{"id":4219,"date":"2017-02-27T12:18:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T20:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2017-02-27T12:18:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T20:18:42","slug":"first-friday-unveiling-set-latest-window-alive-displays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/first-friday-unveiling-set-latest-window-alive-displays\/","title":{"rendered":"First Friday Unveiling Set for Latest Window Alive! Displays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Empty storefronts in Downtown Yakima will come alive again on Friday, March 3<sup>rd<\/sup> when the talents of local artists are put on public display.\u00a0 Four years ago, the Yakima Arts Commission, an advisory group appointed by the Yakima City Council, developed the idea to harness the creativity of Central Washington artists.<\/p>\n<p>Following a submission and evaluation process, outstanding artists from the region were chosen to be part of the latest \u201cWindows Alive!\u201d exhibition, which will run from March 3<sup>rd<\/sup> until September 6<sup>th<\/sup> along the north side of Yakima Avenue between Hotel Maison and 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Street.<\/p>\n<p>To kick off the project\u2019s spring-summer 2017 exhibition, artists whose work is featured in the latest display will be on hand on Friday, March 3<sup>rd<\/sup> from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm along the sidewalk on the north side of Yakima Avenue between 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Street and 4<sup>th<\/sup> Street.\u00a0 That section of sidewalk is adjacent to the windows featuring the spring-summer 2017 exhibition installations.<\/p>\n<p>The artists chosen to display their work will be available to talk about their pieces.\u00a0 The event will be held in conjunction with \u201cFirst Friday\u201d activities in Downtown Yakima, which showcases local wineries, restaurants and shops with specials and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The artists who were chosen for the latest \u201cWindows Alive!\u201d exhibition are: collaborators John Barany and Deborah Ann from Yakima, Susan Michael Harris of Yakima, T.A. Harris from Yakima, Pamela Searcy, also from Yakima, Jean Fritts of Selah, and Michelle Wyles from Tieton. \u00a0Each chosen artist received a $250 stipend.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the contributions made to the project by the Yakima Arts Commission, support has been provided by the City of Yakima, JEM Development, Inc. and Hotel Maison.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information is available at http:\/\/www.windowsalive.com\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Windows-Alive-Project-News-Release-2.pdf\">Windows Alive! Project &#8211; News Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empty storefronts in Downtown Yakima will come alive again on Friday, March 3rd when the talents of local artists are put on public display.\u00a0 Four years ago, the Yakima Arts Commission, an advisory group appointed by the Yakima City Council, developed the idea to harness the creativity of Central Washington artists. Following a submission and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4221,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions\/4221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}