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Shoreline Seeks Artists For Edwin Pratt Project
"Emerging and established artists" from around Puget Sound are welcome to submit work that honors civil rights leader Edwin T. Pratt.
SHORELINE, WA - The city of Shoreline is seeking submissions from artists for a project honoring Edwin T. Pratt, a famed Pacific Northwest civil rights leader who was assassinated at his Shoreline home in 1969.
Selected works will be put on display in Shoreline City Hall art gallery in an exhibition between Jan. 26 and April 26. The deadline for submissions is Jan. 15. You can find the full guidelines for submitting art here.
Pratt died on Jan. 26, 1969, when he was shot at his Shoreline home. He was the director of the Seattle Urban League at the time, and his was one of the first black families to live in Shoreline.
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To honor Pratt's legacy, Shoreline named Pratt Park after him. Sarah Haycox began an effort when she was in 5th grade to get the Shoreline School Board to rename a building in Pratt's honor. The district will dedicate the Edwin Pratt Early Learning Center in 2019, but Haycox is still trying to raise money for the effort.
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