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The mission of the public art program is to enhance the natural beauty of the island, foster diversity and inclusion, inspire contemplation, create community, and build a vibrant culture for locals and visitors alike through free access to art in public spaces.

Arts & Humanities Bainbridge manages the Public Art Committee, which is funded by the City of Bainbridge Island.

Public Art Committee

The Public Art Committee (PAC) is a group of volunteers dedicated to enhancing public space through access to public art. The committee members are recruited by Arts & Humanities Bainbridge (AHB) for their artistic, cultural, or community knowledge.

PAC is responsible for proposing new works and programs to the City Council, assisting with design and implementation of installations, and advising the City on maintenance of the existing collection. AHB provides administrative support including press, community engagement, project management, grant applications and coordination with the City. AHB also consults with PAC to provide advisory services for a fee to private entities for placement of art in public spaces.

2022 Public Art Committee members

Steve Rabago (chair), Glynnis Cowdery, John Grinter, Sarah D. King, Jackie Muth, Rhonda Peacock, Amy Roberts, Peter Raffa, Anne Smart, Mary Terry, and Inez Maubane Jones (AHB executive director), Clarence Moriwaki (City Council member) and Ellen Schroer (City Council Deputy Manager).

Interested in volunteering as a committee or jury member?
Contact: Steve Rabago.

Fertility

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Incorporating numerous symbols for abundance and fruitfulness, Kuhns delivers a terracotta egg covered in a mosaic of carefully hand-cut stained glass and beads placed within a composition forming two fantastical birds on one side, a Tree of Life on the other, and dotted with bright flowers, bees, ladybugs, and butterflies. Kuhns states, “My work reflects an interest in culture and mythology and a love of color and contrast.” This piece was created by Jennifer Kuhns Fertility is for sale at $4,500

Fossil II

Category: Outdoor Sculpture

Something New III Recipient by Lin McJunkin / Milo White 80 x 20 x 14” Glass, Steel SOLD to a private resident and is now located at Crystal Springs. Artist Statement About Fossil II, Ms. McJunkin had this to say: “Cast glass hexagons fill the metal forms with nature’s colors of aquamarine and spring green. It is our sincere hope that a solution is found to the Colony Collapse Syndrome experienced world-wide by beekeepers and caused in part by pesticide use and our warming climate, before bees become “fossils” themselves." About Lin & Milo Sedro-Woolley metal sculptor Milo White has nearly three decades of experience in both industrial and art welding. Using a computer, CNC plasma cutter, and welding equipment, he experiments with the interaction of light on layered metal shapes. In collaboration with glass sculptor Lin McJunkin, he adds highly colored and textured glass shapes to the metal frameworks, creating a hybrid new art form. San Francisco native Lin McJunkin comes to the warm glass art world through traditional stained glass. The gift of a small kiln hooked her on the narrative potential of glass, and after a summer at Pilchuck International Glass School, she now has four styles of warm glass to design with: cast, kiln-carved, pate de verre and cluster fusing. She brings over 30 years’ experience in the glass art world to her collaboration with White. And while each artist is in full charge of the technical aspects of their work, all aesthetic, design, and marketing decisions are made together

Frog Rock

Category: Mural ; Outdoor Sculpture

Frog Rock lives on Bainbridge Island and can be found hanging on the corner with her best friend, Ladybug. The rock is a glacial erratic. The two stacked granite boulders were painted by a pair of local residents to resemble a frog on June 6, 1971. The stones were reportedly once a single boulder which was dynamited in the 1950s or earlier, in order to remove it from a road right-of-way. After the dynamiting, the rock was known for a time as "Split Rock."