Olympia Parks Photography & Poetry Competition

Project Background:
Olympia is host to 40 City owned and maintained parks ranging from small neighborhood parks with family amenities to sports parks with popular ball fields and nature areas with scenic trail systems. Photographs and Poetry were selected by a jury to represent the wide range of experiences that can be enjoyed by the community in City parks. Entries had to be inspired by City of Olympia Parks and Trails. The project had two purposes, to enhance diversity within the City's public art collection by offering opportunities for photographers and poets; and to extend the life of those visual and written images by keeping them in the public view through exhibition.

Photography:

Possibilities, by Laurie Barnoski

Skunk Cabbage, by Steve Golding

Skunk Cabbage and Fallen Leaf, by Steve Golding

Skate Park, by Mary Bishopp

Laurie Barnoski

Steven Golding

Steven Golding

Mary Bishopp

A Day at the Beach, by Carolyn D. Hoffman

Watershed, by Carolyn D. Hoffman

Friendly Grove Swingin' by, Sally Reichlin

Yashiro Fountain, by Karen Greene

Carolyn D. Hoffman

Carolyn D. Hoffman

Sally Reichlin

Karen Greene

Enchanted Wood, by Deb Langhans

Incoming Tide at Ellis Cove, by Deb Langhans

  

Deb Langhans

Deb Langhans

Poetry:

"Rodeo" by Terry Anderson - Yauger Park
"Short Cut" by Skie Bender - Garfield Nature Trail
"Lost Language" by Roxanna Groves Davis - Percival Landing
"Dog Days on Percival Landing" by Carol Gordon - Percival Landing
"I Drive Under the Bridge at Priest Point Park" by Carol Gordon - Priest Point Park
"My East Bay" by Diana Ruth Olegre - East Bay Waterfront
"The Breath Between" by Sarah J. Scott - Priest Point Park
"Barefoot at Madison" by Elizabeth She' - Madison Scenic Park