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Image: Film still from Waterway by Britta Johnson, a stop-animation film about naturally filtering and cleaning water. The film is part of several temporary artworks that address environmental sustainability for The Next Fifty, the 50th anniversary of the 1962 World’s Fair. The performances run May 4 through May 27 at Seattle Center.

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Image: Adam Frank’s CURRENT is a living map of Seattle’s hydro-electric generation and electricity use. One of six temporary artworks and performances that celebrate The Next Fifty, the 50th anniversary of the 1962 World’s Fair at Seattle Center. Photo by the artist.

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.

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Image: Members of the Seattle Baroque Orchestra rehearsing for Vivaldi Folia at Town Hall Seattle. Photo by Jeremy M. Johnsen.

Read these stories and more in the October eNews.

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Seattle Public Schools just announced a $1 million planning grant to enhance arts instruction in the schools. We opened two calls for artists. The 2011 Mayor’s Arts Awards are coming up soon. The Seattle Mural at Seattle Center’s Mural Amphitheatre is getting a facelift. And Pioneer Square’s Occidental Square has turned into an experimental art gallery.

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• Message from the director: Mayor directs more dollars to Youth Arts program.

• We have a job opening for a senior public art project manager.

• We’re seeking an artist or artist team to create an artwork along the Burke-Gilman Trail.

• Rebar, a multidisciplinary artist team, was selected to create a temporary artwork for the new Jackson Plaza in front of King Street Station.

• Stokely Towles is sure to make stormwater and our sewer system interesting via a performance artwork slated to debut this fall.

• In case you missed the news, Mayor Mike McGinn recently announced the recipients of the 2011 Mayor’s Arts Awards.

• Artist Nickolus Meisel’s cloud haiku, a series of cast-bronze pillows arranged along the Seattle Streetcar’s Westlake Avenue and Seventh Avenue stop, will be dedicated 3 to 4 p.m., Friday, July 22.

• Choklate will open the free, lunchtime, Seattle Presents summer concert series at City Hall, July 7.

• The Built Environment to open at Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, July 7.

• Looking for funding? Check out the city’s new online grant portal.

• ARTSparks continues in July at Occidental Square, where an amazing array of installations and performances have transformed the urban park into an engaging and experimental art gallery of sorts.

• Seattle Center has a call out for temporaray art projects to celebrate The Next Fifty.

Image: Jennifer Dixon’s FlipBooks is an artwork composed of several sets of signs, each forming an “animated” story along Seattle’s Interurban Trail. We are currently seeking an artist for project along the Burke-Gilman Trail. Photo by Jim Tillman.

In this issue:

• Message from the director:  it’s our 40^th anniversary!

• The deadline to apply for 2012-2013 Civic Partners funding for organizations is Wednesday, June 8.

• Our Youth Arts funding program will invest $125,000 in 34 youth programs that offer arts training outside of school hours for Seattle’s middle and high school youth.

• Due to uncertainty regarding the city of Seattle’s 2012 budget, we have decided to postpone opening applications for the CityArtist funding program.

• Mayor Mike McGinn has appointed Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi to the Seattle Arts Commission.

• Artist Rob Ley will create a permanent artwork for Fire Station 20 on the west side of Queen Anne Hill.

• Cloud Haiku by Nickolus Meisel is a series of four cast-bronze pillows arranged along the Seattle Streetcar’s Westlake Avenue and Seventh Avenue stop.

• Beginning in July, Seattle Presents free concerts are back for the summer.

• Head down to Pioneer Square’s Occidental Square and see Gallery (206), a phone booth repurposed to contain the work of more than 200 Seattle artists, kicking off ArtSparks.

• Four photographers collaborate with dancers, musicians and actors to move beyond the fleeting moments of a performance to create powerful visual metaphors, on view at City Hall through July 11.

• Join in a discussion about bringing community projects in art, culture and design to the Seattle Center’s 50^th anniversary celebration.

• Get in on the Arts Crush action this October.

Image: This flag flew at the May 11 opening of Seattle as Collector: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40 at Seattle Art Museum. Seattle as Collector is a 40th anniversary retrospective exhibition of artworks from the Portable Works Collection. The opening drew more than 400 people. Photo by Spike Mafford.

In this issue:

Message from our new acting director, Vincent Kitch.

Kick off the anniversary celebration of our 40th anniversary at the opening reception of the retrospective exhibition Seattle as Collector: Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs Turns 40.

The community is invited to celebrate the life and achievements of devoted arts leader Melissa Hines at a public memorial service, May 9.

Celebrate Arts Education Month in Washington state.

Know an individual or an organization making a difference in Seattle through arts and culture? Nominate them for a 2011 Mayor’s Arts Award.

We’re seeking an undergraduate college intern to support our public art conservation and maintenance program.

Free workshops are available for arts organizations interested in applying for our Civic Partners funding program.

Mark your calendar! The 2012 CityArtist Projects online application will open Monday, May 23.

From centuries-old instruments to degenerate art, get your update on the local arts scene on Art Zone with Nancy Guppy.