"The Vine"
Commissioned by King County Metro Transit and the Seattle Arts Commission.
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"The Vine" is a ceramic relief sculpture set into two adjacent bus shelters in the Cenntral Area of Seattle, Washington (23rd. St. and Yesler Ave.). The sculpture is made up of 64 ceramic panels including 28 "story panels" which form a family of images depicting the cultural history of the Central Area.
"Tinikling Dance"
18" x 18" x 2"
This story panel from the SE shelter depicts the traditional Filipino Tinikling dance, as performed by the Central Area's Filipino Youth Association.
View of the shelter on the SE corner of 23rd and Yesler Ave.
with the Douglass-Truth Library in the background
"Dreaming of Home"
16" x 16" x 2"
This story panel from the NE shelter depicts a Japanese "picture bride" near Yesler Ave in the early 1900's.
View of the SE bus shelter looking east
View of SE shelters looking West
