Civic Park Public Art Project:

3 ways to share your ideas

Be a part of the design process!

What are your favorite local animals and plants?

Detail of graphic design for "lifeboat"

Clark Wiegman, the artist crafting the public artwork for Civic Park, encourages people viewing the artwork to contemplate their place within the web of life of our shared natural world. He is looking for your ideas: “…images and sounds of native animals and plants of the Pacific Northwest that you see, hear, think about and/or love”.

The collected images and sounds will be used to create digitized silhouette portraits that will then be laid out as a collage mural/tapestry. The resulting artwork will be a vinyl graphic that wraps around the hull of lifeboat (see example of detail of the graphic design above, and the proposed project below).

Want to contribute? For gardeners and plant enthusiasts: Names or photos of flowers, ferns, grasses, shrubs, trees, etc. For bird watchers and animal lovers: Names, photos and/or field recordings of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, etc. Your examples could be common and abundant, or scarce and endangered. It’s up to you!

Take this opportunity to help inspire the artist’s design!

Share your examples in one of three ways:

1 - Meet with the artist on Thursday Aug 11, 5-6 pm, outside the Fire Station

on 6^thAve. N.-- across from the Civic Park site-- to share your photos and images of your favorite local plants and animals. This is also a great opportunity to discuss the project and learn about the design process.

2 - Leave a comment on the Civic Park Public Art project blog. The blog features the artist's thoughts, ideas and insight into his process. It's a great place to be inspired about the project! Go to: https://lifeboatseawall.blogspot.com/

3 - Email lists and/or images of your favorite local plants and animals, plus any thoughts or questions you'd like to share with the artist. Email the artist at [email protected] or the arts commission at [email protected]

Artist Clark Wiegman’s proposed design for the new shade structure at Civic Park, titled Cascadia, features two components: A “seawall”, which is a mythical representation of the Cascadia region, and a suspended “lifeboat” which is an archetypal, cross-cultural symbol of human-powered water transportation. Both components include graphics, for which the artist seeks input from the community.