Contributors

• Local artist and current Chair of the Renton Municipal Arts Commission, Jake Heare, donated his time, talent, and project management skills to bring the vision to life. 

• Renton Art Oasis, a local nonprofit artist collective, served as the lead nonprofit applicant for the grant that funded the project and helped connect local artists to the execute the installation.

• Indigenous artist Tommy Segundo of CreNative Designz contributed to the mural design, bringing cultural perspective and artistic vision that informed the final artwork.
   

About this mural:

Salmon are an integral part of the Cedar River's life cycle. They have been populating the river for millennia, finding a place in the culture of the Renton area both past and present. The two salmon are representations of that shared history and nature, with one being an indigenous design, by Tommy Segundo of CreNative Designz, harkening back to the Salish culture of the region and a more natural history variant of what we know and love. The murals location is especially important as it is within a few hundred feet of the Cedar River and a place where the Seattle Aquarium hosts naturalists during salmon spawning season to talk about the species impact on the region. Overall the mural is a way to express our appreciation for salmon both past an present in a place where they frequent year after year.

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Location:

In the tunnel next to Cedar River, between Renton Community Center and Liberty Park

​Renton Community Center address: 1715 Maple Valley Hwy, Renton, WA 98057

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