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History Café: Decoding Art in Seattle’s Public Spaces

Wednesday January 16, 2019 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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Walk down any Seattle street, turn the corner, and you’re likely to discover art enhancing the city’s parks, plazas, and waterfront piers. From cedar totem poles to high-tech video installations, the downtown area alone has more than 350 works of art for all to enjoy.

How did Seattle amass such a vast collection? What does it tell us about our city?

Join Jim Rupp, author of Art in Seattle’s Public Spaces: From SoDo to South Lake Union, as he weaves through over 100 years of urban art collecting.

For disability accommodations, please contact programs@mohai.org two weeks prior to the event.

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Jim Rupp

Jim Rupp

Jim Rupp is the author of Art in Seattle’s Public Spaces: From SoDo to South Lake Union, which was recently published by the University of Washington Press. A Seattle native, long-time lawyer, and local historian, Jim has been collecting information about art in Seattle’s public places for over forty years.