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Looking for an excuse to get out of the office next week? Join us on Friday, May 16 for a fun day making art! We will get our hands dirty making playful clay molds for 32 concrete tiles that will be part of the Pear Tree development in Yakima.
With help from an NEA grant, Pomegranate Center is working with the nonprofit developers, residents and local school children to create artistic enhancements that add beauty and local identity to this transitional housing neighborhood. The completed tiles will be incorporated into eight mobile light posts with passive solar lights. More »
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on Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Message from Milenko
Early on in my work, I read and was greatly influenced by the little-known work of Fred Polak, a Dutch sociologist. My library included a well-read copy of The Image of the Future (which is now out of print and difficult to find). Polak does an impressive job of looking at the relationship between images of the future and cycles of culture:
“The rise and fall of images of the future precedes or accompanies the rise and fall of cultures. As long as the society’s image is positive and flourishing, the flower of culture is in full bloom. Once the image begins to decay and lose its vitality, however, the culture does not long survive.”
Pomegranate Center’s work in facilitation, public process and community-based design is built on a basic philosophy that imagining, clarifying and owning a shared picture of what our communities can be is a powerful, and vital, step in moving us toward that desirable end. More »
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on Friday, February 8th, 2008
If you are in the Seattle area and looking for an early spring fix, visit the Northwest Flower & Garden Show! Pomegranate Center’s handiwork - five carved and stained cedar columns - will be on display in the Washington Park Arboretum display. More »
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on Thursday, February 7th, 2008
“I was amazed to see so many of the ideas that had flickered and floated through the various meetings all come together at the end,” said Columbia City resident Mikala Woodward. Joining fellow Columbia City and Hillman City residents last weekend, Mikala participated in a design workshop culminating months of community participation and planning. Residents painted pictures, sculpted clay and drew maps to begin designing solutions that will at once increase connection between the two south Seattle neighborhoods, stimulate walkability along Rainier Avenue and integrate art as a strategy for increasing a sense of place. More »
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on Monday, February 4th, 2008
The January/February issue of Natural Home magazine recognized their picks for the top 10 green housing developments in the country. Excitingly, both the High Point development in West Seattle and Issaquah Highlands development in Issaquah made the list. We are thrilled and honored to be involved with both neighborhoods.
At Issaquah Highlands we designed and built a one-acre park and several artistic features around the development. We are currently in participating in the planning and design of a local retail core for the neighborhood.
» Pictures of Pomegranate Center’s work at Issaquah Highlands
» More about Issaquah Highlands
In the High Point neighborhood Pomegranate Center partnered with the Seattle Housing Authority and neighborhood residents to design and build pocket parks and amenities at the local Market Garden. Development on a community amphitheater begins in 2008!
» Pictures of Pomegranate Center’s work at High Point
» More about High Point
Read the article in Natural Home magazine…
Congratulations to both neighborhoods!
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on Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
“I have been eager to work with Pomegranate Center for many years now,” says Next Step Housing director John Mifsud. “And we are so excited that 2008 will be the year we can finally partner!”
Thanks to an exciting grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Pomegranate Center will be working with John and the Next Step Housing team to build artistic elements, including streetlights and signage, for the new Pear Tree development in Yakima, WA. More »
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on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
You’re invited to discover the most innovative approach to school redevelopment in the region.
On Thursday, November 1, we are hosting a second guided tour of Medina Elementary School, where curriculum, community and design were linked together with magic results. Snacks and juice boxes provided.
WHERE:
Medina Elementary School (directions)
WHEN:
Thursday, November 1, 2007
4:00 - 4:30 pm, refreshments; 4:30 - 5:30 pm, guided tour
RSVP to info@pomegranate.org or (425) 557-6412. This event is free, but an RSVP is requested.
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on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Help us carve five cedar columns that will be featured at the Arboretum’s Pacific Connections Garden display in the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in February 2008!
WHEN:
- Friday, November 2, 9am - 5pm
- Saturday, November 3, 10am - 3pm
Join us for one or both days! Drop ins and children over 15 are welcome. Lunch provided.
WHERE:
Pomegranate Center, 1400 NW Maple Street, Issaquah, WA
Directions
RSVP to Bree Delgadillo, Project Coordinator at 425-557-6412 or bree@pomegranate.org.
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on Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
After many hours of carving, sanding and staining 12 cedar logs, volunteers from the Arboretum Shelter Carving Workshops can be sure they left a wonderful mark on this Seattle park. And their work got some great praise last week, too!
First, the Arboretum’s new interpretive shelter, designed by Pomegranate Center and The Portico Group, and the carved cedar columns that will support it were featured in an article in last week’s Seattle Times, “Sprucing up a place for plants.” Describing the development of the Pacific Connections Garden, the article featured a large photo of the carving workshop site.
And then, the very next day, our volunteers’ handiwork made its first public appearance at the Arboretum’s Pacific Connections Garden groundbreaking ceremony! More »
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on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
A Message from Milenko
The world is a less eloquent place this week with the passing of Madeleine L’Engle, a great American writer best known for her Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time.
Madeleine and I met in 1984 as co-presenters at a conference, and I was struck by her expressiveness and ability to weave together science and spirituality. When compiling my first book, Lightworks: Explorations in Art, Culture and Creativity, I was honored to have an excerpt of Madeleine’s book Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art included. I reread her words this week and, again, was inspired by her insights More »
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on Friday, September 14th, 2007
