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South Park Bridge Murals

On June 30, 2010, the old South Park Bridge closed for good. South Park Arts wanted our community’s loss to be a call for rebirth! We invited muralists to cover the solid sides of the bridge during the South Park Bridge Wake, so that the community could watch its bridge transform from defunct infrastructure into a work of art. Thanks to 4Culture and ECOSS for their support.

Here are the fantastic six artists and their murals:

Elisa Renouard
She’s an artist and an architecture student at U.W. who has painted some cool stuff. Her mural is “on South Park’s layers of history. In a combination of paint and wheatpaste, the mural goes from abstract farmland, to drawings of South Park houses, to industry, boats and barges, and cranes. It includes references to the greenhouses and farms that used to be here, and the bombers that were made across the river…”

Sam Sneke
He’s got some amazing murals across Seattle. Sam’s piece is “a traditional Graffiti piece, with the concrete crumbling behind it revealing a new structure coming through the background.”

Kenji Fulmer
Kenji lives in Tacoma and was an artist at last year’s Art Under $100, he’s painted a garage on Rose street. He painted flowers, which he describes as “modern retroactive.”

Gina Tolentino
She’s a designer, illustrator, and artist who lives in Beacon Hill. Her mural is “a Dia de los Muertos-style of painting. There are two skeletons on either side, male and female, each holding one side of the bridge in one hand and holding hands with the other. The bridge is connected to each of their hearts. Tears are coming from their eyes and landing in the Duwamish River. Marigolds will be painted in the bottom corners of the mural. The tears will represent what is lost and/or mourned: community, connection, trade.”