The Seattle Department of Transportation commissioned local artists SuttonBeresCuller to create acid etched color tinted concrete art "picture frames" entitled "Salon" to be part of the sidewalk adjacent to the Morgan Junction Park, which will be dedicated June 13.

The interior is intended to allow people to use chalk to create their own art. Liz Ellis of the transportation department said, "This is a fabulous collaboration of Parks Department that worked with the Morgan Junction Community... and SDOT to help with some sidewalk repair."

The development of the idea began more than a year ago. The artists created the empty color frames by building sections of picture frames from which they made molds and then stamped them into the wet concrete. They then etched and stained the art later sealing with a special compound rated to last 15 to 20 years and resist both weather and vandalism.

One of the principal artists, John Sutton said, "We wanted to make something that was playful and interactive, that was engaging the community that was constantly being renewed by the community and decided to go back to the idea of sidewalk art work, chalkboards."