Ponderosa Pine trees are the dominant tree in abundance to Eastern Washington. This project coincides with private, family land management in Pomeroy, WA. Tree thinning is important for fire prevention and maintaining healthy forest growth.

Mature Ponderosa Pines are well equipped to withstand wildfires, with thick plates on their bark. On the contrary; younger and smaller trees are not developed enough to be resistant. If trees are growing too close together, this can cause an acceleration in an active fire and tree crowding will not allow enough sunlight for optimal growth.

This installation reflects land preservation and trees as a utility, while honoring rural regions of WA state that do not get much recognition in Seattle.

As a woman, wife and mother, I have to be soft inside and strong or defensive outside to protect myself and my family. As a representation of female bodies, the uterus acts as a bed for babies to grow. I created the sculpture Womb to represent my mental state as a woman. The sculpture consists of a bunch of ring shaped MDF board with bed legs. Visitors are welcome to crawl inside of the sculpture. I hope visitors will enjoy the interaction and reappreciate female bodies.

Stella Bronson romanticizes mundane objects and practices of rural life by transforming construction materials and recycled products into large scale sculpture. Bronson explores concepts of nature, integrated with the human experience. Taking inspiration from discarded materials found in the land, she is fueled by observation and the particular interest in the way these objects, may they be plant or manufactured, sit in a landscape. A materials history not only informs the content of her work, but holds a story unseen to the naked eye.

Over the years, her work has been shown at Method Gallery, The Vestibule, 9th & Thomas, Bumbershoot, Port Angeles Sculpture Park, and The Museum Of Museums in Seattle, WA. She was also granted an honorable mention in the 2021 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture awards through the International Sculpture Center, featured in Sculpture Magazine, volume 41 no.1.

Fumi Amano is a Japanese artist living and working in Snohomish, Washington. Amano strives to break the stereotypes of Asian ideals of womanhood and beauty influenced by Western culture. Through her art, she challenges the “silent Asian woman” to reveal the complexities that lie underneath the guise of the superficial ‘dream’ of being an Asian woman. Amano has exhibited her artwork in museums and galleries nationally and internationally, including the Bellevue Art Museum in Bellevue, WA, the Storefronts program supported by Shunpike, and Toyama Glass Art Museum in Japan. In 2017, Amano received 2nd prize in the “Out of the Box” outdoor sculpture exhibition at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in Auburn, AL.