by PWA Participant Artist Crash

Long-time PWA Participant Artist Dragonsong wants to share another photo from her trip to Rio de Janeiro in 2007. “We visited the huge and awe-inspiring statue of Christ. It is a magnificent monument.” The statue is called Christ the Redeemer, or in Portuguese, Cristo Redentor. The style is Art Deco. […]

Bill posing with his painting of eggs and toast, inspired by breakfasts with his father. UPDATE: Tickets may still be available, using this link. This Sunday, William W. Knight — known to many of us as Bill and the painter of what Holly Jacobson affectionately calls “The United States of […]

In 2007 I was privileged to go to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on a working anthropology trip for a class called Women, Witchcraft, and Religion. This is a gorgeous sunset I caught that evening as we were coming back to the hotel. — PWA Participant Artist Dragonsong

I have always felt that we are not alone in this universe. After the recent releases of footage of actual UFOs, I was inspired to paint my version of a UFO, using acrylic on stretched canvas. — PWA Participant Artist William W. Knight

Pallet is a social purpose company on a mission to build equal opportunity access to housing and employment. Elevating the voices of people with lived experience with homelessness, recovery, and incarceration is integral to Pallet’s mission. In addition to telling the personal stories of their team and people living in […]

The Odyssey Experienceby Lynette Douglas It was mid-November 2016 when I first read about the theatrical class offered at the Ballard Senior Center. This is all part of The Seattle Repertory’s Public Works Program. Someone from the Seattle Repertory Theater was teaching a class on the theater. WOW!!   This was a difficult time for […]

“I study trees as I’m on the bus, and they’re just beautiful, so nice and full. How can I draw them so I can show what they really look like? These trees I drew from my imagination. I like trees because I know they grow forever.” — Kathleen Ruthford, PWA […]

by Teaching Artist Pamm Hanson COVID-19 forced me to step up to a steep learning curve to learn to teach on Zoom! I tried to keep my attitude strong and I leaned into the generous support from PwA staff and the patience and support from the class participants. Whew! Then […]

Wednesday, July 216pm Join us for the accompanying discussion to Trimpin’s “Hear and How” – currently being exhibited at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art – where our Participant Artists will share their art forms and what they created during the pandemic. How are we navigating this experience as a community? As […]