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.

 

In Store

By Virginia Bunker

Going boho in style at Lizzie Parker’s Eco Atelier in Gilman Village.

Not Quite a City, Not Quite a Town

By Bond Huberman

A visionary group called Suddenly and a bold new book called Where We Live Now help find the civic soul of the Eastside.

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.

 

City Seen

Seen and Overheard

Day + Night

Curator’s Eye

Victoria Haven, Sculptor

Selected by Greg Kucera, curator, Greg Kucera Gallery, and Adrianne Ralph, facilities design coordinator, King County Libraries