Over the last few weeks, volunteers with the Fremont Arts Council have been thinning out an art storage area under the Ballard Bridge. If you look through the fence, you can see relics of former Solstice Parades, Trolloween, the Moisture Festival and Circus Contraption.
We found Maque daVis with the Fremont Arts Council under the bridge Sunday afternoon. “I am cleaning up the space in regard to the city telling us that the neighbors don’t like the looks of the storage yard,” he said. He’s been carting away any art pieces older than 3 years. “We will be decorating the outside fencing over the next month or two, in hopes that we fit in with the upscaling of the neighborhood,” he said, calling it “urban camo.”
He said other non-profits, like the Sunday Markets and Sustainable Ballard, have also used the storage space over the years, but now the city wants to charge them a fee to stay. “(It’s) a bit disappointing,” he said, noting the Arts Council doesn’t have much money to spend for storage rent.
August 10
Fremont Arts Council tidies up storage
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