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Olympia opens online voting for the Percival Plinth's 2024 People's Choice Award

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Olympia has launched online voting for the 2024 Percival Plinth Project's People's Choice Award.

Community members are encouraged to vote between July 1 and July 30. This annual event showcases new sculptures on loan from local and regional artists. The artwork receiving the most votes will be awarded the People's Choice Award and purchased by the city for its permanent collection.

The following are the current entries for the People's Choice Award for the 2024 Percival Plinth Project:

  • Water Watcher by Mark Twain Stevenson of Port Townsend

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Water Watcher
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Water Watcher
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Dragonfly by Kyle Ocean of Shelton, WA

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Dragonfly
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Dragonfly
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Axel the Pelican Eating Fish by Eileen Lagasse of Olympia

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Axel the Pelican
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Axel the Pelican
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • The Dungie by Nevin Sallouti of Bellingham

Percival Plinth Project 2024: The Dungie
Percival Plinth Project 2024: The Dungie
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Clara by Missy Douglas and Kim Rask of Seattle

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Clara
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Clara
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Cloud Nine by Ed McCarthy of Renton

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Cloud Nine
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Cloud Nine
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Ember by Karen Sixkiller of Port Angeles

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Ember 2
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Ember 2
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Stone Soup by Dan Brown of Okanogan

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Stone Soup
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Stone Soup
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Persist by MacRae Wylde of Hood River, OR

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Persist
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Persist
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Parthia by William Lenker of Tenino

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Parthia
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Parthia
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Water Beetle Brings Sacred Soil by Karen Sixkiller of Port Angeles

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Water Beetle Brings Sacred Soil
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Water Beetle Brings Sacred Soil
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Circular Memory by Aisha Harrison of Olympia

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Circular Memory
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Circular Memory
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Shachihoko by Robin Momii of Seattle

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Shachihoko
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Shachihoko
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Wild Salmon of the Salish Sea by Steven Nagode of Federal Way

Wild Salmon of the Salish Sea
Wild Salmon of the Salish Sea
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Break the Chains by Nathan Robles of Kennewick, WA

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Break the Chains
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Break the Chains
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Melting Iceberg Ancient Water by Ken Turner of Seattle

Percival Plinth Project 2024: Melting Iceberg Ancient Water
Percival Plinth Project 2024: Melting Iceberg Ancient Water
PHOTO BY JEFFREY WESTBROOK

  • Leaning Figure by Aisha Harrison of Olympia, WA.

The 2024 Percival Plinth Project voting is now open. Each person is allowed one ballot and one vote. It is open to everyone, not just Olympia residents.

For more details about the project, visit the website.

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  • BobJacobs

    I'm very pleased to see the greatly improved quality of this year's entries. A few years ago many of the entries were of the welded scrap metal variety and were of questionable quality.

    Bob Jacobs

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