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This is a list of public art in Kirkland, Washington. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum. Most of the works mentioned are sculptures.
Pages in category "Lists of public art in Washington (state)" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States.A suburb east of Seattle, its population was 92,175 in the 2020 U.S. census [5] which made it the sixth largest city in King County and the twelfth largest city in the state of Washington.
The Kirkland Performance Center is a 394-seat theater in downtown Kirkland, Washington. It opened in June 1998. [ 1 ] The campaign to open the center was supported by Kirkland leaders, including former city councilman Larry Springer and former mayor Bill Woods. [ 2 ]
National Register nomination form for the Peter Kirk Building" Kirkland Creative Arts League 26 April 1973. Retrieved January 10, 2010 "THE PETER KIRK BUILDING - CENTER OF ACTIVITY" The Kirkland Arts Center. Retrieved December 31, 2009. Anon. "Town's houses offer a tour through time" The Seattle Times 21 July 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
Under a city construction budget set-aside for public art in Kirkland, art is installed on the corridor.The first such work was The Spikes, created in 2017 by Lake Washington Institute of Technology welding student Merrily Dicks, [8] [9] and consisting of three 6–8 ft (1.8–2.4 m) columns of recycled railroad spikes, rising from a 4 ft × 4 ft (1.2 m × 1.2 m) metal base.
The city of Kirkland bought some of the scrapped pieces of Kalakala and, as of 2018, is considering using them in a public art project. [25] [needs update] Several pieces of the vessel were placed in the parking lot of Salty's on Alki in West Seattle, including a wheelhouse that faces Elliott Bay and the Seattle skyline. [26]
The club was founded in 1920 when eight women met and established a charter with the General Federation of Women's Clubs.The building was completed in 1925 through community support: the Burke & Farrar development company gifted the land, local architect and future mayor John Hanford Wester donated the plans, and local high school shop students made the bookshelves.