75 results for: Celebrations
Pennant from "The Prom You Never Went To," 1988
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the local LGBTQ community. "The Prom You Never Went To" was first held in 1983 and became an institution in the local gay and lesbian…
ID Number:2016.10.11
Date:1988
Black high heel sandals, 1996
The donor of these shoes, Jean Chamberlin, was the Program Manager of the B-2 program at Boeing. These shoes, and the gown she wore with it, were the first formal clothes she purchased for a work function. She wore them to a formal dinner in 1996 that preceded the naming ceremony for the B-2 Spirit of Kitty Hawk.
ID Number:2017.24.2.3
Date:1996
Evening gown with lace bodice from Nordstrom, 2010
The donor of this dress, Jean Chamberlin was the vice president and program manager for The Boeing Company’s C-17 military transport aircraft program. She wore it to represent Boeing at a gala fundraiser for the 5th Avenue Theater. Chamberlin was drawn to the dress because the color was similar to “Boeing Blue.” It was purchased at Nordstrom and created by…
ID Number:2017.24.3.1
Date:2010
Blue high heel pumps from Nordstrom, 2010
The donor of these shoes, Jean Chamberlin was the vice president and program manager for The Boeing Company’s C-17 military transport aircraft program. She wore them with a blue Tadashi Shoji gown (2017.24.3.1) to represent Boeing at a gala fundraiser for the 5th Avenue Theater. Both the shoes and the gown were purchased from the Nordstrom at Southcenter Mall, with…
ID Number:2017.24.3.3
Date:2010
Street sign made in 2014 for Rev. Dr. S. McKinney Ave
This street was renamed in honor of the Baptist minister, who was an author and leading civil rights advocate in Seattle, WA, from 1958-2017. He served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest black churches in the Pacific Northwest, from 1958 to 1998 and again from 2005 to 2008.
ID Number:2017.59.1
Date:2014
Souvenir glass shovel from the 1911 Seattle Golden Potlatch celebration
The Seattle Potlatch was an annual event which began in 1911 to celebrate Seattle's prosperity after the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1897. This souvenir was collected at the Dreamland Pavilion, once located at the corner of Seventh and Union Street, where many of the Potlatch activities took place. The name "Golden Potlatch" appropriates a Chinook Jargon word describing a Native ceremony…
ID Number:2018.102.1
Date:1911
Contemporary art paddle commemorating the opening of the Seattle Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center, 2009
Contemporary art paddle commemorating the opening of the Seattle Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center in 2009.
ID Number:2019.60.1
Date:2009
Contemporary art paddle made by Marvin Oliver celebrating Seattle's sesquicentennial in 2001
In 2001, the metropolitan area of Seattle celebrated 150 years of existence dating back to the Alki landing of the Denny Party in 1851. The artist of this piece, Marvin Oliver (1946-2019), was born to Quinault and Isleta-Pueblo parents, and raised in Washington and San Francisco. He was an Associate Professor of American Indian Studies and Art History at the…
ID Number:2019.60.2
Date:2001
Mask, "Juneteenth 1865," by Ashaunti Martin-Smith, Ashaunti Monique Customs, 2020
Among the local designers and artists who began making face masks in 2020, many Black designers were inspired to infuse powerful messages into their creations. This mask was sewn and hand painted by designer Ashaunti Martin-Smith of Ashaunti Monique Customs. Juneteenth is a celebration of Black liberation, celebrated on June 19th. It is the anniversary of the day in 1865…
ID Number:2020.30.2
Date:2020
Canoe Journeys paddle made by Keith Stevenson, Muckleshoot, ca. 2020
Tribal Canoe Journeys is a celebrated event for the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Participants travel and visit neighboring Nations in ocean-going canoes, usually made of traditional cedar material, but other materials and more modern techniques may be applied as well. Justice Bill (Muckleshoot/Tlingit) stated: “Canoe Journeys have revitalized our nations through travel by oceangoing canoes and the…
ID Number:2021.76.1
Date:Circa 2020