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Installations by encaustic artist Joy Hagen and Edmonds artist Mona Smiley-Fairbanks are featured through January as part of the city's "On the Fence" exhibit.

"Sea Weeds" by Joy Hagen on the Civic Field fence along Sixth Avenue North is nine separate sculptures made of wire, duct tape, and encaustic colored wax that come together to read as seaweed floating in the waves.

Says Hagen of her installation, "I began incorporating discarded materials and detritus from prior works, breathing new life and beauty into these materials, (which) led me to explore ways in which to successfully take e...