It sounds like a children's story doesn't it? Maybe someday it will be, the touching story of two designs, painted on intersections in a little neighborhood called Wallingford. The Ladybug up at 49th and Burke is getting some company this weekend: a group of neighbors led by Bill Lindberg around Interlake Ave N and N 41st St will be painting a turtle designed by Rachel Marcotte in their intersection. The mural is funded in part by the city’s Department of Neighborhoods…
Wallingford-based artists Janusz Pozniak, Rachel Rader, Michelle Rak and Heather Kraft are opening up their studio this Saturday and Sunday for a sale. Their work includes glass, jewelry, accessories and the like. Some photos of their work in the flier at right, or stop by their studio at 4136 Meridian Ave N Saturday and Sunday, August 28th and 29th from 10 am - 7 pm to see it all life size.
Now that was fast! The 46th Street Mural will be dedicated on Friday, August 27th. In April, the City announced that the Fremont/Wallingford 46th Street Mural Project would be funded through the Small and Simple Projects Fund: This project will build community and improve the cityscape by constructing a lasting mural to brighten this underpass, used by thousands of cars and many pedestrians every day. It will create a neighborhood identification linking upper Fremont and Wallingford and deter crime and graffiti…
"First we look at the hills in the painting, Then we look at the painting in the hills." - Li Liweng, 17th century On 45th Street. I consider this street art. Some may call it graffiti. The badge says "Hello My Name Is Douchebag Californian". Near Paper Delights. Beneath the poster of Japanese manga warrior babe, the badge says "Hello My Name Is Oops I'm Sorry". Near Harold's Lighting. Tree shrine. Chalkboard reads "I want to make world peace. I want…
When we were posting the notes from a recent community meeting, we came across a couple pictures of Wallingford's very own garbage dump that struck our fancy. Enjoy! Almost makes that stench worth it all, don't it?
Monday, we noted that the police have arrested a man accused of tagging Wallingford and many other neighborhoods with a spraypainted "Zeb". We've always had a bit of short-fuse for tagging, a form of graffiti in which the practitioner spraypaints or marks his name over huge numbers of pieces of private property. The most infuriating aspect of tagging is that city law requires the property owner to bear the cost of the removal of the mark and will fine the owner…
Last month, we found Wallingford Art Walk to be something of a disappointment. We were not alone. Not to say there weren't some fine artists on display, good music to be had and the requisite nibbles and wine, but what was disappointing was the number of businesses that had signed up, but failed to actually book an artist and participate. We hope this month will be better. We'll tell you what we know of, so, should you decide to venture out,…