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What We’re Reading This Week

Creative Class City Arts, Jonathan Zwickel Whether or not you have a kid in school, the future depends on arts education. Stars shine at We Day, inspire students to change the world The Seattle Times, Jack Broom Key Arena rocked with shouts, cheers and chants Wednesday, but by… [ Keep reading ]

Weekly Art Hit: ‘Fountain of Creation’ by Everett Dupen

If you’ve visited Seattle Center on a hot summer day you’ve likely seen kids playing in the water at Everett Dupen’s Fountain of Creation (1962) at Seattle Center. Or you may have seen people sitting by the fountain in quiet contemplation during the cooler months of the year. The Fountain… [ Keep reading ]

Proposals sought for temporary projects at Occidental Square

ARTSparks—a partnership between Seattle Parks and Recreation and the Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs—is seeking proposals for art projects for Occidental Square park in June through September. All arts disciplines, collaborations or simultaneous projects are welcome to apply. Projects must activate the park for a least one week in… [ Keep reading ]

Seeking artists to develop temporary artworks for ‘Art Interruptions 2013’

In partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), we’re seeking emerging public artists to create temporary art installations along the Beacon Hill Neighborhood Greenway and the Central Waterfront for the project Art Interruptions 2013. The artworks will inhabit city sidewalks and parks and offer passers-by a brief interruption in… [ Keep reading ]

Seeking events and marketing intern

We’re looking for an intern to work with the Community Development & Outreach team to provide events and marketing support for various programs during the summer. Projects will include assisting with Seattle Presents, the summer lunchtime concert series at City Hall; the Mayor’s Arts Awards; and other office events and… [ Keep reading ]

What We’re Reading This Week

Our weekly round-up of arts and culture news in the Greater Seattle area. 50 Most Influential People in Seattle Right Now Seattle Met New York has its Wall Street titans and its media elite. LA traffics in good looks and charisma. Seattle is a different matter altogether. Here the juice… [ Keep reading ]

Weekly Art Hit: ‘Adjacent, Against, Upon’ by Michael Heizer

Happy spring! It’s the second week of our Weekly Art Hit’s 40th anniversary segment, and we’re featuring Michael Heizer’s Adjacent, Against, Upon (1976), located at Myrtle Edwards Park, north of Pier 70. With the sun out a little more these days, it’s a good time to take a walk along the… [ Keep reading ]

Seeking a cultural space liaison

We’re seeking a project manager to serve as a liaison between the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and various city departments, community organizations, and other governments and cultural agencies on issues surrounding cultural space development and creative workers, as well as the arts in general. The liaison will identify… [ Keep reading ]

Tour of art in city collection

The  city’s Curator and Collections Manager Deborah Paine recently gave City Budget Office employees a tour of the artwork chosen for their floor from the city’s Portable Works Collection.  A three-person art committee of employees within their office selected the artworks for the halls to help enliven the workplace atmosphere…. [ Keep reading ]

Artworks selected for Seattle Public Utilities’ atmospheric/weather-related purchase

Update May 10, 2013: An exhibition of the artworks will be on view in two parts: July 2 through August 12, with a reception July 17; and August 13 through October 1, with a reception September 11. Both will be at  Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, 700 Fifth Ave., located on… [ Keep reading ]