The BelRed Arts District Community Alliance seeks artist to add to BelRed’s Public Art Program by designing and installing a large-scale artwork installation in the BelRed Arts district. This artist call is open to local, career-level artists living in King County - preferably on the Eastside – that have completed at least 3-5 previous artwork installation on exterior walls.

Densho (伝承) is a Japanese term meaning to pass on to the next generation, or to leave a legacy. Our organization’s name reflects our mission and purpose.Densho’s mission is to preserve and share history of the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans to promote equity and justice today.

Densho documents the stories and experiences of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II, striving to capture their testimonies before their memories are extinguished. We offer these irreplaceable firsthand accounts, coupled with historical images, letters, and other archival materials, as well as educational resources, to explore principles of democracy and promote equal justice for all.

The BelRed Arts District Community Alliance is pleased to announce its second Artist-In-Residence Program of the year, in partnership with Densho.   

For 30 years, Densho has been a leading digital archive of Japanese American incarceration history. Its mission is to preserve and share history of the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans to promote equity and justice today.   

This residency invites artists to engage with the history of Bellevue's Japanese American community, who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II, and to connect this history to ongoing issues of racial injustice, inequity and the erosion of civil liberties. Questions of constitutional rights and human dignity are central the Japanese American incarceration story and remain urgently relevant today.  

Inspired by the Recology King County Artists in Residence Program, the BelRed Arts District Community Alliance is pleased to announce announce the first Artist Residency at the BelRed Arts Studio. Republic Servicesis proud to be the inaugural partner for this first residency. This round’s theme supports the creation of art from recycled, repurposed and discarded materials recovered from the Republic Services’ Bellevue mini recycling center and the Republic Services’ Seattle Recycle Center.