Media & Press
The Seattle Times
September 2022
The Sunday paper of The Seattle Times featured a special feature spread on the cover of the “Positively PNW” section. The article features interviews volunteers at the Community Paint Day about what it was like helping paint the Save Our Salmon Mural in Lake Forest Park, and backstory about the unique location above McAleer Creek.
“It takes a village to paint a mural. Sometimes it take a teen to bring a town together”
425 Magazine
April 2022
“Austin Picinich has been painting ever since he started taking classes at Kirkland Arts Center when he was just 7 years old. Now the 16-year-old Juanita High School student is a professional artist, with an eye for large and vibrant paintings and murals usually depicting nature and wildlife…”
Kirkland Lifestyle Magazine
June 2022
Four-page spread in Kirkland Lifestyle’s June issue!
“A Mural with a Purpose: Local Teen Artist Inspires and Brightens the Community”
True Northwest Magazine
January 2023
My mural was on the cover of True Northwest Magazine’s Winter 2023 issue, with a six-page spread about my Save Our Salmon mural series inside the magazine!
Kirkland Living Magazine
October 2021
I was featured in the Kirkland Living Magazine's October 2021 issue as the "Young Achiever" with a full-page spread interview and Q&A feature article.
Diversity In Action Magazine’s “20 Under 20”
June 2023
Greet Kirkland Magazine
August 2023
University of Washington
April 2022
"Artist Austin Picinich collaborated with the University of Washington Bothell's North Lake Washington SalmonWatchers program to create a 112-foot mural at SPUD Fish & Chips in Kirkland, Washington. Their purpose is to draw awareness to salmon sustainability in Juanita Creek and other North Lake Washington creeks..."
Seattle Refined - Artist of the Week
December 2021
I was chosen as Seattle Refined’s "Artist of the Week" and interviewed by KOMO’s reporter Abby Luschei. The Q&A-style article covers my inspiration from meeting local artists, who my favorite artists are, my DECA Business Growth Plan to launch my art business, and what’s to come.
KOMO 4 News
September 2022
KOMO 4’s reporter Tyrah Majors interviewed me about the newest Save Our Salmon Mural in Lake Forest Park from earlier in September.
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