gulf a 911 windows installation by Heather Dew Oaksen art installation: public reception to be held Saturday, July 17, 8:30 p.m. 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave North, Seattle GULF, a 911 Windows installation by artist Heather Dew Oaksen, is a site-specific part of a larger exhibition titled Here and There presented by CoCA (Center on Contemporary Art) June 12 - July 31. The exhibition showcases the work of a collaborative group of ten Seattle-based visual artists who will be working in various Seattle area neighborhoods to produce artwork that responds to local conditions. Each artist will work alongside community members for several weeks - the resulting works will be installed in their location of creation ("there") and at CoCA ("here"). GULF explores the individual nature of deep personal connections - focusing on the lives of 10 teenagers during incarceration at a maximum-security juvenile correction facility and throughout the four years following their release. Heather Dew Oaksen’s media installations at two separate sites provide an opportunity to present the subject matter in two different forms. Her public installation at 911 Media Arts Center will be visible dusk ’til dawn from the street as large-scale video portraits projected onto the storefront windows. An accompanying media installation at CoCA (65 Cedar Street in Belltown) explores the content in a more private setting. The artist will talk at a public reception to be held Saturday, July 17, 8:30 p.m. at 911. Heather Dew Oaksen, a founding member of 911, is a local media artist and independent producer who has created a strong body of personal work that focuses on issues of representation in media and cultural attitudes. She is the recipient of many distinguished awards and has exhibited her work throughout the U.S. and Canada. Heather is Assistant Professor of Video Art at Cornish College for the Arts. Ongoing since 911’s incorporation in 1984, the 911 Windows program continues to offer area artists a unique installation opportunity in five large storefront windows facing a major intersection at 117 Yale Avenue North (one block south of the flagship REI building). Artists interested in applying to the 911 Windows program should contact Brad Thompson at 911 Media Arts Center (206) 682-6552, or e-mail brad@911media.org.