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What is the Living Barge?
The Living Barge Project is a large-scale, temporary public art installation by Sarah Kavage and Nicole Kistler that will
be moored on Seattle's Duwamish River for the month of April 2006. Native plants will be installed on an industrial barge,
creating a temporary floating island full of ferns, shrubs and tree seedlings.
What is this project about?
We want to use this project to create a lasting, positive dialogue about the history and future of the Duwamish and the
neighbors and businesses that surround it. We also want to raise citywide awareness of the Duwamish and invite people to
participate in its restoration.
Where will the barge be installed?
The barge will be moored on the Georgetown side of the Duwamish River, directly south of Gateway Park.
The best place to view the barge will be from the small park at 8th avenue / Portland Street in South Park directly across
the river.
Organizational Partners:
South Park Arts
Environmental Coalition of South Seattle (ECOSS)
South Park Neighborhood Association
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
Concord Elementary
Aviation High School
Friends of Cesar Chavez Park
Funders and Donors:
Artist Trust
City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods
King County
Duwamish Shipyard
Crowley Marine
Cedar Grove Compost
Starbucks
Natural Building Solutions
For more information, or to volunteer, contact Sarah Kavage at sarah@gogoweb.com
About the artists:
Sarah Kavage is an artist with a masters degree in urban planning from the University of Washington. She has years of
varied experience in art, education, and community building projects - including a Recycle-A-Bicycle program in Brooklyn,
NY, afterschool art programs in New York City and Pennsylvania, and planning for a sustainable wastewater treatment system
in Havana, Cuba. She has exhibited her paintings and installations in a number of venues around Seattle.
Nicole Kistler is an artist with a masters degree in landscape architecture from the University of Washington. She has
recently been awarded funding for public art projects in Seattle, and has designed several public parks in Seattle and Tacoma,
a light rail station, and the urban design master plan for Seattle's International District. An educator at Seattle Tilth
for the past ten years, she is committed to engaging people in a deeper understanding of their environment.
Map to Living Barge Site
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