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Mayor Durkan Announces Initial $1.1 Million Arts Recovery Package to Support Creative Workers and Arts and Cultural Organizations Impacted by COVID-19

March 17, 2020

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR Contact: Kelsey Nyland, Kelsey.Nyland@seattle.gov Building on the City’s initial measures to provide financial relief for small businesses, Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced $1.1 million in City of Seattle funding to invest directly in creative workers and arts and cultural organizations financially… [ Keep reading ]

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Mayor Durkan Announces a New Small Business Recovery Task Force

March 11, 2020

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR Contact Kelsey Nyland Following Outreach to Small Business Owners, Mayor Durkan Announces Initial Recovery Package to Ease Financial Impacts of COVID-19 Outbreak Mayor Durkan Announces a New Small Business Recovery Task Force Seattle (March 10, 2020) – Following robust outreach to small… [ Keep reading ]

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New Arts Integration Professional Development Series

January 13, 2020

The Creative Advantage is excited to announce a new Arts Integration Professional Development Series. These workshops highlight integrating various arts disciplines into a variety of content areas and are open to all SPS staff. There are spaces reserved for arts partners on a first come first served basis. The series… [ Keep reading ]

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The Seattle Seahawks award $53,000 to The Creative Advantage

January 13, 2020

Proceeds from The Seattle Seahawks Game Day Poster Series exceeded all expectations. On January 2, the Seahawks gave $53,000 in proceeds from the sales of eight game day posters that they commissioned local artists to create this season. The funds will be used to purchase art supplies for visual art… [ Keep reading ]

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Regional Arts Festivals, Winter and Spring 2020

December 18, 2019

Seattle Public School students asked for it, and it’s happening! Regional Arts Festivals are an opportunity to celebrate the arts learning taking place in Seattle Public Schools, highlighting visual and performing arts from schools in K-12 Creative Advantage Pathways in the Central, Southeast and Southwest K-12 Pathways. General Format Festival-style… [ Keep reading ]

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New Creative Advantage Arts Sustainability Funds Awardees

November 13, 2019

The first round of support from the Creative Advantage Arts Sustainability Funds has been awarded, supporting arts education projects in fifteen schools with a variety of arts partners on the Creative Advantage Roster. The next deadline for these funds is January 31, 2020. Here are the inaugural awardees: Schools Arts… [ Keep reading ]

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Creative Youth Development: Arts Strategies for Engaging Unstably Housed and Homeless Youth

September 20, 2019

Written by Hannah E. Curtis With support from the City’s Innovation & Performance team, Human Services Department, and Seattle Public Schools, the Office of Arts & Culture has initiated the Creative Youth Development (CYD) Secondary Arts Project. The CYD Secondary Arts Project invests in high quality, culturally responsive arts programs… [ Keep reading ]

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RECAP: The Creative Advantage Summer Arts Partner Institute

August 30, 2019

Written by Tina LaPadula, Arts Education Project Manager Thank you to all who attended the sixth annual Creative Advantage Arts Partner Summer Institute on August 15th at Seattle Art Museum. This event is a kick off to the school year for teaching artists, arts teachers, and community partners – a… [ Keep reading ]

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Trading Secret Sauce Recipes in the Creative Careers Cohort

June 10, 2019

Written by Erin Naomi Burrows, Seattle University MFA in Arts Leadership practicum student. The Creative Careers Cohort, launched in March, 2019, wrapped up three-sessions of sharing best practices (i.e. secret sauce). Through these in-person learning gatherings, the Cohort surfaced core themes, strategies and questions on how best to serve Seattle… [ Keep reading ]

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Comix for All Exhibition at City Hall

May 13, 2019

May 8 – July 11, 2019; Anne Focke Gallery, City HallReception on Thursday, June 6, 4-6pm Presenting fourteen local artists whose multiple styles and subjects demonstrate the flexibility of the comix medium. Meet the artists on First Thursday in June, 4-6pm at City Hall. Featured artists Presented by Short Run…. [ Keep reading ]

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