Olympia Free Wall
The Olympia Free Wall is in the alley on
Washington St between 4th and 5th Ave, which is the north side of the Capitol Theatre Building;
my studio is on the west side of the buidling, so I check it out almost every day. Recently, someone has been zip-tying these cardboad heads on the pipes (I haven’t seen them anywhere 
else yet, 
but I hope they will be all around downtown for Arts Walk). Today I saw this beautiful wheat paste on the east side of the building, it looks like rubbings of manhole covers.
Further down the street, this once cool alley experience (RIP Arrowspace) is being ruined by these ratty old batiks hung out like laundry (actual laundry hanging out to dry would be way more interesting). Hopefully, the Procession of the Hippies will occupy this space for just a short while.
Great post and photos, I love that wall. I highlighted your post over on http://www.olyblog.net/blog/sarah/blog-local-olympia-dumpster-divers along with clues to those mystery cardboard heads.
“Procession of the Hippies” gave me a good laugh, I’d never heard it called that but yeah, it fits.
Ahh. I just love Olympia . Now it’s the procession of the Hippies? Ruby, did you fall off a roll of saran wrap and bruise your little brain, or did you not get invited to some paty or something? Ratty old batiks are art, and your stuff is (Art?). Actually my crazy grand mother knitted caps with old beer cans in them that were better art. Respect is respect, it’s something you need to learn, and the Arrowspace, for gods sake that was years ago, really, you need to move on. See ya at the procession!
wow, terry, you sure did teach me some respect by dissin’ me and my work like that! Not sure why you think I am not allowed to have opinions on MY blog about art, but I would LOVE to have a knitted beer can cap, especially if it was made from Olympia beer, to wear at the POTS.
Glad I was able to give you a laugh, Sarah, I can not claim to be the first (nor the last) to have ever called it the Procession of the Hippies (but if the Birkenstock fits…), thanks for linking me and also for the clues to the mystery heads, here’s to more posts about Oly alleys and street art!!
IF anyone sees any cool recycled/re-used/tossed and found type art, send it my way and I will link and/or post it, thanks!