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Artist Heather Hart, 38, works at placing siding on her temporary installation “The Western Oracle: We Will Tear the Roof Off the Mother” on a recent afternoon at Olympic Sculpture Park. The piece– constructed to look like a rooftop dropped into a meadow– will allow visitors to climb on the shingled roof, play a drum wall and gaze into Puget Sound from a large window. Hart said her artwork focuses on public participation, as well as ideas passed down through generations by oral traditions such as carpentry and sewing. Hart, raised in Seattle and currently living in New York City, learned carpentry from her father. Members of Hart’s family are helping her construct her first major installation in Seattle that will be open to public until October.
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A portrait of artist Heather Hart is taken at Olympic Sculpture Park. Hart, who lives in New York City, was raised in Seattle and studied at Cornish College of the Arts.
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Artist Heather Hart and her cousin Will Smith work inside Hart’s temporary installation “The Western Oracle: We Will Tear the Roof Off the Mother” on a recent afternoon at Olympic Sculpture Park. Members of Hart’s family are helping her construct her first major installation in Seattle that will be open to public until October.
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Artist Heather Hart, 38, left, and Amy Codd, 22, work at placing siding on her temporary installation “The Western Oracle: We Will Tear the Roof Off the Mother” on a recent afternoon at Olympic Sculpture Park.
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Harry H. Hart III helps his daughter Heather Hart work on her installation “The Western Oracle: We Will Tear the Roof Off the Mother” at Olympic Sculpture Park. Hart, raised in Seattle and living in New York City, learned carpentry from her father. Hart said her artwork focuses on public participation, as well as ideas passed down through generations by oral traditions such as carpentry and sewing.
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Family members, volunteers and artist Heather Hart work on her temporary installation “The Western Oracle: We Will Tear the Roof Off the Mother” at Olympic Sculpture Park. Wildflowers surround the structure that will be open to public until October.