Tag Archives: public art


‘Taking Stock’ and Creative Returns


This Journal was essentially an exercise launched during the pandemic, and as a marketing tool for my third book.  After my return to Seattle in 2022 and 2023, I wrote a few additional posts. In the interim, my writing (other than some third-party articles) has been based on Substack, at […]

Place Parts, Episode 10: Choreographing Place, with Sherry Dobbin


As we emerge from the pandemic, why center only on architectural compatibility or placemaking listicles? Why not admit the common adage, that the city–and its places–are a stage? As Futurecity Ltd cultural strategist Sherry Dobbin advises, the stage should be choreographed based on a comprehensive analysis of stakeholders’ fantasies and […]