Emerge is the entry sculpture on an art trail at Piper, a new Redmond development adjacent to Marymoor Park. It transforms a column into a tree, in essence transforming the built environment into the natural environment. The cast bronze willow catkins are housed in podlike forbidden fruit honoring the namesake tree Hooker’s Willow. (the previous classification name was Piper’s Willow, the name of the development).

The Fl!ght Gallery show Purple like a bruise juxtaposes the works of artists from Washington and Texas, two states that are often positioned on either end of a political spectrum described in terms of left and right or red and blue. The title refers to political columnist and anthropologist Sarah Kendzior’s statement, “the United States is not red or blue, it’s purple like a bruise.” The artworks explore issues that gravely impact the lives of U.S citizens, from gun violence, reproductive and LGBTQ rights, to war and climate change. Curated by Fl!ght Gallery founder Justin Parr, the show includes works by San Antonio-based artists Aaron Muñoz, Ed Saavedra, José Villalobos and Seattle-based artists, Casey Gregory, Sean Hennessy, Charles Mudede, Holly Ballard Martz, Mary Coss, Paul D McKee and Tommy Gregory. In the summer, the show travels to Seattle, Washington.

Left: Obelisk to 26,313 A memorial to the number of pregnancies resulting from rape in the state of Texas during the first 18 months after abortion was banned.  *Journal of American Medical Association