Duwamish Residency

On Tuesday, the third annual Duwamish Residency got underway. For eight days twelve studio artists explore and artistically interpret the Duwamish River and its environs. We're used to working inside the rarefied walls of our studios so it a bit of a shock to our systems to be working outside for so many consecutive days, lugging our equipment through blackberry brambles, across polluted bogs, down West Marginal Way as semi trucks scream by while shaking the ground, or under the only swing bridge in the U.S., the Spokane Street Bridge. There, a span of concrete the length of a city block pivots open on a single pillar, which is extraordinary to see. We recommend that you lay on the ground and feel the shudder of the pistons as they slowly swing the disjointed roadway within inches of the pillars of the nearby West Seattle Bridge. It's much better than IMAX. For more information about the Duwamish Residency, visit our blog at Duwamish Residency.