Find Posts By Topic

Posts categorized under October 2011 - Page 2 of 2 - Art Beat

Archives for October 2011

Last call: We’re seeking two artists for Seattle City Light service centers

We’re seeking two artists to create semi-permanent, site-specific installations for City Light’s North and South Service Centers, hubs for City Light’s work. The deadline to apply is 11 p.m., Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 (Pacific Daylight Time). Each selected artist will create up to two artworks that may be two- or… [ Keep reading ]

Stokley Towles’ performance on stormwater featured in Crosscut

Check out this article in today’s Crosscut on Stokley Towles’ performance piece “Stormwater: Life in the Gutter.” Knute Berger calls Towles the “Bill Nye of public works.” The nearly one-hour piece uncovers the world of urban rainfall and the people who live, work and play in it. The performance consists… [ Keep reading ]

City curator to present talk on Seattle as Collector retrospective at SAM, Oct. 7

Get an inside perspective on the retrospective exhibition on view at Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Seattle as Collector: Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs Turns 40. City Curator and Collections Manager Deborah Paine will present a talk at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 7, at SAM’s Plestcheeff Auditorium. The talk is… [ Keep reading ]

ARTSparks to close with performance art, opera at Occidental Square, Oct. 6

    Saint Genet. Photo courtesy of the artists.   The new experimental, performance and visual art group Saint Genet will close ARTSparks’ free summer series of installations and performances at Pioneer Square’s Occidental Square at the First Thursday Art Walk, 6 p.m., Oct. 6. Saint Genet will present Triumph… [ Keep reading ]

Words are theme of city exhibition Word Play

Words come to us in a myriad of ways: through the books we read, billboards that line our highways, the e-mails and texts that link us to others, radio, TV and the music on our iPods. In the exhibition “Word Play,” on view at Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Oct. 4… [ Keep reading ]

Anna MacDonald to install art along Burke-Gilman trail

    Anna MacDonald; Twin Sea Flex; 2006; vinyl, water, steel, and screen; 10′ x 27′ x 15′. Located at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Photo courtesy of the artist.   Seattle artist Anna MacDonald will create a permanent, multi-site art installation for the Burke-Gilman Trail. Two to five artworks… [ Keep reading ]

Mayor and superintendent announce school attendance campaign

Considering that training and participation in the arts help keep students in school, engaged and motivated to learn, we thought you might be interested in today’s (Oct. 3) announcement of a citywide campaign to improve school attendance. Mayor Mike McGinn and Interim Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Susan Enfield launched Be… [ Keep reading ]

Mayor marks National Arts and Humanities Month

It’s October. It’s National Arts and Humanities Month. Get thee to a theater, a concert hall, a gallery or museum. This is Seattle, where cultural opportunities abound. Mayor Mike McGinn marked the occasion with a proclamation encouraging all to participate in the artistic and cultural riches of our community and ensuring… [ Keep reading ]

Check out our October eNews

Our director Vincent Kitch talks about art adventures and budget. The 2012 CityArtist Projects funding program for individual artists is now open. Learn about our Neighborhood & Community Arts (NCA) funding program. We’re seeking two artists to create semi-permanent, site-specific installations for Seattle City Light’s North and South Service Centers…. [ Keep reading ]