Archive for 'Art Beat'
The Office of Arts & Culture has been working on the issue of cultural space for many years (recent documents have come to light showing that it was actually one of the first initiatives of the Seattle Arts Commission (SAC) when they were formed in the early 1970s). More recently, the SAC
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Posted: May 21st, 2013 under Art Beat.
Guess what - it's our birthday! 40 years ago today the city signed the ordinance that specifies that 1% of eligible city capital improvement project funds be set aside for the commission, purchase and installation of artworks. Seattle was one of the first cities in the United States to adopt a percent-for-art
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Posted: May 21st, 2013 under Art Beat.
It's my great pleasure to announce that Seattle's arts office has a new brand, complete with new logo and tagline and perhaps best of all, a (slightly) revised name: Office of Arts & Culture Seattle. Personally, I'm really excited about this project because I believe that our office is doing great, fantastic
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Posted: May 20th, 2013 under Art Beat, News.
Our weekly round-up of arts and culture news in the Greater Seattle area. 18 artists, $137,500: The 2013 Artist Trust awards The Seattle Times, Melissa Davis Artist Trust, which supports Washington artists through grants, professional development and other resources, announces the recipients of the 2013 Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Award, as
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Posted: May 17th, 2013 under Art Beat, News.
Tags: news, What we're reading this week
We’re now accepting applications for the 2014 CityArtist Projects funding program that supports Seattle-based individual artists working in visual, literary (excluding playwriting) and media arts. Artists working in traditional/ethnic and multidisciplinary projects that incorporate one of these primary performing arts disciplines may also apply. Applicants may request up to $8,000 to support
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Posted: May 17th, 2013 under Art Beat, Funding.
Tags: CityArtist Projects, Funding, grants, literary, media arts, visual arts
If you’ve taken advantage of Seattle’s beautiful summer days by taking a dip at Green Lake Community Center’s Evans Pool, you’ve seen Seven Figures (1989) by artists Ann Troutner and Paul Marioni on the north wall of the pool. Evans Pool is one of the most heavily used public swimming pools in
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Posted: May 16th, 2013 under Art Beat, Public Art, Weekly Art Hit.
Tags: Ann Troutner, artworks, Evans Pool, Greenlake Community Center, Paul Marioni, Public Art, Weekly Art Hit
Check out Portland, Ore. artist Adam Kuby’s artwork Hydro-Bio-Geo at the celebration for the completion of Seattle Public Utilities’ (SPU) Madison Valley Stormwater Project. Join city of Seattle elected officials, SPU staff and community members at Washington Park to celebrate the completion of the project, take a self-guided tour of the new
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Posted: May 16th, 2013 under Art Beat, Events, Public Art.
Tags: Adam Kuby, artwork, Hydro-Bio-Geo, Madison Park, Madison Valley, Madison Valley Stormwater Project, Public Art, stormwater
Good news! Today Mayor Mike McGinn announced that the city of Seattle will deepen their partnership with Seattle Public Schools (SPS) to invest in arts education. Investment dollars will ensure that every student in the Central Pathway of Seattle Public Schools receives a minimum of two hours per week of arts education
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Posted: May 14th, 2013 under Art Beat, Arts Education.
Tags: Arts Education, Arts Education Partnership, city of Seattle, K-12 arts plan, Seattle Public Schools, The Creative Advantage
Our weekly round-up of arts and culture news in the Greater Seattle area. The 2013 Genius Awards Finalists Get Their Cakes! The Stranger, Kelly O And the nominees for the 2013 Genius Awards are... Jinkx and Jerick: From ‘Rent’ to RuPaul The Seattle Times, Melissa Davis Fans of Seattle performer Jinkx Monsoon
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Posted: May 9th, 2013 under Art Beat.
If you’re near Seattle City Light’s Canal Street facility at Northwest 45th Street and Sixth Avenue Northwest, especially at dusk or later, you’ll see some of the “activities” happening inside through the softly glowing windows. Six back-lit silhouettes in the large upper-story windows are part of Barbara Noah’s artwork Forms of Power,
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Posted: May 9th, 2013 under Art Beat, Public Art, Weekly Art Hit.
Tags: artwork, Barbara Noah, Forms of Power, public artwork, Weekly Art Hit
