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Our director Vincent Kitch talks about preserving cultural space. Performance artworks illustrate how local artists are contributing to the discussion about our local waterways. Kelly Pajek joins the public art team. We invite you to join the statewide campaign celebrating and promoting arts education for Arts Education Month. See artwork by
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Posted: May 7th, 2012 under Art Beat, Calls for Artists, eNews, News, Public Art.
Tags: Arts Education Monthy, artworks, calls, City Hall Gallery, Columbia City Gallery, Cultural Facilities Program, cultural space, Gallery, hidden hazards in the arts, performances, Public Art, workshop
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced $638,000 in grants to 20 Seattle arts groups for fiscal year 2012. Among the local recipients: 826 Seattle ($36,000 to support Creating a Community of Young Authors, a free writing program); Arts Corps ($35,000 to support year-long arts education residencies in Madrona Elementary
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Posted: April 25th, 2012 under Art Beat, News.
Tags: arts groups, Funding, grants, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, organizations, Seattle, Washington
We're looking for an events and marketing intern to provide 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 projects. Responsibilities will also include drafting content for our e-newsletter, blog,
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Posted: April 18th, 2012 under Art Beat, News.
Tags: events, events and marketing intern, jobs, Seattle Presents
The San Francisco artist group Rebar will unveil their temporary installation Seattlight at King Street Station's newly refurbished Jackson Plaza, 8 to 9 p.m., Friday, April 20. Stop by the station at 303 South Jackson St. and meet the artists as they light up the plaza. Seattlight is a nighttime, interactive
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Posted: April 12th, 2012 under Art Beat, News, Public Art.
Tags: Jackson Plaza, King Street Station, Public Art, Rebar, temporary artwork
Our director Vincent Kitch celebrates 50 years of arts in Seattle and The Next Fifty. We're seeking artists to create temporary art installations along Greenwood Avenue North and the Central Waterfront. We're also seeking an artist to develop artwork for the Lower Mapes Creek Restoration Project in Rainier Beach. We're opening
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Posted: April 10th, 2012 under Art Beat, eNews, Events, News, Public Art.
Tags: brown bag, Calls for artists, Cultural Facilities Program, King Street Station, Mapes Creek, Rebar, Seattle Center, temporary artworks, the Next 50, The World's Fair, workshop
The 1962 World's Fair put Seattle on the map, and this year Seattle Center celebrates the fair's 50th anniversary with The Next Fifty. Six months of artworks, events and activities at the Center April 21 through Oct. 21 will mark the legacy the fair left to the region and the opportunities that
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Posted: April 6th, 2012 under Art Beat, News.
Tags: 1962 World's Fair, creative vitality index, Local Arts Index, Message from the director, Public Art, Seattle Center, the Next 50, Vincent Kitch
It’s official! The governor today signed a bill preserving arts funding in Seattle. Here’s Mayor Mike McGinn’s statement: “This is a great day for arts in our city. Governor Chris Gregoire’s signature on SB 6574 today preserves hundreds of thousands of local dollars for Seattle arts organizations this year to help support
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Posted: March 30th, 2012 under Art Beat, Funding, News.
Tags: admission tax, arts funding, Gov. Chris Gregoire, Mayor Mike McGinn, Nick Licata
Check out our March eNews, with information about upcoming arts education community meetings, funded CityArtists, opportunties to join our team, a new exhibition documenting family homelessness, and more. Check it out here.
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Posted: March 7th, 2012 under Art Beat, Arts Education, eNews, Funding, News.
Tags: Arts Education, CityArtist Projects, community meetings, eNews, jobs
This year we celebrate the 10th year of the Mayor's Arts Awards, and you're invited to help mark this milestone. Know an individual or an organization making a difference in Seattle through arts and culture? Nominate them for a 2012 Mayor's Arts Award. The awards recognize the accomplishments of artists, arts
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Posted: March 2nd, 2012 under Art Beat, Events, Mayor's Arts Awards, News.
Tags: awards, Mayor's Arts Awards, nominations
ArtsEd Washington, in partnership with the Association of Washington School Principals, is accepting nominations for the second annual Schools of Excellence in Arts Education Awards. The award recognizes schools that include the arts as an essential part of their students’ education, providing a creative learning environment for outstanding student achievement through the
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Posted: March 1st, 2012 under Art Beat, Arts Education, News.
Tags: Arts Education, ArtsEd Washington, awards, education, nominations, Schools of Excellence in Arts Education Awards
