As director and curator for 911 Contemporary Arts Center in 1986-1988, I developed and produced “Homes for Art” with temporary public art installations on single-family homes in multiple neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington. The first summer in 1987 was co-curated with artist Cris Bruch. The second summer in 1988 expanded from Seattle to include a special one-mile project by Buster Simpson in Bellevue, Washington.
Participating Artists in 1987 or 1988 included Gloria Bornstein, Ross Palmer Beecher, Clark Wiegman, Vicki Scuri, Lewis deSoto, Steve Badanes, Alan Lande, Buster Simpson and Beliz Brother.
Funded by National Endowment for the Arts, Seattle Arts Commission and private donors.
“E Pluribus Unum“, 1987
Gloria Bornstein
“The installation was one of several chosen for the Homes for Art project. The artwork plays with notions of home and harmony. The clapboards of the house were stenciled in red with culturally cherished proverbs: “A man’s home is his castle”, “Be it so humble, there is no place like home”, “Any old place I can hang my hat is home sweet home to me”, More realistic lines said, “It takes a heap o payin”, “The house discovers the owner”, “After the house is finished, leave it”, culminating in “Run away home”.
Lucy R. Lippard, “Sliding into Place”, 1998
“Homes for Art”, 1987
Ross Palmer Beecher
Recycled metal cut-outs woven into existing chainlink fence and painted sidewalk. Click here for Beecher.
“Homes for Art”, 1987
Alan Lande
In a Seattle neighborhood known for its Asian American residents, Lande covered a house in a bamboo scaffold and erected a Buddhist shrine at the sidewalk.
“Homes for Art”, 1988
Susan Gallagher
Dancer Susan Gallagher installed a “rock garden” on CRT television sets..
“Homes for Art”, 1987
Lewis deSoto
Lewis deSoto projected the image of St. Joan of Arc in a Seattle mansion that had served as the residence of nuns in the past. Click here for deSoto’s work.
Glenn Weiss 