It’s the 40th anniversary of the city’s public art program, and we’re celebrating! Weekly Art Hit is featuring artworks every week from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and 2000s. Learn about older artworks, lesser-known artworks, and find new information on pieces you know and love. The city established its 1% for… [ Keep reading ]
Our weekly round-up of arts and culture news in the Greater Seattle area. Eyvind Kang: Prolific musician searches for spiritual sustenance The Seattle Times, Paul de Barros “I’m very against the grain,” says 41-year-old violist and composer Eyvind Kang, sipping homemade soup in the sunny living room of the Wallingford… [ Keep reading ]
Celebrate the dedication of Fire Station 6 and the artwork The Call by Steve Gardner at an open house, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, March 16. The station is in Seattle’s Central District neighborhood at 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. Gardner will be present to talk about… [ Keep reading ]
Below is a selection of events that our office has funded for the month through our smART ventures grant program. SmART ventures is a Seattle-based, flexible awards program that encourages innovative ideas, creates community impact, and provides new access for individuals and groups not served by our other programs. SmARTventures seeks… [ Keep reading ]
The city is hosting Onyx Fine Arts Collective’s exhibition A Wider View at Seattle City Hall, March 6 to April 30. A Wider View highlights artworks from mostly local emerging and established artists of African descent who work in a medley of media and gain inspiration from a variety of… [ Keep reading ]
Our weekly round-up of arts and culture news in the Greater Seattle area. Spring Arts Preview 2013: Books Seattle Magazine, Brangien Davis Some of the country’s best writers are reading in Seattle this season. The invisible work of lighting design Crosscut, Alice Kaderlan Randall G. Chiarelli has been Pacific Northwest… [ Keep reading ]
If not exactly sunny, the skies stayed reasonable clear for the dedication of Horatio Law’s work South Park Vortex last Saturday, March 2. South Park Vortex is a free-standing sculpture consisting of 550 laminated, blue, glass disks, supported by a stainless-steel frame. Each sandblasted disk features a unique snowflake pattern designed by South… [ Keep reading ]
The Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and 4Culture are pleased to announce a new, site-specific public artwork by Carolyn Law in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood. The monumental sculpture By Water On Land sits at the intersection of Fairview Avenue North and Fairview Avenue East near the newly developed Cheshiahud Lake… [ Keep reading ]
It was such a pleasure to have the Seattle Symphony Orchestra at City Hall last week. Here are a couple photos from that event. Assistant Conductor Stilian Kirov lead the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in masterworks from the 19th and 20th centuries at a free lunchtime concert on Thursday, Feb. 21. The Symphony… [ Keep reading ]
