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MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: February 2, 2021 Cascadia Art Museum is reopening on Thursday, Feb. 4 with a new exhibition The Sculpture of Charles W. Smith. Originally from Woodside, N.Y.,  Smith (1922-2009) was a well-known Seattle sculptor whose worked shifted from an early focus on biomorphic abstractions of the human form to more condensed set of geometric shapes later in his career.  After completing his college degree in industrial design at the American Art School and Pratt Institute in 1948, he earned his BFA in sculpture at the University of Washington in 1952 where he also taught d...

© Andrew Pogue Historically, the sea and its waterways were important trade routes, and these coastal estuaries dramatically influenced the built environment. Architecturally, the villages and settlements of the Salish Sea consisted of longhouses, fishing platforms, and pit-houses. Made by the Coast Salish, Northern Wakashan Kwakwaka'wakw and Southern Wakashan peoples, the buildings were commonly built using Western Red Cedar. These traditional structures were built along rivers and watercourses, sites accessible by dugout canoes. Though few of these structures remain today, modern resident...