Raven Brings Light to this House of Stories A Native American,
Pacific Northwest Coast story tells how once it was so dark here
that the People sent Raven and Mink to bring back light.
Artworks by Mare Blocker, Carl Chew, Ron Hilbert Coy, and J.T.
Stewart located throughout the Kenneth S. Allen Library are
parts of a contemporary retelling of this story. In this
retelling, light symbolizes the Library's collected knowledge.
Raven Brings Light to this House of Stories is a project of the
Washington State Arts Commission, Art in Public Places Program
in partnership with the University of Washington. The title of
the work can be found written along the southeast wall in the
Ground Floor Lobby, Allen North. It is in Lushootseed and
English. Lushootseed speaking people are the Native Americans
ancestral to where Seattle is today. Title of the exhibit
Phonetic representations of sounds in Lushootseed Raven brings
light The installation includes: - Ravens and Crows By the
artist team. In the Lobby and throughout the