Hit The Streets Projects

Cherry Street Fence - 2011

Location: Coyote Central
Partner: Starbucks
Steel panels interspersed with carved wooden totem elements and twisted steel bars comprise a 42' fence along the southeastern border of Coyote Central's new campus at 23rd & Cherry.

Lead artists: Mary Coss, Brent McDonald, Mike Lawson
Teaching artist:

Seeds of Jazz - 2010

Location: Squire Park Community Garden
Partner: Friends of Squire Park P-Patch
The seeds of the neighborhood's rich jazz tradition are celebrated in a series of enameled seeds on the fence of a thriving p-patch across the street from historic Washington Hall.

Lead artists: Mary Coss, Mike Lawson, Brent McDonald
Teaching artist:

Bus Shelters - 2009

Location: 23rd & Union
Partner: King County Metro
Panels on two bus shelters honor the diversity and social history of the Central Area through silhouettes of the Hit the Streets participants and abstractions of symbols that have cultural significance for them.

Lead artists: Romson Bustillo, Michael Lawson
Teaching artist: Brent McDonald

Viewfinders - 2008

Location: Harborview Medical Center
Partner: First Hill Community Council
Twenty-three viewfinders line a concrete wall at View Park across from Harborview Medical Center on First Hill. Viewers look through them to discover iconic sites of the Seattle cityscape which are abstracted below in enamel paint.

Lead artists: Liza vonRosenstiel, Mark Fessler
Teaching artists: Brent McDonald, Angelena McQuarter

Industrial Garden - 2007

Location: Harborview Medical Center
Partner: First Hill Community Council
A stand of twenty four 8' high flowers fabricated from recycled materials created a giant seasonal garden in the View Park across from the west side of Harborview Medical Center.

Lead artists: Liza vonRosenstiel, Mark Fessler
Teaching artists: Angelena McQuarter, Brent McDonald

Park Entryway - 2006

Location: Powell Barnett Park
Partner: Powell Barnett Legacy Project
Two concrete seatwalls with imagery in glass mosaics represent two rows of chairs, each one honoring a facet of the life of Powell Barnett, a Central Area community leader.

Lead artists: Stuart Nakamura, Laura Sindell
Teaching artists: Brent McDonald, Angelena McQuarter

Entryway Totems - 2005

Location: Rainier Valley Cultural Center
Partner: South East Effective Development
Six wooden totems, embellished with panels of painted geometric designs on enamel and cast metal accents, mark the points of entrance and exit to the cultural center.

Lead artists: Liza vonRosenstiel, Mark Fessler, Anna vonRosenstiel
Teaching artists: Brent McDonald, Eddie Hill

Giant Y for YMCA - 2004

Location: Meredith Matthews East Madison YMCA
Partner: Y.M.C.A.
A 17-foot high giant Y is the background for bronze and aluminum images depicting the six values of the YMCA's mission.

Lead artists: Carl Smool, Joy Jackson, Romson Bustillo
Teaching artists: Tip Toland, Eddie Hill

Park Entryway - 2003

Location: Flo Ware Park
Partner: Leschi Community Council
An engraved metal portrait of Flo Ware is featured among aluminum cutouts of community members across the top of the entry way. Supporting them are rastra block columns embellished with black & white tile and designs of textile patterns from worldwide cultures in colored Milestone.

Lead artists: Liza vonRosenstiel, Mark Fessler, Robert Kolden
Teaching artists: Romson Bustillo, Eddie Hill

Urban Totems - 2002

Location: Gerber Park
Partner:
Six urban totems, constructed of Milestone, tile, and aluminum, draw imagery from urban fauna and flora.

Lead artists: Liza vonRosenstiel, Mark Fessler, Robert Kolden
Teaching artists: Romson Bustillo, Melissa Matsui

Pool Façade - 2001

Location: Medgar Evers Swimming Pool
Partner: Garfield Advisory Council
Phase 2: The final ceramic murals were hand built along the west façade of the pool. Waves, fabricated from aluminum, and brushed, were added to punctuate the ceramic artwork.

Lead artists: Liza vonRosenstiel, Stuart Keeler, Faye Baker
Teaching artists: Melissa Matsui, Roark Congdon

Millenium Tree - 2000

Location: Garfield Community Center
Partner: Garfield Community Council
A 27-foot high aluminum cherry tree celebrates the millennium by depicting the cultures, buildings, activities, and social life that have made the Central Area a vital community for so many decades.

Lead artists: Stuart Keeler, Tina Hoggatt
Teaching artists: Sandy Lew Hailer, Liza vonRosenstiel

Seat wall - 2000

Location: Bradner Gardens
Partner: Friends of Bradner Gardens
Hand built clay mosaics of floral, plant, & garden themes line the surface of a 40' seat wall along the garden perimeter

Lead artist: Tip Toland
Teaching artist: Karen Eames

Pool Facade - 1999

Location: Medgar Evers Swimming Pool
Partner: Garfield Advisory Council
Phase 1: The 240 foot facade of the pool was embellished with the first five large ceramic murals, each depicting water play.

Lead artists: Tip Toland, Liza vonRosenstiel
Teaching artists: Oscar Mendoza, Romson Bustillo

Pool Entrance Façade - 1998

Location: Medgar Evers Swimming Pool
Partner: Garfield Advisory Council
The handbuilt ceramic mural presents a 14' high portrait of Medgar Evers and across from it, a collage of scenes promoting the efforts made to achieve civil rights in the 1960's and 1970's.

Lead artists: Liza vonRosenstiel, Tip Toland
Teaching artists: Marita Dingus, Romson Bustillo

Isaiah Edwards Pocket Park (phase 2) - 1997

Location: [No longer there]
Partner: CADA, Mrs. Isaiah Edwards
Phase 2 of the pocket park included a series of concrete game tables & stools, seat walls, bird houses & tall wooden street spirits

Lead artists: Liza vonRosenstiel , Mike Lawson
Teaching artists: Romson Bustillo, Oscar Mendoza

Isaiah Edwards Pocket Park - 1996

Location: [No longer there]
Partner: CADA, Mrs. Isaiah Edwards
Phase 1 of the pocket park included concrete trees, a walkway, & seating area, punctuated by hanging wire "banners".

Lead artists: Tom Brennan , Don Fels
Teaching artists: Sandy Lew Hailer, Faith Davis

Façade Tilework - 1995

Location: 23rd & E. Cherry St.
Partner: CADA & Dilettante Chocolates
200 concrete and mosaic tiles complete the checkerboard pattern on the building facade

Lead artists: Tom Brennan , Liza vonRosenstiel
Teaching artists: Kevin Spitzer, Romson Bustillo

Open Field Art - 1994

Location: [No longer there]
Partner: Promenade Shopping Center
Giant plywood cutouts, painted & embellished, punctuated a vast open field: 3 section bench topped by tall street spirits on poles, an entrance arch & scattered figures on poles

Lead artists: Tom Brennan, Romson Bustillo
Teaching artists: Kevin spitzer, Marita Dingus

Street Spirits - 1992

Location: vacant lots
Partner: Metro King Co.
Over 200 street spirits were created from recycled materials and installed on wooden frames and placed in vacant lots that once were plentiful along S. Jackson St.

Lead artist: Marita Dingus
Teaching artist: 3 T.A.s from SCCC Art Program