Congratulations, Ms. Bergmann.

really this is art? its urban planing and horticulture with a heart warming story and certainly beautifying Seattle should be supported by the city and neighborhoods but by the art community? oh by community i mean probably just one person who decides. I know im a buzz kill but seriously WTF is up with the bad art that is propagated like its genius gold around Seattle? Are the people with clout so unaware of the contemporary art world at large or just so desperate to be uniquely safe that most every artwork pushed and glorified in the few galleries, websites, and the stranger, is nature driven and safe. Stale is the taste. STALE with bitterness from the few critics and museums who tell people lame art is good and fail to lead and teach the community while encourage true art genius.

Wow stoompy. You obviously haven't seen the sites before and after Sarah and her crew of pollinator advocates do their magic. There is nothing stale about it… ask the people who live and walk along the pathway and get to watch this living mural of plants, birds and pollinators unfold in a space that used to be a completely wasted blank canvas.

Congrats Sarah! Keep up the amazing work.

I HAVE seen some of the sites and trust me, they are not Art. Stoompy makes good points all around and YES, Stoompy, WTF is up???
The one point the usually wrong and always pretentious Ms Graves does make about another artist stating that it could only happen here in Seattle couldn't be more insightful and true. Pathetic as that is...
And Stoompy, haven't you noticed yet that everyone with any art collecting savvy and chutzpah goes out of this area to play and collect? Hell, even a certain doyenne of the art world known around town for a big collection and philanthropic presence has been overheard saying they're tired of these local loser artists.
Sad, I know. Alas "Geniuses" like this B.S. winner might be an interesting hipster statement, cool environmental happening, or lovely community gesture BY an artist, but ART it is not (this time around). At least Dan Webb has craft and technique (with no genius).

Sums up the Seattle "art scene": Isolated and clueless. I had higher hopes when I moved back here, but it's all pretty blah.

Thank you Sarah Bergmann for coming up with this nice idea to improve the urban landscape. I'm a landscape designer. I recently walked the Pollinator Pathway. Now I am posting about it on my garden & nature blog. The Pollinator Pathway website states, 'The Pollinator Pathway is a plan being developed by artist and ecological designer Sarah Bergmann to provide a model of support to the foundation of the food web.' This is certainly an ecological design. She is certainly an artist. Whether this project is art seems beside the point.

Its cool to be an artist, then stop making art, make other projects and call them art because you went to art school. Right?

Its cool to go to art school, stop making art because it doesnt sell, then create other projects and call them art because you have a BFA. Right?

im not from seattle, but i hear sarah is awesome. she is a great networker too! betty bowen and stranger genius, cha ching.
my only complaint is that these awards should have been in another category, perhaps entitled ENVIRONMENT or BIRKINSTOCKS
very predictable, seattle.

Bless you,Sarah, for pushing the artistic envelope by integrating more "elements",and for bringing actual restoration to our planet in need. The other commenters need to rethink with a wider horizon. Who says "art" cannot include science, collaboration, community involvement, etc. Pollinator Pathway is a fantastic idea and I hope to see it go 'viral' globally in real adoption. When we fragment an ecosystem, the genetic diversity (thus its strength) drops. By reconnecting isolated areas, the biological strength improves. Art friends, stop dissing a real leader and get out there to help. We would, but live in Minnesota. Our yard is deliberately a pollinator habitat. For a great related resource, see xerces.org. They have a pledge to also become a habitat. Keep dreaming, Sarah...!
-Bioman