Monumental, Public Murals Unveiled Celebrating Seattle creative icons Ade Cônnére and Riz Rollins. .

Monumental, Public Murals Unveiled Celebrating Seattle creative icons Ade Cônnére and Riz Rollins.
Large scale street murals at the corner of 12th and Yesler created by Jite Agbro and John Osgood celebrate the creative spirit of two Seattle creators.

Seattle, WA. On October 5, 2023, Tapestry Apartments - a pair of public artworks rose up at the crossroads of 12th and Yesler on the south-facing wall of the Tapestry Apartments. The collaborative work of Jite Agbro and John Osgood celebrating living Seattle icons Adé A Cônnére and Riz Rollins, is monumental in scale, and celebratory in tone. These street murals render two beloved local icons in sinuous line and bold color. Like their living, breathing subjects, the murals are sanctified personages that cannot be ignored.

Too often, we wait to remember the pillars of community until after they are dead and gone. Walls crumble, murals fade, neighborhoods are razed, but something must remain. The movement isn't over.

The intersection of 12th and Yesler is the meeting of the International District, the Central District, Capitol Hill, and First Hill. It is, in many ways, "the middle town". It is also an historic border zone, where the history of segregation is permanently inscribed. In the 1970s, a literal red line was painted here, a visible mark of the injustice that divided Seattle in the past.

Details:
Mural 1
Title: Future Perfect, 40 feet x 20 feet.
Features a portrait of Adé A Cônnére Music, performance, fashion, photography - Adé is a creative engine. Her art is luminously elegant, severely composed, divinely alluring. Overflowing anyone genre or medium, her dynamism, vision, and skill are unmatched.

Mural 2.
Title: Believe, 5 feet 6 inch x 10 feet.
Features a portrait Riz Rollins is a presence so central to Seattle's music scene, it's hard to imagine this city without him. The very embodiment of creative solidarity, he has linked countless people through his radio show, live DJ sets, and unquenchable spirit. Riz shows us all how to dance, with an energy that is stalwart, tender, funny, and wise.

For more information, go to:
TAPESTRY project website, www.tapestryseattle.com,
Clark Barnes Architects, www.clarkbarnes.com,
BONFIRE art curation www.thisisbonfire.com
Jite Agbro Art jiteagborart.com / jiteagborart.com/tapestry-apartments-mural

1502 North 36th Street, Seattle, WA USA
jite@jiteagborart.com
206-235-9119

About the Artists:
Artist: Jite Agbro, is a Mixed media and installation artist mainly working in painting, drawing, collage and encaustic. John Osgood of Seattle Mural Art is a contemporary painter, muralist, and illustrator.