Adam Frank will work as artist-in-residence at Seattle City Light, where he will study the utility’s energy conservation programs and develop a series of innovative projects to bring awareness to energy conservation. The conservation and sustainability residency will begin in November and run through December 2012. One of Frank’s first… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle School Board candidates talk arts education. Shunpike will launch the Artist Space Assistance Program. The deadline for the 2012 CityArtist Projects funding program is coming up fast. Mark your calendar for Dec. 6 and 7 to participate in the two-day, free event Cultural Space Seattle. Theatre Puget Sound unveils… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle artists, last call! The deadline to apply for the 2012 CityArtist Projects funding program is 11 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 1. Go here for more information and a link to the online application. CityArtist Projects is an annual funding program that provides support to individual Seattle artists to develop and… [ Keep reading ]
Mark your calendar for Dec. 6 and 7 to participate in Cultural Space Seattle, a two-day event to help shape policies to keep and create affordable space for artists and arts organizations to work, rehearse and perform in Seattle. Hear from national and local cultural space leaders; discuss policy, funding… [ Keep reading ]
We partnered with the Seattle Arts Commission and ArtsEd Washington to develop and send a short questionnaire about arts education to each of the eight candidates running for four seats on the Seattle School Board. We asked the candidates about their arts experiences growing up, what role arts education can… [ Keep reading ]
Our conservation staff has just restored the neon lighting on the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Neon for the Bagley Wright Theater (1983) by Stephen Antonakos. The lighting was damaged by a storm last year that left several sections of the neon dark. Over time the weather had taken a toll on… [ Keep reading ]
Seattle as Collector exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum. Photo by Robert Wade. Your last chance is fast approaching! Stop by and see artworks spanning four decades from the city’s Portable Works Collection in the retrospective exhibition Seattle as Collector: Office of Arts & Cultural… [ Keep reading ]
Theatre Puget Sound (TPS) unveiled its newest award last night at the 2011 Gregory Awards – the Melissa Hines Award honoring individuals working behind the scenes to make theater possible. Melissa was a beloved member of the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs team from 2004 to 2011. She passed… [ Keep reading ]
Stokley Towles’ takes his performance Stormwater: Life in the Gutter on the road this week. Check out the performance at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. The performance is free and open to the public. Towles reveals the world of drainage and… [ Keep reading ]
Look beneath your feet and you’ll see sidewalk artwork by Seattle artist John Fleming at 12 locations throughout Seattle. Intended to draw the attention of pedestrians through beauty, surprise and humor, the inlays introduce the element of the unexpected into the everyday sidewalk. There are two different designs, each a… [ Keep reading ]
