The Bend: A Live/Work District

“Over the next decade with $550 million in planned investment from private and public partners, Watershed Community Development will create an eight-block live/work district in Seattle’s Georgetown called The Bend. The project will create affordable housing, nurture inclusive community, and support and share the arts.”

Affordable Places, gouache on paper, illustration, community art, nonprofit, arts organization, public works public housing, family, people, access, paper airplanes, playful, colorful, cartoon, windows, potted plants, art, neighbors, apartments, buil
cartoon, characters, illustration, digital art, paper airplanes, grandma, kids, children, community art, public art, cat, fly
environment, nature, illustration, art, gingko, ginko, tree, tulip tree, flowers, bees, construction worker, nonbinary, queer, daydream, whimsy, colorful, playful, petals, leaves, branches, nap, rest, chill, relax, relaxing, gouache, painting, art, n
nature art, chickadee, bird, birds, hummingbird, herbs, flowers, gingko tree, leaf, flight, dance, whimsical, fun, sweet, environmental illustration, green, eco friendly, environmentalist, park
public art, illustration, nonprofit, food access, hunger, neighborhood, livability, safety, bunnies, family, bunny, rabbit, vegetables, fruits, soup, feeding, food, bowl, neighbors, community, gouache, baby, mom, grandma, crossing guard, doctor, nurs
The cartoon characters that adorn the margins of the Livable Neighborhood chapter of the Watershed plan, leading you through sections on safer pedestrian crossings, improved fresh and healthy food access, childcare, healthcare, accessibility, and gre
gouache, collage, family, light, art, illustration, painting, collaboration, energy, community, public art, art as convener, colorful, neighbors, group, party, gathering, create, build, work together, stars, night
energy, grandma, kid, teen, child, illustration, digital art, meditation, magic, play, color, cartoon, characters, character design
diversity, inclusion, musicians, instruments, public art, illustration, gouche, painting, juggling, circus, drag queen, saxophone, marching band, dance, dancers, harmonica, mariachi, singers, unicycle, clown
balloons, digital art, illustration, rainbow, queer, circus arts, hot air balloon, bouncing ball, flying, mariachi, cape, clown, juggle, queer, lgbt, nonbinary, gay, drag, drag queen, wave, playful, fun, celebrate

“Watershed Community Development builds resilient community, through affordable placemaking and placekeeping in the Duwamish Valley. We create at the intersection of the arts, equity, and collective well-being”

I was lucky enough to be a part of this incredible project as the proposal illustrator, highlighting the plan’s commitment to keeping art at the beating heart of the district and adding lively color and vitality to the nitty gritty information.

The paintings introduce each chapter, while the digital cartoon elements are spread throughout the plan to propel the reader through each section with a spirit of play. The chapter paintings, when displayed in sequence, were composed to mimic the original path of the Duwamish river.

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