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Local Snaps

  • mural with aquatic creatures and surreal/impressionist imagery

    Ballard

    mural with aquatic creatures and surreal/impressionist imagery

  • red cap mushrooms among leaves and grass in the ground

    U District

    red cap mushrooms among leaves and grass in the ground

  • mural of PNW animals in modified Indigenous style of lines

    Cascade

    mural of PNW animals in modified Indigenous style of lines

  • penguin sculpture made of metal parts

    U Village

    penguin sculpture made of metal parts

  • mushrooms formed from dirt and plants on top of an awning

    Poulsbo

    mushrooms formed from dirt and plants on top of an awning

  • mural of undersea creatures

    Queen Anne

    mural of undersea creatures

  • Canadian Goose on sidewalk eyeing traffic

    South Lake Union

    Canadian Goose on sidewalk eyeing traffic

  • sticker of colorful drawn bird stuck on a tree trunk

    sticker of colorful drawn bird stuck on a tree trunk

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  • marquee with a pun

    Wallingford

    marquee with a pun

  • half unpeeled rubber banana with a face

    Lower Queen Anne

    half unpeeled rubber banana with a face

  • jack o' lantern window cling

    Auburn

    jack o' lantern window cling

  • tree with brilliant red leaves

    Beacon Hill

    tree with brilliant red leaves

  • critter with antennae and many legs in marker drawn on a utility pole

    Seattle

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  • signs in a window "reject fascism, care for each other" and "i like my ice crushed"

    Capitol Hill

    signs in a window "reject fascism, care for each other" and "i like my ice crushed"

  • metal sculpture in a yard

    North Queen Anne

    metal sculpture in a yard

  • posters collaged with stickers and art

    Pike Place

    posters collaged with stickers and art

  • wall of art with tree

    Capitol Hill

    wall of art with tree

  • mural lining a road with a bird and window

    Lake City

    mural lining a road with a bird and window

  • utility box painted with image of Black man getting his hair done by a Black barber

    Central District

    utility box painted with image of Black man getting his hair done by a Black barber

  • face drawn inside a bubble of peeled concrete

    Fremont

    face drawn inside a bubble of peeled concrete

  • mural celebrating Chandwick Boseman

    Seattle

    mural celebrating Chandwick Boseman

  • walrus head poking up from sidewalk (sculpture)

    Wallingford

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  • mural saying "all girls to the front"

    South Lake Union

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  • wall of small art

    Capitol Hill

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  • painted utility box with Indigenous art

    Belltown

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  • bathroom wall writing and stickers

    Capitol Hill

    bathroom wall writing and stickers

  • electric box with posters and "Don't Obey" frog graphic

    Lower Queen Anne

    electric box with posters and "Don't Obey" frog graphic

  • paintings hanging on a fence, one of an elephant and another of femme face

    Westlake

    paintings hanging on a fence, one of an elephant and another of femme face

  • Concrete wall of underpass with graffiti

    Seattle

    Concrete wall of underpass with graffiti

  • muffins with a placard "war! what is it good for? Absolutely muffin"

    Greenwood

    muffins with a placard "war! what is it good for? Absolutely muffin"