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Published by Lauren Semet on November 25, 2025

Sierra Nelson Selected for Alki Wet Weather Treatment Station Artwork Commission

A woman in a red dress stands inside an aquarium tunnel, surrounded by large glass windows with various fish and a shark swimming in the water behind her. — Photo by Steve Korn

4Culture and King County Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) are excited to announce the selection of Sierra Nelson to create artwork for the Alki Wet Weather Treatment Station Standby Generator Project located near Constellation Park in West Seattle. The artwork will be inspired by the shoreline habitat and marine ecosystem adjacent to the site and the wastewater infrastructure that protects water quality in Puget Sound.

Published by 4Culture on November 14, 2025

Cosmic Collision: How Amara Eke and Jade Knox combined creative forces to make magic in Comin’ in Hot!

A contemporary art gallery with colorful, whimsical paintings on white walls and vibrant, abstract sculptures displayed on white platforms across a dark floor. The scene is brightly lit and visually dynamic.

Perhaps fate brought Amara Eke and Jade Knox to the University of Washington for their MFAs, because they were destined to be friends. They hit it off right away, thanks to shared East Coast roots and a love of big fun, live music, and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.

Published by 4Culture on November 05, 2025

Current Sustained Support awardees can request Network of Support consultant services in times of crisis or transformation

Cultural work comes with the unexpected. Operation emergencies and crises happen, whether loss of executive leadership, eviction from space, financial insolvency, and more. Unforeseen or planned, there are periods when organizations and Tribes experience significant transformational change. Hiring staff for the first time, moving from leasing to owning a space, merging with a partner organization, these are exciting opportunities but can bring uncertainty and instability.

Published by 4Culture on October 09, 2025

Evan Blackwell immortalizes an Algona site with wood carvings and cast ceramics

Leaves, twigs, and a plastic bottle coated in white material hang from metal rods outdoors, attached with binder clips and clothespins. The background is grassy and out of focus.

Clusters of long pine needles, maple leaves and spinners, and various other sprigs and stems hang from a slim piece of metal outside Evan Blackwell’s studio in Shelton, WA. Dipped in white porcelain, they’ve been left to dry in the late September sun. “They’re like ghost plants,” Blackwell says. “They feel like bones, like skeletons or remains.”

Published by 4Culture on September 25, 2025

Art on the Move: How portable works rotate through King County spaces

Two men push a large, wrapped object on a wheeled cart across a city street on a sunny day, with trees and buildings in the background. — 4Culture Public Art Collections Manager Guy Merrill and Public Art Collection Registrar Pete Fleming transport artwork from 4Culture to the King County Executive's Office in June 2025. Photo: 4Culture

If you found yourself in Pioneer Square on a hot and sunny weekday last June, you may have seen something a little unusual on the street: a cart loaded with art, all of it carefully wrapped in plastic and bubble wrap, rolling up the hill from 4Culture’s office to the King County Chinook Building on 4^th Avenue.

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