Olympia's Digital Walking Art Tour
A capstone mock-up for the City of Olympia
Olympia's Art
Civic investment in public art can strengthen a city’s identity and sense of place and contribute to economic growth. The City of Olympia designates that one dollar per person and one percent of major city construction projects be set aside for public art. Projects range from small local artist projects to major installations and design teams. Public art is all over Olympia - in neighborhoods, parks, public buildings, and streets!
Olympia's public art is inspiring, thought-provoking, functional, and inclusive. Our goal is a public art program that is woven into the community and our daily lives (City of Olympia).
Olympia's public art - murals, sculptures and traffic box wraps.
The Experience Olympia's Art- Digital Walking Art Tour was developed as a guide for visitors and residents to experience and learn more about the public art in Olympia.
This storymap spans a four-block area of over 45 public art pieces. Information on each piece is provided for tour participants including location, medium, date created, artist information, and background/stories.
The City of Olympia developed three storymaps to highlight downtown art. This walking art tour combines the details of each storymap into one. To view the storymaps that make up this walking art tour, click the links below:
How-to Guide
Olympia's Digital Walking Art Tour can be explored in two ways: by following the route or locating the art piece's designated tour number.
Each piece of art highlighted in this art tour will have an "Experience Olympia's Art" red navigation arrow on location. If you get lost, you can find this arrow to guide you to the next artwork to explore.
Option 1: Follow the route
Use the map below as a guide to follow along with the route of the storymap, in the order of the tour numbers.
The walking art tour starts at "The Kiss" statue, follows along Percival Landing, and into town. Through winding alleys and streets, tour participants will end the tour at Hertiage Park Fountain, across the street from where they began.
Suggested route to follow for the walking art tour.
Option 2: Locate the art piece's designed tour number
Do you not have time to follow the route but want to discover more about the art you are currently at? Each piece of art highlighted in this storymap will have an "Experience Olympia's Art" red navigation arrow with a QR code and corresponding tour number.
Each navigation arrow will contain a number at the bottom. If you are interested in learning more about that art piece, you can scan the QR code with your phone, and it will locate that number on the storymap.
Below is an example of what to look for while you are on the walking art tour:
Example walking tour navigation arrow at the Tiger mural by Artem.
