Photo of the Fremont Bridge by Joe Mabel.

The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS), in partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), is thrilled to announce the selected artists for the 2025 SDOT Bridge Artist in Residence (AiR) Program — a program that’s as unique as the spaces it inhabits. Please join us in giving a warm welcome to Freyja Whitney and Vivian Cho , the two animation artists who will be taking over the historic towers of the Fremont and University Bridges!

Art Meets Infrastructure

Now in full swing, the Bridge AiR Program invites artists to embed themselves—literally—into two of Seattle’s iconic bridge towers:

The Fremont Bridge (built in 1917 and rising an average of 35 times a day)

The University Bridge (built in 1919 and once dedicated by

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