The article “Artwork gives developments a touch of humanity” on the cover of today’s Seattle P-I is about Pomegranate Center’s work, featuring our work in the Seattle area!
“As Seattle pours more concrete by the minute, the carvings [at High Point Amphitheater] are the kind of small and beautiful touches that make a neighborhood feel more humane.”
The amphitheater at the High Point development in West Seattle got its first use on Friday, July 4 at a park opening celebration with the community. Speeches, local talent and musical performances inaugurated the space, with over 100 residents in attendance.
The completion of this gathering place is the finishing touch on a portfolio of artistic enhancements Pomegranate Center has done with the Hight Point neighborhood, including gateways and fences at the community garden, a kiosk, and community shelters. Pomegranate Center has been honored to work with such an amazing community and talented, enthusiastic project partners at Seattle Housing Authority on this community transformation.
> More pictures from the High Point amphitheater opening.
Pear Tree Place in Yakima Gets Kid-inspired Enhancements
On the last weekend of June, Pomegranate Center met residents at Pear Tree Place in Yakima to install four artistic posts in the neighborhood. This project, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, brought local character to this new “clean and sober” development.
Each post includes eight concrete tiles based on drawings from neighborhood children. Planter boxes are built into both sides of the column and a solar light is attached at the top.
At the end of the day, the residents joined Pomegranate Center for a BBQ and an “unveiling” of their new light posts. Kids ran to each post pointing out their drawings while proud parents snapped pictures. One resident said “This is so cool! All the kids here are going to feel such a different kind of ownership about their community now. I wish all our neighborhoods had stuff like this.”
> More pictures of the Pear Tree Place art posts.
