Jeannie Barnes grew up on 22nd and Union and has gone to the Good Shepherd Lutheran church there since the 1950s. Photo by Inye Wokoma.
The Corner: 23rd and Union
Twenty–third and East Union is near the geographical center of Seattle. Cars flow through this intersection, on a straight shot to downtown, the University District, Lake Washington and Rainier Valley. It's just one corner in one Seattle neighborhood, the Central District. Like other neighborhoods in this city, it's changing fast. Newcomers have moved in, and housing prices have gone up. Now neighbors are grappling with the change.
The Corner: 23rd and Union, reported by Jenny Asarnow.
"#10 (1952)" by Mark Rothko. Courtesy of Seattle Art Museum.
Artful Investment
The recession hit everybody hard, but it's been devastating for the arts. Tumbling stock values and bankruptcies took a huge bite out of corporate donations. At the same time, public funding fell victim to budget deficits. A small portion of the $700 billion federal stimulus package will go to the arts, but it's not nearly enough to fill the gap. In an era when everyone is cutting back, why should the arts get a piece of a shrinking pie? "Artful Investment" is a three part series that explores arts funding in this time of recession.
Artful Investment, reported by Marcie Sillman.
Dominique Gabella. Photographer Steve Shelton.
Old Masters
We live in a youth obsessed culture. And when it comes to artists, new technologies have created a big buzz. In pursuit of the newest, latest trends, sometimes it can be easy to overlook what age and experience give to a person or a project. But life experiences themselves can lend a depth and extra dimension to a piece of music or a literary work.
Old Masters, reported by Marcie Sillman.
