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New audio tour artwork to launch at Lake Union Park, Sept. 25

A new temporary artwork, Field Notes: Observing Lake Union by the Studio for Urban Projects, will launch at the grand opening of Lake Union Park on Sept. 25.  Meet the artists, get an audio tour map, and contribute to the project hotline (see below) between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Studio for Urban Projects… [ Keep reading ]

Art Corps exhibition reception at City Hall, Sept. 15

Arts Corps, Seattle’s largest nonprofit youth arts educator, celebrates a decade of service to the community with a photo retrospective by Susie Fitzhugh. An artist reception for Reflections: Ten Years of Arts Corps Photographs by Susie Fitzhugh will be 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 15, in City Hall’s lobby,… [ Keep reading ]

A circus of global sounds at City Hall. Sept. 16

Step right up and experience AMA, the musical trio heralded as “a sometimes yodeling, always scintillating Latin American Afro Sephardic Eastern European gypsy chamber circus music band.”  AMA plays a free Seattle Presents concert, 12 to 1:00 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 16, outside at City Hall plaza. In case of rain the… [ Keep reading ]

Don’t miss the end of Windfall at Seattle Center, closing events Sept. 16 and 17

Stop by Seattle Center’s Theater Commons this weekend to see the temporary sound artwork Windfall before it closes Wednesday, Sept. 15. Since mid-June, the delicate sound of more than 1,000 small, cast-iron wind chimes have filled this new, sustainably landscaped campus entry at Seattle Center. On Sept. 16 and Sept…. [ Keep reading ]

Hear from the design finalists for the Central Waterfront, Sept. 15

Hear from and ask questions of the four finalists for the role of lead designer for Seattle’s Central Waterfront, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Benaroya Hall, 200 University St. Doors to the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium will open at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is free… [ Keep reading ]

Killoren accepts new position with the National Endowment for the Arts

Today Mayor Mike McGinn announced that he has accepted the resignation of Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Director Michael Killoren, who is leaving Seattle to serve as discipline director for Local Arts Agencies / Challenge America Fast Track for the National Endowment for the Arts.

Art Corps celebrates community service with photography show at City Hall

Arts Corps, Seattle’s largest nonprofit youth arts educator, celebrates a decade of service to the community with a photo retrospective by Susie Fitzhugh. Reflections: Ten Years of Arts Corps Photographs by Susie Fitzhugh will be on display Sept. 9 through Nov. 1 in Seattle City Hall’s lobby and Anne Focke Gallery located on the L2 level of the building. Twenty-six images curated by the artist will show the power, joy and concentration of children learning through dance, music, theater, literary and visual arts.

Don’t miss the 2010 Mayor’s Arts Awards – this Friday!

Join Mayor Mike McGinn and the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs this Friday, September 3 to honor the 2010 Mayor’s Arts Award recipients and preview the Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibits.