Bus Shelter Mural Program Gallery
Peace and Unity
© 1995 Terry Furchgott, all rights reserved
Medium: Acrylic latex semi-gloss enamel with polyurethane clear-coat.
Photographic transparencies laminated between glass.
Located at Rainier Ave. S. & S. Orcas St. in Rainier Valley
Artist
The paintings and window designs on this bus shelter were done by Terry Furchgott, a Seattle artist whose work reflects the beauty and power of Seattle's multicultural population and community. The art in the windows used photographic transparencies, laminated between two sheets of tempered safety glass. The artist would like to thank Seattle Public Schools, in particular, the third grade at Orca Elementary, and the children of the Rainier Valley for their help and inspiration on this project. Two of the children’s poems were included in this mural:
Peace by Cecelia Perez
Peace
Ocean, reservation
Dancing, singing, story-telling
Fisherman are fishing
Babies crying
Teepees.
Cecilia is a 9 year old and attends third grade at Orca Elementary School. She is Native American of several tribes and spends her summers on a reservation near Spokane with her grandparents.
Unity by Brian Chin
Unity is
Speaking up
For each other
Unity shines yellow
And bright like the sun
The wind of unity
Is strong wind
Brian is 9 years old and attends third grade at Orca Elementary School. His father is from Viet Nam, and his mother is from El Salvador. Brian came to the U.S.A. from El Salvador when he was four years old.
Funding
This commission was funded by the Metro Arts Program in 1995, in collaboration with the South East Seattle Arts Council.
Note on photographic transparencies in bus shelter windows.
The artwork in the windows of this project was very well received by the community. Unfortunately, the windows at this location lasted only two years before all panels were broken and removed due to vandalism. In other locations artwork in bus shelter windows has lasted longer.
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