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Join us for Waterfront Week!

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Our Waterfront program team is revving up in preparation for March 5 to March 9 to celebrate all things waterfront and we hope you can join us! This series of events will reveal the newest design progress, share an insider’s look at how to build a seawall and get us all talking about opportunities for art, design and play on the waterfront and beyond.

Here’s a snapshot of what’s happening for Waterfront Week!

Waterfront 2020
Wednesday, March 5
5:30-8:30 PM
Seattle Center, Fisher Pavilion
See the design up close
The most current waterfront design will be on display, including our scale model of the future waterfront. Take it all in, ask questions, and tell us what you’re most excited about.

Art, Design & Play
Friday, March 7
Keynote address:  Liane Lefaivre
6 – 8 p.m.
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheeff Auditorium
Vienna-based architectural historian Liane Lefaivre will discuss play as a design tool for architects, city planners, and public artists. Lefaivre is Professor and Chair of Architectural History and Theory at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. She has been a visiting Fellow at MIT and the National University of Singapore, and is an award-winning author of many books, including the forthcoming Ground-Up City: Play as a Design Tool.

Art, Design & Play: Ideas From Around The World
Saturday, March 8
Seattle City Hall, Bertha Knight Landes Room
10 a.m. – 4  p.m.
Visionary designers, artists, and historians from across the globe will present and discuss the past, present, and future of play in art and design.

Field Day
Sunday, March 9
Meet us at Hillclimb Plaza across the street from the Seattle Aquarium
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Join us for a day of kid and family-friendly activities along the waterfront at Field Day on Sunday, March 9. You’ll be able to: share your memories in our time capsule; adopt-a-gribble and learn about (its?) habitat; and get the Seawall construction VIP experience.

We hope to see you there!
More information about Waterfront Week can be found at: http://waterfrontseattle.org/waterfrontweek/default.aspx.