Bus Shelter Mural Program Gallery
A Coming Together of Peoples
© 1993 Ron Hillbert-Coy, all rights reserved
Medium: Carved and painted Cedar
Located on Rainier Ave. S. & S. Rose St. in Rainier Valley
A Coming Together of Peoples
"My whole purpose when I first read the request for artists' designs became a vision of carved and painted cedar! At that time I was teaching at Rainier Vista Community Center.
The young people to whom I was teaching art gave me another insight. Seeing the different ethnic groups that live throughout the Rainier Valley, I envisioned carvings of each group on individual panels with each panel having people in their cultural garb, and parts of their homeland in the background.
On the largest of the panels, on the fascia, would be all of the people, old and young, dancing and being in family units. In this way the shelter could bring unity and pride for all people."
Artist Ron Hilbert-Coy
Ron is a member of the Tulalip Indian tribe and talks about the importance of bringing people together. He strongly believes that because we are all traveling together we must work together instead of hurting each other.
Funding
This artwork was funded by the Metro Arts Program in 1995, in collaboration with the South East Seattle Arts Council.
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