Seattle City Hall

Seattle City Hall offers a broad array of artworks and cultural displays that reflect Seattle's rich creative life. City Hall includes six permanently-sited artworks created specifically for the building. In addition, the facility exhibits highlighted artworks from the city's Portable Works Collections, cultural heritage artworks, and objects from an extensive Sister City Collection.

Seattle Justice Center

Seattle's Justice Center is home to the city's Municipal Court and Seattle Police Department Headquarters. The major artwork for the Justice Center was developed collaboratively by the team of lead artist Pam Beyette and Michael Davis, Norie Sato and Richard Turner. Early in the design process the artists agreed the artwork would engage community members in thoughts about the nature of the justice system and the roles of the police and the courts in their lives. A primary metaphor that developed was the "ripple effect" of an individual's actions on society at large. A single act against the law affects not only the perpetrator and victim, but also families and friends of these people, sometimes unintended strangers and ultimately the judicial system.