next to the Paramount on Pine).

Sound Transit is commissioning a $550,000 installation at the UW station, and is looking for artists. They already found one for Capitol Hill station. That’s a lot of money, and all you artists out there, I would really love something awesome in that station.

So, this leaves me with two questions. First, what is the best art (and worst) at a Transit location in our area? And second, what would you like to see the $550,000 go for at UW station?

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Call for Artists for UW station

Posted on by Andrew Smith


As you may or may not know, Sound Transit spends 1% of its capital budget on art. The results are kind of mixed. Some of the art is great, others are interesting, some is kind of odd, and some is just plain terrible (see the above installation next to the Paramount on Pine).

Sound Transit is commissioning a $550,000 installation at the UW station, and is looking for artists. They already found one for Capitol Hill station. That’s a lot of money, and all you artists out there, I would really love something awesome in that station.

So, this leaves me with two questions. First, what is the best art (and worst) at a Transit location in our area? And second, what would you like to see the $550,000 go for at UW station?

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  5. Whatever artist gets the contract, I hope he incorporates some sort of clock into his artwork. Anyone else notice the lack of clocks at Transit Centers?

  6. That’s a great idea. We should make sound transit and metro put clocks in each and every “station” because it’s tough to know when the bus is coming.

    Or maybe they just don’t want us to know how off-schedule they are!

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