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Art and Stewardship at the South County Recycling & Transfer Station

Kevin Patnik — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:55:42 +0000

The South County Recycling & Transfer Station (SCRTS) is now open, offering visitors more than a place to recycle and dispose of waste. Permanent public artworks integrated throughout the site connect the facility to local ecology, Indigenous knowledge, and the labor of the people who built it. Operated by King County Solid Waste Division, SCRTS […]

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Memories, not memes: Reilly Jensen’s witty and wild Eldermaxxing asks us to ditch the screen and live IRL.

Kevin Patnik — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:20:05 +0000

Reilly Jensen pays attention. She traces her creative origins to her rural Kansas upbringing where she found interesting ideas and inspiration in the overlooked and ordinary—in the detritus of everyday life, the inherited habits and artifacts of small town life, and in the quiet, tactile rituals that shape each of our personal stories. Her father […]

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Help Shape Moving Stories

Kevin Patnik — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:04:27 +0000

Beginning this summer, six artists are riding buses, exploring neighborhoods, and listening to stories shared by riders, operators, and neighbors as part of Moving Stories, a new public art initiative developed by 4Culture in partnership with King County Metro. Their research will inform twelve original graphic novels inspired by the people, places, and experiences that […]

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